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Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-30

In order to let Senator Thurman down
as easily as possible, it has been suggested
that the Democracy of this Congressional
district shall take him up and elect him
to the lower house of Congress. Possibly
this might be good stroke of party
policy, especially under the new order of
things that will exist next year. OF
course, it is understood that the Legisla-
ture will restore the old Congressional
appOrtiOnment, and the Capital district
will consist of the counties of Franklin,
Fairfield, Perry and PickaWay-a good
healthy Democratic district. The coun-
ties comprising the old district have two
members in the present COngress-bOth
able and ambitious men-GeneraI Thomas
Ewing and Hon. George I. Converse.
Now it is not at all likely that either of
these gentlemen will step down and out
voluntarily y-Mr. Converse, having had
but one term, will naturally claim that
he is entitled to a reelection. 1t cost
him great deal of trouble and expense
TO be elected last year, and nothing short
of second term will compensate him for
wear and tear of mind and pocket. On
the other hand, General Ewing's friends
assert that he is the leader Of the Demo-
cratic party in Ohio, and that it will not
do to shelve him in the prime of life.
True, he has been defeated for Governor,
but he made brilliant canvass, and fell
4 victim rather to the blunder of party
leaders than to any personal weakness.
He is man of national reputation, of
great ability, and is acknowledged to be
one of the Democratic leaders of the
| House. Converse can leave Congress and
not even ripple will disturb its surface;
but Ewing will be missed. 1t is also
claimed by Ewing's friends that as the
" stuffing" has all been knocked out of
the ." rag baby he will, in the future,
be able to devote himself to practical
questions, and that his sphere of useful
ness will be greatly enlarged.
| The antagOnistiC Converse and Ewing
! elements are already at work, and it is
possible that such u state of feeling may
| be brought about that new man will be
| forced to the front. There are several
{" small fry'' candidates of the Walling
stamp, but they will hardly be thought of.
| The times require a strong man in Con-
| gress from the Capital district of Ohio.
| Should Senator Thurman decide to accept
| the nomination, he can doubtless get it :;
| and it will not be the first instance in
| which Senators have entered the lower
house. Even John Quincy Adams served
as Representative after having been
President, and his record in Congress
exceeds in brillianCy any other part Ot
his long and useful political life Senator
Thurman has many years of usefulness
| before him. He never can be President
but it is practicable to elect him to Con.
gress, and the Democrats of Ohio should
see that this is done. If he is rejected by
his home district there is nothing to pre-
vent some other strong Democratic dis
trict from taking him up.-C0Jatn16us Dis
patch.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-30
The Ohio Democracy.

OkOlOna State, October p.
The question is asked here, there and
everywhere, who killed cock robin?
Was it the Confederate BrigadieIs? Was
it the Solid South and her demand for
equal political rights in the Union?
Was it the Ohio idea? Was it the Elec-
tOral COmmissiOn-the Seven by Eight? :?
Was it the Conference at the WOrmly
Hotel-the secret working of which is
better known to Messrs. Gordon, Lamar
and Charley Foster than to any other
living triumvirate? Was it the fact that
since the dastardly failure to inaugurate
President-elect Tilden the Democratic
party has been filled with remOrse of con-
science bitter and grievOus to endure? :?
Was it the vicious and degrading sub
mission to such schemes that has given
the Democracy of Ohio to the stalwarts !?
When the Solid South was victorious
she failed to hold the fortress. When
the people of the crucified South had
burst asunder the bounds of death, had
burst the iron bonds of despOtism by a
fierce and perilous struggle for deliver
! ance, our Confederate Brigadiers allowed
us to be sold without leave or license.
The defeat of the Democracy in Ohio
| is due to the effect of this one cause more
decidedly than any other.
| The Democracy was put on trial.
| 1t had to explain and defend itself
when it should have been the foremost
| Ill the FilIs IeaulilS the uSnG against Cne
| crimes of 4 Radical reVOlutiOn-a Radi-
cal usurpatiOn, Il Radical debauchery
! Radical criminality of everv name, shade
and color.
What poor-mouthed defense they have
! been making, tO-wit:
We didn't oppose the war; we did fight
for the Union; we crucified the South
we helped to beat her down, and we will
do it again; we set the negroes free, and
we indorsed all the Radical legislation
we spit upon the dead South.
II the South had been as mute as
mouse, if there had been no Dixon affair
If there had been no ChisOlm trial, i
there had been no outspOken reGuke anC
no open hurFah about the capture of the
Capitol, the result in Ohio would have
| been just the same.
The foundation of the defeat was plant
ed deep in the earth when the Democracy
failed TO inaugurate Mr.. Tilden. 1t wa
Il cOwardly act. a few men sold out tht
South. and the Northern Democracy in
dOrsed the sale.
Verify, the way of the transgressor i
| hard
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-30

