Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-06-09
LOCAL ITEMS.

LOCAL ITEMS.
The festival season is upon us.
- Taxes come in rather slowly.
- Cherries will be scarce this year.
- Straw berries sell for l5c per quar-
here.
- The beer business in Washington il
aus ka speit.
- Seine fishing is unlawful between
May and October,
- Rev I. F, King preached to the lit
tie folks Sunday night.
- See Ferguson d Co, s new advertise
ment in to-day's HERALD.
- The floor of the bridge at the foot o
Court street needs repairing.
- The Summer vacation of our Unior
Schools commences next week.
- Col. Robt, Stewart has put up "a tasty
iron fence in front of his residence.
- Read the communication in regard to
our county Jail, in another column.
No more billiards after tomorrow
in Washington-for a'time at least.
H. P, Cherry is putting up fine new
brick residence over in his addition.
= Improving, remodelling and beauti-
flying is the order of the day with proper
ty owners in Washington.
- Pioneer meetings are the fashion this
Summer. We would like to see a gath
ering of Fayette county's old settlers.
- Col. Yeoman delivered the memorial
address at the decoration of soldiers
graves at Jacksonville on Saturday.
- Two more turnpikes--the Jefferson
vile and Bloomingburg--will bepaid for
with the June collection oftaxcs.
One hundred and forty ight mar
riage licenses were granted in this county
during the year ending March 3lst, 1870
- All friends of our Union Schools
should remember and patronize the eXhi-
bitions tomorrow and Tuesday evenings.
- Some wool is coming into market,
Prices range from &c. to 38c. per Id, S.
N. Ycoman and VanDeman d Co. are
buying.
- Township Trustees, by late law,
have authority to provide watering places
IN public highways at an annual cost of
fifty dollars.
- Something over 5000 in fines has al
'eady been collected and paid into the cor
noration Treasury during the few weeks
IF Mayor Bereman's administration.
They did not decorate soldiers graves
1t Circlcyille on the 3Oth ult 1t was
lone in almost every other town of i'm
in the country. Why not in Cir
,leville?
A gently-falling showers of rain on
Tuesday and Wednesday very much reviv
d Vegetation and in corresponding de-
,ree the spirits of the tllers of the soil in
his locality. More is needed.
- The communication from Observer,
n last weeks HERALD should have been
addressed Cloth Trustees of the vari-
'us townships in Fayette county, " instead
,f"To the Trustees Of Fayette County In
irmary."
Sanders d Bates will open in n few
lays a new Bakery in connection with Mr..
sanders QueenswNre and Notion Store.
They propose to run a bread wagon. The
business will be carried on in all its
Advertisement next week.
- Our neighbor of the Hillsboro News
$ in error in giving credit for a certain ar
icle to brother Mackley, of tlN Jackson
standard. We refer to hearticle in rela-
ion to the death of VIM Neil, of Colum.
us. Brother Mackley could do better
han that.
A frightened horse made a flying
rip along Fayette Street, from Glib. Paurs
livery Stable to ] D. stuckey d Co.'s
Warehouse on Saturday afternoon, upset
ing the buggy attached to him at the !
tart and scattering pieces of it along his
quite. Two men were in the buggy
Teither of them seriously hurt.
- Col. D. W. Loudon made an excur-
ion through the counties of this congress
ional district last week, and when in our
own, called on u.s. The Col. looks we'll.
t has been suspected that he has aspira-
ions for congressional honors. Ifso, he
minated nothing of the kind to us.
- Ever since we saw a base ballist with
broken finger, and another with Grip
led hand and another with a demoral-
led nose, and others with hands done up
| white handkerchiefs hanging over their
loulders, all Of which Iaruries were the
'sult Of indulging in the healthy exercise of
ase Ball playing, We have had a singular
lea that the game would not pay for the
and that " can always apply
ar physical powers to better and less
azardous purpose.