Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-11-25
LOCAL ITEMS.

- Business at the County Treasurer
office is growing lively.
- Christmas comes on Saturday thi
year.
- Miss Matte W. Mills has opened
new Millinery Store in Mt Sterling.
Greene 4 Green are out in new ad
vertisement in Another column. Read it
Geo, Pursley, late of dOmmond street
Station House, Cincinnati, was in town
Saturday.
-- Miss NJ Wissler and Mrs. Mautz have
Just opened first class store of Millinery
Goods in Ely's Block, See card
Vigorous Oxertions all along the line
of the proposed railroad from this place
to Maysyille, Ky, are being made.
- Gen, Sherman and staff passed thro'
Columbus on Monday morning on their
way to Washington City.
u The Peak family of Swiss Bell Ring
ers will give an entertainment at Ely's
Hall on the 7th of December, and Blind
Tom on the llth,
The entire estimated cost of con
structing a first class railroad over the
proposed Columbus d Maysville route will
be in the counties of Brown, Highland
and Fayette, not to exceed $6O0,0OO.
- Court of Common Pleas sits in this
town on Tuesday next, There will of
course be great many persons in town
from all sections of the county. We hope
to receive calls from our friends on that
occasion.
We have mailed statements ofaccounti
to number of our subscribers who are
considerably in arrears, and shall favor a
large number of others similarly. We
hope such notices will receive prompt at
tention.
- Persons wishing to avail Themselves
of our offer of the American Stock Journal |
as premium to new subscribers or old
ones paying in advance, will please send
in their names as soon as possible, as we
wish them to receive the Stock journal
from the first ofJanuary next.
J The contractors have torn down the
old bridge across Paint creek at the foot of
Fayette street and commenced work on
the new one. The eremoving of the bridge
at this time of the year may occasion a great
deal ofinconvenience, as the creek is liable
to become too high to ford at any time.
- The Ross county Register of Satur.
day, says that coal in that city is selling
at 90 cents bushel. The Register won
ders if it can be possible that somebody
has ''cornered" the mines. We believe
the miners had n strike in the Hooking
mines, but we thought they had gone to
work again.
- Thanksgiving day was observed by
many ofour citizens; most of the business
houses wereclosed during the greater part
If the day. The sermon on the occasion
v as delivered by Rev. 1. F, King, at the
Baptist Church. 1t was an excellent dis
course, and those who failed to attend
he church on that occasion, missed rich
Intellectual feast.
- Last Thursday morning, as Mr.. ]. D. ,
'tuckey and lady were leaving the resi- I
lence of his father-in- law, Mr.. @. Milli-
an, in the edge of town. their horse be-
anne frightened. upset the buggy and
pilt them out on the ground. No serious '
amage was sustained. We are sorry, i
owever, to record "faIl out" SO early a
n their matrimonial experience, d
- A sermon on the "Evils of liquor I
rafiC" will be delivered in the Baptist C
,hurch next Sabbath morning. A special h
nvitation is given to the following rep v
sentative men and their disciples, viz
Ir. Apologist, Mr. Nutrality and Mr.. Fee !
leknees; including also the drinker, both 7
loderate and immoderate, with the seller h
9th wholesale and retail, whether he "
lands in store, saloon or doggery. \
= Last week the Wilmington Republi- n
an entered upon its 32d volume. "For tI
bout twenty three years, say the editors,
it has been issued from TIE same rooms
now occupies, during which time it has
OF missed a week nor varied day in its "
Brother Fisher we believe,
as been connected with the Republican =,
n % years, and has steadily and faith u
lily advocated the rights and interests of
lie people both in political and moral .
oint of view. Long may he live to pur- - y
lie the even tenure Of his exemplary ways. y
-seS - - VI
Alta meeting of the Board of School Ex- &c
miners held November 90, 1869, Certif.
ties were granted to the following named h,
srsOns for the time specified, vizi az
" Kelley zee. .....,......,.... Is months =,
M. Sellers s..................... 12 " al
H. mcLellan. an...........,........ IL m
The next meeting of the Board will be id