Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1881-01-13


ACCORDING to the published aocoun
by the Cincinnati Price Current the tota
number Of hogs packed up to the 5th, at al
Western points, was 4875, 900, against 4,6l5,
0O0 year ago. #...
The Dixon Crucible Company, of Jer.
sey City, Nj, suspended on the 9th. The
assets and liabilities, which are nearly even
are said to be in the nelghborhood of ST.,
100000. The company is the Oldest and
largest establishments in the graphite trade
In this country Il not In the world, and its
operations extend into every part OF the
world.
A BOILER in the Allentown, Pa, Roll
ing Min exploded on the night of the 9th in
stantly killing one man and injuring ten 9TH
eTs, FIVE Of them fatally. E.. E
GENERAL WALKER, Superintendent
of the Census, has made calculation based
on the average annual growth Of the country
during the past ten years, from which he ar.
riVes'at the conclusion that the population. of
the United States in 1890 will be 4,467, 900,
or very nearly million and half increase
every year.
THE House Committee on Postotfices
and Postroads, at their meeting on the 9th, in
structed Representative Money to report fa-
vorably to the House his bill, which provides
that the rate of postage on second class pub
lications shall be two cents apound.
DANIEL F. SULLIVAN and Patrick
Hayes we're hanged in Moyamensng, Pa,
prison on the 9th. Hayes killed his wife on.
the morning OF March 49, last, and then at
tempted to kill himself. Sullivan killed
woman with whom he lived, and who had sep
arated from her husband. q
Mrs. MEIRHoFTER and Frank Lem
mems, convicted of numbering Mrs. Meir-
hotfer' shusband, at West orange, N. j., Oc-
tober Is, 1879, we're hanged at Newark on the
9Th. frrE r. f..
AT Henrietta, Texas, recently, a man
named Van Rice refused to drink with James
Curtis; an exchange Of shots followed and
Curtis fell, dying within ten minutes. Rice
was badly wounded and was carried to doc
tors office. AS he was placed in the chair a
ball was fired through the window killing him.
THE President, on the 9th, appointed
Nathan Golf, Jr., of West Virginia, Secretary
of the Navy to fill the unexpired term of Sec
retary Thompson, resigned.
AT New York City, on the 9th, an ex-
plosion Of varnish occurred in brewery, by
which four men were so badly injured that
they will probably die. The men were var
nishing barrels when O lamp was incautiously
brought too near the inaammable fluid.
NEAR Fort Scott, Kan,, on the 4th,
the dress Of Miss Jackson caught fire from
an open Fireplace. She ran into the yard
screaming to hermother. The latters cloth
Ing took fire In attempting to extinguish that
Of her daughter and both were burned to
death.
A STATE Convention of Greenbackers
was held at jackson, Mich, on the 9th to map
out plan for the future. Encouraging reso-
utions were adopted.
GOVERNOR LONG, of Massachusetts,,
n his annual message favors the proposal to
give property-holding women the right Of
suffrage
The caucus Of the Republican men,
,ers of the Maine Legislature, held on the
'th, unanimously nominated Hon, Eugene
Iale for United States Senator
SENATOR CoCKRELL, of Missouri, has
,een nominated for reelection to the United
jtates Senate. .....
FRANK N. Brown, aged twenty-one,
vas killed by his father, Special Officer
jhares A. Brown, at Williamsburg, N, Y, on
he 9th, while protecting his mother from the
ather's violence.
Com to the amount of 100000, 600
'as added to the currency OF this country in
he last year, of which $62OOO,OOO was gold
THE County Farm House at Dover,
(. H., was destroyed by fire on the 9TH, When
iscovered the flames had made considerable
eadway and many Of the rooms In the build
g were filled with persons. Some of them
nd to be dragged out. Twelve we're burned
death, The inmates who escaped were
othed and sheltered by the neighbors Many
the inmates were locked In their rooms
I'd there was no one to let them all out
here were two hre-escapes on the building
1T the doors leading thereto were shut and
cked.
IT was reported at Beaufort, S. c., on
eth, that Ratboat had been picked up
Bay Point, upon which were the bodies Of
ght negroes frozen to death.
THE Democratic members of the Ne
da Legislature held caucus on the 7th and
j. G, Fair for United States Sem
or.
Two boilers exploded in Balbach &
MS Smelling Works, Newark, N j., on the y
b, killing the engineer and three workmen :
d seriously iniuring two others. !
A MEMBER Of the Cabinet says the re- u
ntly negotiated Chinese treaties are entirely c
Lisfactory to the United States Government. =
CAPTAIN JAMES B. EADs will present
plan for ship railway across the Isthmus !
Tehuantepec to Congress, and ask for aid c
carrying it out. fl
A PASSENGER train on the Passumpic n
ilroad was thrown from the track near N
wport, Vt, on the 9TH, Mrs. Cushing, an
lady, was killed, aud eight or ten others G.
ere more or less injured. u
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FOFeIgns
Dr.. SCHL1EMANN has presented his
lection Of Trojan antiquities to the En- $
or Of Germany, to be placed in the museum U
Berlin. V
The SaratoiT Russia, Assembly re- II
is that 100000 peasants are starving In II
I province. It is stated that upwards OF a .,
lion peasants are IN absolute want in sa- u
ra II
A TEHERAN, Persia, dispatch says II II
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