Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-01-29

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WIN. MlLLlKAN & SON, Editors and Propretors,
WASHINGTON c. H., OHIO.
CURRENT NEWS.
General Grant and party arrived at
Havana on the 22d.
The bill for the abolition of slavery
in Cuba passed the Spanish Senate on the 22d
Seven person were seriously injured
byan accident on the elevated railroad at New
York City on the oath.
The Senate committee to investigate
the causes of the negro exodus commenced
taking testimony on the 18th.
The lower House of the Kentucky
General Assembly passed bill on the 22d
reviving the whippingpO law.
Not death occurred by explosion on
the Mississippi River last year, thing un-
precedented in the history of its navigation.
The Louisiana Legislature, on the
22d, elected R. 8. Gibson United States SEN
ator for six years, commencing March 4, 1888.
Severe shocks of earthquake were felt
IN uavapa on ba nfpht 81 bo OOd No oarnou
was injured and no damage done to property.
Over fifty bodies were taken from the
Lycett colliery at neutrality-suspicious., on
the 22d, where the explosion occurred the day
before.
The Mississippi Legislature, in joint
session, on the 22d, elected J. z. George to
the United States Senate to succeed B. X
Bruce.
George Franklin Faulks, arrested at
Springfield, ILL.,, on the Goth, on the charge of
bigamy, has six wives in different parts Of the
country.
The Lord Mayor of Dublin stated on
the 25th that he feared the recurrence of the
disaster of 1S47 unless aid is promptly forth
coming.
The Miami powder mills at Yellow
Springs, Greene County, Ohio, were destroy
ed by an explosion on the 18th. Two men
were killed.
A Cabul dispatch of the 22d states
that matters are very unsettled, and an out
break is possible at any time as soon as the
snow melts.
Charles Stewart Parnell and John
Dillon, the Irish agitators, addressed an i'm
mense audience at Cleveland on the night of |
the oath. The receipts Of the meeting were
over 81, 600. ... ... ...
A band has been formed at Wichita,
Kan, to raid the Indian Territory. The War
Department has taken steps to suppress the
intended movement.
De Lesseps arrived at Panama on the
Both Of December and Immediately made ar
rangements TO commence work on the pro-
posed Isthmus Canal.
The Maryland Legislature elected
Arthur p German to the United States SEN
ate on the 2Oth. James A. Gary, Republican,
received twenty-four votes,
Jules FaYre the eminent French
statesman and Republican member of the
Senate for the Department Of Rhone, died at
Versailles on the 10Th, aged seyenty.one.
At Cherryvale, Kan, on the night of
the 2lst, the Globe printing office and another
building were burned, and the fore man and
printer in the Globe Office perished in the
flames.
Major Morrow defeated Chief Vic
torio's band in the San Matco Mountains, New ,
Mexico, on the nth. A Lieutenant was
killed and two scouts wounded. Indian loss ,
not known,
The United States Supreme Court ]
has decided that only invalid pensioners who ]
have not contributed TO the funds of the Ma
tional Soldiers Home are bound to purchase
its benefits by surrendering to 1t their pen /
sIons. q
A tragic shooting affair occurred at !
Lancaster, Peoria County, ILL.,, on the 18th, I
AL. Barnes fatally shooting Matte Ford, who a
had encouraged him in his suit and finally re- a
iected him. Barnes then fred a bullet into 1
his own brain. .
A COnstantinople dispatch, on the
22d, stated that Minister Layard had tele- :,
graphed to Lord Salisbury that help is ur- y
gently needed in Mosul, where the people :,
have been obliged to sell their children TO
procure food.
Several delegates to the Woman's z
Suffrage Association, in session at Washing Il
Ton on the 23d, appeared before the Senate -
Committee with arguments In favor OF q six "
leenth amendment TO the Constitution to en- 81
women. le
The Kentucky Republican Conven- H
lion to select delegates to the National Con q
7ention win meet at Louisville on the 14th Of u
April. The Maryland Republican Convention NJ
Tor the election Of delegates win be held at g
Frederick City, Mayo. ..... .... In
The trial Of the Rev. Hayden on the CO
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