Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1881-01-27


| A TERRIBLE snow storm prevailed in
England on the 18th Numerous wrecks were
reported in the channel and all along the
Cornish coast.
Snow began falling at Paris on the
morning of the 10th and did not cease until
the evening Of the 18th.
THIS distress in County Glare, Ireland,
is reportedto be worse than last year.
The steamer Manitoba on her recent
passage from Boston to Liverpool lost 15O
head of cattle.
cALoNpoN dispatch says the Govern
lneht Is said to be fulyawaFe fexlsting dam
gerous conspracics among Irishmen in sew
eral large towns Of England.
The Thames River overaowed its
banks on the 10Th, causing much damage,
Oyer one hundred barges were sunk at Wool
wich. The damage is estimated at &2,0O0, ,OO0l
DPHTHERIA is raging at Grand
Manan, N. B. John Meggs recently lost eight
children by the terrible scourge within a few
days. ....-,.. ...,.
CoUSTY CLARE and several bur
roughs Of County Sligo, Ireland, have been
declared in state of disturbance. .aa"'
A RIFLE corps will be formed in Hol-
land to assist the Beers in the Transvaal
d A CoALTNG station for the United
States Navy has been established at Pago-
PagO one of the Samoan Islands. . .u
A TELEGRAM from Valparaiso reports
that a great battle has been fought near
Chorillos, nine miles south Of Lima. The Pc.
ruvians were defeated and driven from their
positions with heavy loss. n..H .D.. g
BOLIVIA has started representative
to this country to negotiate treaty of com
merce and make loan Of 100000.
BY the explosion of a boiler at Dews-
bury, York County, England, on the Goth,
eleven persons were killed and sixteen in
jured. r ,ei r,. .... ....
TRAFFIC in London was almost en-
tirely suspended on the Goth, on account of
heavy snow storm which was general through
out the United Kingdom. There were terri
Bic storms along the coast and many vessels
were wrecked and some lives lost.
The Canadian Parliament has made
a move similar to that of the United States
Congress in regard to the alleged Justification
Of the figures Of the Halifax fishery question.
A MONTREAL dispatch says a project
is on foot there for making a railway tunnel
under the falls at Niagara.
A PROPOSED meeting of workmen at
Berlin to protest against the anti-Jewish agi
tation, was prohibited by the police on the
goth, IN virtue Of the provisions Of the anti
Socialist law.
ONE Of the mines at Redwith, Corn
wall, was suddenly flooded on the 20th and
eight persons were drowned ..s |
A VIENNA dispatch says the Porte has
formally declined arbitration of the Greek
question.
A ST. PETERSBURG dispatch says very
disturbing news has been received from Off |
cial sources to the effect that great military
are being made in Chinese
Manchooria In the direction of the Siberian
frontier. f."
The Chilians occupied Lima on the
18th without interference. General Presola,
President of Peru and commander of the
army, fed. The loss of the Peruvians at
Chorillos Is reported at 1000 killed and 1000
prisoners. The Chilian loss was very heavy
GAMBETTA was reelected President
Of the French Chamber Of Deputies ON the
91st. '.#
A DEN Of Nihilists was discovered at
st. Petersburg on the 91st. A quantity OF
revolvers, daRgers axes and u large number
If revolutionary proclamations we're found,
E, A, SOTHERN, the well known
ictor, died at London on the 9lst. !