Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-07-29
LOCAL ITEMS.

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There will be an eclipse of the SUI
August It'll.
= The wheat crop id this county ha
been saved in excellent condition.
- The jamestown (Greehe Coz Fai
takes place August oath to 9th, inclusive
Remember the Temperance meeting
at the Court House next Thursday eve
ming. ",
Don't forget that Bryan's Mammoth
Circus and Menagerie will exhibit here
next Monday.
y The Ohio State Fair will be held al
Toledo this year, commencing Sept. 18th
continuing five days.
New wheat is beginning to come ntc
market, and is of an excellent quality
One dollar per bushel is paid for it,
We ure pleased to learn that ]. H L
Scott has been again engaged to take
charge of the Jacksonville Union School
We have heard that young woman
gave birth to child in the streets O
South Plymouth, in this county, one day
last week.
Yohng chickens not much larger than
mans fist are brought Into town and
sold at fabulous prices, Twenty to TWEEN
ty-five Dents apiece are paid for chickens
that are unweaned and need the protecting
shelter of the mothers wing.
- Now that the harvesting season is
past, we hone that Supervisors will 60 to
work and mend up the roads. There
are places on the roads where now and
then dirt or muck has been put on the
roads by contractors, instead of good
gravel. Where this Is the case, n cart load
or two Of good gravel is needed, Now is
the time to mend
We learned the other day, while at
stahhtoh, that our old friend and former
citizen of that place, Capt. Morris Rowe,
now resident Of jackson Co., Missouri,
had the misfortune last Spring to have his
house and nearly everything in it burned.
He built another house, and few weeks
since, during a terrible wind storm, it was
removed about forty feet from its founda-
tion by wind
There will be Temperance meeting
held in the Court House. Thursday night,
July 49, The question of forming, IN
Washington, an "Antf Liquor Traffic
League" (" for the suppression Of this mighty
evil, will be presented for discussion and
adoption. Let all citizens who desire the
suppression Of this evil be present, to
give advice and aid in the formation and
execution of the movement.
- On Monday last We had Copious
showers of rain in this place and through
out our county. 1t was much needed, as
the ground was getting quite dry, and
corn and vegetation generally began to
show discouraging evidences of dry wealth.
er. A few more showers between this and
the first Of September will insure full
crop Of corn apd more potatoes than it has
been the good fortune Of our farmers to
have for 10 or II years.
Some months since we understood it
was The intention of our town Council to
put pp posts and lamps at suitable points
on Court and perhaps other streets in ouF
town; but thus far we have failed to see
nny Of these much needed luminaries. -
Why is thfs2 Have our Councilmen con-
cluded that darkness is better than light,
because it affords eoncealment for the vi
ciously disposed and wicked transactions
Of nocturnal prowlers2 Let US have
light
= Somewhat Of O row occurred on Sat
urday evening between white men and
negroes, originating out Ofa difficulty be-
tween some darkies and Steinhart Bros, at
their clothing store. What the cause Of
the wrangle between the stelnhart Bros
and the darkies was, we did not learn; but
whatever it was, or whatever it might have
been, the sight of collision between a
white man and a "nigger" was sufficient
to bring a score Of white men upon the
darkies, and the row assumed considerable
dimensions before it was quelled by the
officers and citizens. Little blood was
split, however. the principal sufferer being
one Of the darkIes, who was knocked down
number of times, and badly beptcn,
We passed over the turnpike between
this place and Steunton, one day last
week, for the first time since that road has
been made, and were sorry to find ita very
poor road, It's not more than half built,
much of the gravel is poor, and in many
places cart loads Of dirt instead of gravel
have been put on, leaving very bad and
provoking holes in tie road. We know
nothing Of the requirements on the part of
the contractors for building this road but
lift is not built in as good and substan-
tial manner and Of as good material as
required by the contract, somebody is 60
blame. The people who pay their money
for building our roads have fight to de-
mand that they shall at least be made as
good as the terms Of contract stipulate.