Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-04-07
LOCAL ITEMS.

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- Potatoes are plenty, and retail at So
cents per bushel.
- VanDeman d Dews are preparing t G
start their Woolen Mill,
1t rained in this section of the coun.
try nearly the whole of last week.
We notice that new plank walk is
being made from the bridge over Paint
Greek on Court street out to the hill
There has of late been quite brisk
trade carried on in this place in the coal
business, there being little competition
in the trade.
- The ordinance of Baptism is expect
ed to be administered in the Baptist
Church next Lords Day, evening. Read
Rom. 6: 3, 4, and come and see.
- There will be public services in the
BIoomingburg Baptist Church next Lords
Day at 8 P NJ. E. Griggs, of Good Hope,
and j R. Powell, of Washington, will be
present
- Our neighbor of the Register, W G,
Gould, was candidate for corporation
Clork at tie election on Tuesday, and
womdh have been elected if }. G. King had
not got the most votes.
- Geo. II. McOandless, formerly of JEFF
fersonville, and latterly with Wallace &
Bro, at Oireleville, has associated himself
with j. L. VanDeman d Co., where he
will be glad to see all of his friends.
--The eoIored population Of our town
were out to the election, and the blacklist
Of them voted and they did it just like
white folks. We have never seen more
quiet and orderly election than we had on
the 4th.
- The Ladies Repository for
April has been received 1t is as
usual full of interesting and useful
reading matter Its illustrations
are fine.
We are indebted to P. Sheier-
man, Grocer, of this place, for a
basket of the finest white peach
blown potatoes we have seen. Mr.
Shiereman has q large quantity of
them for sale,
- The members Of the Female Suffrage
Association of this place met on Friday
evening last There was very good at
tendance, and VIC ure informed that the la
dies and other friends of the objects of the
association had pleasant social interview
The next meeting Of the Association will
b. at the residence of Mrs. W F. Willett.
ANOTHER New PlKE--From notice in
,ur advertising eolumns, it will be seen
hat another pike is in contemplation to
be made in this county. A petition is al
10 being circulated and numerously sign
ID, as king a grant for pike from this
,!ace, on the Devlin Road, up into the
lays neighborhood.
At the election in Circleyille, on
Monday last, we understand that tbejudg
$ ofthe election Except in one whrd) re-
used to take the votes of colored citizens
Jircleville is intensely copperish, and the
esult of refusing to let colored men vote
yill be an expensive luxury to the judges
# their elections, as we understand prose-
utions are to be commenced against them.
CATEcHIsMs = A one.sided American
otter of African descent, commonly called
ke, was interrogated by an indignant gen
leman Of the late Democratic persuasion,
he knew what the 10th commandment
vas. Ike, with a peculiar shrug Of his
boulders and quisical look, replied:-
No. don't. hut knows what de fifteenth
op,nandmsnt Isl and Ike strutted of com
letely master of the situation. !,
CLEAN pP.--We hone our new Council
nd Street Commissioners will 60 to work
nd haveo our streets cleaned up. We wO'l
all their attention especially to diverse
nd sundry old wagons, carts and drAys.
nth which some of our streets are pretty
early filledi they are an intoltrable nui- 4
anos, and should be removed immediate.
,. It is no place to deposit this kind Of
lmber; put your wagons, carts, &c, inside i
your Enclosures, and do not deposit them
] the streets.
A FIESD's OUTRAGE. On Tuesday last,
ome brutal creature placed couple of
-oOden rails, between the rails Of the rail
,ad track, and between these wooden rails
laced large stone, couple ofmiles on
le otherslde Of yellow Bird The l9I2P. /
|. train, coming down, ran upon this
ap, but the train was not threwn from
lie track. The stone was pushed through /
le FIRE box, and the engine considerably t
amaged, SO that they had to send to Lam
Al - III. 4s..,, 1.1