Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-11-23
Neighborhood News.

The Circleville Union of last week, says
the Valley House property offered for sale
by Sheriff Hall last Mondy was not sold for
want of bidders.
The repairs on the railroad river bridge
are about completed. It is now a most
substantial structure.
The President has appointed Nielsen ].
Turney, of this city, member of the In
dian Peace Commission, to fill the vacancy
| created some time ago by the resignation
of ex-senator Lane, of Indiana.
The Circleville Democrat of last week
says:
Samuel H. Evans, of Pickaway township,
has rare collection of old Spanish silver
coin, which belonged to his father There
are four quarter dollars. dated 1772 IVA,
1870; one half dollar, 1861; and five dollar
pieces dated 1853. 1872, 1890, 1896, and
1873. He also has three silver dollars of
American coinage, dated 1906 and 1907
The Register claims ''there are more sub
stantia1 improvements going on in Ironton
than in any ether town in Southern Ohio
The New Lexington Herald says walnut
logs are being ahipped from Thorn town
ship, Perry county, to Germany.
P. n. Wickerham, the Representative
elect from Highland county, keeps hotel
at Sinking Springs. n
The Putnam County Sentinel, of last
week, contains seven columns of legal a6-
vertisements, mostly ditch notices. ( q
James Clark, of Champaign county, has
been offered $4,000 for his fve-year-old
stallion, Mohawk, Jr., who trotted his mile
over the Buckeye Course, near Cincinnati
on the Sd inst , in 2:23. -
The ChiIlicothe Gazette of last week,
makes suggestion that would be quite as
applicable to the base ballists of this place
as it is at the Ancient Metropolis. Hsays:
Now that the base ball season is over,
we would suggest, in order that the muscle
developing process may not lie dormant
during the long winter months, that the
base ball athletics turn their attention to
saving up the wood-plles of widows and
sick people during the winter. The exer-
else is fully as healthful, is not so violent,
dangerous nor tiresome as base ball, and
we are sure the results will crafty curl
Gus public fully as much, and we would
prefer to g i've the score of a wood-sawing
class to that of base ball club in our col
umns.
The Gazette says: The farmers in the
vicinity of Henry Renick's, in this town
ship, have formed an association to protect
themselves against horse and all other
kinds of thieves. We advise thieves to
give that locality wide berth. Similar Or
CARNATIONS all over the county would be
beneficial
], The Chillicothe Advertiser of last week
says in relation to smallpox: We hope
this is the last time we will have to write
the words which cap this article. The only
two cases in the city are about we'll, and we
] hope there will be no new cases.
4 The dead body of newly born infant
was found in the vicinity of Roxabel OF
II FridesF last. It 4vras fully znatnred and bore
: evidences of having been foully dealt with
|, | was lOuuu dTOu0Q us neck very
closely drawn, which gave the impression
to those who saw it that it had met its deatl
by str"Ngulation. N clue has been feeant
as to its parents.
} The Lancaster Gazette says that Nj
| Thomas Ewing, (son of Hon. T. Ewing
who died at Lancaster few days ago,) Q
Tuckton, Arazona, has paid for the Gazett
until 1877. Mr.. Ewing is man after ou
own heart.
2 The Lancaster Gazette says: Wolf
s Station, on the c. & NJ. v Railway, be
3 tween Bremen and New Lexington, at tn
crossing of the Newark and Straitsville F
R., is looking up. Its name has bee
n changed to Trio City, (from the junction c
e three railroads there,) and report speaks c
} great and valuable improvements in tn
Is way of new building, &c, which are
progress within its limits 1t promises t
be town of considerable importance.