Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-01-22

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WIN. MlLLlKAN & SON, Editors and PpptotOs.
WASHINGTON G. H., OHIO
CURRENT NEWS.
All but six members of the Utah Leg
islature are pOlygamists.
Ex-Empress Eugene intends to sal
for Africa on the Goth Of March.
A total eclipse of the sun was wit
messed at Fresno, CAL, on the 18th.
The coal miners of Allegheny County
Pa, were ordered out on a strike on the 18th
The House Committee on Indian AT
fairs, on the 18th, began an investigation intC
the causes Of the recent Ute outbreak.
J.H. Rhorer, for many years cash
fer OF the Louisville Savings Bank, confessed
to a deficit of $4,000 in his accounts, on the
14th.
Mrs. Maria L. Crew, twenty-eight
years of age, living near Aver, Mass, was
outraged and murdered by tramp on the
18th.
Over /, 100000 bushels of grain (al-
most exclusively corn) is now ahoat in the
harbor at Chicago for shipment to Buffalo in
the spring
The streets of Madrid were pla-
carded, on the 18th, by an abolition society,
demanding the immediate abolition Of slavery
in all the Spanish possessions.
In the joint session of the Ohio Leg
islature, on the 14th, for the election of a
United States Senator, General Garfield re-
ceived 1872 votes aud Senator Thurman 81.
The Spanish Minister of Foreign AT
fairs has informed Congress that the negoti-
ations for treaty Of commerce with the
United States are proceeding with fair rapid
ity.
A Cape Town dispatch of the 18th
says the arrest of Herr Pretorious, President
of the Republic OF Transvaal, for high trea-
son, has caused great excitement among the
Beers.
A virulent form of fever is raging in
the northern provinces Of the former Kingdom
of Naples. In population Of $4,000, $4,000
were sick, and the deaths in six months mum
bered over 3,400.
The British Government has informed
the State Department that sheep from the
United States can be landed in Ireland with
out quarantine and without being slaughter
ed at the place Of landing.
Fifteen hundred individuals and
firms of New York City and State have pre-
sented petition TO the United States Senate
praying for the passage Of law to annul
the legal tender power Of Treasury notes.
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A collision between Russia and En-
gland is believed to be inevitable by the VI
emma Presse. The same paper also states that
General skobeloif recently declared at ban
quet that Russia is on the eve OF o great war.
Major Morrow had fight with Vic
torio's band at the head of Rispercha Sierra
Nigrlto, on the 18th. Several hostlles were
killed and wounded. Morrow's loss was Ser
geant Gross killed and one Indian scout
wounded.
There were 6,658 failures in the
United States In 1879, a decrease Of $500 as
compared with the year previous. The total
liabilities Of parties who failed In 1873 were
1924, 100000, while last year they amounted to
only S99,O0O,00O.
ThejUnited States Coast Survey Par
ty under Professor Davidson, and the United
States Naval Observatory party, under Pro-
fessor Frlsbe, observed the recent eclipse on
the Pacific coast with perfect success from
Santa Lucia Mountains, 5000 feet above the
sea-
JamesD. Lamson, President of the
Maine Senate, announced on the 18th that by
"A careful examination of the Constitution, as
interpreted by the Supreme Court, 1t became
his duty as President OF the Senate to exer-
else the Office of Governor untl another Gov
ernor is qualified.
There is great distress in Limerick
County, Ireland. Five hundred persons In
one dlstrictwere reported on che brink of
starvation. The streets Of Cork were being
patrOlled on the 18th by mounted police to
suppress demonstrations partskimg Of the
nature OF bread riots.
A difficulty occurred at the Chicago |
stock yards, on theE3th, betweea union and
ln0n-unlon men, the former being the oggres-
'sors. Frank Cough, prominent leader Of the
striking butchers, was stabbed by non.
union man. Two hundred extra policemen
were put on duty at the yards.
A prominent cOmnlission firm nt Chi
csgo has issued a circular showing the total
packing OF sl1 principal points during the