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Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-01-07
County Printing.
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Guernsey Times:
"The Monroe County Commits
sioners have passed serise Of res.
olutions forbidding the payment OF
any money to parties outside Of the
county for printing, and requiring
all such bills to be paid by the Of
ilcer making the contract, out OF
his own pocket"
Wehope tile Commissioners ofthis
and every other county in the State
will adopt the same sensible and
proper rule, There is no justice in
sending tho printing ofthe county
away to be done, whom there arc
printing Offices in the county able
to do the work, The county prin-
ting rightfully belongs to the county
press, Of whichever party may be in
power, and the people will not ap-
prove of the work being given to
"outsiders" to the injury Of theil
own printers, Let the money be
spent In the county, and thus build
up home industry.--Hi2|sbor
NewS.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-01-07
3 Il ANDY Joh6s0n's Amnesty

IT, Andy JohGson's Amnesty
PROCLAMATION has the effect it was
designed TO have, it will restore all
rebels to their original rights under
the Constitution and laws Of the
United States; and the rebels will
regard JEFF. Davis and J, G. Breek-
enridge fully as eligible to seats in
the U. S. Senate, as though, instead
OfCommitting treason against the
Government, they had defended it
at the head ofthe Union army In
fact there is but little doubt but
what the rebel element which has
tho ascendancy in Kentucky, will
present Breckenridge as their
choice to filltheposition Of Senator
from that State. ,rai
And JefL Davis is just the kind
Of United States Senator the Mis-
sissippians would like to inhict up
on the U. S. Senate. If these bad
men ever get there, it will be thro'
the unfortunate circumstance OF
having rebel sympathizer in the
Presidential chair. in the person OF
Andrew johnson, who is indebted
to a rebel murderer fer the posi-
ton !ie has SO notoriousIy dis
graced.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-01-07


TEMPERANcE,- The State TEN
perance Alliance viii hold a con
vention at Columbus on the 18th
and 18th inst, Subordinate Socie
ties, Sons ofTemperancc, Temples
Of Honor, Good Templars, and 9th
er temperance reform societies are
requested to send at least one dele
gate to this convention, which is
designedto be a grand Union State
Temperance Convention. All Sab
bath Schools and Christian organ
izations are invited to send dele
gates and participate in the deliberr
ations. The Committee say that
arrangements will be made with the
different railroads to carry delegates
to this convention al reduced rates
Of fare.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-01-07
The Currency and Cod


We do not profess to be gproph-
ct, or as well posted in fnanc, and
currency as some people; hat we
10 not think it requires u great
amount Of financial experience or
sagacity to see that if the Supreme
Court should decide that the legal
currencylawis unconstitutional, the
greenback currency and National
Bank currency will sink one hun
dred per cent. below the value Of
gold; and an immediate return to
specie payment would produce the
same result with all paper currency.
Men who. owe debts would be re-
quircd to pay them in gold, OF in
its equivalent, and the price of the
equivalent would advance in pro-
portion to its demand. H
There is nobody that we know Of
who wishes TO force an immediate
decision Of the legal tender ques-
tion, or the immediate return to
specie payment. 1t is only those who
wish to speculate in gold Of Of the
necessities Of those whom the spe-
cle demand would compel to
submit to the tender mercies Of
a Shylock, or a class of men
who hope to gain some political adj
vantage by that means. Either the
decision Of the legal tender act to
be unconstitutional, or an immedi
ate return to specie payment, would
bring the screws down upon the
business of the country so tight
that prostration and ruin in the
business operations of the country
could not fail to be the immediate
result. in this we may lie mista
ken; but that is the view we are
compelled to take oft.
The price ofall our commodities,
trade and internal commerce, is now
based upon n paper currency, and
The best paper currency, too, that
we have seen since we have been
sngagedin business. 1t is the only
paper currency We have had for
nearly 40 years, when a paper dol,
lar would pay for just as much at
one extreme Of the Government as
another, or that was worth as much
in the center Of the Union as it was
at tho verge and we can see no
necessity for disturbing its equilib-
rum, Whoever does, is handlingI
a very sharp edged instrument.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-01-07
Letter From Missouri.


