Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-05-11
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.

DIR. Joshua Stevens, an old and re
spected citizen of Lebanon, died at that
place on the I'd inst. He was born in the
State of Maine, March q, 1894
The Commissioners of Warren county
have purchased one of Halls Cincinnati
No 40 fire and burglar proof safes for their
County Treasury. 1t costs $3.375.
The Lebanon Star says that Gen. Dur
bin Ward, during the last few days of his
Senatorial term, immortalized himself by.
opposing and giving all factious oppositions-
in his power to the recession of the Sold
iers' Home at Dayton to the State, which
would have given the right to the wound
ed and disabled soldiers to exercise the
elective franchise The Generol is deter
mined that these brave soldiers shall not
vote in the Third Congressional District, All
the Democrats in the Senate followed his
example. Such is Democracy.
Some rascal robbed the, ,Postoffce at Cir
cleville, one night week before last. He
made his entrance by taking a panel from
the door. Some money and postage stamps
were taken; the letters were all opened and
their contents, if they had any, were taken
The Circleville Herald of last week says:
Hogs are very duh and the prospect is not
very fattering for prices to improve. We
hear Of sales at So per GENITAL gross.
Cattle have not improved in price since
our last Sc per GENITAL gross is an outside
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the county.
We learn from the Winchester Times
that the prohibitionists polled II votes in
South Bloomfield township Pickaway
county, at last election
We understand that Superintendent
Waite intends placing a train on the c. & NJ.
V. R. R., to run from this city to GAINESVILLE
and return, leaving hear at 5 A. NJ. and re-
turning at y r. i.------
NJ. X Marshall, of this city, has been
chosen r. w Grand Junior Warden of the
Grand Encampment of Ohio, l. 0. 0. F., fo1
the ensuing year, and installed at the ses-
sion held at Columbus, this week: = r.
Charles Lamar, formerly of New Hol-
land, committed suicide at Fort Wayne
Ind, about two weeks. ago. 81 L
The Lancaster Gazette of last week says
The reports from all parts of the country
represent the new wheat crop to be grow
ing magnifcently, and the yield promises
to be enormous. Unless some improbable
catastrophe happens to the crop there vii
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During the thirteen years of the Sd
perintendency of Mr.. Geo. E. Howe of thu
"Ohio Reform. Farm" only six deaths have
occurred of those who have been sent t.
that institution.
On Monday of last week, the employees
of the Road Department of the c. & M
V. Railway, presented c. G. Waite, the cf
: ficient and gentIemanly Superintendent
with handsome gold watch and chair
costing about $3.50. W. H. Goss, Passer
ger Conductor, made the presentation o
behalf of the employees.
! The Dresden Monitor says the work {
laying the track of the Muskingum Valle
Railroad, between that place and Zane;
2 Vile has commenced. ~
: The London times says: At our Tow
Council meeting last Friday night, the que.
/ ton of graveling all the streets inside IL
/ Corporation was agitated and we understan
was looked upon fayorably by the Boar
To do this they propose to borrow mone
at as low rate Of interest as possible.
this course can be legally done let's ha'
i our streets civilized" And we believe
g ten years the town will have saved mont
/ by this method rather than spending hu
I dreds Of dollars in repairing and ''patchin,
a up-or rather BoTcH1NG up the streets e
k cry year, as has been the custom
10 A correspondent to the HiIlsborou;
News, writing from Leesburg, Highlal
'e County, says: The crop was not as bad
M injured as a great many supposed on t
g night of the 22d, and if nothing furth
a happens it. we will have plenty. The fri
e. injured was principally on the low lands.
Of A correspondent to the same paper, wr
le ing from Sinking Springs, says the fr,
as there is about all killed. He adds: l ha
le learned however, from what l deem re
Of able source, that on the hills Cor mou
tains as we call them) East and South of
y. in Pike and Adams counties, the fruit is
,o hurt, and that there is good prospect
n an abundant yield.
n The Wilmington journal of last we
II says: We learn that fruit on the hi
es lands is not injured so badly as was at fl
II + supposed.
n a larger number of buildings will
erected in Wilmington this season til
during any previous year.
A little child of Stephen Vastals WI
dered away from home on Saturday ev
ek ing last and remained lost in the wo,
IN until Sunday morning
he
Our Town Council have established
the benefit of petty offenders, a chain ga
"a or rather an ordinance on which to foun
Sn- chain gang. This is much needed in
tuition.