Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-01-13
LOCAL ITEMS

- The new iron brldgels about finished
- Last Saturday and Sunday nights
were the coolest Of the season.
- Duffee d Sons are now located in the
West room of the old Wilson House.
Marsh Ogle has yet secured room
in which to resume business.
- Chillioothe begins the new year with
q suicide and a murder
- We direct attention to the new ad-
Vertisements of Senftenberg, and Knedler
d Co., in this weeks HERALD.
= Hon. Isaac Sherwood, our Secretary
of State, has our thanks for a copy of his
annual report.
- An election of Directors of the First
National Bank was held Tuesday, The
old Board was reelected, we believe.
-- Look well to vour fues and see that
they are not defective. Remember the
awful calamity that befell our town on
Saturday night
The funeral procession of pauper
passed our window yesterday. 1t con-
sisted of one wagon containing the coffin
and corps.
-- After few days of delightful, fro
zen-up winter weather, rain set in Tues
day, and we are in the mud again.
- We hear that three new store rooms
are to be Immediately erected on the site
of the three destroyed by fire Saturday
night, by the parties owning the ground.
Hon. NJ. j. Williams, our Represent
ative in the State Legislature, will please
accept our thanks for numerous interest
ing State documents.
"A Festival and Fair will be given by
the Sons of Temperance of Jacksonville,
at the Hall of the Order in that place, on
Friday evening, Jan. 2lst. erybody
is invited to attend
Some parties commenced filling
ice-houses on Monday. The ice was good
then, but the thaw setting in on Tuesday
put stop to that kind of work, and some
ice-houscs are only half filled.
- The following are the newly elected
officers of Lodge Nc. 227 l. 0. o. F., of
this place for the ensuing year:
@. Parvin, N. G.; Geo. P, Barnes, V.
G.; M. Blanchard, R. s.; L. 9. Karney,
P. s.; G. L. Getz, Treas
- People were wakened from their
slumbers about 61% o'clock on Sunday
by false fire alarm sounded by
some one who had just discovered the
smoke from the ruins of the fire of a few
hours previous.
- Misses Witt & LeMay having been
burnt out Of their old quarters, have open
ID again in the rooms formerly occupied
1v Gaskill g. Mautz, over First National
Bank, where they will be glad to see old
customers, as well as new ones
- A lady in the country lost her watch
few days since as she was returning
nome from town. She advertised it in the
watch was found by an hon
st man--lesult of advertising. The own
r of the watch was recognized, and she
rot it.
- Eber Allen of Union township, killed
anuary 9Th, Chester White pig, seven
months and sixteen days old, which weigh
d gross, three hundred Lounds, and |
etted two hundred and fifty lbs
vas fed corn on the ear, Who can beat
I'm.
r., Millikan requests us to say through |
he columns of the HERALD, to those gen
lemen who assisted so kindly and man
ully to save his property from being dee
troyed by fire on Sabbath morning last,
hat he tenders to each of them his CRATE
ul thanks for their perseverance in extin.
uishing the devouring flames.
- VIM. Burnett and O. Carr have bought
nd shipped large number of hogs from
his county this season. Weheard Mr.. B.
ay that they had purchased and shipped
lot of six hundred hogs that averaged 302
ounds. It is estimated that in this coun-
= the hog crop will average 30 lbs to the
og more than in any former year
- Rev. H. K. Foster, of Circleville,
reached at the NJ. E. Church on Saturday
vening and Sunday morning and evening
.st We listened to his discourse on the
fe of Queen Esther, on Sabbath evening,
nd were entertained with one of the finest
ermons we have heard for long time.
- The Cincinnati Gazette, Annual Reg
iter and Hand Book of Information forF
$40, is on our table. 1t is a very neat
? gotten-up book of 100 pages, containing I
lmanac for 1870, list ofimportant events
uring 1869, tables of Stamp Duties, cleo
on returns of all counties in the United
tates, and large amount of important
eading matter and statistics 1t is sent
zee to subscribers to the Gazette.
- We have received from the Cincinna-
Chronicle Publishing Company their
.lmanac and Year book, containing the
sual almanac matter fer 1870, Summa
' of the Acts of Congress, and the State
legislature for 1869, election returns for
$50, list Of State and U. s. officers. ia
lea of Sfamn Outiea. and n large amount