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Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-03-13
IRON ADVANCING.
A Rise of F1fty Gents a Ton within a
Week-The Production of Mills Sold
for Months Ahead and Further Or
ders Declined. ID

A Rise of Fifty Cents a Ton within a
WeeIk-Fhe Production of Mills Sold
for Months Ahead and Further Orr
ders Declined. i =.
Philadelphia Record.
Prices in iron are advancing. There
has been general rise of 81. 80 per ton
during the last two months, and an adj
vance of fifty cents within week. The
demand has increased so much that pro-
ducers say they could sell five tons for
| every once which they are turning out.
| All the rail mills. in the State. are full of
orders, while structural iron is in such
demand that many of the larger mills are
engaging other mills to fill their orders.
| The demand for steel rails has induced
the makers to take more independent
stand than they have occupied for some
| time, and this of itself has tendency to
maintain and push present prices. Most
of the mills in the State already have
their production sold for many months
| ahead. One of the mills in the State has
had to decline nearly 10000 tons during
the last few days, although prices would
haYe been satisfactory had they been able
! to execute the order. Orders are in the
market for several thousand tons of iron
rails. The Thomas Iron Company have
sold one-third of their yearly product,
while the Crane Iron Company are so
well sold up that they decline further
business, except on the basis of $18 for
No. /. In structural iron contract for
$50 tons of beams has been received by
a firm in this city, and the same house
has been awarded a contract for l ,00C
tons of plates and shapes for Baltimore
Inquiries are numerous for all descrip-
tions, and it is anticipated that the de-
mand will be fully equal to the capacity
of the mills during the summer months
Large sales of sheet iron for immediate
delivery are being made. The demau6
for bar iron is very strong, and dealers
! anticipate that higher prices will shortly
prevail. An order for 5000 cars for the
Central railroad of New Jersey has beer
given out during the past week to differ
ent firms, and this, in connection witt
orders previously on hand, has brought
large demand for bars, axles, etc. On,
of the largest machine tool establishments
i'll the city is authority for the statemen
that the demand fir heavy machinery i
| greater than for several years past. Thi
firm has on its books orders for eighteeI
machines, the cost of each one of which
exceeds $4,000. This fact indicates a fu
ture heavy consumption of iron in estab
! lishments requiring the use of powerful
tools and machines. Altogether the out
look of the iron trade is a most promis
ing one.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-03-13
East Liberty Live stock Market.

EAST LIBERTY, Pa, March 10, 1879.
Receipts since Friday s67
head through, and 154 head local; total
for the week ending this day 2,4e,9 head
through, and $50 head local, against 2, ,492
head through and 1, ,105 head local week
before. The supply for yard sales is ex-
tremely light and not much prospect of an
increase. There is not much doing as
none but retail buyers are on hand. Only
four loads were sold at wholesale at a
slight advance, and only because they
must have them for the local butchers.
Cannot form any reliable quotations as the
quality is very common.
SHEEP.-Receipts 4 200 head; total for
Selling fair at last weeks prices.
Hoes, Receipts Z ,l50 head; total for
the week, 16, $40, against IL, ,710 last week.
Workers So 80@3 80; Philadelphias 81 40
(04 90.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-03-13
B,l1s That FaiIed so Pass.

Among the measures which made more
or less. progress but failed of enactment
at the session of Congress just closed, are
the following:
The Legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill.
The army appropriation bill.
The bill to regulate Interstate COM
merce.
The steamboat bill.
The Geneva award bill.
The bill to establish postal savings
banks.
The bill to repeal the specie resump-
tion act.
The bill granting pensions to survivors
of the Mexican war.
The ''sugar'' bill.
The bill to restrict Chinese immigra-
ton.
The joint resolution proposing con-
stitutional amendmen ito prohibit the pay
ment of disloyal claims.
The bill to provide for the enforcement
of the eight hour law.
The proposition to transfer the Indian
Bureau to the War Department.
The Mississippi levee bill, and the bill
providing for a commission on the i'm
provement of the Mississippi.
Fhe bill extending the time for the
completion of the Northern Pacific rail-
road a.v-
The Brazilian mail service bill.
The bill to regulate the transport alton
of animals by railroads.
The bill to devote the proceeds of sale,
of the public lands to educaF' FIonaI mr.
poses.
The bill authorizing railroad comma.
nies to construct and " .aintain lines of tel
egraph for commerci. al purposes.
The Burnside ce,mmittee5s army 'raor
| ganiZatiOn bill.
~ The bill to revise the patent laws.
/ fund bills.
Inc Various measures reported from
Lne d ouse committee on Banking ant
currency, and many other financial bills
both in the House and Senate.
All bills, beside those specified above
proposing aid in lands or bonds for tn
construction of railroads, canals, Gel
A large number of bills on the caIeu
dars affecting local interests, of more o
less Importance, and several hundred re
ported from committees for the relief O
private claimants, besides thousands o
others which were left untouched on tn
lilies of the committee rooms.
The total number of bills and ioin
resolutions introduced in the House O
Representatives during the Congress
which has just expired is 6,s26, and fo
the Senate is 1886.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-03-13

