Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-11-24

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- Our merchants are beginning to pre-.
pare for the holiday trade. D. FurtwaDg-
Ter has Already on hand a splendid stock
of fine jowelry, watches, solid silver plated
ware, inncy goods, toys, DC, suitable for
holiday presents for eyerybodY--old and
young, rich and poor-all styles aud prices.
Mr., +. has laid in an unusully large and
elegant stock this year, in anticipation Of
the holiday trade; and his stock is equal
to anything that can be found outside Of
the large cities. The public will find his
store the place to make purchases of holi-
day goods, See advertisement in another
column.
80 Quite a number of persons of this
place were summoned to Cincinnati on
Monday, to give evidence before the U. s.
District Conrt in the case of "the U s.
VS.. $50 barrels of Beer, P. Webber, of
Londen, claimant" The beer was seized
last summer by J, Pursell, Collector of In
ternal Revenue of this District, for being
sold without the proper stamps. The
case has not been decided yet, at the time
of our going to press.
- The Athens journal says the mem
bership of the NJ. E. Church of that place
gave their new pastor, Rev. Z, II, Heag-
Ter, (son of Z. W, Heagler. of this place.
and his family, cordial greeting at the
parsonage on their arrival there. Quite Il
number of the members came together,
loaded the table with a magnificent dinner
and then, after meeting the family at the
depot, escorted them to their new home,
where all sat down to hearty meal.
7. N. Ustick is agent for the sale of
gasoi enc, and gasolene lamps of all kinds
The fluid costs only 25cts per gallon, at
retail, and is considered only about half
as expensive as coal oil, while it gives a
much stronger light, and is said to be non
explosive. Mr.. Ustick uses gasolinei in his
house, and considers it perfectly safe and
much better in every respect, as well as
much cheaper than any other light
- Judge Munger sentenced a saloon
keeper, at Springfield, the other day, to
30 days imprisonment in the Clarke Co,
Jail, for selling intoxicating liquors in vio-
lation of the law. That is the way to do
it. 1t hurts worse to coop fellow up in
jail for violating the liquor law, than it
does to go into his pockets for his money
Liberty of person is regarded as a sacred
thing.
- A countryman came to town on Sat
urday, and gutdrunk enough to drive off
the steep levee at the Greenfield Bridge"
He performed some first class "ground and
lofty tumbling" and reached the bottom
of the levee, a little ahead of his team, ly-
ing there till the team came down and ran
over him. He was considerably bruised
up.
A farmer, who refused to pay his Ii
cense for stock trading, drove to town on
Saturday, with his horses and wagon.
While his team was standing on the
street, Constable Blackmore levied on one
of the horses, unhitched him from the
wagon and led him off, and the farmer
drove his wagon home with one horse.
- The Lexington Perry county, Min
eral NeDs has been enlarged and otherwise
improved. Success to the NeDS. We hope
it may be the means of spreading political
light among the hills of Perry county, nm
til, in very short time, Republlcanism
will be in the ascendancy in that mineral
region.
We notice the following item in the
Cincinnati Daily Times of Saturday last;
"We received some splendid butter this
morning from Ely E Stimson, Washing
ton c. H., Ohio, who fill orders promptly"
- Mr.. John NJ. Pinkerton, has returned
to this county "to stay after two years
residence in johnson County, Missouri.
- The heads of our brethren Of the Ea'
ton (Preble COUNTY, Register are level