Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-19

WIN. MlLLlKAN & SON, Editors and ProprletOS,
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WASHINGTON G. H., OHIO
CURRENT NEWS.
Sixty houses were burned at Ayet
France, on the 9th.
A shock of earthquake was felt at OF
tawa, Canada, on the night of the Sth.
France sums up the cost to her of th'
Franco-German war at 10, 187, 900, 900 francs.
Gonzales, the would-be assassin of thu
King of Spain, has been sentenced to death.
General Grant and party sailed from
Havana, Cuba, for Vera Cruz, Mexico, on the
18th.
Herr Lasker, leader of the Liberal
party in Germany, proposes visiting the
United States.
The Governor of New York, on the
18th, signed the bill permitting women to
vote for school officers.
A Berlin dispatch states that an al
lance is about to be concluded between En-
gland, Germany and Austria.
The French steamer Valentine from
Cardiff for Dieppe foundered on the 10th.
Sixteen persons were drowned.
The State Normal School at San Jose,
CAL, was destroyed by fire on the 10th. Loss
over $3.50, 900; insurance, $4,000.
A Berlin dispatch states that there is
every probability that the socialist laws will
be prolonged another two years.
The New Hampshire Republican State
Convention to elect delegates to the National
Convention will be held May 6.
The Empire Warehouse at Chicago
was destroyed by fire on the 18th. Loss on
building and goods, S472OOO.
The last spike necessary to complete
the branch of the Atchison, Topeka g. Santa
Fe Railroad to Santa Fe, was driven on the
9th.
There is great distress in the Shatur
Dalagez district, Eastern Russia. The In
habitants, driven by hunger, seized large
quantity Of breadstuffs.
A measure has been adopted by the
Senate subcommittee on Indian Affairs pro-
viding for Territorial form OF government
In the Indian Territory,
The deficiencies in the annual appro-
priatlons for the various departments Of the
Government for which appropriation bills are
asked aggregate $5,779,536
Andrew Smith, for twelve years
of the North Andover, Mass,
,ank, was arrested on the 11th and placed in
all, for Incorporating funds.
Edward G. Palmer, President of the
louisiana Savings Bank and Safe Deposit (
company, has been tried and found guilty of
the funds Of the bank.
The House Committee on the District |
I Columbia has adopted bill appropriating q
66l 900 for the completion of the unfinished {
haft Of the Washington monument. s
The Theater Royal at Dublin, Ire a
md, was destroyed by fire on the 9th One G
oman and seven men were killed. Every
hing in the building was consumed.
The Imperial Mills elevator at Chi l
lgo was blown down on the morning of the &
'th, and the l23,0OO bushels Of wheat which
contained were spilled on the ground. Il
The New York State Greenbackers a
I've issued a call for Congressional District 81
Inventions to elect delegates to the National 81
invention which meets at Chicago June 9. b.
The Irish National Land League
ssed a resolution on the 10th, thanking the m
lited States Congress for according the N
ivilege Of the floor Of the House to Parnell. n
On the 9th whilea fete was in prog an
3s In three.story barracks near Constan- by
Iople, the building suddenly collapsed and an
out 200 soldiers were killed and 800 wound tr
di
A Vienna dispatch states that there is a. Do
longer the slightest doubt that league
) been formed In Central Asia under the
spices OF Russia against English domina- va
n. ma
The Mexican Government has in u,l ~.
med Mormon Bishop who went to MexI- 81, a.
10 establish mission that It would protect sDI
Mormons In their worship, but not In po- ac,
amy. H.
Frank Dillingham;, the Now Hamp- dro GU
re murderer, died on the 18th from the M
cts Of a pistol shot wound in his head, onl
inflicted Immediately after killing his
t. ,
4 company has been organized at an, m
ton to construct and operate railroad tbe
n Cairo, Egypt, to connect with the Eu- We,
ates Valley Railway about TO be built by arm
English company. bro
/. s. Brummet, editor Of tho Hollis CsS
CAL, Enterprise, was shot and mSrtally bea