1t is now estimated that it will require
not less than $50, ,000, 900 to pay the arrears
OF pensions under the law passed by Con-
gress fortnight ago. Applications under
the law are pouring in at the rate of four
hundred daily, and the current has hard
ly yet set in. 1t is the understanding at
Washington when a claim for arrears is
adjudicated and allowed, certificate for
the amount will be issued to the applf-
cant, but it will not be Immediately paid
unless it is in the Treasury and not other
wise appropriated by Congress. The coin
reserve, held to maintain paper at par and
eXchangable for it on demand, will not be
minimized to pay Offthe pensions arrears.
The applicants must wait, if the money
can not be spared, till such time as the
Treasury is replenished.
These pension certificates will no doubt
be eagerly bought up by claim agents and
spectators, but, unless forced to part with
it, the holder of certificate will do wise
ly to hold it till such time as the Treasury
can honor it. He ought not to dispose of it
at any considerable sacrifice. 1t is as good
as gold, dollar for dollar, and all that is
needed to secure for the holder the full
benefit of it is patience, and even where
necessity compels him to part with it, it
is probable he can make better terms with
some personal acquaintance who has
money to spare, but who is not engaged
in shaving pension certificates, than he
can by negotiating 1t with professional
spectators in Government claims. There
should be no haste, at least, in disposing
OF the certificates.-Cin Cincinnati Commercial.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-03-13
WhOIstO Payq

The House of Representatives failed
to pass the bill to provide for the paw
ment of the cost of conveying convicts to
the Penitentiary by the several counties.
There are now in the hands of the Audi
tor of State unpaid cost bills of the Sher-
ifs of half the counties in the state,
amounting to something over twenty
thousand dollars. These cost bills since
the beginning of the year amount to
$44, ,202.O7. 1t win now be necessary for
the Legislature to pass a bill to pay the
unpaid bills. There is no doubt, aecOr-
ding to the statements of officials familiar
with the subject, that if each county
were required to pay its own cost bills
the charges would be very materially
lessened. Some of the bills presented are
simply enormous. There is strong inn
preston that the bill referred to was de-
feated because its Republican author was
envious of TOO much honor in the pre-,
Misses Dispatch
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-03-13
new YORK lave slocR market.
New YORK. March 10. Is

CAFFLE- -Receipts to-day 1900 head.
market and some sales were made at an
advance of 14c compared with Friday, but
the market was very duh and before the
close most of the advance was lost. Ex-
portersz used 600 at So 1900 70; few
extra steers, average. upward of 1,500 lb,
at so 50@10 70; poor to good steers $7@9.
No stillers in market, and none looked for
either from st. Louis or Toronto. Ship
nlefitsfor the Weeky4.5 $50 quarters of beef,
l79 head live, the latter to London.
SHEEP.-Receipts to-day 8, 200 head. The
market is oversteeked and dull at u de-
cline on ordinary to fair grades of &c.
Extra sheep and choice lambs at good
prices. Shipments for the week 225 car
casses.
HoGs.-Receiptst to-day 200 head Mar
ket quiet for live at 81 20@4 30, with two
cars at 81 %.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-03-13