Special TO the Cincinnati Commercial
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.-The Director of
the Mint is making an effort to ascertain
what has never been known accurately,
namely: The amount of precious metals
used in the arts, sciences and manufac-
lures. Very frequently estimates have
been made, based upon the amount coined
and exported, compared with the amount
produced, and the Silver Commission of
1876 placed forty millions as the probable
value of the gold and silver absorbed in
this way. But Mr.. Burchard desires to
ascertain the facts as closely as possible,
and has addressed letter to all the manu-
facturers of the country who use pre-
ciOus metals, to chemists, and to those
who are supposed to be informed on the
subject. All the communications are to be
treated as confidential, but Mr.. Burchard
proposes to prepare a statement showing
the amount of gold and silver absorbed
in other ways than by coinage.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-30
Magnificent Bauoue, Gran,

SAN Francisco, October 26 At the
Palace Hotel, this evening, General
Grant was rendered Il farewell banquet by
the citizens of San Francisco. Every
means had been taken to render the af-
fair the most perfect of its kind ever
given in the city The company consisted
of about two hundred and fifty of the
most prominent gentlemen of the city.
The decorations of the banquet hall We're
of the most elaborate description. The
table presented an elegant appearance,
and the neeaU was engraved on solid sill
yer, intended to serve the guests as sOuV-
enire of the occasion. That prepared for
General Grant was of massive gold.
Mayor Brant presided, and toasted the
guest of the evening in an appropriate
speech, to which the latter responded as
follows:
"GENTLENEN OF SAN FRANCIsCO-The
unbounded hospitality and cOrdiality 1
have received since l first put my foot on
the soil of California has taken deep root
in my heart. 1t was more than l could
have expected; and, while it has en-
tailed some little fatigue at times. [ as
sure YOU have only been grateful for it..
l have previously been in California and
on the Pacific coast, but have been away
a quarter of a century, and when landed
here the last time | found that none of the
pioneers had grown old, but if | should
remain away another quarter century |
might be compelled to confess that some
of you had grown old [applausel, and |
want to see you again in your prime and
youth. Gentlemen, in taking my de-
parture, want to thank you all for the
farewell reception given me this evening,
and to express the hope that whether or
not l am to have the happiness ever to
visit your city again, | shall at least meet
one and all of you elsewhere, and if it
should not be in this life, that it may be
in the better country"
Many of the gentlemen present re-
spOnded happily to the sentiments given,
but ut Il comparatively early hour the
party broke up, with many expressions of
mutual pleasure and good will, and at
midnight General Grant and party pro-
ceeded to Il special train in witing and
left for Virginia City.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-30
The Lebanon Star of last week saws

The Lebanon Star of last week says:
''The Republican Legislature will make
short work of the Democratic Congress
siOnal gerrymander when it meets next
January. The old Districts will be re-
s-ored and a wrong will thus be righted.
The old Districts were fairly divided be-
tween the Democrats and Republicans.
The Democrats carried thirteen in 1874
and the Republicans seven. In 1876 the
Republicans carried twelve and the Dem
ocrats eight. When the Democrats car
ried the State they got majority of the
Congressman, and Uice Uersa. This was
as fair as it could be made, and the peo-
pie will justify return to the old district
inp''
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-30
THE HERALD TWO MONTHS
FREE!
The Paper to be Enlarged and
Improved!
AND THE PRICE REDUCED
TO $3.50 PER YEAR.
An Offer Liberal Enough tC
Please Anybody.