CHILMcornr, Mo, Dec. %, '6S,
Editors Fayette County Herald;
If you will allow me a small
space in one Of your columns,
will try to inform the public of Fay
cite County and throughout the
width and bredth of your circula-
ton, the locality and advantages OF
Livingston County, Missouri where
I located my claim on The l4th day
of March, Of the present year.
Livingston County is situated in
North Missouri, some 1876 miles
Northwest from St, Louis, and al
most duo West, 1870 miles from
Quincy, on the Mississippi River
The county is we'll adapted for Ag-
ricultural and Stock raisingpurpos,
es, having the soil, timber and wa
ter equal to any county in the
State, and not surpassed by any
in the Western States.
Chillicothe, the County Seat, is
a aourishing place, containing q
population of some 5000, and is
situated some two miles North of
Grand River and 35 miles from its
mouth. Grand River is not a large
stream, bnt IS navigable for some
IL miles from where 1t enters the
Missouri River, making us only 20
miles from Steamboat navigation,
We have a Railroad almost com
pleted to brunswick, on the Mis-.
souri river, from this place, inter
secting at Brunswick with the West
Branch of the North Missouri Rail.
road for st, Louis. There is a good
prospect for a Railroad being built
from this. place to Omaha, Nebras-
ka, intersecting with the great
Union Pacific Railroad, opening
up for settlement one of tho best
agricultural portions Ofthe Western
country. There is also in contem-
platiop, and will be completed and in
running order, a railroad from De
noin, Iowa, to this place, making a
great Union Depotand establishing
shops that will give en-.
ployment to some 1000 men con
stantly. |
The Hannibal q St, Joseph rail
road passes through this place, and
is doing a large and profitable bust.
ness. When all our railroads are
completed to this place, which will
be in two years, this will be one of
the best points for business in all
the Western country We will
have a market that cannot be sur.
passed by any county in all the
w eat, or Fayettc county, Ohio.
Missouri is yet in her infantcy,
althopgh she became State near
The same time of Illinois; but she
has been kept back by the curse Of
Slavery. Thank God that curse
has been removed, the dark cloud
has passed away, and she is now
rapid strides in population
and wealth. She is filing up from
all quarters, with an intelligent,
good and true people, and the day
is not far distant when she will
rank with the formost States Of the
Union.
Having occupied more space in
your valuable paper than ! should
have done, and should you be kind
enough to give itplace, you may in
the future hear from
5 Yours Truly,
MAT CRIsPIN.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-01-07

ONO PENITENTlARY-The receipts
Of this Institution TOR the past tis-
cal year were l7l,037 40, and the
expenditures $l6S,747 46; of which
.Sl4l, ,704 As was for general expen-
ses, and S2l, ,95a0l for enlarge
ments and repairs, leaving a clear
gain over all expenditures ofS72S9
40, and S29, ,242 so over the gener-
al expenses Of tho institution--an
excellent showing, exhibiting the fact
that our fellow-townsman, General
Walcutt, understands how TO man
age such an institution. Five larg e
shops are among the improvements
madO during the year Colum-
BUS Gazette,
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-01-07
GREAT BARGAINS!

The Subscriber offers for sale at q great
bargain his Residence, a large Furniture
Store, together with all the stock with
which It is filed, and entire trade and
good will of the establishment. There is
no better location in Southern 0hie for an
active, prosperous business in the
Furniture Trade,
than the one now offered. The proprietor
is induced to sell only from desire to en-
gage in busin sss mole eongenial to his
health. 8
To any one desrous Of engaging in a
first. rate money.making business, this To-
cation affords rare inducements, Apply
to the subscriberNt his Furniture Store.
THOMAS BURNETT.
December 81, 1868 ,--6Ftf
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-01-07

- The Columbus Journal names
Hon, Samuel Galloway as a suitable
person to Gil a foreign mission un-
der the new administration Of the
incoming President, We know of
no man more worthy, or whom we
would be more pleased to see hold
an honorable position under the
new administration, than Hon. s.
Galloway. He has always been
true to the great interests Of the
country in every emergency, and
never faltered in the performance
of known duty to his country, or
to the great party that has saved
this Union from total wreck.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-01-07

