Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-12-30
state ana Neighb u nood Itoms.

O4tA year, IS aD0uC 10 treat use
G to q new Cottrell q Babcock pow
er press and other new matirial.-
= The Star is a Iamiaa,y that W
| trust will never grow dim.
} - The students at the Norma
School at Lebanon, held a Socia
re- Union at Washington Hall
week ago last Friday-the schoo
is in a Aourishing condition.
- The Columbus Gazette Of las
week says that patent for new
railway spike was last week grant
ed to Mr. e, H. Shoemaker, Of Col
unbus, formerly of this place. Sue
cess to our old friend,
- The jackson Standard Of last
week says: " Last summer We
spoke about a shaft being in pro.
gress on the land of Allen Austin,
in Milton township. Last week Mr.
H. f. Austin brought us lump OF
coal taken from this shaft. They
have taken out some 800 bushels
Of this coal, 1t is from 3 to 4 feet
thick, and sixty feet below the sur
face Of the ground"
SENslBLE.-The Marion Independ-
ent tells the business men of that
! place not to complain Of muddy
roads and consequent dull times
and at the same time refuse to aid
in constructing turnpikes. Ifyou
will not aid in flooring over the
mud, be content with the mud and
consequent dull times
"A cotemporary, the Green
vile journal, whose paper seems
to be in great demand by non-sub-
scribers has the following queer
paragraphs:
"Subscribers to the Journal, when
a noighbor calls on you to get your
Journal to read before you have
read it, just tell him that the best
thing he can do is to subscribe for
it himself"
= Thenew county safe for Pick
away county cost $2,100 instead of
$21, 900, as we stated last week on
the authority of the Union. The
error is corrected in last weeks I'm
ion.
-Ourncighbors of CircleyilIc have
been seized with another railroad
3pasm, and are bound to build the
CircleviIle d Columbus
Railroad. We hope they will be
successful; all that is required is
enterprise and money,
49, The Circleville Democrat gives
he following swinish intelligence
" Yesterday, Robert Forosman,
If this vicinity, delivered at S. II.
slaughter house, q famous
log, which measured 6 feet from
DOT of tail to point of nose, 81
Get in girth, and weighed 607 lbs, J
On the 10Th inst, Edward Tan
Ter, Of Darby township, this coun-
y, sold to Tanner " Taylor, a
og Of his own raising, which
Weighed COG pounds! This huge
'orller was slaughtered by S. II,
luggles, Of this city.
}, c, Irwin, Of South Salem, Ross
county, killed hog last week, that i
Weighed 500 pounds. f
William Curtain, of Deercreek
ownship, Madison county, sold, a Il
aw days ago, six head of hogs, y
in the aggregate, 2,5lO
ounds The lot averaged 4232 q
IS, the largest bearing down the b
cam at $50 lbs. s
T. b. Harper recently brought to p
enia, n hog, which measured six "
et fycinches in girth, and weighed d
10 lbs. Tho animal was of Ches
+ White breed, two years old, d
Robbcrt Bennington, of Holmes n =,
'unty, in this State, owns hog p
rec years old, that weighs 1900 nj
,unds.' G
- The London (NIadison coun.
} Union Of last week says; cit VI y,
st 1852, besides the products III
the farm, to run the County In th
mary and farm last year, with an
erage Of 45 inmates. pr
-, CO
. The same paper says; "Thc at
lount paid by the County Indrm-
Y Directors for the maintenance III
paupers in the several townships So
the year ending December lst, Vi
60, was $l,307
-- One Of the heaviest earth !"
axes ever known visited the Pa "
ic coast on Sunday. Walls were VII
own down, and men and ami nu
Is badly frightened. In some s-4
ices the shock lasted two min N