The Fayette County HERALD will enter upon its
next, and we have determined, in order to give
the people Of Fayette county a home paper fully
up with the times and containing as much reading
matter as any other paper to be for the same
money, to make some important changes in the
HERALD for the new volume. With the hFst num-
Der Of volume D. the paper Will be enlarged TO an
BIghGspaHe, 4SsCOlu IN n paper, greatly in
crCasing the amount Of reading matter, and i'm
proving the appearance Of the paper. and the
price will be reduced so 81 so per year.
strictly lm advance.
In order to place the HERALD in the hands of
many readers as possible during the present cam
paign, and to induce new subscribers for the next
volume to send in their names and money at once
settle their indebtedness at their earliest cOnven-
ience, we make the following VERY LIBERAL l.
OFFER:
We will send the HERALD to all new subscribers
from now until the end Of Ghe 22md
volume for 8G.5O advance. In other
words all persons subscribing for the new volume,
which begins November I4th, will receive the HER
AID from now until Ghe 14fh free And
all subscribers settling their accounts to date and
paying years ssubscFptiOn-Sl5O-in advance,
will be credited TO the end of the 22nd volume.
To make the reduction in price apply equally to
ALL subscribers who have paid in advance for the
HERALD will be credited with the amount OF their
advance payment at the reduced rate
We think the above offer is sufficiently liberal to
meet the views Of the public generally, and we
hope IL will result in placing the HERALD in the
hands Of every Republican in the county.
We shall continue in the future, we nave IN
the past, to endeayOr TO make the HERALD one Of
the best as well as the cheapest county papers in
the state, and thanking our friends for their ber-
al support during the past twenty-one years, re-
spectfully solicit their continued favOrs.
VIM. MILLIKAN 4 SON,
PrOprietOrs Fayette County HERALD
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-30

The Board of Health of the City Of
Memphis have made the announcement: ::
Owing to the fall in temperature within
the past three days, there having been
two good frOsts, with the prospect of a
continuation of cool weather, the Board
of Health declares the epidemic of 1879 at
an end, and announces that there is but
Hule danger to be apprehended from fe-
yer by absentees or other persons coming
into the city, provided the instructions
published September 28th have been com
piled with in regard to the ventilation of
houses, bedding, clothing, etc, 1t takes
this occasion to advise the people on their
return to avoid infected places. There
are few cases of yellow fever yet in the
city and few cases may yet develop
but by ordinary prudence there is no
danger of the disease now spreading from
that source.
By order of the Board of Health.
J. CHANDLER, NJ. D., Sec'y.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-30
wOn1en Ratdtng SaIoOns,
Special to the Cincinnati Commercial.

Special to the Cincinnati Commercial.
Mt. Vernon. o., October 25.-A move
ment like the famous woman's crusade
broke out in FredericktOwn to-day. The
women assembled at the ringing of the
bell and marched in IA body to the saloon
of Ed. Randall, broke open the door and
windows, turned ont his liquors, broke
his demijohns and completely gutted the
place. Then they went over to O'COn-
nor's Hotel, where saloon was kept, and
commenced a like proceeding. O'Connor
saved his liquors by agreeing to removed
them from town and taking them to the
depot. The women then went to several
drug stores where liquors were sold, and
the same summary action would have
been taken had not the prOprietOrs clos ID
and barred their doors.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-30

PROBABLY every Democratic aspirant for
nomination for county office thinks that if
the Democratic party had only nominated
him, he would surely have been elected
but we imagine it would have made no
difference who was nominated on their
side, the result would have been the
same. They did put out their strongest
men, and they were badly defeated, sim
ply because they were Oh the wrong side,
and could not get votes enough to elect
them, and they ought to understand that
they cannot elect a Democrat to any office
I'm this county, by the vote of their own
party. Whenever such an error is COM
mitted it is the fault of Republican voters.
Every Democrat who holds a county office
here holds it by the grace of Republican
voters.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-30
Berger's UmIuCIxy Confession.

