Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-04-06
LOCAL ITEMS.

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Geo, P. VanDeman will open his Ice
Cream Saloon, Saturday.
The Social circleo Of The NJ, E Church,
will be held at the residence of Madison
Jenkins, on Friday evening.
- The Oldest inhabitant don't remem
ber of seeing better prospect for good
eropofawhest than there is athis county
at this time.
20. W. Shattuck, has resigned his
place as Superintendent Of the Cincinnati
and Muskingum Valley Railroad, and
Mr.. CO. Wait, has been appointed in his
stead.
So Our advice to every family in Fayette
County, where the HERALD is not taken, is
to delay no longer, hut come and subscribe
for it and begin with the first No Of the
paper when it is enlarged.
The 3rd Quarterly Meeting fOE the
M ii. Church, will be held Hext Saturday
and Sabbath, commencing on Saturday
night. Rev l. Taft, of Columbus, will
preach in the. absence of the presiding
Elder.
- Alex Menary, living near Blooming
burg, in this county, has a Norman colt,
which ,oD.the day that it was one year
old, weighed 1910 lbs. We would like to
hear of anything that can boat that for
heavy,
- Our Merchants are receiving heavy
stocks Of goods for the Spring trade, and
we believethRt they will be prepared to
furnish goods to their customers as low as
the same class of goods can be bought for
at any town in Southern Ohio.
- Mrs, Hattie Lydy has received new
invoice Of millinery goods, and notions,
of the latest Spring Styles. She extends
a cordialinyitatiop to aU the ladies to.call
ana examine ber stock Of goods, Read
her new advertisement next week,
R. Millikan has just received from
New York and Philadelphia, a very large
stock Of Wall Paper, Borders. Oil Window
Shades, DC, &c. The styles are elegant,
and the prices are as low as any in the
country. according to quality and style of
paper.
Ion our first page we publish the
speech of Hon. M j Williams, in the
House of Representatives on the Griffith
Rail Road bill. Among legal men this
speech is rpgardedaas one of the ablest
that has been made in the House for several
years
The Corporation election in this town
on Monday last. resulted 10 the choice of
the following Couneilmen H. O OofImanI I
A. Hamilton and Doctor Goldsberry.-
Oemetary Trustee John Mizer,-Mayor,
Marshal, Clerk Treasurer and two of the
Councilmen, hold@on another yearg 1,sS
- The following named personyark TIE
oiiicers Of our Incorporated village for the
current year, ~ p M A~9
Mayor s. 'ereman-Marshal, Rob.
ert Treasurer, VIM. Robinson
Clerk, 10. King Oouncilmen, Q. H.
Brownell, Allen Heagler DR.. Il. O. Coff-
man, Andrew Hamilton, and Dr. Golds-
Berry.
!. h Ap examination in the ease q John
~ Blaekbura, euspecte1 .oF having osca-
siShed thedsath otAiias Mary Jane Loy.
ell, was had at Chllicothe, before the JUS
tice Of the Peace, last week. Blackburn
WAS held ID appeara a tlie next Court Of
Common Pleas Of Ross county, to answer
the charge Of murder lathe second degree,
in bonds to the amount Of $40, 900,
- who killed Gsorge Roper? was the
mystery that t,haunted the people, pf Up
per Mallowe for two years How tho ques
ton was answered cannot be told in the
short space at oar disposal; but the readers
Of Edward CARROTS eObserFations Of a
Retired Life" win find the problem solved
in a most fascinating manner The fist
installment viii be found in the Cinein
natl Weekly Gazette of April 18th, and
the story will run through about Thirteen
numbers. One cory, one year, 81 SIX
months, 81.