Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-12-11

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CURRENT NEWS.
The public debt decreased S799, 82j
during November.
Egypt is making preparations for
war with Abyssinia.
The United States mints coineC
&, ,4S9, 42J during November
There are sixteen contested cases be-
fore the House Committee on Elections.
The ex-Ameer Yakoob Khan hal
been sent to Peshawur in charge of a military
escort.
Twenty villages in Kirdschali, dis.
trict Of the Rodope Mountains, have risen in
arms.
The bill for the abolition of slavery
in Cuba has been approved by the Spanish
Cabinet.
A fire at Troy, N. Y, on the morn
ing Of the 9TH destroyed $35O,0OO worth Of
property.
The steamers Labrador and Servia,
which arrived at New York on the 4th, brought
S1,s77, 900 in gold.
The workingmen of Switzerland are
contemplating emigration as a remedy for
their lack of work.
The GOIOS newspaper at St. Peters
burg has been suspended for FIVE months by
order Of the Government.
The EK-Empresg Eugenie intends to
go to zululand to pray upon the spot where
her son was killed.
The well-known Wesleyan Chapel in
London, founded by John Wesley, was nearly
burned down on the 7th.
Arohduchess Marie Christine, future
Queen Of Spain, has officially renounced her
right 10 the Austrian succession.
A difficulty occurred at Democratic
Ward Convention in Philadelphia on the I'd,
and three men were shot, one fatally.
Up to the 9th 1862 more German
immigrants had landed at New York City than
for the corresponding period in 1878.
Andrew Tracy was hanged at Smith
port, Pa, on the 4th, for the murder of his
cousin, Catharine Reilly, In September, 1878.
During recent heavy cyclone in the
Bay of Bengal the storm wave swept over
MOnkishkal Island, drowning several hundred
persons. ..
The Kellogg-Spoford subcommittee
closed its labors at New Orleans on the 3D..
The committee adjourned to meet in Wash
ingtOn.
The English Government has re-
moved the restrictions, imposed few months
ago, upon American sheep shipped to that
country.
An nexplosion of fre-damp occurred
in a mine in the Chemnitz, SaEony district,
on the 1st, and seventy or eighty persons
were killed.
The Lincoln emancipation group at
Boston was unveiled on the 9th. A poem by
Whittier was read by colored boy OF one Of
the Boston schools
The steamships Donan aad Brittanic,
which arrived at New York from Europe on
the 9th, brought S2,170,OOO in American coin
and British gold bars.
A Berlin dispatch reports that the
Constitutional party Of Russia despair Of pro-
dnctng,anY impression on the Gear after the
late attempt upon his life.
The Indiana Morgan Raid Claims''
have been transferred to the War Department.
This win prevent the claims from being barred
by statute Of limitation.
Rumors were current in Berlin on !
the ID that an attempt was made upon the a
life Of the Gar while on his way to Moscow,
but no particulars were given.
On the 1st the President sent to the !
Senate the nomination OF Hon. George W. Z
McCrary for United States Judge for the v
Eighth Circuit, Vic, Dillon, resigned G
Senator Baldwin is to take the late
Senator Chandler's place on the Committee Ct y
JOmnerce and Senator Ferry win Oh the va q
,ancNin the Committee Of Naval AfFaArG. a
JACK, the Ute, appeared before the
Commission on the 80, He has promised to
i've fulI particulars Of the troubles at White y
siver and the cause that led to the outbreak. .
Dhe boiler in the Eau Claire, WIS, ty
amber COmpany's plaRlng min, exploded ON u
be 1st, killing the engineer, fireman and =
5Gmster. Several other persons were injured. o
IhaLoREon Times, in financial arti- al
e eon'thelth, says Unltedstates Government pl
sn6s are hardly 10 be GOT there now, anG
Ieir pEices.sFC a mere reflex OF those OF New
ork. Ia
The hog Cnrp east of dhe Mississippi N
ver 90 reported considerably below Last 10
iAr's anpplyJ bnt Missouri, BEnsas and Ne ot