CONTEST. Hon. Benjamin Eg-
gleston, the Union candidate for
Congress in the LIST District in Gin.
ciHuati last fall, has served legal
notice upon p. V. strader, who re-
ceived tile certificate Of election,
that he will contest his (StradersJ J
right to a seat in Congress, as he
claims to have been legally elected
himself. The grounds Of contest
are, illegal votes imported from
Kentucky aud the Northern part Of
Ohio, and gross frauds and irregu.
larities In the election.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-01-07

NOTICE 10 BUILDERS, =

NOTICE TO BUILDERS ~
~ scaled Proposals win be received by tho
County Commissioners Of Fhyette County, o.
vt the Auditors office of said county, until 2
O'Clock Z. M. of Monday, February tst, 1879, for
building aud completing In accordance with
plans and specifications on nle IN said oiiice,the
New County lnhrmary, to be erected on what
Is known as the "CaldOr Farm" ABOUT two
miles N, y. of Washington q, II.
Bids will he considered for the building to
bo completed as whole, or in separate parts,
as fOllowsi .0 a4.,
lst For the Stone and Brick work, eS.
cCpt that portion Of the basement salroady ,pn-
dor contract to Shoemaker y Wolf, ri Js,.
a. For all Carpenter and Joiner work to
include all Hardware, Tin-work, Slate.r0Qt-
Ing and homework
Al Lathlhg and Plastering.
4th. Painting and Glazing. fly
All material to be furnished by the several
Contractors, except the Brick, which will be
furnished by said Board In the kiln ON said
fam. tI
The noarf reserves the right to reject any
or ail bids,
Printed forms for bids win be furnished at
said Auditors oiiieci NO Others will be con.
sideid.
zach bid MUST DO accompanied BY q bond
with Rt least two sureties with the neccs-
sary stsmps.
By orderor the Board Of County Commits
si0ners. A, MetANhLEsa,
T'w4 lA County Auditor,
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-01-07

AT q recent trial Of revenue
case IN New York, skilltul experts
swore that some specimens ofbran-
dy which were submitted TO them
we're not only genuine, but were
worth S12 a gallon IN gold, when
Il was aiterward proved that they
were manufactured In Brooklyn,
and was not brandy at all,
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-01-07

- Ihe Columbus Morning Jour
nal takes a sensible view Of the
forced question of female suffrage
1t thinks it wholly unnecessary to
discuss the question $50 long as
women of education and refinement
declare that thsy would not vote III
the privilege were conferred upon
their sex, and 80 long as not one
intelligent woman in q hundred
manifesis the slightest desire to ex-
ercise the right Of suffrage, we shall
rest tolcMbly well satisfied that the
oppression suffered by our mothers
and wives and sisters Is not uncn
durable, and that the present state
Of things may be safely continued
a short time longer"
The rise IN real estate in Dan
bury, Conn, has been immense
Two years ago a fine lot on one Of
the handsomest streets could be
bought for from 800 to $780,.
Now the price asked for the same
is from Ill 900 to $1,000. An acre
OF land in the suburbs was sold a
few days ago for $l,S00, which
could have been bought three yeals
ago for $500,
Milwaukee employs a capital
of over Sl0,000,O00 in her manu-
featuring industries, Beef and pork
packing heads the list with $4,l03,-
877; then follow leather, 81, 800.
900; clothing, $1,5O0,000; beer,
82,000,000; flour, 81, 100000; dis
tilling wines and alcohol, $1,000
900.
A claim agent named L, L. Rolre
has been arrested in Washington
by ofilcefs Of the Secret Service Di,
vision Of the Treasury Department,
charged with an attemt to commit
fraud on tho government by pre-
senting claims to the Quartermas,
tor Generals Office which had been
already paid
Mort6napd Thompson, tho rob.
bers ofthe Merchants Union EX.
press. arrived at White Plains, N.
Y, late Saturday night. Itis boliev.
ed that they will be used as wit.
nesses against A. W. Brown the
"a, . Vt Of the Company, who Is al
legedto have tanned the robbery.
A Now Yorker wants "co.oper-
atiyo saloon society started on econ
omcal principles, where brave men
and fair women could get n sardlne
and q piece Of fpound,cake for some
thing less than five dollars.
South Carolina wages to blacks
are; Sl00 a year and "found," to
farm workers; women, 50 to 81 a
month and "found.n Mechanics
get more, masons averaging ~ per
day.
About a hundred thousand bush,
els Of peanuts have been exported
from North Carolina this year The
crop is very exhadsting to the land.
The last surviving Revolutions
ry soldier Is dead again. His name
was Clark, and ile diod at Richmond,
aged l2l years and six months.
A FIRM in MassIllion has slaugh-
tered over 1900 sheep In two
months. Bought at SOC and 81
head.
They had a shooting match In
Columbiana county for a350 pound
live bear on New Years day.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-01-07

