Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-01-15
mEscELLANEOUs.


Mark Twain must be astOnished at
the practical shape his suggestion of
monument to Adam is taking. Twenty
thousand dollars have been subscribed
for the work, and a committee is now
corresponding with artists in Europe
for design as near as possible like the
first man. 1t will be of bronze and un-
yelled at Elmira, New York, in June,
and Twain will fittingly conclude the
joke with a dedicatory address.-Hana-
tltOB telegraph.
Chicago is suffering from a grain
blockade. The combination of which
James Keene is at the head has forced
prices to point which precludes ship
ments to the seabOOrd without actual
loss, and the large quantities of grain
ARRIVING in the city remain to choke up
the elevators and storing places. Over
1000, 900 bushels are now in the eleva-
tors and on the river, and several rail-
roads are refusing to carry more while
the blockade lasts Cincinnati Gazette.
George the Count Johannes AN eccen-
trio and Quixotic, character of New
York, died in that city recently. He
claimed to be Count of the German
Empire, and was chiefly noted for his
superabundance Of cheek and impecuni-
osity. He made himself famous through
his imperiOusness, and was tolerated as
harmless lunatic, and was the butt of
ridicule for the New York press gener-
ally. He died a pauper's death, and
was buried at the expense of that city.
Frank Smith, an Ohio man, as we
learn by the Delaware Gazette, has made
the smallest steam engine in the world.
We are informed that the engine and
boiler are made of brass, and will sit
on a space the size of a three-cent
piece. The bOilercontains water gauges
and safety valve and the engine, Of
course, is composed of cylinder, steam
chest, balance wheel, etc. The stroke
is three-sixteenths of an inch in length,
the bore is thirty-seconds Of an inch in
diameter, and the balance wheel three
eighths of an inch in diameter. The
boiler is heated by spirit lamp, and
the velocity of the engine is 5000 rev.
per minute. Mr.. Smith con-
templates making still smaller engine
at no distant day.
Notwithstanding an improved pub
lie sentiment in the South, says an eX-
great improvement has
really taken place within the past two
or three years-the cOlOred people ex-
perience great difficulty in acquiring
title to land throughout the whole
country south of the Potomac and the
Ohio. There are some 10000, 900 acres
subject to the homestead law; yet these
lands are practically unavailable to
black men, for the reason that when
they settle upon such lands they are
annoyed, prosecuted and driven off by
white men as soon as the Improvements
become valuable. Their right to take
lands under the homestead law is clear
and unquestionable, but that right
avails them nothing in the presence of
bulldozeTs and rufiaus,
The following figures are from the
New York Worlds review of the live
;;tt6ioat trade at that point during the
past wear: The total number Of beeyes
received foot up 568, ,548; of COWS, laws
of calves, 155, ,S96; of sheep, l,50S ,254;
of hogs, 1,720,937. For the year 1873
The receipts were 544, ,371 cattle, Alb
COWS. 133, 1873 CALVES, 1,341 500 sheep
and 1897, ,161 hogs. The totals of re-
,eipts compared with last year show an
increase of 24,177 beeves. 3,2S7 milch
COWS, 1888 calves, 266,752 sheep and
ambs, and a decrease of 1876 hogs.
Compared with 1S59-just 90 years
lgo-the increase in beef cattle is $685.
'68; in veaIs, lis, ,464; in sheep and
ambs, $50, $40; in hogs, l,342,897. But
here were more milch cows offered in
his market in the year 1859 than during
he past year by 2,ll6.