Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1881-01-06
A BRONZE statue of General Philip

death of Hon. EVarts w. Farr, resulted In the
election Of Ray, Republican.
JOHN SHAW, of Glenn Falls, N. Y,
while sitting at the window of his residence
on the evening of the 9th ult, was shot dead
by an unknown assassin
The notorious gang Of outlaws, COM
posed of about twenty-five men, who have for
the past six months dEerrun Eastern New
Mexico, numbering and committing other
adeeds Of outlawry, was broken up on the25th
ult., by the killing Of two and capturing Of
four others, including the leader.
THE State Commissioners of Agricult-
ure of Kansas reports that over $4,000 acres
of Egyptian corn was harvested in that State
lin 1880. The seed was brought to this coun-
TRY by the Egyptian exhibitors at the Gem
tennal, and being a product of the great
African desert thrlves in the dryest soil and
under the most intense heat. ststs,s
The Brule Sioux demand $7,0O0,00O
for granting railroad right of way through
| their lands.
WILLIAM WAIT, law writer, died at
Johnstown. N. Y, on the 29th ult.
The situation at Socorro, N. M, re-
mained very critical on the Doth ult. A com
pany of United States Infantry was guarding
public property. Antoine NJ Boca, one Of the
prisoners held bY the citizens, procured re-
Yolver and shot one Of the guards and was
himself killed by another guard The Ameri-
cans are determined that COnRling's murderer
shall not escape, and as he belongs to a pow
erful and numerous Mexican family serious
trouble is apprehended.
PRESIDENT HAYES has decided to ac-
cord Cadet Whitaker another hearing.
A MOVEMENT is under way to reor-
ganize the Democratic party of New York
City.
The weather was intensely cold
throughout the entire Northwest on the 10Th
ult., the thermometer at some points being
thirty degrees below zero. All the Minnesota
roads were blOckaded.
IT appears by report from Consular
Agent Calvert, at Dardanelles, that the locust,
or what is called in this country the grass
hopper, is as great pest in Asia Minor as in
Colorado or Nebraska. In some. localities
Of Asia Minor the raVages of the locust has
caused a depreciation OF eighty per cent in
the value Of land.
THE excess of exports over imports
for the month ending November 30 was $685.
874, $40; for the eleven months ending Novem-
Der 30, $141, ,361,0O2.
Mrs. DoRCAs BURCHFIELD, a widow
living at Francisco, Ind, shot and killed
Thomas Burch6eld, her brother-inlaw, on the
Goth ult. Cause not stated.
DR.. WILSON, the agent of the Okla
homa colonists, who went to Washington to
induce the President to withdraw his opposi-
tion to their taking possession Of lands in the
Indian Territory, has returned to Caldwell,
Kan, unsuccessful. The President says he
will maintain the treaties.
The cold wave which had its origin
in the Northwest on the 9th ult., extended
nearly all over the continent. ...
UPON opening a hogshead of mo-
lasses at one of the business houses in Mil
ford, Mass, on the 29th ult., It was found to
contain the dead body of negro in fair
state Of preservation. He Is supposed to
have been murdered and the body thus dis
posed Of to conceal the evidence OF crime,
UNDER the law the appointment of
Secretary Ramsey, acting Secretary of the
Navy, expires in twenty days from It's date
President Hayes has decided to renew the ap-
pointment from time to time until the 4th of
March.
CONGRESSMAN VooRHIs has been ar
raigned in the Bergen, N. j., Court for trial
on the charge of embezzlement The case
has been set for the April term of the court.
THE thermometer at Jacksonville,
Fla, on the 8Oth hult., showed nineteen degrees
above zero, the coldest weathersince 1867. The
oranges on the trees in the city were frozen |
and 1t was feared the fruit up the river was |
badly damaged About one-third OF the
crop had been gathered.
GENERAL r. B. MARCY, Inspector
General has been placed upon the retired list
A. s. LOGAN, lineal descendant of
the historic Indian chief, has been appointed
to position in the Interior Department.
THE Brule and Yanktonia Sioux, on
the 3Oth ult, agreed to sign the treaty to al
low railroads the right Of way through their
The price they agree to take Is
So per acre for the land needed at terminal
puluJh, ~ per acre luI lHuu uhGu lOI lHltl"
mediate stations, and $llO per mile for the
roadway.
AN extraordinary and rare phenome-
non occurred at Louisville KY, on the morn
ing OF the 90th ut., commencing shortly after
sunrise and lasting till ten O'Clock. The sky
was remarkably clear and the weather in
tensey cold There appeared IN the eastern
heavens three suns and beautiful rainbow
halo.
ACCORDING to the Census Department
the population of the United States viii not
fall far short of 81, 600 souls,
On the morning Of the 30th ult. the
east bound emigrant train on the Union
Pacific Railroad parted near Lodge Pole sta
lion, Neb and afterwards collided. Eight
cars were wrecked and five passengers hurt;
lOne fatally,
THE total losses in fisheries from
Mass, the past year comprise
'our sehooners and three boats. Flfty-hve
ives were lost.
TWENTY EIGHT murders and fifty
seven suicides were committed In 81. Louis,
Mo-, during the past year. Eighteen mur-
ierers were confined in the jail on the 30th
llt. awaiting trial
AN elderly woman, named Tifiler,
lied at Fond-du-Lac, Wis, on the Goth ult.
lnder peculiar circumstances. She was suf-
'erer from pneumonia and warm aat-iron
vas ordered put on her chest Her drunken
husband heated The iron so hot that It burned
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