Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-02-20

bids fair to be at pariin A short
timer aa' - ~
THE question Of amending the Consti-
tuition Of the State Of Indiana, 50 as to re-
quire the registration Of the names Of le-
gal voters before they can vote, is being
agitated, and the Constitution may be SO
amended. .s
FOURTEEN criminals have been convict
ed and sentenced 70 the penitentiary from
Highland county, at the, late term Of
court, and there are more of the same
sort running about loose, who should be
doing service In the same institution.
Iris hardly to be supposed, that if SEN
ator Thurman had been satisfied that the
paper currency Of our country would to-
day, be on "a par with gold, he would
have shifted his political stand point oyer
to the side Of the soft7mOPeyi Democracy;
THEkE are three BehoerAtic' aspirants
for the mayorship of Columbus, and
thingsIook 4 little mixed up at the Capt.
tai city. Hiteman, the present incum-
bent, is 4 stfohg ihah with the German
population Of the city, and it Will'worry
his c6mpetitors to head MIN or But
where Is Coll Baberq - iiiid n1is' 'fi;s@ y
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IT islto,5e hoped that the, State, ReppR-
lican Central Committee, that is ito meet
at Columbus on. the !. azth iRst.,s wiz. de-
termine to hold the State .ConFentiqn al
CoIumhuse That is. the most central pRiai
for aan portions of she State.si,It.is the
natural place for holding State .ConXenr
tions. 3aamT5liiWeJ bne 7al.iso.f j
THE Library and school'' is the title
of q neatly printed paper Of 16 pages
printed at Columbus, The first h1hiber D
which IS before us. tits published b!
VII, Derby, & Co., and is to be devoted
mainly to the cause of education, Tn
first page is illustrated with likeness b
Governor Bishop. i,
FoR the Gubernatorial race next fall
a good manly, of the Rephblicans paper
have expressed themselves in faveF- o
Judgs Taft, OF Clncinnatij ifora Governo
and Hong VI P!H6wlandj of Ashtabul
county, for Lieut.. Governor. This woul,
make a strong ticket, and exactly tn
ticket the Democrats don't like TO bu
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WE notice, by our exchanges tha
worthless dogs sreonttnuer to commit raid
on the farmers 1ocks Of sheep, and "
some people think the law that was d,
signed to tax sheep-killing dogs TO- deaf
ought be repealed. Such people eithe
have no sheep OF have been fortuna
enough to have none Of their aecks kille
by dogs. aa-a ! el3aV aa m 8.
The Democratic editor of the Bucyrv
Forum is lucky fellow, and the Mario
Mirror is responsible for the runor tina
in consequence of his good fortune, he
about to retire from business and rest (
the. avails of his good luck. He he!
says the Mirror, "a ticket in the Fort Way
lottery, and drew a new undershirt. He
lucky fellow.
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GEN. BE. BUTLER has turned log-rOll
for the rebel element of the Democrat
party. The General is getting into
natural political element. We don't knc
about his stealing those silver spoons
new Orleans, but perhaps some Of
modern Democratic admirers can tel
little about that larceny, which they. as
to talk so much about ip war times.
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Col. ALEX. CAss1LL, of Mt Verne
Knox county, is favorably spoken Of a
suitable person to place upon the RepI
lican ticket for State Auditor. We ha
no acquaintance with Col. Cassill. Ht
j. T. Oglevee, of Clark county, at pr
ent a Representative in the Legislatl
from that county, is also named In eC
neetion with the nomination for St
Auditor. Wear personally acq6aint
with Mr.. oglevee and regard him, in
cry respect worthy of the nomination
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THE Treasurer of Champaign coun
who charged and collected from findiy
uals more taxes than was charged to th
on the duplicate, says it was his Gle
who did the criminal business, The, ,cl
of Licking county, who charged and
leeted from litigants. more costs than,
law allowed ! charges his Deputies "
the theft. Unfortunately, for the She
of this county he.has 20 body to shoul
the responsibility of charging and coll
ing more fees than the law allows h
and must therefore, stand the press
himself.
THE main building of the Soldiers
Sailors Orphans Home was destroyed
fire on Tuesday morning last. The.
was discovered about 80 O'clock
originated in cellar under the Gle
office, and is attributed to spontant
combustion. The building was in ri
by1o O'Clock, in spite. of gallant eff
of the Xenia fire department, which
on hand within twenty minutes from
time the alarm was given. The built
cost the State $40, 900. Employees
others. at the Home lost. pronertv. to