Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-05

Gnpette COltlttll Der6lo
WIN. MlLLlKAN & SON, Editors and PrOPdetOrs'
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WASHINGTON c. H., OHIO
CURRENT NEWS.
Germany's army, on a peace footin 6
numbers 1897 officers and 4O1, ,659 men.
The Senate confirmed e. II. Murray
of Kentucky, Governor Of Utah on the 27tl
ultimo.
The Governor of Rhode Island recon-
mends that women be given the right to vot
on school questions.
The excess of exports over imports
for the twelve months ending December 81
1879, was S25l, l,85O4T.
Eight lives were lost in the burning
of the steamer Charmer on the Lower Missis
slppi River, on the26th ult.
A fire-damp explosion occurred in
colllery at Melissin, saxony, on the Goth ult
Fifteen persons we're killed.
A Rio Janeiro dispatch, on the 1st
stated that yellow fever had broken out IL
several places in Brazil.
There were three deaths from starVa
tionnear Parsonstown,, County Louth, Ireland
during the week ending Jan. 30.
A bill for the purchase of the Rou
manian railways by the State has been adopted
in the Roumanian Chamber Of Deputies.
The New York Republican Conven'
tion TO choose delegates to the Chicago Con
Vention will be held at Utica, February %.
A Berlin dispatch says itisannounced
that the Government intends to propose tal
on all persons exempt from military service
Two Americans, charged with steal
ing 50, 900 francs from Russian naval officer
were arrested at Naples, Italy, on the 9th ult
Henry Morris, convict, confessed
on the 28th ult., to having started the recent
fire in the Kings County (N ~ Peniten-
tiary.
A Geneva, Switzerland, dispatch on
the goth ult. stated that for the fourth time
in the present century Lake Zurich was frozen
over.
The Kings County, N. Y, Peniten-
tIary, at Brooklyn, was destroyed by fire on
the 26th. Loss on building and stock, about
100000.
The disturbance between whites and
blacks in Shenandoah County, Va, was quieted
on the Goth ult,, and the troops returned to
their homes.
The New Jersey Republican Conven-
tion for the selection Of delegates to the Ma
tional Convention at Chicago, will be held at
Newark on the 9th Of May.
Fifty thousand shares of Central Pa
ciac stock we're sold by the Syndicate Com
mittee in New York on the Goth ult. The
sales ranged from 81 u to s715.
-
The Virginia Republican State Con-
VentiOn for the election Of delegates to the
National Republican Convention, will be held
at staunton on the 9lst Of April.
A bill has been agreed upon by the
House Committee on War Claims providing
for relmburslng Kentucky for expenses In
Curred in suppresslng the rebellion.
Gonzales, the would-be assassin of
King Alfonso, has been pronounced In
sane by the physicians appointed to examine
into his mental condition.
Italy's double-turretted iron-clad, the
largest war vessel aaoat, In a recent trial Of
speed and using slx-sevenths Of her power,
ran fourteen miles an hour.
At Philadelphia, on the 31st ult., five
persons convicted of making fraudulent cleo
tlon returns, we're sentenced to pay 800 five
and costs and be imprisoned twelve months.
A Cabul dispatch says the Ghuznees
sent word to General Roberts that they have
determined TO fight to the last extremity un-
less Yakoob Khan is reinstated in Cabul as
Ameer.
The opening of bids for star mail
service in Ohio, Indiana and Southern States
east Of the Mississippi River was completed
on the 3lst ult. The bids aggregated about
10000.
Henry Grant and George Adds were
killed, and William Rhodes severely wounded
while attempting to cross the track ahead of
an express train in a carriage at Chester, Pa,
on the let.
The Comptroller Of the Currency re-
ports that the National bank circulation In
creased S1,9l3,573 during January, leaving
the amount outstanding February 1st, B342,.
3O4, ,7s9.
The Independent Republican Central
Committee, Of New York, known az Scratch
ers, adopted resolution on the 3lst ult.,
against the nomination Of General Grant or
Senator Blaine.
The prfnca of Walas and tba q Cay.,,, a .,