Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-01-05
LOCAL ITNNTS.

John Cissna has sold his grocery t
Henry Dahl
= The Berger Family Concert at Musi
hHall, l,to-morrow night
The Probate Court issued four mar
riage licenses last week
10y W r. Cleveland and wife, of New
Richmond, O., ,are spending a few days il
town.
The grocery firm of King d Lease hal
been dissolved Mr. King retiring from
the business.
Iag - Our carrier returns thanks to hi,
friends for their liberal patronage of his
New. Y Year'saddress.
W. F. Milbcusn has closed his restau-
rant over R. MiIlikan's Book Store, and
will return to Xenia.
/ = Charlie Dixon, formerly of this Office,
has engaged to teach the Union School at
Kingston, Ross county, this winter.
- Ed. Pearson has wound up his con.
nection with Mr.. Payey's Bank, and is now
keeping a set of books in the First Ma
| tional.
A communication by VIM. A. Ustick.
was mislaid by some unaccountable means
last week, and its publication delayed
until this issue.
Rev. Albert Barnes, the celebrated au-
thor of Barnes Notes on the New Testa-
ment," died at Philadelphia, Pa, on Christ
mas Eve, in his 73d year
John Denier, the rope walker, whom
Ma Jam Rumor said was recently killed, in
Kentucky, by fall from his high rope,
denies the charge He says he still lives.
MARBLE WoRKs Mr. P. Burke is doing
the nice thing in the way of furnishing
marble tombstones He has an agent en-
gagged to take orders for him, throughout
the County.
- Mr., Jas. G. King, lately OF the gro,
Gerry firm of King & Lease, has rented the
east room in Hamilton d DHhl's now build
ing, and will put first class stock of gro.
ceries in it, in short time
= The Ladies Repository, which has be
come universal favorite with the admir-
ers of fine literature, and moral and relig-
ious teaehing of a superior order, is before
us. The number for January, 1871, is ad-
nirable. Everybody ought to have the
Repository.
WNE.-Mr. NJ. Gilmor, of this place,
presented us, on Saturday last, with bot
lie of wine ofhis own make, from the juice
# the Ives Seeding Grape. II tastes sweet
md we should think it was good wine, al {
hough we do not profess to be Judge of :
he article. |
Willett has a splendid lot of oil a
hromos. picture frames, and mouldings, |
II styles and prices, albums, dc, at the d
Photograph Gallery. Pho. '
ographs, Doguerreotypes and oil portraits, L
lken from life or copied, any size, in the P
est possible style, by Willett. v
- Rev W, w. King will preach in Mu- o
c Hall, on the evenings of the llth and u
9th Of January On Wednesday evening ?
e will commence series of sermons in .
lswer to the question: "Does the Bible u
ach the doctrine of endless punishment2' "
The public are respectfully invited to e e
tend u
- Our subseribeFs are coming up man - :,
lily and paying the amount of their dues = :,
r the IERALD. and renewing their sub ~
ription, paying for another year in ad- = :,
,nce. Such conduct is oommendable. 1t -
renthens us in our convictions, that the y
ce of hoH,st men have not been shufled -
Of this terrestrial globe, although some l.
ople who are wont to look or the dark
lie of every question try to make them M
Ives believe so, a,
= The following is the substance of no
nversation that took place in our streets y
ew days since, between one of our citi- =
ns and farmer who had sold good
m, in this County. and removed to Mis-
lri, but had returned on visit or per-
rs, to purchase farm in this County
ain. =;
You live in Missouri"
3.-"Yes, and my taxes are high" A.;
ibid you not tell me your taxes ~
re very low in Missouri, one year ago2" w. w.
3-"No, don't know that / did; but u
in Missouri lay about double hat you ~
in this County" 49,.
I.--"Doyou include the turnpike tax
all the othertaxes in this County" ~
i.-"Well, yes, the whole id thing" ~
Te learn that that B. has since bought ~ r..
run in this County, and intends to make y, :,
future home upon it.
'e hear good many people complain ~
ofhigh taxes in this County but when ! =
/ attempt TO evadethe payment high - III
IS ly leaving Fayelte county they only :. -
,unter greater. demand upon their Wy
tets for taxes True, the taxes in our shs
nty seem high, but it must be romem- cue
d that a great portion of these axes ."'
for tie building ofturu -, :
roads, and the amount paid for this oi d
,ose is, in fact, an inyesiment-one wa
adds higher value to their real es Il 81
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