Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-06-17
Local Department.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
LOCAL ITEMS.

} -"Barrstt's" the best thing yet.
- Common Pleas Court cOnvencs her
+ on the 29th inst.
- The receipts Of the Baptist Festiva
last Saturday night, amounted to abou
$40.
- The Fayette Building Association
loaned money at $l2s.5O premium las
Saturday night.
See advertisement of Leesburg Lime
Kiln in another column. j. D. Stuckey q
Co. are agents at this place.
! Owing to an arbitrary law, the Jpurth
of July this year comes on the I'M, in or.
der to avoid its coming on Sunday.
= The Union Agricultural Fair comes
off at Jamestown, Greene county. on the
Gath, 25th, 26th, and 9th of August
next.
= A horse belonging to Andrew Davis
was stolen from the hitching rack in front
of Sherman d Reife's grocery last Sunday
night.
- The time allowed by law for the pay
ment of June taxes expires on the Goth
inst. Pretty busy times at the TreaSurer's
Office now.
- Bishop MOElroy, Travelling Agent.
soliciting subscriptions for the American
Tract Society, lectured at the NJ E Church
on Sabbath evening.
Mr.. James Pursell, Internal Revenue
Collector for this District, is fairly install
ed in his office, and has the machinery all
oiled and in good running order,
The County Auditor advertiSes in
another column for scaled proposals for
building three bridges in different parts of
the county. Contractors notice.
If YOU want to know where good bar
gains are to be had, we would refer you to
our column of "Local Notices." There is
a good index to the trade of our town.
A German named Beck has opened
new Grocery and Wholesale (by the bottle
or bucket) Beer Saloon in the room lately
occupied by Mrs. T. L. Day, Milliner, on
FaYette street.
Wool is coming in rather slowly
Prices paid are from 35c to 4Oc. The clip
in this county is thought to be a little
lighter than usual. ]. L. vanDeman d
Co., and Yeoman q Co. are buying
- The collections of Internal Reyenas
in this district for one wear past, foot up.
about half millitn dollars. This in
cludes the tax on whisky in bonded ware.
houses, which has all been taken out dur
jig the past year.
> DR.. 0. A. Allen has rented the room
in the Kirk House Block formerly used by
Dan. Wendell, and will remove his stock of
Try goods to it. The room he now occu
pies is to be fixed up by Pavey d Clay
poole for banking house.
.s-z Tho friends of our fellow townsman,
Nm. H. Blakemore, will be glad to learn
hat he is recovering, though slowly, from
severe spell of sickness, which has con-
ined him to his bed for several weeks -
Ic is now regarded convaleScent.
The people along the line of the old
Wilmington and Washington turnpike, in
Jlinton county, have petitioned the Com
nissioners of that county to improve the
Dad. That is sensible. As the road has
,een improved within this county, we will
ave a good road to Wilmington when they
improve the part in their county,
In order to give our readers greater
mount of reading matter, we are obliged
o set the inside of our paper in smaller i
ype than heretofore. We wish to give all i
be reading matter to cur patrons and as t
reat variety IN n condensed form as our t
pace will permit, which, we take it for n
ranted, will be properly appreciated by c
hem. t
"A young man named T. W. Davids, I
wing in Jasper township, in this county, !
ngaged in replanting corn on his farm on t
tuesday last, came across some wild pars. 8
ips growing in the field. Cutting one of o
ZEN up with his hoe, he pulled the skin P
+ and ate some of it. In about half an
our he died, supposed to have been poiss il
ned by the l'arsnip. "
- The Promenade Concert given by the v
ood Templars last Tuesday evening, was Ii
very enjoyable occasion. The music n
FINISHED by the Greenfield Band was ex. '
client, and the refreshments unexception- n
Die. But the Concert was not financial v
Iccess, we are sorry to say, the receipts, r.
hich amounted to about $500, being e
ally about enough to cover expenses. B
"A vote on the question of "Lay Dele n
alton, " taken at the several appointments .
a Mt. Sterling Crcuit, last week, resulted + .
majority of 40 votes against 0ut Of
membership of30O voters, 9S votes were
.st--29 for, and 60 against q
The vote on that question will be taken b
the NJ. E. Church here, on Saturday, '
9TH inst, the first day Of Quarterly Meet ri
g. All members Of the age Of q and n
yer are entitled to vote. a
Our young friends, ]. F. Roebuek, o o
with Yeoman d Co., and B. F.
Iouzer, formerly with Dr. Harlow, Of this
lace, are now engaged in the drug bust u
ess in Pleasant Hill, Cass 60, Mo-, Il
hich place has been selected by Mr.. R., Q
ter prospecting tour in the West, rs a I
point for locating We wish the =
oung men the success which we think ;,
leir energy and qualifications viii not =
ii to secure to them in their launching d