Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-01-08

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wM. HllllAN 4 SON, Editors and PrUpdesors.
/ WASHINGTON G. H.. +; OHIO.
! CURRENT NEWS.
De Fveycinct is at the head Of the new
French Cabinet.
] The Grocers' Bank Of New York
I City suspended on the let.
Over one hundred Nihilists were ar
rested recently at Warsaw.
William Hepworth Dixon, English
historian and traveller, Is dead.
r'l --fls lt. Tg
The new Constitution of Louisiana
was adopted by majority Of 59,l4s.
The Inauguration Of Governor Cor
nell, Of New York, took place on the LIST.
Senator Houston, Of Alabama, died
at Athens, in that State, on the 5lst ult.
The movement of eOlored emigrants
from North Carolina to Indiana continues.
The Indiana Republican State Con-
Vention win be held at indianapolis June II.
The Pennsylvania Republican State
Convention win be held at Harrisburg, Feb. A.
John Battles, said to have been 112
years old, died at Toronto, Canada, on the
3lst Ult
The United States Mints coined $S,-
s76, ,466 during December. Over s6,OOO,OOO Of
this WAS gold.
The Treasury Department paid ST.,
727,52O on account Of arrears Of pensions dur
ing December.
1t is reported in Berlin that the Ger
man Socialists and Russian Nlhilists have
formedan alliance.
General Grant left Washington on
the Goth ult for Fernandina, Fla, where he
win sail for Havana, Cuba.
The total amount Of National Bank
circulation outstanding on the 3lst Of De-
cember was $40, ,8ss,Ol9.
Four men were killed by boiler ex-
plosion in TaylOr's saw-mill at 0alf Creek,
searcY County, Ark, on the 23d ult
All the indictments against members
of the Pennsylvania Legislature in the Pitts
burg riot cases we're quashed on the I'd.
The receipts from internal revenue
for the six months ending Dec. 81, 1879, were
$6l, 5OO,G9l, and from customs, ssz7lo,75O.
Bishop Gilbert Haven, Of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church, died at the residence
OF his mother in Maiden, Mass, on the 50.
At Amite, La, on the night Of the
Goth ult., mob Of flfty men took four negro
murderers from the jail and shot them to
death.
Three men were found frozen to death
in the Green River country, Montana, on the
29th ult They we're from Minneapolis,
MINI.
The United States Consul at Maurit-
ius reports that the cattle plague continues
on the island, and about 10000 animals have
died.
hen. Charles Stewart Parnell was
given a public welcome at New York on the
9Th. About eight thousand people we're
present
Henceforth primary Instruction viii
be obligatory for alI children between the
ages Of ok and ten years on the island Of
Cuba
An inventory and appraisement Of
the property Of the late Asa Packer, Of Penn
sylvania, places the value Cf the estate at ST.
5OO,OOO. !
Famine and typhus feVer have ap-
pearad IN the country between the Yolga and
Don in Russia. Many persons have already
perished. y
At Doncaster, England, on the Sd,
N explosion in . gunmaker's chop killed
hree persons and demolished the shop and
adjoining house.
Thedanine in NortheER Persia is I'M
.Tessing daily, and unless help assent from
England and America great number OF the y
,0pglatlon must die e9Cl q
Among The passengers ofythe Gcythia, Z
Vhich arrived at New York on the lat, was n
ho IFish land ,agitator, Parnell, member OF z
be British Parliament.
TelegEamsipom Now BaEar Announce 0
hat the agitation n Bosnia and Herzegovlna d
) assuming serl0us proportions, owing to the p
yrannY Of Austrian officers. u
a warehouse sEt Baltimore. contain re
~ shout $500 balae Of cotton, wasdastroyeE
? DIRE Onthe "a. Ten hremen we've seriously =,
liuFed BY falling wall. 4,