Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-10-20

LOCAL ITEMS.

- Cool and rainy.
Jack Frost has been nipping things
- The days are shortening at both
ends.
- Keep your store boxes off the pave
ment.
49, Waterloo has the chills, Ia Chill
icotbe.
- County Commissioners meet next
Tuesday.
- Rev. I. F. King returned from Con-
ference, Tuesday.
- Sylvester Sears, formerly of this
place, is now running green grocery in
London.
- No services at the M, E. Church last
Sunday on the account of the PASTORS alb
sence at Conference.
- The boys find cause for rejoicing in
the fact that the hickory nut and walnut
crops HT6 luISe Ihlh lall'
- Charlie Beery, of Chillicothe, former
ly manager of the W U. Telegraph Office
here, was in town the fore part of the
week.
j. B. jenkins, formerly of this vicin-
ity, latterly of Ross county, has removed
to Lees Summit, Jackson county, Mis-
souri,.
- We will publish the official abstract
OF votes cast in the County, at the late
election, next week, 1t is crowded out this
week.
REV. D. Smith will preach his fare
well sermon on the De Witt Camp Meet
ing Grounds, at 2 o'clock next Sabbath,
Oct. 23d.
= Rogers Gaiety Combn alton Troupe
gave good entertainment at Music Hall
last night, They perform to night Go and
see them.
- Edward Wilson will sell lot of live
stock and other property at public auctlon'
on Thursday, Nov. Sd, at his residence
near Sabina, OHIO.
- We learn that there are seven cases OF
typhoid fever in one family, living few
miles from town; and they are about the
only cases in the neighborhood.
- Gov. Hayes has appointed Hon, M.
j. williams one of the three delegates TO
represent this district in the National Cap
ital Convention, at Cincinnati, Oct. 25th.
- The NJ. E, Social Circle, will meet at
Ely's Hall, tomorrow evening. This is
to be children's circle, and will be en-
tertained by the membership of the Church
at. large.
- By far the greatest portion of the
coal oil explosions that take place are from
kindling fires in stoves by pouring the oil
from cans upon the kindling BE careful;
don't do it,
= Those of our citizens who have not
vet visited the Industrial Exposition at
Cincinnati, will have an opportunity to do
so at small expense, to-day and to-mor-
row as the Railroad Company will sell
half fare tickets, good to return until the
22d.
"A good many of our Democratic
friends were sufficiently confident of Gen.
Denyer's election, to risk new hats, boots'
suits of clothes and such trihes, on the
issue, and consequently a good many Re
publicans sported new clothes last Sun
day.
- We have received communication
from Nj. Sterling, which is unavoidably
crowded out of this issue. The writer
SAYS the Republicans carried the township
by majority of about 10 on all the candi-
dates, and he thinks they will be able to
"hold their own" from this on.
I = Hon. Mills Gardner has sold the fine
brick building put up by him, over on the
hill. this season, for residence, to Capt
Allen Heagler, The price paid for the
building and four lots Of ground, we un-
dcrstand, was $4,000. MI G. will put
up another building equally as fine as this
one, on some adjoining lots, for his own
residence, next season.
- The congregation of the M.E. Church
will have the privilege of listening to one
more sermon from Mr.. King, before he goes
to his new field of labors. He will preach
his farewell discourse on Sunday. Dur
i ing the three years of Mr., Kings pastor
shin of this Church, he has been unwea-
rvinp in his labors, and has filed the re-
sponsible office aceeptably to bis church
and the community; and the warmest
wishes of host of friends, both in and
outside Of the church, for the welfare and
bo,,p;,oss of himself and family, 20 with