Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-01-20
State aud Noighborhood Items


bourne, Chillicothe and Portsmouth, hay
! lost by cholera, it Is reported, two.third
Of the number of their hogs, the los
amounting to Sbout $4,000"
- Books Of subscription for stock to tht
proposed railroad from Columbus to Iron
ton, are to be opened Immediately. New
Certificates of incorporation have beer
drafted in which the name Of the road /,
changed from Columbus q South Point
H. r." to that Of the Columbus & Iron
ton r r." The route is to be surveyed
as soon as practicable Nj. Tarner, ESQ
is President of the road.
-- The Circleville Democrat of Friday
last, says: "The elections for Directors
of the National Banks of this city, held
last Tuesday resulted in the choice of the
old Boards, as follows.
FIRST NATloYAL.--M Brown, S. H. Rug
giles, Ms. Gregg, Hanson Rock, James A .
Hawkes., James E. Rice. President, NJ
Brownj Vice President, S. H. Ruggles;
Cashier, o. Ballard, Jr.
SECOND NArToNAL.-N. s. Gregg, N.
Brown, S. H. Ruggles, ], A. Hawkes., O..
Ballard, Jr, H. N Hedges, Jr. President,
N, s. Gregg; Cashier, H. N. Hedges, Jr.
The Xenia Torch Light says of Hon.
Mr.. Catch. the Senator from this District
that he sis fast making record as one of
the working members of the senior branch
of our legislature"
The Torch says also that "iast spring
Mr.. j. F. dartsook, of Cesarcreek town
ship, sowed two bushels and twelve lbs.
of fax seed on something less than four
acres of ground. On Saturday last he
brought the crop grown from the same to
market, and by actual measurement it
amounted to sixty.six bushels and forty
four pounds-netting him in cash Sl29 IA,
or about 1886 per acre"
- The jackson Standard says: "Star
Furnace made nearly five thousand tons
Of pig iron last year. The company paid
out about one hundred thousand dollars
for stock--ore, coal and limestone. TAX
ing this as the highest, it is yet pretty
certain that one million dollars per yearf
goes into the pockets of our people, the di
rect result Of the iron business in our coun
5y And yet we have men among us who
would wipe this great business out, for
partisan purposes.
- Signs of the times in Belmont coun.
'y: "The Delinquent Tax List of Bell.
mont county occupies nine columns and
lalfOf the Gazette"
The Marion Independent of last week,
ays; "The "Gravel Road" fever is be.
coming catching" in Marion since the
completion of the Marion and Waldo road.
That road has established the fact that
travelled roads wW pav."
- The same paper says: "There are {
low one hundred and seventy five inmates
n the Warren County Infrmary."
- The Madison County Union of the
.3th inst. says "We never remember
lime when arrangements were being made
or the raising of SO large a corn crop the
coming year as during the present winter.
Jorn growing, hog raising and money
making thereby, is now the watchword !
mong our farmers, hereabouts.
- The Union says also: "At the meet.
ng of the stock holders Of the Madison
National Bank on Tuesday, the following
Ulcers were elected: Jesse Watson, Pres
lent; j. Q. Minshall, Vice President; Har
'rd Toland, Cashier; Otway Watson, :
eller." 81
- The Hillsboro News of Thursday a
st says that nine insane persons were
mt from our County Infrmary TO the o.
tate Asylum at Dayton, on Tuesday .
orniDg last,
- The village Council of HiIlsboro are -
king measures to annex more territory
their incorporated limits. ev
The News of the 18th says, also, that ."
the 22d Of December, the house of John
Glaze, Esq, four miles east of Mar. si
all, was broken into while the family
ere attending the funeral services of his
5her. The thief stole Mrs. Glaze 8 watch. q,
oke the lock off the bureau, and took
out ten dollars in money.
= The peopleOf Wilmington are to ded. 2
tie new and magnificent school house q,
that town, this afternoon. A gay and
tai time is anticipated
= The Wilmington Republican of last cIo
ek says; On Tuesday Mr. j D. Moon th,
scented for our inspection rabbit, kill yo
by Leo Weltz, which had but three legs
;wo hindlegS and one foreleg, 1t never
! any other foreleg, as there was no scar,
any indication Of a leg having been ia Gle
1 off. Mr., Moon intends stufing its
n and preserving it for future reference.
= The Lancaster Gazette of last Thurs
!, says the store Of Messrs. Reher, Kntz
Jlrick was entered on Monday night Lo,
cleaned out ofits entire stock of fine any
Is and velvets amounting to some 81, w
worth. The robber or robbers, hy
le means, opened shutter of one Of
back windows, broke out pane Of of h
IS and thus effected an entrance, and just
n had but to unbar the back door toJal- OF :
free egress No clew to their detec- nai, n',
/. Look out for silk pedlars. yea