Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-23
MISCELLANEOUS.

The Democratic Auditor of Stark county
is now declared a defaulter to the tune of
$4,000.
The Democrats of Louisiana have nomi-
mated R RepudiatiOnist as their guberna-
toriaI candidate.
whole family named Taylor, has been
sentenced to the penitentiary from Mt.
Vernon, Indiana, for robbery.
James O'Neil's house, at Stockton, Cali
fornia, burned last week, and his wife,
drunk in the house, burned to death.
We told Tom Ewing that 1t was not
good time to be running for Governor
with Rag Baby on his back.-Conaneercjdt
Senator Thurman brought the Demo-
cratic party to life, but it can hardly, un-
der,the circumstances of the situation, re-
ciprOcate the compliment.
The New York Tribune says that ''the
chink of gold in the pockets of the people
browns the rattle and roar of the Demo-
cratic chin" That's the way it is here.
The people of Indiana have taken an
immense interest in the late Ohio election.
The Republicans of that State propose to
take possession at tFIe-nez16 opportunity.
The architect and builders of the stand
which fell at Adrian, Mich, killing many
persons, have been indicted for man
slaughter. One of the builders abscOnded.
Those Ohio Democrats whose inspira-
ton and industry depended on the sup
ply from the Tilden barrel have become
lukewarm. The demand exceeded the
supply.
| General Noyes, American Minister to
| France, is about to go to Egypt. His
mission is to adjust the somewhat dis
ordered affairs of the American Consul
| ates.
The Democrats desperately clutched for
the Senate, but their last lingering wig
gle is over. They lost the Legislature
the tail and horns have departed with the
hOof and hide Commercial.
Iron is going up and the cost of building
ships has advanced $5 for each ton. But
the demands of reviving commerce will
enable the owners of ships to rapidly re-
cover in fir eights the increased cost of
| construction. N. 7. MGil.
According to the New Orleans Ptcayune
the business boom has reached that city
Glad to hear it. More business and less
YazoO politics will make the South 'Esolid''
financially, the only sort of sOlidity that is
not delusion and snare.-N. Y. Mail.
The people of the North are tired OF
sectional issues-so tired of them, in fact,
that they propose to settle them between
now and 1881 SO that they will stay set
tied, until the South tires of a ''sOlidity''
that compels the solidity of the North
N. 7. MGtI.
Once more the Democratic brethren tell
, us ''it was not the currency question: -
Oh, of course not. Try it again. Run a
Rag Baby ticket in specie times, with
business booming and gold pouring into
the country at the rate of one million dol
lars per day! Your conduct charms your
enemies Commercial.
Ben. Butler is worth millions, and has
a passion for making money and faculty
for spending it freely. He dresses ii
brOadclOth, and goes on a platform in Z
swallOw-tailed coat, decorated with but
tOn-hOle bouquet to make great speeches
/ abusing rich men, and trying to stir VI
: one class against Commercial.
A congregation, anxious to get rid o
} their pastor, were considerably perplexeC
how to DO it without huCtihg his feelings
After considerable discussion they con
cluded to inform him they were obliged
to reduce his salary. A delegation wa
e appointed to wait on him and notify hin
of the fact. Brethren, - was the reply
j., ''T have been with yOn in prosperity ant
: Twill never desert you in adversely"
An interesting calculation is made a
r to the average loss of live stock on tn
: voyage from the United States and Can
! ada, from returns prepared for the Liver
pool underwriters. In the case of cattl
the loss is about 8 per cent. of the numbe
: shipped, while sheep suffer to the exten
t of only per cent. The heaviest NOR
: tality is in the case of pigs, being owe
p 10 per cent. These calculations show
great diminution in the proportion O
a loss since tho establishments of the trad
q in live stock, at which time the death
. among the cattle amounted in some case
= to % per cent. The decreased ratio
said to be due to the more enlightene
means which are now adopted for th
ID comfort of the cattle on the voyage.
/, "W--, do you know why you ar
it like dOnkey?"
''Like donkeyv' echoed W, open
ing his eyes wide ''NO, don't.'
n ''Do you give it up2"
ia ''IdO.''
y, Because your better-half is stubborn
g ness ITSELF"
IS ''That's not bad. Hal hal I'n Civ
II that to my wife when l get home"
III IL "Mrs. W." he asked, as he So
he down to supper, edo you know Why I al
like donkey?''
He waited moment, expecting h
at wife to give it up. But she didn't. Sh
MT looked at him somewhat cOmmiseratingl
ct as she answered:
81 suppose because you were born so.