Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-04-08

run 275,0OO spindles and $4,000 looms.
A St. Petersburg dispatch says that ii
court circles there every allusion to France Il
studiously avoided SO strong is the displeasurt
at her treatment of the Hartmann case.
The receipts from customs for the
month ending March 81, reached the extraor
binary total of $19OOO,OOO, while the receipts
from internal revenue were about $9,OO0,00O,
A severe cyclone passed over Law
renceville, Brunswick County, Va, on the night
of the 9th ult,, demolishing houses, uproot-
ing trees and doing an immense amount Of
damage.
A Cabul telegram states that the Brit
ish Commissioners, at the interview with the
Chief sirdars, said there would be no perma-
nent annexation and no restoration of the ex-
Ameer.
The unauthorized religious cOmmuni-
ties in France, to be expelled bya decree issued
on the Both ult., number 384 for men, with
z 7,444 members, and 602 for women, with 14003
members.
c. K. Allen, who was express agent at
Sidney, Neb., at the time of the recentrobbery
there of about $15OOOO in gold bullion, has
been arrested, charged with completely in the
robbery.
The London Daily NelOS, on the 31st
ult., stated that the first days polling for
Members of Parliament resulted in great
Liberal victory. The Liberals gained fifteen
members.
The Superintendent of Childs' steam
forge at Buffalo, N. Y, was instantly killed,
and three men were severely injured by the ex-
plosion of boiler on the 3D. The building
was badly wrecked,
William H. Kemble, ex-Treasurer Of
Pennsylvania, recently convicted of bribing
legislators, failed to appear in Harrisburg on
the 29th ult., to receive sentence. He was last
seen in New York City.
The Secretary of the Interior and Com
missioner of Indian Affairs are endeavoring to
persuade the Chippewa Indians to settle in
scyeralty. The same course will be taken with
all semi-ciyilized tribes,
The religious associations of France
will probably contest in the courts the legality
Of the DEGREES of the Government against un-
authorized religious societies on the ground
that the laws they are based on are obsolete.
The Court of the Queens Bench at
Montreal, Canada, on the Both ult., acquitted
Sir Francis Hincks and other directors of the
Consolidated Bank, against whom true bills
were recently found for making false returns.
A tornado passed over q strip Of coun-
try near Girard, Kan, on the I'd, destroying
seventeen houses, killing two persons and Sc
yerely injuring many others. The track of the
storm varied in width from forty to fifty rods
An explosion of fre-damp occurred in
the colliery at Anderlus, Belgium, on the 1st.
The number of lives lost was not known, but
twenty corpses had been recovered There
we're l50 persons in the pit at the time Of the
disaster.
The public debt statement for March
shows the total debt to be $2, 161 ,629 293;
cash in Treasury, $2Ol, 1906 9S8OO; debt less
cash in Treasury, $1,98O, 1872, ,824OO; decrease
during March, S14, $1,000; decrease since
June 3O 1879, $46,S14, 1920.
Both Houses Of the Kentucky Legisla-
ture passed bill on the 3lst ult,, providing
that the death penalty in that State shall here
after be inflicted in some inclosure close to the
prison where the defendant is confined in the
presence Of not exceeding fifty persons,
The boiler in the saw-mill of John H.
Love- situated ten miles from Rushyille, ILL.,, |
exploded on the Sd, demollshng the building
and instantly killing Wesley M. Parker, fatally
wounding John Randall and Thomas Jones,
and seriously iniuring two other persons.
On the evening Of the I'd two despera-
does entered the jail at Los Vegas, N. M. shot
and probably mortally wounded the iailer and
attempted to rescue Webb, prisoner under
death sentence for murder The rescuers we're
scared off before accomplishing their purpose.
Emperor William, replying to the con-
gratulations of his Generals on the occasion
Of his birthday anniversary, said he believed
they would have no more opportunity of put
ting into practice their military knowledge, as
al fear Of war had for the present been dis
PEELED
The House Committee on Elections
took final action on the LIST upon the contested
election case Of Donnelly rs. Washburn Third
District Of Mnnesota). The majority decided
to submit q report declaring the seat vacant
and recommending that the matter be re-
nanded to the people Of the district for new
election.
The Nebraska Democratic State Con-
held at Omaha on the LIST, elected a
Tlldeu delegation to the National Convention
by a three-fourths majority. A resolution was
sdopted recommending the National Conyen-
ion to adhere to the two-thirds rule In nomi-
lating candidates for the Presidency deeming
3 inexpedient to abrogate 1t.
Themonthly statement the Bureau Of
statistics, issued on the Goth ult, shows that the
,alance Of trade in favor Of the United States
hat has been kept up so long is falling off
cry rapidly. During the month Of February
/ fell off from S20,5OO,OOO in 1870 to only
4, $780, 900 in 1880. During the twelve months