Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-06-08
LOCA ITEMS

- Our Uuion Schools closed on Tues
day, for the Summer vacation.
The tax-paying season is drawing to
close. The Goth is the last day.
See advertisement for sale of Lewis
Road. 1t will be offered on the 9th of
July.
- The B!oomingburg road Improvement
will be paid for with the June instalIment
of taxes.
- The Presbyterian Social Circle meets
at the residence of DIR. Coff1nan Friday
evening.
= Some of our farmers are trying the
Paris Green and Plaster Potato Bug medi-
cine with satisfactory results.
Col. Yeoman's Dry Goods store re-
ports sales for the month of April at $8,-
1885. and for May at S.. .428.50.
= D. Furtwangler is putting fresh coat
of paint on the front of his store-room,
which improves its appearance.
- Col, S. n. Yeoman, J. L. VanDcman
e. Co, w. a. Ustick and L. Goldman, are
engaged in the wool trade this season.
- Jos. C. Plumb and Philip L. Nittcr-
house will open stock of furniture in one
of the rooms in Ely's block, in few days.
= Col. Yeoman occupies good deal of
our space this week with mammoth ad-
vertisement. None of our readers can help
seeing it.
The Dewitt Camp Meeting promises
to be a big thing this year. The number
of tent holders is expected to be much
larger than ever before.
: Capt. Geo. B. Gardner and lady, form
erly of this place but now of Hillsboro,
spent the past week in our town visiting
relatives and old friends.
= County Commissioners have been in
session since Monday. There is a good
deal of important business before them
at this session. but we areunabie to furnish
any report of their proceedings this week.
We learn that horse driven by couple
of ladies, ran off last Friday, on the road
between this place and Jeffersonville. The
ladies were thrown out and considerably
injured, and the buggy completely dcmol-
ished.
- The board of County Commissioners
have ordered that part of the Lewis Road
from its beginning, in Market street, to the
corporation line, be made only GO feet wide,
instead Of so, as specified in the first order
for the construction of the road.
We are informed by persons who have
been in different parts of the county within
the past few days that while in some por-
tions the ground is too wet for plowing, in
other parts, there has been no rain for
some time past, and vegetation is literally
burning up.
"A little child, two years DID, son of
James Coil, living near South Plymouth,
was attacked by boar on Monday, and
bzdly gored in the abdomen. A deep cash
kseveral inches long was cut penetrating
almost into the bowels.
A horse driven by woman, who had
a child in the buggy with her. became IN
manageable on Court street, Monday, and
| plunged and kicked furiously until it fell
on the pavement in front of Dr. G. NJ.
! Williams residence, when the lady and
child were assisted from the buggy without
injury. The buggy was slightly damaged.
A young man named Williams was
pretty badly carved up in a fight with a
young man named Bryan, in the neigh
borhOOd of one of the doggeries on East
street. last Saturday. Both were pretty
well dosod with whisky Williams re-
ceiyed three quite severe cuts with knife
in the shoulder, thigh and back. Dr. Har-
low dressed his wounds, and he was take1
to his home several miles from town. His
wounds are very severe. but arc not con
sidered dangerous.
= Geo. NanDeman's new ice wagon wa.
pretty badly used up by runaway on
! day last week. The driver left his team
Il standing on one of the back streets in tn
:, west part of town, while he went into
p house for moment. Taking advantage c
the situation the horses started for a littl
frolic and ran out the street toward Mill
kan's mill, as far as the first bridge eve
the creek, where they jumped off, horses
wagon and all turning asomersault, as the
went down. The wagon fell bottom u
but the horses lit on their feet facing ii
wagon and on opposite sides of the po
from where they had been working. Ne
ther horse was hurt The fall from IL
bridge was about six feet
- We doubt whether any county in IL
State, the size of ours, has an equal nur
Der of fine buggies, harness, horses al
ne carriages. This was particularly noticeab
at the Spring Grove church, in Jeffers,
township, on Sunday last. The fact th
id, about all the principal roads in our coun
tn are piked, and are not surpassed by al
county in the State, has had its infuen
20 in bringing this about, but further ba
there was commendable spirit of entc
70 prise among the people, or these roa
would not have been built. 1t is spi
at of enterprise among onr people that eve
citizen of Fayette county should feel pro
Of.