Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-02-03


.y q leet, 216 inches in hcigh9 Weighs 2Oi
itb pounds, and is still growing He will
soon rival the Cardiff Giant.
IN - Pickaway and Ross counties take tn G
-, lead in hog missing in Ohio. In 1863,
% Pickaway raised "A, 1855 hogs, and Ross,
44,l57 Only tOo grurters difference.
) - The trial of James Davidson, for the
9 murder Of Benjamin = Vance, at Buford
} Highland county, on the 18th of Deem
Der last, commenced at Hllsboro on Fri.
day, Jan. 2lst, and continued until
. Wednesday Of the next week lneludng
. Sunday when the jury retired, but up to
the time of issuing the NeDs Of that place
had not returned verdict. Judge Saf
ford presided. The Judge was severely
censured by the Clergy and numerous cit
J. liens of llillsboro, for holding Court on
d the Sabbath His defence was that there
h was necessity of his beingin Chihcotne
on the following Tuesday, to attend Court
- in the absence of Judge Dickey and one
u of Dovidson's counsel being in Adams
county the same day. A Conrt in session
Z on the Sabbath is something unusual
n On Friday, 2Est ult, Eljah Rowe,
proprietorpf distillery in Ross county
and VIM, Mallow and Harvey Sagp. |
were arrested by Capt |. N. Hawkins and
U s Commissioner Capt Beach the first
for the illegal manufacture of high wires,
and the two latter for the removing of the
same from the place of manufacture before
the proper stamps and brands had been
affixed Slagel and Mallow claim to have
acted in ignorance of the law They were
f recognized to appear before the United
f States Court at Cincinnati, in the sum Of
$3.50 each, and Rowe in the sum of $500
= Ayoung man named Harry Sinclair,
of Urbana, has attempted suicide seven
times, and has not succeeded in ending
his troubles yet. Juf..."t
- The Otterbine University, at West.
vile, O., was DESTROYED by fire on Wednes-
daylight Of last week, supposed to have
beer the work of an ineendiary.
-Xenia is having its houses numbered ,
A Young man named Good was al t
most fatally Injured at Xenia on the 2lst,
by piece of slate falling from bundle s
which was beng elevated to the top ola
church, and striking him on the head, {
- The first reunion ofthe 18th 0. v / {
took place at Xenie on rhur.dHy. Ian. q
Goth. HF V'T s1 Mar Ng
- A man in Madison county, returning
home a few evenings since, saw another ,
man ahead Of him on horseback Sup !
posing .himIto BE- ncighbor, hequickened y
his pace to overtake him, when the sup J.
pose d neighbor jumped from his horseand f. e
disappeared in the woods He is sup :,
posed to have been horse-t thief and the :,
horse he left in the road was taken charg y,
of by the man first mentioned. II
- About month ago merchant named VI
Burke, of Jackson, o., was missing in
Portsmouth About the same time man
named Suhflin, of Portsmouth, reported al
that he hadlhad an encounterwith an un- til
known man at his residence. near the riv- ar
er, on going home at night. He had struck &c
the man several times with slung shot, T
when he jumped over the bank of the rever Sc
Shufliin says he heard voices below the er
bank and supposed the man had gone off
in boat waiting for him. The next morn
ing blood was found on the bank, III
and also, cap and coat, which have co
since been recognized as Burkes. Letters
n the pocket of the coat also indicate the
lame and residence Unsuccessful search Gil
las been made for Burke or his body lhi
Nothing further than the above facts can @E
'e ascertOined, and mystery hangs over
he affair.
"A eolored man named Nat. whiting
on was found dead near the O. d q depot he
n Circleville on Tuesday, 18th ut. He d
md been intoxicoted when ,ost seon A.
jdental death was tbeyerdiet of tbe eor. :
ner,s irrv sal
- On Tuesday. 18th ult, n woman =
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= The Ironton Register says at the tun-
el on the Iron Railroad, there IL fire
p''0 - ''"OA' "',p" W., nus osen resi-, % I
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