Berger was in the chain gang at Salt
Lake on three months sentence for pet
ty larceny, and the work greatly dis
gusted him. Reading that Il pair of
mules had been stolen at certain place,
at time previous to his own arreast, he
made a false confession that he was the
thief. His object was to be indicted
and transferred to a cell for trial, thus
getting out of the chain gang. He did
not doubt that his innocence would be
made apparent in court; but in that he
was mistaken, for he had confessed so
plausibly that the jury convicted him,
and he has gone to State Prison on five
years sentence. His case is before the
Governor.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-30
Manhood: How Lost, How Restored
POAD NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that petition will he
presented to the Commissioners Of Fayette county,
Ohio, at their next regular session, to be held on
the first Monday of December, a. ID, 1879 praying G
for the establishment of county road along the
following described route in said county, tO-vvit:
Beginning at stake in the BlOomingburg and
Frankfort road sometimes called the Spring gfield
road, on the land of Bernard Mooney, in survey
No. 62S, and l43 feet in sOutheasterly direction
from the southeast end of bridge over q brs1nch
on said road: thence in noTtheasterlN direction
across the land of said Mooney lcrosslnE s9ld
hranch) about 80 rods. more or less TO a stake in
the line of said Mooney and John Iiollen; thence
in n northeasterly direction with the line of said
Mooney and Iollrn, crossing tomptOn's creek and
passing the of said Hollen and smith Chaf-
fin. and thence the line of said Mooney and
Chafn passing the corner of said Mooney and
Joseph Britton, and thence on the line of said
Britton and Chafn 10 the corner of said BrittOn
and ChaNin; thence in the same direction across
the land of said Chafin to q stake in the Circle
willie pike an the land Of said Chaiiin.
i. \. MCLEAN and others
BOWS Petitioners.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-30
NOTICE.

DIDS WILL BE RECEIVED By THE IN
1 5 Urinary Directors at their office, on saturday
noon November Is 1879, for medical and surgical 5i
attention to all poor and indigcnl persons l I tlle
for attention to in1rmary and Pest House hy ne
r5Unty-alI commencing the 18th day OF De
crmber, for one year. =, -,
We clam the right tO reject any or All mus,
Bids addressed to the directors through Inc posi-
office will he in OITiar. - -. .--,...- -
THOS. y. THORNTON, prCS't,
JAMES W OsARlINGER,
THOMAS LARRIMElt.
5Cy3 IndTmazy Directors
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-30
Stock lGenlss

From the Pittsburg Current, Oct %, 1879.
Chicago had l47 ,94G head of hogs last
week.
At the last London, o., stock sales $50
head of cattle were disposed of.
Simon 0 DonneIl, export buyer, took
over 300 head of cattle this week.
Hogs are selling 100000 per cwt.
higher this week than in the correspond
ing week last year.
More stock of all kinds has been driven
into market from the country this week
than in any preceding week of the sea-
son.
Philadelphia had a few cattle buyers
on the market this week, an Indication
that the Virginia supply is beginning
to give out.
We have had more welI-fed, good-con-
mer than we remember to have ever seen
before in East Liberty.
The season for stockers and feeders has
had its climax, and is now generally on
the wane The demand is not nearly as
strong as a few weeks ago, and the heav-
ier buyers have procured nearly all they
want. A good many are still being
taken, and no doubt will be for some
weeks, by farmers and smaller country
very low figures, and prices seem to be
shading little from week to week to meet
their views.
The american Stockman has the follow
ing to say about the market for stOckers
and feeders in Chicago: "StOckers which
do not show plainly good style and dis
position to take on flesh are practically
unstable of late, and plenty of such
animals are in the yards. Even feeders
are slow where the style is not rather
| above the average"
The cattle market started off on Mon
day with very favorable prospects for the
week. The through run was not heavy,
| the feeling in New York was buOyant.
| and everything seemed auspiciOus. I'm
| expected heavy cOnsignments over the
northern roads, however, filled New
York to repletion, and the revulsion
caught our Eastern shippers pretty hard
Some of our shippers are complaining
| bitterly this week of their treatment al
the hands of the Pan Handle Railroad
| Co. They tell us that their stock is lie.
! layed beyond all reason in transit, and is
switched off frequently for other and less
| important. lines of freight to pass. Some
hogs were kept fOrty-seven hours on the
road from Washington C. H., Ohio, thi,
week, and the shippers say they viii
ship to Baltimore before they will sub
nit to such treatment again. We thinI
their ground of complaint is just, ant
hope the railroad authorities will see thai
the rights of live stock shippers arr
more thoroughly respected. We doubt
however, whether our friends woult
make any better time by shipping to Bal
timOre, as one road is about as bad a
another in the matter of delays.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-30
miner. Demand1ng T"r,ner Advance

