Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-12

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WIN, MlLLlKAN & SON. Editors and ProptetOn der
WASHINGTON G. H., OHIO. ri,
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CURRENT NEWS.
An eruption ofMOunt vesuvius be- ant
gan on the 7th. ........ tiol
The United States Mints coined $9,- ma,
576,5OO during January. ara
Adolph E. Borie, ex-Secretary of the {
Navy, died at Philadelphia on the 5th cha
The vaults of the U. S. Treasury con- con
tained over $685. 900, 900 in silver on the 3d. iror
The Dallas, Texas, Court House was mat
burned on the 4th. Many valuable papers were ,
burned. -,
An unknown vessel and all hands fog
were lost in Long Island Sound on the night Clio
of the Sd. legs
Brazil's cotton crop is estimated at stZt sTTS
4,25O, 600 bales. The coffee crop is reported
good and abundant. a
mile
The report that several persons had Both
starved to death near ParsontoWn, Ireland, SOL
has been contradlcted. annC
the
AleAahuer " "oiis' SUI VI a. MAUI the
son Wells, was nominated for Surveyor of the
Port of New Orleans on the 4th. r
Terr
De Lesseps is actively engaged in BILE Z
surveying route for the proposed Inter lama
Oceanic Canal across the Isthmus. war;
About sixty ofthe Census Supervisors, to q,
recently nominated by the President were con-
frmed by the Senate on the I'd. II
A London dispatch of the 4th says Goo a
the American demand for iron is causing un- bv cc
precedented activity in Great Britain. 600 Q
The House Committee on Agriculture diott iTOH
has prepared a bill making the Department Of
Agriculture an Executive Department. II
pital
Major Reno, recently tried by a fire O
court-martlal for drunkenness and insulting inma
lady, has been dismissed from the service. abou
,-,, =. 49,. ~. whoI
V'lllDle nullio"no s"oPV o'el Uno their
Philippine Islands recently, causing great
damage both on the islands and to shipping III
Connecticut Republicans will hold 1nant p,aDt
their convention for the selection Of delegates three
10 Jhe CDlcago convention ~ new haVen' count
Aprl7. two
The Massachusetts Republican Con- ''on
vention is to be held at Worcester April IS to MI
choose delegates ut large to the National Con Lond
vention. dered
1t was asserted by Paris paper on SIm.o SHU =,
the 9Th that twenty-five persons were killed ~ .or
and 1l6 wounded in the recent railway COLI Srot
sion near that city. train
John d. Gardener and wife, of East IT,,
ton, Mass, were burned to death in their o.o,,
houses, which was destroyed by fire on the bo ~.
morning of the lst. Tho A
Edward Wbitolv Conservativa was acers,
elected to Parliament, On the 6th from the ooIS,
Liverpool district over Lord Ramsey Liberal V'" Th
and Home Ruler. Ill n
The Secretary of the Treasury, on the 65l6,i
Sd, gave notice that he would receive pro- On
posas ior the sae 10 the uoVerhmeht Oh SII entere
100000 of United States bonds. sei1ed
A Havana letter says the recent runhl l,
earthquake at San Cristobal left all public aSee,
buildings and most OF the private houses ex
cept those Of wood, in heap Of ruins. vghioS
Eighty.twO Afghans have been hung time lc
by the British troops at Cabu for partclpa aOio 70
tion IN the attack upon the Embassy and for The
other crimes against British soldiers. .oo a.,
Tho aTorrossoo Ron,bliooo oto+o Clo,- State I
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" vllo t'uulo"Ai the oVC
,,-,.. g.. A.. n,..-, ness pr
AuVlceS from INC EhlliPPlhe Aslahus the hos
STATE thAt twenty-five vessels were wrecked Of conv
ana humDer OF others Dady damaged by the ried to
recent hurricane which passed over the
islands. Nea
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The Grand Jury at Momphis, Tenn, ing of ,
on the 9th, indicted James A. Anderson late ary, AM
Public Administrator, for fraudulent appro- and
pration Of money collected from the estate OF only o
minors. and csc
80, house,
HIe ocouIreu III Chlnese wash bodies
mouse al san Francisco on the morning of the siding
Is1 ana eleven Chinamen were burned to house,
death. 1t is supposed they were stupefed by time IN
opium.
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nAo%u was sou on tne ga under an that un
u .n0 on'Vou sSaUSs circuit Court AZ will Agt
~ sno o LUZ OOuunoiuerS Diu IL IN ior Govern
v7'O'O'OOO' best OF
The Iowa House of Representatives, consider
On the 7th by vote Of afty-seven 10 thirty tion OF