Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-07-20
LOG AL ITEMS 8

Harry Orr is in from Kansas on a visit to
relatives in this county.
= An old lady, 60 years of age, in this
county, is cutting her third set Of teeth.
= The Presbyterian Social Circle will be
entertained next Friday evening at the par
sonage.
= There viii be a picnic dance in Coons'
Grove, one mile north of South Plymouth,
on Saturday, July 18th.
Rev. Mr.. Boyd, of Staunton, this cOun-
ty, preached in the Methodist Church last
Sabbath morning and evening.
= There will be number of probation
ers admitted to full membership in the
Methodist Church, next Sunday.
= A BIoomingburg correspondent fails
to send us his real name, which is the rea-
son his communication does not appear in
the HERALD So
- Hass & Shaft are preparing to put up
building to occupy as a Carriage Manu-
factory, on Fayette street, adjoining the
residence of Jacob Dahl
Joe. N. Wilson has bought out the in
terest of his brother, John L. Wilson, in
the Washington Planing Mills, and will
continue the business alone.
-1ASJasper township negro, whose name
we did not learn, was arrested and locked
up in the county Jail on Sunday, on a charge
of stealing suit of clothes.
- Somebody threw brick through one
of the show windows of the room occupied
by Dan Wendell, m DR.. Goldsberry's build
ing, Monday night, breaking an $18 pane
of glass.
- The funeral sermon of Jacob Miller,
deceased, will be preached. by Rev. Mr.
Keen, at Stewards School House, in Union
township, on Sunday afternoon, July 23d,
at o'clock P. NJ.
- The managers of the Dewitt Camp
Meeting do not authorize nor sanction the
running of excursions to the grounds on
the Sunday of the meeting. Nevertheless,
we suppose excursion trains will run.
-B.F. McAtee, lately of this place, who
was admitted to the practice of law, at the
last session of the District Court in this
county, has removed to Pola Ogle county,
Illinois, and ''swupg out his shingle.'
Hicks, the colored gentleman employ
ed by Council to attend to the street lamps,
was so much occupied with his wool spec
ulation on Tuesday night, that he forgot to
light the lamps, and left the town in dark
ness. zr@ g@1A GEz
The Anniversary Of the Fayette
County Branch of the American Bible So
ciety will be held next Sunday evening in
the M. E. Church of this place. Sermon
by Rev. S. A. Keen. Subject "The Bible
its power = 49, : =
--Forepaugh's menagerie and circus, which
exhibited here few days ago, was attached
at Athens, on Friday, on judgment of $17,-
600. amounting, with interest to $4,000
Forepaugh gave security, which Aenabled
him to go on with his show.
A couple of young gentlemen had {
pugilistic engagement at the corner of Cour
and Fayette streets, Monday evening, fol
which Mayor Beremah charged them si1
dollars apiece, thinking the. fun they hac
ought to be worth that much to them.
= The Republican Central Committee o
this county has issued a call for primary
election, to be held August 18th, to maxi
nominations for county officers, and als'
select delegates to the Senatorial conven
ton to beheld at Morrowtown on the. lit
/ of August.
= The Ross County Republican Centra
Committee has proposed to our Centra
Committee that the judicial Convention 70
: this district. be held at Greenfield. on tn
e 22d of August. This will most probably b
g e the time agreed upon by the three countie
d composing the district, for holding the cor
yend9n; Z H4
= Judge Mclean bought a new hors
few days ago, and on Saturday hitcl
= ed it to his buggy and started over
town, but the animal proved rather devlisl
and ran off with him, kicking at ever
a Jump, from his residence to the covere
bridge, where the Judge succeeded in sto]
= ping him.
i = Our neighboring village of Greenfiel
n is to have another newspaper. Mr.. c.
d Butler announces to the public that abor
m the first of October he will commence Il
$ publication of an independent journal,
IN IN be called the Highland Mail. He propos
to give the people of Greenfield a good p
per, and we think he will.
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es = Ole Bull and King David, with assis
.iie ie ants, visited this place on a musical tol
no last Saturday. They drew large houses
he on the sidewalk-and had habit of sen
ke ing small boy around with hat to ia
m up collection, which, in the opinion
some of their audience, did not add any
= the interest Of the entertainment
= Two of 'em, from the rural distric
IS who had been pierced in their hearts W
by Cupid's darts, came to- town last week,
pc seek satisfaction in the entangling ALTAR
of matrimony. After arranging the nee
= sary preliminaFies, the silken knot was Il
m at the Kirk House. The bridegroom v
. as as full of joy, and looked as though he wo'
like to put his arms around the neck of
!. cry one he met, but he didn't.