Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-12-05
STATE NEWS.

IH6 LUlGuO DluuS ndDo bHC ttSllN
9 cry Of hogs at that place, at presen
, is larger than common during th
5 killing season, and thinks the pael
1 ing season will be of less duratio
! than for several years.
The Chillicothe Gazette of tn
26th of November, says: eve ur
derstand that Mr.. r. r. Seymour O
= this county sold last week 1000
bushels of new corn at S5 cents
bushel, Eight thousand five hun
dred dollars is a nice little pile 70
. the crop of one farm, for one kint
Of grain. Who says that farmln.
don't pay ?"
The Newark American says: "W,
heard of man in Coshocton coun
ty, who has several acres of as gooC
agricultural land as can be founC
in Ohio, and which yields large
crops of cereals and fruits every
year. In its depths are coal depos.
its which he leases to a Company
receiving in pay a half cent for ev-
cry bushel mined, and realizes about
$3.50 per month therefrom."
The Lebanon Star says: "It is
reported that the Democrats of
Warren county are going to raise
$4,000 with which to start q Dem
oeratic paper in Lebanon. Not
possible. The Democratic party
of Warren county couldn't raise
$4,000 to save its soul. And it
world take every cent of that to
make a Democratic paper healthy
in this good radical county,
The Chardon Democrat of last
week, says: Mr.. James Mcbride,
Of this place, dug two peachblow
potatoes on the farm Of Charles
Clark, of Perry, Lake County,
weighing respectively 2 lbs and 3
lbs. | or. Who can beat that I? An
excellent picture, representing Mr.
Mcbride in the act Of digging these
mammoth potatoes, may be seen at
Bestor brothers. Photographic Gal
lery.
The Lancaster Gazette says "At
a late Democratic election jolIillca-
tion in one of the towns of Northern
Ohio, the committee of arrange-
ments entrusted twenty-five dollars |
to one of the faithful for the pur-
chase Of refreshments. In due time
he made his report of expenditures
---twenty4four dollars for whisky
and one dollar for bread. My I
God ? said one of the committee,
what are VIC going to do with so
much byead|"
The Circlcville Union of the 22d
it,, says that "Jom W. KEGS, for
nerly Editor and Proprietor of the
Wat2hman, died, of soft
ming Of the brain, in the Central
ohio Lunatic Asylum, at Columbus,
IN Monday last. His funeral took
,lace, in this city, from the residence /
II Mr.. Acker King, on Tuesday, at f
o'clock P. NJ. Mr.. Kees was I
,orn in Berkeley County, Virginia, {
nd was, at the time of his death, d
l years Of age" v
The Xenia Torchlight Of the 9th d
It,, says: "The residence of Mr. g
amcs Simpson, one mile west of r
he city, was burgIariously entered Il
,st week, and a large quantity Of "
stolen including about a
0 cans Of fruit. The rascals made ii
big haul and succeeded in getting 81
# with it, Mr.. Simpson had about Il
$500 deposited in a fruit can n
,hich he thought had been taken p
Iso; but the can containing the al
Ioney has since been found in a "
arrel of beans where he placed it. d
HIGH PRIoE FOR LAND. On Mon al
~ Robert Boyd sold to Mat. Stew p'
t 30 acres off Of the old infrmary Tr q
rm at 5000 per acre. The piece Z
Id has q front of 80 rods on the Il
.idway pike, adjoining William A. a y
ellis farm, and about q mile from Z
wn. This is the highest price
er paid for that number Of acres &C
the county, and shows that the d
% Commissioners who forced this es
autiful and valuable farm for sale, 10
L an act injurious to the best in re
rests of the people of the county. til
r. Boyd paid $4,000 for the farm. L.
90 acres, and realizes $4,000 for he
} sale Of thirty acres. We under nc
md that the purchaser intends err
,cting a fine residence ON the land I'm
xt season. London Democrat. m.
IIoRsR THIEF CAUGHT-A DANCE in
AT DIDN'T CoME OFF.-At the an
If held last month at Greenfield, I'll
10, a lawyer by the name of Ellis, fin
iding at Petersburg, Highland Ito
mty, had q valuable horse stolen Co
an old man named Sam Haines,
0 at that time kept hotel in thu
lnkfort, Ross county. Detec- an
os soon after found the horse in a '
illicothe in the possession Of IN.
nan who had traded another II
'se for it, Haiues, however, left or
country, and his whereabouts cc'
lained mystery until last week,
en- information reached Green ist
4 that the thief was keeping a Lis
81 at the little village of Platts- So
g, Clarke county, on the Spring ser
/ Railroad. On Friday Marshal col
rk, of Greenfield, arrived here, i
|, accompanied by Marshal Nc coi
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