MassillOn, o., October 2G.-At a meet
ing, yesterday, of the coal miners of this
valley, an additional demand for increas-
eu pay for extra work was decided upon,
anu notice will be given the operators
tomorrow, requiring 4 decision by No
vember / This demand, so soon after
the ten pei. cent. advance granted two
weeks ago, it is feared, will result in a
strike, as the operators regard it as un-
reasonable.-Ct Commercial.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-30
CInc1nnatI Live stock market.

CISCINSATI, October 20, 1873.
CATTLE-Receipts and shipments during
the past week have been exceedingly
large. and both show a large increase
over those of the previous week. The
supply for the past week has been of
about the usual classes. except that there
we're no Texas or Cherokee stock among
if. The market throughout the week has
undergone very little change.
The general range of prices was as 1o!-
lows: Common, l = @2c.; fair to medI-
um. 2lI@2. .S5c. good to choice butcher
grades $685.; fair to good shippers.
SIS. .9O04. .G5: : good to choice COWS, 3@3l SC;
good to choice heifers, 3l5@3$4c.; COM
mon to good oxen, 214 @31sc.; common to
good stOckers, $2@2, 60; fair to good feed
ing steers. 231 613l5C.
HOGs.-The receipts for the past week
were liberal. and showed 4 large increase
over those of one week ago, while the
shipments for the corresponding time
were a few less. The hogs that have
been arriving were of mixed qualities,
and were largely of half fatted and I'M
matured stock, which made the
general average quality rather low. The
/ trade during the past week has been a
very satisfactory one to both country
| shippers and sellers, and all good stock
was worked off each day, and at satiStac-
| tory prices, rs the market only dragged
one day in the early part of the week,
and that was on account of the low
grades of stock, and the remainder of
the week was characterized by rather an
active trade and growing strength to
prices. The market closed active and
firm, with 4 good demand all around,
| and prices tending higher, the range be
ing as follows Selected butchers, $4,000
+ fair to good heavy packing and ship
ping grades, $3.GO@3 80; fair to good
light packing and shipping grades of $50
to 22O lbs, $3.G5@3.SO; common, $3@3.5O,
with not enough doing i'll stockers to
make quotations.
SHEEp.-Common to fair, 2l5@3l5c,
and good TO choice, 334@414; common to
good stockers, l4@3l5c, per pound.
LAATBs.-COmmon to fair, 3@4c, and
good to choice, 4l@@434c. per pound
| gross.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-30

Official Vote Of the Candidates for
Governor BY COumtIes-The Totals of
other Camdidages-NaJOrit
Following is the official vote of Ohio
by counties, cast on the I4th inst, for
the respective candidates for Governor.
and the official totals and majorities of
other candidates on the State ticket:
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-30
NOTICE

Q EALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED
- until November 10, 1879, for hrick-work of
church at Milledgeville, Q. said church to be IS
feet inches by 80 feet inches with 2O-fOOt cell
ing. Bids will also be received for the wood work,
plastering and painting, the contract he let to
the lowest responsible bidder, the committee
serving the right to reject any or all bids Specf-
cations can be seen at the Bush House, Milledge-
Vile by order of the committee
IlW2 J, u. MASON. Secretary.