Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-07-09
New Holland Correspondence.
New HOLLAND, O., July 6.

VI HOEe, eFGIlIS NhNC JuTueu up ILdV
l have failed to get full details Of ;
and aside from this, they have be-
come old stories, so that it is not
worth taking notice of them now.
/ will note a few of the things of
the past, and perhaps will attempt
to predict some things in the fu.
ture.
There is one thing which cannot
really be considered an event, yet
it is an every day occurrence in
and around our village Perhaps
some of your readers will begin to
wonder what it is Well, if they
will epatient, I'll tell them. It's
nothing more than-we have it ex.
tremely hot now a-days; so much
so that it is very unpleasant to
even sit in the shade and do moth
ing There is one place, however,
which is much sought after Me
thinks some one has conceived the
idea that that place is the saloon Of
]. Dewey or DR.. Judy, where death
and destruction is dealt outin doses
about the sizerofa half-pint or pint.
But not so. That is not the place
l was going to tell about It'sjust
in front of Vlerebome's Soda Foun-
tain, where you can get the best
and purest Soda that ever quenched
the thirst of any one.
Our Post Office has been "swing.
ing around" slightly, of late, The
first move was from the old corner,
opposite the Drug Store, to the COR
ner of j. W. Grimes; thence to the
commodious little room Of N. Lew
is, formerly occupied by George
Sthrack, as a tailor shop. We have
almost eofre to the conclusion that
our Post Office is .rylng to initiate
a Lodge of Free Masons. They
observe the Full Moon, while our
P. o. makes a move every New
Moon; that is the only difference,
This brings to- mind one thing
more which may be Of interest to
some IT ,yonr, readers. ] am in
formed that the Lodge of Free Ma
s6ns are taking steps to erect a
new Hall, or Lodge Room. This
is a good move, and I hope they
will carry the work through, as they
need new Hall; beside, it will add
to the appearance of our little vii
lage, . sv.s aas-.g o.. s5T
A few evenings ago, there were
a couple of rather suspicious look
ing fellows came over from your
village, / said suspicious; and so
they were, to few Of our citizens
land they are few, too when they
were informed that these "fellows"
had come over to organize Post
of the G, A. r. in our village The
G. A. R. lisa frightfui institution to
some of our citizens--as much SO
as tits to your neighbor of the Reg
lister.
It will be remembered that in my
former communication ! spoke of
our Town Council having in con-
temptation the erection Of a Gala
boose. lam happy to say that the
Calaboose is now completed, or so
nearly so that a few minutes notice
will be sufficient for the Marshal to
thrusta a gent or two through the
hole 5he carpenter left, and turn the
key; and the victim, whoever he
may be, may be considered safely
housed.
A very serious and sad accident
happened aboutnooh ohithe Fourth.
Milton Donahoe, aged about twelve
years, and oldest sou Of j, G, w,
Donahoe, who resides about two
miles east of here, came to our vii
lage to spend the Fourth. He, to- E
gether with several other boys,
went out to DR.. Wilson'S Pool to
take a bathe. After they had be-
come tired Of sportingin the water,
they all started for, town, and when !.
about half way, Milton concluded
he would return to the Pool again.
the entreaties Of his
companions to go with them, he
went back, all alone. L
Soon after the trains passed, quite
a acrowd Of boys=33 in Advent
to the Pool, and were having quite
h merry time, jumping off the bank,
turning sumtnersaults, diving, &c.,
when one of them, diving near the
bottom, stepped on the body Of
some person. On coming up he
that he stepped on some
one; but as another boy was un-
derthe Waterlat the same time and
near the same place, he supposed it
was him. In about Is or 90 min
utes another boy, diving down,
came up and said he had stepped on
somebody's head. Dr. Wilson,
who was sitting on the bank watch
ing the boys having their sport,
heard the remark ofthe boys about
stepping on somebody, and imme-
diately caused them to search under
the water when a boy by the name
Of Brown, diving down, caught
hold of someone's foot, and, to the j
of all, brought out
the body of the boy referred to
above. DR.. Wilson Immediately
went to work upon the body, but
discovered no sign of life. The
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