We see IL stated in the papers
that the Sheriff Of Ooshocton coun-
ty In this State has absconded with
slO,OOOof public money about his
person. They seem to be cursed
with dishonest county officers in
that county. 1t is not many years
since the Treasurer Of that county
robbed himself of a large amount
ofpublic money.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-01-07

1T costs some money to adyer.
tise in the city papers. A column
advertisement, published in the
Commercial twice week for a
year, or lO4 times, costs S4,l6O.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-01-07

Hon. E. NJ. Stanton, It ls said,
has retired from public life, and de-
signs practising law in the future.
lie ia not, therefore, We suppose, to
be regarded as an aspIrant for pos,,
ton In the new Cabinet.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-01-07

"A verdict for $500 was rem.
dered against the publishers Of the
Chicago Tribune, on a charge of
libel. The plaintiff is a woman
who claims 10 have been slapdered
in apolice report published in the
Tribune, which report reflects upon
the character Of thesaid plaintiff.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-01-07

Don Piatt is now the Cinein-
nati Commercials Washington City
correspondent
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-01-07

The transactions IN live stock at
the Union Stock Yards of Chicago,
last year, amounted TO oe5, ,0O0,00
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-01-07

And eisheobyg Won hsci
january
eaM
emhM
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-01-07

1t is o curious fact that appears
from o report ofthe secretary ofthe
interior, that while there is but one.
Revolutionary soldier now living,
The lives in New York and draw
ing a pension, there are at the pres
ent time the names OF eight hundred
and eighty eight widows Of the Rev.
olutiOnary soldiers. The mothers
of the Revolution were evidently
younger than the fathers, or else
they lived longer.Ezqnes. Courier.
The penitentiary artesian well
at Joliet has revealed new wealth
to Illinois Inauguration, After
boring through splendid quality"
of building stone at a depth of fif-
teen feet and a thick bed of white
marble at forty feet, the workmenN
'struck vein Of silver" The drill
ing dust, on being subjected to a
chemical analysis, developed un-
questionable silver mineral. The
extent Of the richness of the vein
cannot be definitely known without
digging a larger hole. The pres
ence of silver in the geological fol-
nation of Illinois has never before
been dreamed Of by scientific men
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-01-07

The aturs of this State ssAs.
ssmbledpa aeadAy last,
-CongFtss has commenced work slhoo
ihs Holidays.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-01-07
no CONTRACTORS. = Scale

" NOAN hANA OAeos oVt'iNN
J. Proposals will DO received until one
O'Clock L, NJ OF the 10th Inst for building a
new Frame school House 20 by sS feet, In
School District No. 1, in Jasper township
Fayette County Ohio, Specialization and plan
OF the building may be seen IN the handa Of
the Directors a. Jasper Mills. .
GEO w, MONROE,
GEO. sAXTON,
Directors.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-01-07

