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

The Irish societies of Chicago hav
decided not to have parade on st. PAT
riclk's day, but instead will contribute to tn,
Irish Relief Fund an amount equal to tn
. amount of getting up the procession.
The District of Columbia Republican
Convention, on the 7th, nominated J. F. Cool
and Sayles j. Bowen as delegates to the Ma
tlonal Convention. Bowen Voluntaril,
pledged himself to vote for Blaine and Cool
made a similar pledge that he would vote fol
Grant.
Charles Decker, prominent mer
chant of Newark, N. j., committed suicide OF
the Sd by blowing his head off with cannon
constructed from a large, hollow piece Of
iron, which he filed with powder and slugf
and placed under his chin and fred off with q
match.
A train from Paris, bound for Argen-
teuil, on the 4th came into collision In dense
fog with train of the Circular Railroad at
Chchy, Levallois The engineer lost both
legs and his stoker was killed. OF the pas
sengers, eleven were killed outright and over
sixty injured.
A rich discovery of gold, twenty
miles west Of Denver, Col, was made on the
Both ult. A specimen. of the ore assayed
$2l, 199 per ton, 500, ,176 of it being gold. The
announcement Of the discovery was made on
the 1st and before night 100 people were on
the spot.
Preparations for invading the Indian
Territory in the spring are assuming formida-
BILE proportions in Southern Kansas A proc
lamation will be issued by the President
warning all persons against the proposed
movement, and that the military will be used
to eXpel the trespassers.
The New York Herald opened an
Irish relief fund with a contribution of $780,
900 on the 4th. The Herald states that returns
by counties from Ireland show that over 3OO,-
600 persons are slowly starving, and the out
look for coming months is gloomier than pre-
diction has yet painted.
The Milwaukee County, Wis, Hos
pital, located at Wauwatosa, was destroyed by
fire on the morning of the Sd, and two of the
inmates perished in the fames There were
about sixty inmates in the hospital, thirty of
whom had to be carried out; the others made
their own escape.
The st. Petersburg GOJOS has been de-
priVed of the right of inserting advertise
ments for one month for intimating that
three bishops incarcerated at susdal, on ac-
count of their creed, for seventeen, twenty
two and twenty-six years respectively, had
been forgotten by the Government.
Mrs. Sarah Dillingham;, residing near
Londonderry, N. H., was outraged and muir
dered by her nephew, Frank Dillingham;, on
the 9TH. Dillingham; then attempted to kill
himself, but failed through lack Of courage
or some other cause, though he made an ugly
bullethole in his forehead, the ball pene
trating his skull.
From the report submitted to Con-
gress by the Secretary of War it appears that
Jhe organized strength of the militia force Of
The different States consists Of las general Of
icers, l,6O5 regimental, field and staff Off
GERS, 6,l9S company officers and l17087 non
commissioned officers, musicians and privates.
The unorganized force, or number of men
lvallable for military duty is put down as
j,5l6,75S,
On the night of the 9th three burglars
'ntered the bank at Knoxville, ILL.,,
eized and bound the President, E. G.
Aunkle, who sleeps in the building, and after
tagging, beating and burning his feet in a
hooking manner to compel him to give up
he combination, departed, taking $1,000
Vhich had not been locked up. There was a
line look on the safe and Mr.. Runkle was un-
bic to give the combination.
The Kentucky Legislative Commit
ee appointed to Investigate the affairs of the
tate prison have made a report stating that
he condition Of the prison during the past
ear was shamefully bad. In consequence of
n insufficient supply OF wholesome food and |
ne overcrowding OF the ConVlcts much sick
ess prevailed, 200 men at one time being in
no hospital with the scurvy, The logging a
convicts is also reported to have been car !
ed toa cruel extent.
Near Lucan, Ont, on the night of the 7
party Of masked men entered the dwell {
lg of James DonnellY, suspected incendl- 7
", and murdered Donnelly, his wife, son !
nd girl, a niece. A boy named Conner, the ,
llY other inmate, took refuge under bed
I'd escaped. The band then set fire to the
)use, which together with the murdered Il
'dies was totally burned. Another son re- s
ding about three miles from his fathers r
'use, was called to the door about the same I,
me (midnight) and shot dead. N
The students in the Russian high :,
hools have issued proclamation declaring Il
at unless their condition ia bettered they !,
III fight the Great Moloch called the Russian Il
10 the end, even though the Il
st Of them perish. The proclamation is II
nsidered important 90 showing the forma- p,
IN Of new party against the Government. " S
10 Government has summoned large mum. Ii
r Of German police from the Baltic prov- IN
ces, the Russian police having proved inefii- W W
mt in the struggle against the Nihllists. To
A bill providing for the punishment n
crime upon the various Indian reservations &
s been agreed upon by the House Commit " Y
} on Indian Ahalrs. It provides that the nc
va Of the respective States and Territories -.