Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-26

WASHINGTON C. H., OHIO
CURRENT NEWS.
General Grant and party arrived 8
the City of Mexico on the 2lst.
The value ofimports during 1879 wa
&5l8, ,74S; exports same time, 1854, $40, 755
The Pennsylvania Greenback Stat
Convention will be held at Harrisburg Marc
%.
The Madrid official Gazette, on tn
18th, published the law abollshing slavery Fl
Cuba
The New York Greenbackers will
hold State Convention at Albany on tn
Oath of March.
A Berlin dispatch says it is reported
the Car wishes a state of siege to be pro
claimed all over Russia.
Forty-two thousand inhabitants oi
Kars have emigrated since the occupation Of
their territory by the Russians.
A railway collision occurred neal
Sun Miquet, Cuba, on the 10Th. About fifty
persons were seriously wounded.
Rev. DR.. Charles P. Bush, Secretary
of the American Board of Foreign Missions,
died at Albany, n Y, on the 22d.
Senator Dawes has been selected
President of the Massachusetts, Republican
State Convention called for April 18th.
Rowland E. Trowbridge, of Michi-
gan, was nominated for Commissioner Of In
dian Affairs by the President on the 10th.
The lossest to farmersinE England, Scot
land, Wales and Ireland during 1879 is esti-
mated at from 9lOO,OOO,OO to R15O,OOO,OOO.
The Pope has sent instructions to
Catholic Bishops in Russia, calling upon them
to urge the clergy not to mix in political agi-
tations.
Hartmann, Russian subject, was
arrested at Parison the Goth, charged with be.
ing connected with the recent attempt to kill
the Gear.
Two men were killed and five others
badly injured by the explosion of boiler in
Barton 81 Babcock's distllery at Peoria, ILL.,,
on the 18th.
The Irish Relief Committee of st.
Louis, on the Goth, shipped twelve car loads
of -four and corn meal for the relief Of the
poor In Ireland
A case has been brought in the San
Francisco courts to test the constitutionality
of the law to prohibit corporations from en-
ploying Chinese.
The exports of domestic provisions
and tallOw from the United States for the
seven months ending January 81, 1880,
amounted to S6O,8sO,735.
The Michigan Republican State Con-
Ventlon for the selection of delegates to the
National Convention has been called to meet |
aC Detroit, May ~.
The Georgia Republicans will hold a
State Convention at Allan ia, April 2lst, for
the purpose of choosing delegates to the Ma
tional Republican Convention.
A fight between Jim Somers, law
less and dangerous man, and his nephew M,
somers, at Brule City, d. T., on the 18th, re-
suited In the death OF both parties.
-Four men were killed and another
badly injured by the explosion OF a boiler in
Thompson's saw mill at Gorham, N. H., on
the 18th. The mill was destroyed
The Pope's encyclical against di-
Vorce, issued on the 10Th, insists on the emf
nently religious nature Of marriage, and ex-
horts Bishops to urge that view upon their
aocks
Fifteen Republicans, seven regular
Democrats and one independent Democrat
were elected to the Philadelphia Common !
Council at the municipal election held on the '
18th. q
The sanitary commission at San t
Francisco having investigated the Chinese
quarters and declared them a filthy nuisance,
an order was Immediately issued for their re-
moval. n
At Murfreesboro, Tenn, on the goth, 4
Burnel Smith and John Hall, colored were v
hung for the murder Of Major Pugh last May. n
Between 10000 aud 1900 people witnessed A
The execution, h
The Department Of Superintendents =
If the National Educational Association con-
7ened at Washington on the 10Th. Repre-
Ientatlyes we're present from almost every 4,
State In the Union. -
The Kansas Republican State Con- X
lentlOn TO nominate Presidential Electors and u
o elect delegates to the National Convention u u
It Chicago, has been called to meet at Topeka "
N the 3lst OF March. a
Four men were buried In the snow
ear Franktown, New, on the 2lst. William
'aul was rescued, but badly injured; Samuel te
,ennedy, Alexander McLane and John Bur az
ey were not found. n