Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-11-10
LOCAL ITEMS.

licenses last week. ..
|/~r-M. Willard is remodeling his resi-
| dSnce. on Court street.
- Quarterly meeting convenes at NJ. E.
Church on Saturday.
n - DIR. o. A. Allen has removed with his
family to Milford, Clermont county,
The Presbyterian Social Circle will
meet at the residence of Mr.. A. NJ Stim-
son, this evening,
= James A, Mclean, County Surveyor,
cut one of his hands, badly, with hatch
st, day or two ago.
( - Dr. e. @, Hamilton is putting up a
two story frame dwelling house on Mar
|ket street-East end.
- Sanders & Bales have opened an eat
ing house in the room next to Robinson d
Silcott's dry goods store.
- We hear that Col. Garis has sold his
property on the corner of Fayette and East
streets, to Russle Van Pelt, for $4,000.
\ - DR.. j. B. Blume and lady left on
Tuesday, for visito couple of weeks
to the home of his parents, in West Vir-
ginia.
- One of the pinacles of the NJ. E.
Church building, blown off in a storm
ovcra year ago, has not yet been replaced,
but it ought to be.
1t is estimated that up to the 3Oth Of
October, the Germans since the commence
ment Of the French and Prussia war, have
taken 800 900 prisoners.
The PhiIadelphians are not satisfied
with the census taken by the deputy U. g.
marshals in that city and the President
has ordered a new census of the city to be
taken.
- The Emmitt House, in Ohillicothc,
was closed on Monday of last week. What
is the matterl If Emmitt would move
his house to Washington there would be
no occasion for closing it. Business here
is good.
1t ia thought that in consequence f
his continued illness, Chief Justice Chase
will not be able to take his place on the
Supreme bench this winter. He is said to
be improving, but his disease is of Seri-
Gus character.
- The Circleville Herald of yesterday,
says a game of billiards, 500 points, for
$50 side, was played last night, at the
Eagle" between Lawhoad, of Washing
ton, and Herrcn, of Greenfield, theformer
winning by l04.
- The Good Templars' Oyster Supper,
last Thursday night, was a decidedly
pleasant affair, although rather slimly at
tended, The supper was plentiful and
well gotten up. Financially, the supper
was not much of success, the receipts
amounting to little less than $40.
The Colored Good Templars gave
festival at their hall over the First Nation
al Bank, last Friday night, which wound
up with a little head punching unpleas-
lntness among some of the gentlemen, one
If whom passed the remainder of the
hight 10 the calaboose, in consequence
hereof.
- We sympathze sincerely with broth
II Boardman of the Hillsboro NeiOS, in
his bereavement 10 the death of q beloved
laughter, aged II years, and a bright lit.
lie son early three years of age. They
lied with that terrible seourge, Dyptheria, {
within two weeks of each other, the latter
m the 3lst ult.
- At their meeting on the 4th inst, the
County Commissioners awarded the con-
ract to build wooden, roofed truss
bridge Of 100 feet span, across Paint creek
IN the Chillicothe road, about one and
lalf miles fromthis place, to Nye Il Mertz
It SIG G5 per foot,
Claims were allowed to the amount of
1858 IS. The neat meeting of the Board
will be held on the 18TH
- It was reported by telegraph, last
week, that an armistice had been conclud-
d between Prussia and France, which was
o continue until the 25th list, Thisi it
vas supposed, would be long enough time
n which to conclude peace between
h,se fighting nations. Mondays dailies,
owever, brought news that no armistice
nd been granted by the Prussians, and
he prospects for speedy peace seem rather
improbable at the present writilg.
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