Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-05-26

whole fields, especially sod, are be
ing destroyed by it, and will have
to be replanted, or there will be an
entire failure in the crop. ---- VIII
mington has now two brass bands /;
the colored people have just organ
lied one and have received their
Instruments"
- There seems to have been
some house-robbing in jamestown
a couple of weeks since. The Xc-
MIA Gazette says "The Ku KlnX
gentlemen entered the house Of Mr.
Peter Harness, from whom they
took Sl2 or $l4 in money. At
Mrs Zartmon's they got about S6.
Not having the fear of a good con
science before their eyes, they en-
tered the premises Of Rev j. Yer
lily, and succeeded in Ending pie,
which thay appropriated for the
stomaeh's sake. At Mr.. Nathan
Netherlands they took also a pic,
and then .ogra.cd TO their dons-
Two OF ,aree suspicious looking
chaps, strangers, were seen about
this us'gaborhood on Thursday,
and tIey are supposed to be the
marau3Hg party Our citizens
would do well to DO on their guard
for such loarer9. There is class
Of them wowlmg about the coun.
try who never work for .4eirliying,
bu, dress well, end put on a good
deal Of cheap, impertincnt style
They must live, but who can tell
how they obtain the means2 Hon
est people have about as much as
they can do to obtain q living by
hard work. Is it not tair to con
clude thar these lazy loafers get
their living from the hard earnings
ofhoncst, industrious people.
- The Chillicothe Gazette oflast
week gives the following items;-
There will be n full crop of peach
es in this county. Butter is
abundant and is selling at 20 and
! 25 cents. -. Mr.. William Rodgers,
u well known gentleman Of this
city, was drowned while fishing in
the SciOto at the State Dam, We'd
nesday morning last. We are
glad TO know that the Good Tenn
plars" Of our city are still in Il
prosperous condition. They have
lately added great many recruits
to their number. "a well posted
citizen of this city assures us that
there are now in process of erec-
ton frty buildings within the city
limits"
The Columbus Gazette of last
week says; Gen Joseph II, Gel
ger has not been appointed Assist
ant Prosecuting Attorney for this
county. There is no law anthoriz
ing such mn appointment We were
led into an error in making the an
nouncement last week - Mary
King, having bid to feed the pris-
oners in the City Prison for ten
cents per meal, obtained tue con
tract. That is "dog cheap" we
think. ---- On Monday moroin2I
last, early ground was broken forI
tho new Lunatic Asylum, to be
erected on Tue Sulliyant farm. Sev
eral gentlemen were present. par
in the eyentful ceremo.
nies. The corner stone is to be |
laid on 81 Johns Day, the oath OF
june. Mr., Charles M, Ridgway
upon his duties as Supelin-
.ondent Of the State House on
Wednesday last, in place Of Capt
J. II Grove,
- The Lebanon Star says David .
Egbert has u calf about seven days .
old tlat has no eyes. An opening
about the size Of q bullet is where
-he eyes ought 10 be, A well form
I'd ear ls just above the left eye
The calf is hearty, and Is a perfect
49, The lihk between the Pan
,sndlo and the G, and y n Il
through this place, is to be com
olotea soon The Portsmouth Tub-
lnc OF last week says
AN ssrs. 4. Pond and Phillip
Kelley of this place, have been
awarded the contract for tho grad
lg and stone work of ave miles Of
.he railway between GAINESVILLE and
Dresden Tho stone work will in.
,lude the masonry for abridgo over