dominant party are now moving. on
washington. This body of "help" is
pronounced the best paid of any similar
BODY in the world, when it is remembered
they generally average only about nVe
months work in the year, and only the
lightest work at that.
A Washington special to the Cincinnati
Gazette says: The last session of the
Forthwith Congress has passed a less
number of public acts of general import
ance than any session of Congress since
the days before the war. The revenue
bill act, providing for so four per cent.
certificates, arrears of pensions, census
and yellow fever bill, comprise nearly all
of general interest and Importance:
There have been an immense number OF
private relief bills passed, but the NUM-
ber of important matters that have failed,
| far exceed the list of those enacted. Ot
| the latter are the plan of electing the
| President, the Geneva award, sugar tar
! iff, steamboat bill, Interstate commerce,
| railway telegraph, bill to punish frauds
at National elections, National quaran-
| tine bill, and quite number of others
quite as frnportantas anyEre'dly passed.
Cabinet officers say that the Republi-
| cans ofsthe country need have no fears
about the attitude of the Prsident. should
the Democrats insist upon the repeal OF
the election laws, even at a sacrifice of
the appropriation bills. They say that
the President will take his position on
this subject ina message he will send to
the new Congress, and will notify them
that he is not to be intimidated or trified
with. Secretary Sherman says that il
the Democrats insist upon repeal, there
will be prospect of a continuous session
from the 18th of March next till the 4tf
of March, 1881, before the President viii
Weld; but the impression is gainin!
ground that Senators Bayard, White, Hill
: Herman and other Democrats in boil
: houses, who do not approve of such revo
: lutionary proceedings as Beck and Thur
t man propose, will assert themselves an
force Congress into decency.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-03-13

TIE indications from all portions of the
State are that Judge Taft will be the NOM
inee Of the Republican Convention. The
Judge is a gentleman of honor, and is one
Of 0hio's trustworthy citizens; he is just
such a man as is needed at the helm of
State. With Taft for Governor and How
land for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, the Re
publicans will have at the head OF their
ticket, for the coming campaign, stand
ard-heareFs Of whom the people may well
feel proud. A ticket that will win in the
fight.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-03-13
STOCK ITEMS.
From the Pittsburg Price Current, Mar. 9Th.

From the Pittsburg Price Current, Mar. 6th.
Stockmen from all parts of the country |
are saying, "We never saw hogs so
scarce" - F.s E
Lent is materially affecting the sales of
all kinds of stock, not only at this mar
ket, but all over the country.
The retail sales of cattle during the
month of February footed up 1928 head,
against 1857 head for January.
While cattle are extremely dull here,
our prices seem to be rather better than
those of any other inland market.
No live cattle were shipped from New
York last week, the exports of dressed
beef amounting to 6,1O0. quarters The
shipments of mutton were l, ,770 carcasses.
The arrivals of local stock for the week
ending yesterday were lighter than for
! any week since the opening of the win
! ter hogs getting down to- the low figure
| of 5 ,573 head, sheep falling off over 5000
! head and cattle nearly 500 head from last
week. = Azs
1 We have before mentioned the import
/ ance of having sheep here in time for
| Mondays market, and take this occasion
| to repeat and emphasize that advice.
Philadelphia buyers operate more freely
on Monday, and after they are gone pri-
| ces frequently drop little.
/ Eastern live stock men express the opin-
ion that the English embargo, which has
been so seriously affecting our cattle trade
for two or three weeks, will soon be rails
ed and the foreign traffic once more move
along steadily and satisfactorily. So
mote it be
The liberal inquiry for stockers all over
the country indicates that more cattle
will be fed next season than usual, and
consequently an increased number OF
: good cattle will be put on the market neXt
: winter. The abundance of rough feed
l has put stockers in a fair condition tC
2 start With.
! We published some heavy pork items
! last week, furnished by II. A. Pearce
The same gentleman gives us the follow
> ing net weights of New Jersey hogs re
: Gently slaughtered: II hogs averagin;
: 715 pounds; 35 hogs averaging 50
. pounds; 10 pigs averaging 279 pounds
{ % pigs averaging 282 pounds. The own
: ers Of the above hogs killed several lot
= last year, averaging respectfully CSC, 6S
: : and 6G5 pounds.
II We are informed that great mar
b men in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois a -ro la
= ing in large numbers of stock c. title
Il $4,000 .25 per cwt., one Ohio ma, n To o.
l. knowledge, having bought GO } head
III $4.00. We do not see anythin. o. in tne i,
= mediate future of the cattle + r9fle TO in
i tify. the pay ying'of such priC es for st0c
e, ers, and will miss our g. ,ess if there
% not some money lost by these sanoui
s. parties. Many of they n. however. q
l. men of experience, Gsr d ought to knC
what they are doing but we fail to
on What Trey predtr ate their high expt
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-03-13

