Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1881-02-03
Foreign.

THERE is great suffering from want
in County Clare, Ireland Every workhouse
is crowded. Much distress exists among the
laborers in the Loughrea district.
RUMoRs are ahoat at St. Thomas that
! the United States has again made proposals
to Denmark respecting the latter's West In
die possessions, q. oa Il. VI ~. II --a.
A RIOT occurred on the 25th between
miners and police near Bolton, England. One
man was Killed and many policemen and
miners severely injured.
The trial of the traversers at Dublin
was concluded on the 95th. The iury disa-
greed and the prisoners were released.
The House Committee on Judiciary,
on the 25th, decided that the Senate has the
Constitutional right to originate bills making
appropriations OF public moneys.
In the British House of Commons, on
the 25th, Chamberlain, President Of the
Board Of Trade, said the Government cannot
prohibit the importation of oleomargarIne or
other compounds.
A BOAT used for harbor work at Cher
bourG, France, foundered on the 18th. The
crew Of eighteen persons drowned
The St. Petersburg Agenee R'tsSe
says there will be no formal conference at
COnstaDtlnople.a Each Ambassador will treat
with the Porte separately. The negotiations
will be Simultaneous, but not collective.
The horse armory and White Tower,
containing the armory, at the Tower Of Lon
don, have been closed to the public on ac-
count Of apprehended Fenian disturbances.
GENERAL SKoBELoFF telegraphed
from Geok-Tepe on the Gath announcing that
the Russians had captured Geok-Tepe and
Dengll-Tepe after nine hours desperate fight
ing, and that the Tekke-T were in
full retreat. Their loss was enormous.
THE Home Rule members of Parlia-
ment have resolved to oppose the coercion
bills to the extent of their abilities.
A BERLIN dispatch says many agri-
culturists are earnestly complaining against
the Importation into Germany Of American
productions, which they say seriously affects
their interests. .,..... ............
A ST. PETERSBURG dispatch says news
from Hrquerz Of the 18th states that in the
sortie on the 10th the Turcomans captured
sixty soldiers, whom they Immediately muir
dered. Askbad Turcomans captured and
killed one hundred Persian riders.
AT White Vale, Ont, on the 28th
ult, Mrs Sheppard killed her two little boys
one three years old and the other seven
months. She then probably fatally stabbed
herself. ...,.,..
AN Athens, Greece, dispatch on the
2Sth ult. stated that several battallons had
been ordered to be ready to march to the
frontier at any moment.
AN uprising is reported in Turkish
Armenia, which has been in an unsettled state
for some time. Z,
The Egyptian cotton crop, it is now
reported, will exceed the first estimate about
thirty per cent
ENGLAND has notified the Porte that |
she does not wish to obstruct negotiations on
the Greek question, and that she will act in
harmony with the other powers.
AFTER meeting at Leigh, England,
on the 9th ult., mob went to dethrone the |
,olliers who had taken the place of some 9TH
ers, and desperate riot ensued. Hussars,
infantry and police were on the ground. The
lot act was read. The hussars then charged |
lpon the mob. Several miners and policemen
we're injured t