Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-07-27
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made.
Blackberries are plenty at 81 so per
bushel.
= Candidates before the Primary Elec-
ton are beginning to come out See an
j. F. Hopkins intends openings branch
undertaking establishment in Blooming
burg in a short time.
- Peaches were offered on the street on
Tuesday at 50 so per bushel. They are
scarce in this vicinity.
- Mr.. Cline is putting up good two
story dwelling house, out on the iGhillicothe
pike, in the edge of town.
- Three colored gentlemen now occupy
rooms in the county Jail on account of il
licit mercantile transactions. ra - M
= Between fifty and sixty Persons were
received into full membership in the NJ. E.
Church last Sunday morning.
- There will be no preaching in any of
the churches ofthis place on Sunday next
on account of the Camp Meeting.
Peter Getz and Henry Snider have
gone into partnership in the draying bust
ness, and bought out Kirg saxton,
- Doc. Harlow says he didn't go all the
way over to Greenfield, on Monday, just
to see the circus. He had business.
+ Quite large delegation from this
place and vicinity went over to Greenfield
on Monday to see James Robinson's Cir
Gus.
= It don't cost very much to whip an
Assistant Marshal when you don't want to
be arrested. $3.50 is what the Mayor
charges. 1---- = 3. 5--+t i~~
=. The contract for the improvement of
the White Oak Road will be offered for sale
on Wednesday, August 10th. See adver-
tisement. -.---
We understand the new Pork House,
which has been commenced, is to be built
of brick, so by 80 or 100 feet and three
stories in height.
w. F. Willett and lady, left here on
Monday, for trip to the East. They will
be absent two or three weeks, and will do
New York, Boston, and other eastern cities.
u The work of remodeling the NJ. E.
Church has been commenced, and will
not be completed until September. In the
mean time Music Hall will be used by that
denomination for holding services.
- Treasurer Sayre has finished the col
lection of the June installment Of taxes al
his Office and has sent out his collectors to
the different townships. There remains
about $1,000, to be collected, on the dupli-
cate.
= Camp Meeting opens at 2 O'Clock to-
day, with sermon by Rev. J. M. Trimble
D. D., of Columbus. The meeting, this
year. will probably be more largely attend
ed than either of the former ones held OF
the Dewitt grounds.
= Charles lie Mar, formerly of this vi.
cinity, who left here some time ago, ant
was reported to have committed suicide
at Fort Wayne, Indiana, surprised people
by appearing on the streets Tuesday, il
contradiction of the report. d.. -...
= The oldest, tramping disciple of Faus
and Gutenberg, aged Ga years, is now max
ing his last annual tour of the Western
States. He pitches his tent, next, in tn,
modern Sodom-Circleville The craft vii
be admitted for 25c. each. Outsiders free
= In our list of business firms with tn
average monthly value of merchandise re
turned to, the Assessor, published las
: week, A. Hamilton & Co. should have ha'
credit for $1,000 in manufactured goods be
sides the $4,000 in merchandise, maxim
/, , their total returns $4,000.
We have received from D. H. Bailey
2 formerly of Wilmington, now U. S. Consu
at Hongkong, China, several copies Of tn
China Mail, published at Hongkong. Iti
large quarto paper, printed partly in Eng
lish and partly in the hieroglyphics of tn
= "heathen Chinee." We haven't read tn
Chinese part of ityet.
= The Fayette County Branch of tt
American Bible Society held its annu
election of officers last Sunday evening, IL
following gentleman being chosen officer
l. P. E. Morehouse, President; Vice-President
u pastors of the cooperating churches; Sc
l. retary, George Dahl; Treasurer, A. Han
N ilton; Librarian, John N. VanDeman.
s, They had lively time at the Tow
en- Council meeting, Monday night, over a m
ton to order the opening of a street, sta1
ing in the Columbus pike, about the rei
dence of L. G. Karney, and running pare
lie lei with the Circleville pike, out past Gl
NO NO Kinks residence. The motion was on
Ia passed and afterwards reconsidered a
rm laid on the table.
= Assistant Marshal Ed. Birmingh,
TN attempted to arrest man named Smi
! near Bcck's Beer Garden, on Saturday e'
ming, for drunkenness and disorderly -cc
duct, but Smith didn't recognize Birmil
3so 3se ham as an officer, and knocked him dov
by kicked him once or twicea ''to keep h
quiet" and then ran off. He was afterwal
(. arrested by Constable Blackmore, and v
- brought before Mayor Bereman, who cha
No No ed him $5.25 for mixing whisky with
ID beer, and $3.50 for knocking the Assist