Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-04-02
STATE NEWS.

work upon the new Court HOUSE
were opened by the county Commits
sioners at the Auditors office OF
Saturday last. For the materials
Of the statement given below we are
indebted to Mr., j, w. Towson, o.
! that office. -
The contract for the brick work
was awarded to Mr. A. H. Stall, on
his bid of 50 20 per thousand,
The contract for the stone work
was awarded to Messrs. Blaire, Eb,
ener q Kraus, on their bid of $21,
$50 for the job.
The unsuccessful bids were as
follows:
NJ. Bucher, stone work $4,000;
brick work $40 Is per thousand.
D. Cowden, brick work SO 45
per thousand pavement and arches
$l2 50 per thousand.
VIM Fish, f. Field, and A. Fish,
stone work S32,0S3 90; brick work
$40 90 per thousand; removing
rubbish S400,"
The editor Of the Delaware Her
aid has been travelling, and gives
the following as the result of his
observations in the Northern por-
ton ofthe State: "We have recent;
ly passed over a portion of Della
ware, Morrow, Crawford, Richland,
Ashland, Medina and Summit coun-
ties, in all Of which we found the
wheat crop very promising, partic
ularly in the two latter. 1t seems
to have withstood the extreme rig
or of the recent winter remarkably
well, and now presents q fine green
appearance, stauds thick on the
ground, and with favorable weather
from this until harvest, must pro
duce abundantly. Farmers along
our route seemed to be highly en-
couraged at the fine prospect for a
good wheat crop"
The following item Of news,
which we clip from the last VIII
mington Republican, is damaging
to the hopes Of rascals; "The work
Of repairing our county Jail is now
progressing rapidly, The material
has been prepared in Cincinnati,
and is now being brought up, and
fitted in place by the contractors.
1t is to be hoped that, when com
pleted, Clinton county will have a.
secure receptacle for candidates for
the Penitentiary or gallows' until
the county is done with them"
The Lebanon Star of the Goth
ult, says; "We regret to learn that
some of our farmers in this vicinity
are being compelled to plow upI
their wheat and barley fields pre-
paratory to sowing the same with
spring wheat, the fall crop having
been entirely destroyed by the win
ter We feared this result at the
time, from the rapid thaw, follow
ing the heaviest snow of the winter,
and sudden freeze succeeding"
The London Democrat of last
week, says: "It seems that the
friends of the Gas movement have
been moving ahead a little too rap
idly. r. A. Harrison, Esq, IN ex
the law creating Gas Com
panies few days since, made the
discovery that the question of hav
ing Gas in cities of the second class
or villages, had first to be submit |
ted to the electors alta special cleo
ton"
The GAINESVILLE Courier and Ga
zette of the 9th ult., says; "OutI
Of a class of fifty applicants for
certificates as school teachers be-
fore the Board of Examiners of
Muskingum county, on March 7th,
1868, only twelve of the whole
number were successful, thirty eight
being rejected,
The applicants must have been
poorly educated, or the examining
rigid.
Look out for thieving silk ped
dlers, The Mansfield Herald Of the
25th ult, says: "Thc store of
Messrs. BrubalSer n Winbigler was
broken open on Tuesday night last,
and silks to the value Of $1,000 ta-
ken therefrom, The thiefor thieves
effected an entrance through the
back window by splitting the blind
with u chisel which was afterwards
found. Il
A SUGGESTIVE PARAGRArH.-TheI
Circleville Union Of Friday, gives
the following good advice to whom
it may concern: "Yomg men, who
complain of the unevenness Of our
and the dimness of the
gas, will find both much improved,
If. they will go home earlier"
The Delaware Gazette, says
"The teachers and pupils of the
University and Female College are
now enjoying q weeks vacation,
previous to entering the studies of
the spring term, which begins
April 3d.
The Columbus Gazette of Friday
says "Butter--strong at that
selling at 80 and 55 cents a pound, !
is what we call hefty. 1t May be
all right, but we hope it won't last
long" a mut aa