Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-12-18

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Warner silver bill, trade dollar bill and the
Bayard resolution concerning greenbacks un-
til after the holiday recess.
At Plattsmouth, Neb., on the 18th,
three men were killed and seven badly in
iured by the caving In Of an embankment,
near the new railroad bridge being construct
ed there across the Missouri River.
At Renick, Mo-, on the 9th, severe
wind storm passed over the place, destroying
a number of houses and seriously injuring
several persons. A Mrs. Wright was so Sc
verely hurt that she died on the following
night.
The overhowing of the rivers Koros
and Maros in Hungary has caused fearful de-
structions. Several towns have been ruined
and their inhabitants driven away. Fully ten
thousand persons have been rendered home
| less.
The New York PostofiCe, on the 10th,
sent by outgoing steamers ll5,22S letters,
the heaviest foreign mail ever sent out Of the
Office in one day. Over 5000 money Or
ders were issued and they averaged little
over S12 each.
The hardest storm in the history of
the Northern Pacific Railway prevailed all
along the line from Bismarck to Duluth, over
an area Of four hundred miles square, on the
10th. Snow was foot deep on the level, and
the drifts four feet deep.
The Ute Commission finished taking
testimony on the 9TH. The Commissioners
demanded the surrender of the parties recog-
nized at the massacre. The list includes the
head chief, Douglass. The Indians consider
death incidental to surrender and trial, and
there may be further trouble.
The Special Court of Appeals for the
trial of the case of Thomas Buford Us. the
Commonwealth of Kentucky, rendered an
opinion, on the 9Th, reversing the decision of
the lower court. Buford was sentenced to
the penitentiary for life for the murder Of
Judge Elliott.
Under joint order of the General
Assembly of Virginia for the election Of
various State officers, that body elected the
following officers on the 9th 7. 7. Fountleroy,
Secretary of State; John e. Massey, Auditor
of Public Accounts, and II. H. Dyson, Second
Auditor.
An engagement between General
Massy's command and force of 10000 rebel
lious Afghans occurred near Bala Hissar on
the 10th. The British lost eighteen killed, |
including two Lieutenants, and twenty-five
wounded, including one Colonel. The Al
CHAN loss was heavy.
General Hatch, Chairman of the Ute
Commission, stated on the, 11th that he did |
not believe the Indians will allow themselves |
to be tried in Colorado; that in his opinion,
they could not be tried elsewhere, and he |
thought the Government might as well end
the business and fight them at once.
The reception of General Grant and
party at indianapolis on the 9th was very
brilliant affair. The streets on the route of
the procession were profusely decorated and
an immense crowd greeted the General at
every point. The party left on the morning
OF the 10th by special train for Louisville.
An explosion of three tons of nitro
gycerne and mica powder on Fox Island,
near Amherstburg, Canada, occurred on the
night of the 18th. The shock was felt so Sc
verely at Fletcher forty-four miles distant,
that the people abandoned their houses In
alarm.
In the suit of Mrs. Mary A. Oliver
againstsmon Cameron at Washington on the
18th, for breach Of promise of marriage, the
court granted the motion Of plaintiff that her
appeal from the verdict In favor Of defendant
be heard without requiring her to print the
record. The case was set down for the Jan
uary term.
Gates toll-gate and post-ofiice, one
mile west of the Rochester city line, was de-
stroyed by fire on the morning Of the 10th,
and Miles futile, gate-keeper and postmaster,
with his three-years-old daughter perished In
the flames. Mrs. Tuttle and two older chill
lren, who slept upstairs, were rescued, the
mother throwing the children to spectators
below, and herself following.
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The past season has been the most
disastrous In the annals Of the Gloucester,
Mass, fishing business. In all thirty vessels, 6
1880 tons, comprising over one I
enth part Of the fishing tonnage of the port t
'alued at Sis, 7S9, sailed to return no more, c
md 2lO lives were lost, leaving eighty-eight t
Widows and two hundred and nineteen father /
ess children. Since 1880, there have been c
ost from that port 2, l1S men and 4O5 vessels. '
Prince, Democrat, was elected Mayor q
4 Boston by plurality of 2,74S on the 9th. a
Yearly thousand women voted for members b
fthe School Committee. They generally voted 8
arly in the day, and came to the polls pre-
AIRED already with ballots. The decorum at }
be polls and the courtesy shown tho new a
lement In the voting population was notice n
BILE feature Of the days events Salem, Low A
Il and Worcester elected Republican Mayors. |,
The following officers were elected Il
y the Ohio State Grange In session at Coum- v
as on the 10th: President, j. H. Brigham,
yerseer, 7. F. Joy; Lecturer, J. W. Ogden;
teward, Davis Whippy; Treasurer R. s.
Executive Committee, s. H. j,
Ms, A. P. Axtell D. Grouse; Business Agent, I
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