Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-08-03

EPPs q DaLeS nave oPeAieA . H0" Jan
cry.
1000 roam horses at Camp Meeting
On Sunday.
Wheat is selling at 81 per bushel in
this market.
Candidates are coming out. See list
of announcements.
Peaches were selling in town tester
day for one dollar busheI.
The walls of Hon. Mills GArdner's
residence are nearly finished.
- Mr.. John Millikan has been confined
to his home for several days, with fever.
- The crowd at the Camp Ground, on
Sunday, was immense, and SO was the dust.
= There is a probability that second
National bank will be established in this
place.
- There was fine shower of rain here,
yesterday morning, laying the dust COM
pletely,
Nearly 1000 bushels of blackberrics
have been shipped by railroad, to this place
this season.
Rev A. G. Byers, Secretary of the
State Board of Charity, is here in attend
ance to Camp Meeting.
We notice that large piles of water
melons arc heaped up in the groceries of
our town. The trade is good.
We understand that woman had her
leg broken on the Bogus road, on Sunday
last, by being thrown from vehicle.
- Excursion trains ran both ways on
Sunday last on the C. & NJ. V. Railroad,
carrying large number of people to the
Dewitt Camp Meeting.
- The Teachers Institute will COM
mence its session in this town on Monday
next Read the communication on the sub
iect in another column
Our readers will find another letter in
to-days HERALD from our valued correspOn-
dent Lovejoy. His letters are always in
teresting to our readers.
The Presbyterian Social Circle will be
entertained at the residence of Mr.. G. w
Thurston, near Greenfield, next Friday
evening. All are invited to attend.
- Mr.. Jas. Loughry, Republican nomi-
nee for the Legislature, from Pickaway
county, being one of four candidates, "as il
were," for that position, was in town las
week.
- Efforts are being made to straighter
and deepen the channel of Paint creek
which forms half circle around this tswn
We have not yet learned the proposed
plan of operation.
~. c. w." of the Circleville Herald
paid visit to our town the other day, anc
after visiting certain of our public institu
tons, inquired for the County Inirmary
We hope he found it,
We present in this paper an interes
ting letter from Philadelphia, from an oil
friend and former employee in this office
He promises us an occasional favor whicl
will always be gladly received.
Peaches and plums are getting quit
plenty in town, though the tariff is yet
little too strong for depleted purses. W
are in favor just now, of free trade,' espe
ciaIly in these articles of luxury.
The Senatorial Convention announce
i, for the I7th of August, will not be held
The Central Committee of the three eour
ties comprising the District, having agree
i to place the name of Hon. Jonn @. Smit
upon the ticket without the usual, and
this case, unnecessary convention.
= At meeting of the members of til
J, 9Oth o. v Infantry, at this place on the L
c inst, it was resolved to hold their Annu
a union in Washington G. H, on the %
d inst All members of the Goth are cordial
invited. Pickaway, Fairfield, Hooking, Pc
ry, and Vinton county papers please cop
= Two more perambulating printers Vi
: tied US during the past week. They we
as confidential as tramps usually are, al
one of them was very hungry, and begg'
accordingly, but we knew how it was on
selves, and could not give him anythin
" Whisky, the progenitor of tramp printer
A. will soon garner them in.
u We heard of no trouble or disorder
u conduct at the Camp Ground, except ii
On single case, where little unpleasantne
s was experienced between policeman a
en- hackman The difference between t
parties is referred to his honor, j. S. Be-
man, for settlement next week, the defer
ant having been invited to pay his rcspe
liz liz to the portly mayor.
no no = Some of our subscribers are at l,
sbs q to tell why they received but half sh
rm or one side of the HERALD week bef
last. We explain. The outside of
i"' paper is printed off on Monday and
form distributed; and when we printed
inside on Thursday, we discovered thi
mistake had been made by not print
are are enough on the outside to supply all
by subscribers, and the best we could do un
the circumstances, was to print the ins
<. matter on half sheets and send them ou
- We hope our subscribers who did not
N0 ,,9 ceive full paper will excuse us this ii
id. This mistake occurred in counting out
paper when it was vet down