TIE contest for the Speakership of the
House of Representatives in Congress,
at this writing, seem to be between Ran
dali, the present Speaker, and Blackburn,
of Kentucky. The Southern members
seem to be solid for Blackburn. Some of
the Western Democratic members are in
favor Of Blackburn, upon the pretended
theory that it will be fair test of South
ern loyalty. If Blackburn should be
elected Speaker, and should prove true
to the Northern Democrats, they of the
South will be regarded as trustworthy by
the Democracy, in any of our Govern
ment offices. Even JEFF. Davis may yet
be regarded by them as loyal and honest
enough to be placed in some good fat
Government office, by the Democracy.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-03-13

Miss Jane Briner, respectable young
lady of Richmondale, Ross county, COM
mitted suicide by drowning last Wednes-
day night; disappointment in love being
the cause,
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-03-13
Thonsands of Gern1an immirrnnts ,,,ill

Thousands of German immigrants will
seek and find homes in the United States
thisyear--the greater number of them
being agrieulturists. AS rule they will
settle in the Western States and Terrific
ries, few Of them going South. Ohio
could find use for goodly number of
these Industrious people. As arule they
require but little land, and are better
vegetable gardeners and fruit growers
than Americans.-O. s. Journal.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-03-13

Senator Matthew'S speech Tuesday af-
ternoon in the stormy closing hours of
the Senate, is pronounced one. of the
ablest speeches ever delivered in that
body,
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-03-13
ASSigneGs Sale Of Real Estate!

Leon H. Houston, Assignee for1
the benefit of the creditors OF
William Kayanaugh, ,plaintih, In taye6te
against Common IieaS
John Millikan and F. L. Nitter- Court.
house, Trustees, ETC., ct al.
No. 6SO2.
I'm pursuance of an order heretofore made IN the
1 above case the undersi gned. as Assignee, Tor
the benefit of the creditors of William kayanaugh,
will offer for sale at the door of the Court House,
in Washington c. H, Ohio,
On Saturday, the goth day of March,
A ID. 1879,
at O'Clock D. m, the following described real es-
tate to-wit: Lying and being in Paint township,
Fayette county, Ohio; beginning at stake IN the
Prairie pike, and corner to James klTk; thence
with said pike north 16 degrees west lS2 poles 70
a stone corner to Alex Porter; thence south 80 de-
orees 81 minutes east 11654 poles to stone, corner
70 said Porter; thence south degrees 50 minutes
east l5S poles to stake in said Porters line, cor
ner to James Kirk; thence south s23z degrees Wes5
So soles to the beginning, containing lOS acres anu
Said tract of land is appraised at SO per acre
TERMS of Sale-One third cash on the day OF safe,
one-third in one and one third in two years IIon6
the day of sale, the deferred payments TO per .
ner cent Interest from the day of sale, and De Sc
cured nv mortgage upon the premises SOLD.
LEON H. HOUSTON. Assignee.
Palmer Pine s. Thompson, Attys. 4oWS
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-03-13
AFREE GIFT!

~ ~ o3A
Of a copv of nv EsMedicaI Common Sense Book
to any person suffering with Consumption, asthma
CaEafrh, Bronchitis Loss of Voice, or Sore Throat'
Send name and post-office address, with two post
ace stamps State your sickness The BOOK Is
eieeantIv illustrated (I44 pp I2mo. 1879. The IN
SoTSn alton If Contains in the providence of God,
has saved MANY lives The author has been treating
tiiSesses of the Nose Throat and Lungs, as a
specisI practice in CINCINNATI since 1857 Address
Dr. N b. Wolf, Cincinnati, o. 1zW4
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-03-13