A TTACHMENT.--A. T. Read,
n Plaintiff, against Ni,holas Phillips, DE-
fendant.
ship, Fayetto County, Ohio.
ON the Q4th day OF December, A. D. 1857
said Justice issued an order OF attaehment Ia
the above action, for the sum OF Fourteen
dollars A, 4, hEAth
Washington, O., Dec, 81, 1853 7ss
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-01-07
A ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

a UWT TNIo I M 1VN y No INIl'
"A. Notice is hereby given that the unders
signed has been duly appointed and qualified
Ne Administrator lie bonus non, on the Estatq
OF rh0s. q. McElroy deceased. late OF Fayetto
County. W. T. 6ltORMlkt'
Jan.0 1869. 7-wg
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-01-07

QUARTERLY REPORT of the
NcS condition Of the First National Bank OF
Washington, Ohio, on the morning Of the flrst
AYnndaV' nf .TuuuuPv 1884,
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-04-13
The Iron Bar.

Here is good lesson from an iron
bar. Read it children: A bar of iron
worth five dollars, worked into horse
shoes, is worth $1,000; made into
needles, it is worth 1855 made into
pen-knife blades, it is worth 1926
made into balance springs of watches,
it is worth $250,00O. What a drilling
the poor bar must undergo to reach
all that; but hammered. and beaten,
and pounded, and polished, how was
its value increased 1t might well
have quivered and complained under
the hard knocks it got; but were
they not all necessary to draw out its
fine qualities, and fit it for higher Of
|ces?
And SO, my children, all the drilling
and training which you are subjected
to in youth, and which often seem Sc
hard to you, serve to bring out your
nobler and higher qualities, and iii
you for more responsible posts and
greater usefulness in the world.-H
lustrated Christian.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-04-13
A Word About Social PRAYER.

Be reverent. Do not address God
in the conversation tone in which you
speak to your brethren. If the Holy
Spirit has stirred you up call upon
God, do not try to be attractive or ell
oquent. Do not indulge in fights of
fancy. Do not tourney among the
stars" or "ride the foaming main. -
Remember those around you, not that
you may impress them with admira-
ton of yourself, out in simple. direct
language, you may express their de-
sires as well as your own, and remem-
Der God as "the high and lofty One
that inhabiteth eternity" and as ac-
cessible only through the merits of
Jesus ! Do not forget that we have nc
right to come into the presence of
God Do not offend Him by irrever
ence of approach to a mercy seat
sprinkled with the blood of his Son.
illustrated Christian.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-04-13

His glory is from within. 1t is a
radiation. Put him where you will,
he shines and cannot but shine. God
made him to shine. For instance: i'm
prison Joseph, and he will shine out
on ali Egypt, cloudleSs as the sky
where the rain never falls. Imprison
Daniel, and the dazzled lions will re-
tire to their lairs, and the king comes
forth to worship at his rising and all
Babylon bless the beauty of the bright
er and better day. lmpriSon Peter,
and, without an angel for a harbinger
star, he will swell his aurora from the
fountains OF Jordan TO the wells of
Beersheba and break like the morn
ing over mountain and sea. Impris-
on Paul, and there will be high noon
over all the Roman Empire. Impris-
on John. and the Isles of the Egean
and all the coast around will kindle
with sunset visions too gorgeous to be
described, but never TO be forgotten
a bOundless panorama of prophecy
gliding from sky to sky, and enchant.
ing the nations with openings of Heav
en-, transit Of saints and angels, and
the ultimate glory of the city and king
dom OF God. Not only so, for mod
ern times have similar examples-ex
amples III the church and examples il
the state. For instance, bury Luther
in the depths of Black Forest, and
"the angel that dwelt i'll the bush
will honor him there; the trees ar
ound him will turn like shafts of ru
by, and his glowing orbs loom up again
round and clear, as the light of al
Europe.
Thrust Bunyan into the gloom of
Bedford jail7-and as he leans on hi
hand, the murky horizon of Britain
will fame with fiery symbols-"delec
table mountains" and celestial man
sions, with holy pilgrims grouped OIL
the golden hill, and bands Of bliss
from the gates of pearl, fastening t.
welcome them home.-Reu. DR.. I
III. Stockton.