Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-09-02

NEWS ITEMS.

OOuhtJ.
In Morrow County lambs arr
dying from grub in the head.
Ladies are preaching in Presby
terian churches in California.
Grand Rapis, Michigan, has {
hand.organ mandatory.
The peach brandy distillers il
Madison County are at work.
Large quantities Of peaches ar,
shipped from Middletown, Ohio,
Lewis Berger died, at Wheeling
on Tuesday morning, of apoplexy
Rust is said to be destroying
the prospect of a large cotton crop
in Georgia.
Thomas Smith, an old citizen ot
Montgomery County, died on
Tuesday morning.
The Fourteenth Ohio Battery
will have a reunion at Cleveland,
on September 10.
The Democratic Convention oil
Lorain County will be held at Wei
lington tomorrow.
Post Town, Butler County, has
a sea serpent. 1t was captured in
the Miami.
The survey of the route of the
New Albany and st. Louis Railroad
is proceeding rapidly.
Two Salt Lake Mormans deliv-
cred open-air discourses at Des
Moines, Iowa, last Sunday.
A mile Of brick pavement is ex-
pected to be laid in Marysville,
Union County, this season.
The Marysville, Ohio, and Della
ware County line turnpike, is being
pushed forward rapidly.
A grand basket temperance meet
ing is to be held near Camden, ,Preb-
BILE County, September 4.
On the Ashepoo Run, South
Carolina, some Of the farmers have
commenced cutting their rice crop.
The Cleveland Herald acknowl.
edges a bouquet of flowers gather
cd in California on the 18th instant.
Matthew B. Kelly, an old citizen
Of Butler County, died last Tues
day, near Eaton, Ohio, in his 63d
year.
The caterpillar has eaten through
a number ofplantations in Madison
County, Florida.
A girl fourteen years old was
narrated to a boy sixteen years old
last week, at Petersburg, Indiana.
The Soldiers Monument at Con-
cord, New Hamshire, is to be dedi-
Gated on the 10th Of October.
Advices from Oregon state that
about one thousand Cinnamon are
working on thh East Side Railroad
A grand fish. fry took place on
Thursday week, near Chillieothe,
Ohio, at which 1900 pounds offsh
were served up!
In the vicinity of Vevay, Indiana, |
the corn upon the hills has become
so dried up in the stalk that the
light rains affected it very little,
There is some excitement in Ev.
ansville regarding the enforcement
Of the Sunday laws. The liquor sell
lers desire to take the reins, but it is
believed they will not succeed.
Hugh King, near Marietta, killed, |
on Monday week, one rattlesnakc
that had one hundred and flfty.two
young snakes in her, from four to
six inches long.
A farmer in Illinois, catching
.hief in his cOrndeld, pulling roast
Ingears, quietly slipped up and
oeppered the gentleman in the rear
With a charge of salt, fred from a
shotgun.
Henry Frazier was shot and
killed near smithville, Tennessee,
lestsday week,b by w. L, Hathaway,
The two were returning home to-
yether and gotinto a political quar-
'el.
Sixty.twO heads of families, thlr. !
y white and thirty.two colord, in
East Washington, DC; have DO. .
itioned the Board Of Trustees of L
'ublic schools for mixed school,
vhere white and colord children
Vill study together promiscuously. 4
Alfred A. Hart OF Sacramento,
J painting a picture Of the driving
( the gold spike Of the Pacific Rail
cad, and in order to insure his.
orical accuracy, requests a por-
'ait Of every one who was pres.
Mt on that occasion. q
The Mt, Gilead Sentinel says:
The apple crop in this portion of
le country now has the appearance
{ being a partial failure, as much
{ the fruit is dropping of, and
lrge portion of what remains is
mall, imperfect aud knotty. I
Governor Palmer has received
otes that Illinois will be entitled 10
lirty-two delegates to the Conven /
on to be held In ST. Louis 0cto-
or l, WitA q view Exchanging the +
'ational Capital 10 that city.
Tho Chinese merchants, Sing
Ian and Choy Chew, had a recep.
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