,OOO 900 ACRES in Southwest Missouri from
$25Oto So. 90 acre First-class stock and agrsul
turaI lands. Best tobacco region in the West Fine
fruit, no grasshOppers, abundance of good water,
short winters, convenient markets, good schools,
low taxes, healthful country and good society,
Seven years credit. Free transportation from st.
Louis to those who purchase land. Send for clrcu-
lar and other information. Address, W. II. Comm
Land Commissioner, Temple Building, st; Louis
Missouri. zI"4
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-03-13

A GREATER number Of petitions, with
more names on them, for a local option
law, have been sent up to the present
Legislature than has ever been sent up
for any other purpose; and, if the Legis-
lature should fail to grant the prayer of
the people on this subject, they will fail
to perform a palpable duty they owe to
the people of the State. It is right that
the people should be allowed to express
their win upon this subject through
the medium of the ballot-box, and that
the viii of the majority should prevail.
Let the voice of the people rule.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-03-13

D ENTERS LOOK TO YOUR IN
IL TEREST. You that are paying four or five
dollars cash rent per acre, can put your stock,
crop, etc, toward paying for a home, either in
Iowa, Indiana, Kentucky or Kansas;~Or will eX-
change for property goods, by addressing J. w.
Perkins, 1893 and 795 Central Avenue, Cincin>
NATL Ohio. Sw4
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-03-13

EARMS, Suburban and Town
Il Property Sold and Exchanged.
Loans negotiated on FARMS (not exceeding
one-thir1 their Valuel at LOWEST RATES.
Investments safely made on first mortgage
real estate security.
Circular and descriptivelist of properties offered
for sale and exchange sent on application.
ESTE & SCHMIDT, Real Estate agents,
IOWA 1s West Third St., Cincinnati, o.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-03-13

TIE Indiana Democratic Legislature is
for any other purpose than that of pay
ing the members of that honorable body
for their valuable services. The time for
passing bills by the Legislature of that
State expired on Saturday evening, with
out making any appropriation for the
support of the State government. The
regular session adjourned on Monday land
Governor williams has called an extra
session, to convene on Wednesday (yes-
terday). In thus falling to make gener-
al appropriations, the Legislature of In
diana is following the example of ouI
reckless Democratic Congress.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-03-13
billiard TABLES.

BUY THE BEST AT HEAD QUARTERS with tne Gel
ebrated Phelan & Collender Combination Cushons,
which will be sold tables of my manu1acture
only in future, as will not furnish them 70 any
other manufacturer. The finest tables, balls, cloth
reduced price list. H. w. COLLENDER, 4S8 Broaa-
Way New York Successor to Phelan 4 Oollender
Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?-1895, 1879-11-08

want, la consommation de grair
fut de 68 boisseaux, ct lie gain er
viande, lie dix livres pour chaqnt
boisseau-ces chifires restant 4
peu pres les memes pour lie troi
lSieme mois.
II resulte de ces experiences
que le lard a 3 sous Ia livre re-
pond a 90 sous lie boisseau pOnr
le ma1s, a 4 sous la livre, c'est SO
sous pour lie boisseau, ct d 6 sous
la livre, c'est 80 sous pour lie
boisseau.
On peut done concIure que,
pour le fermier du Minnesota, il
vaut beauconp mieux EN- general
vendre le maIS que den faire IN
engrais pour les pores, excepte
peut-6tre lorsque lie paturage est
facile, ct permet de faire le pre-
mier cent de livres de lard sans
d6penses. Alors meme Pelevage
des pores est dun mince profit
dams Get Etat.
Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?-1895, 1879-11-08

NoRD EFT SUD.-M. Benjamin
FL. Hill, senateur federal lie Ia
George, q repondu, dams les co
lonnes du. Tribune, a une lettre
que NJ. Chittenden lui await
adress6e par l'interm6diaire du
meme journal. Dams cette com
munication, M. Hill depIore ce
quill appelle la haine du Nord
pour lie Sud il rend le Nord res
ponsable de la secession, declare
que lie Nord contraint tous les
hommes du Sud a Gtre democra-
tes Ell soatenant la doctrine que
la secession etait un crime. II af-
tirme enfn hautement que les
hommes du Sud n'admettront ja-
mais que leur rebellion ent le Ca
dun crime GU dune ira
hison.