Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-03-23
State and NeighborhOod Items.

The good people of Waverly, Pike Co
are in a bad fixi they are tied up, and The
growth of their town is Stinted, if we may
Judge from the following from the Repub-
I lican of that place; "The corporation
limits of Wnverly are contracted to less
than 300 acrts, yet an effort by the Com
mon Council, last year, to enlarge its lin
its, failed, because five landholders, the
County Commissioners and Judge PlYley
opposed it. There are not half dozen
se.lots unoccupied, and they cannot be
bought by men of moderate means"
The Chillicothe Gazette publishes the
decision of Judge Stafford in the Ross
County Common Pleas Court, upon the
application for an injunction, in the case
of the Little Mills and Greenfield Free
Turnpike. The application WIS refused
A portion of this road is already CON
structcd
The Chillicotho Advertiser, of last week,
gives the following items:
Our County jan is, with the exception
of that of Trumbell county, the oldest in
the State. 1t was built in 1926.
During 1870, there were Ga persons in
the Ross County jail-53 men and 6wo
men, boys and insane persons.
In 1870 there were IS insane persons,
7 epileptic, 5idiotic, IS boys, 10 girls and
81 children Is years Of age, in the Ross
County Infrmary.
The following items are from the Cir,le
willie Herald OF last week;
Cattle are dull in this market, and the
very beet will not bring more than 81.
There is n demand for work mules in
this County, at about lust years prices.
John D. Leist has been Treasurer Of
Washington township for some thirty-six
years.
Itis said that u entire list of Demo
cratic members of the bar, in this city,
will be candidates before the next Demo-
cratic County Convention, for the office Of
Prosecuting Attorney.
Stock hogs are brisk in this market, with
sales at 81 So We hear of no sales Of fat
cattle. except for future delivery.
A lady in this city has in her possession
a rolling-pin which has been in use for
over seventy years.
p W. Rodgers, of the American House,
Is running free bus to and from the de.
pot, for the benefit of his patrons.
The following items are from the Circle
vile Union of last week:
The water hus been let into the canal
sgaIn.
Some eighteen or twenty more colored
persons were baptized last Sabbath.
A portion of the tin roof on Odd Fell
ows' Block, was blown off by the high
Wind that prevailed last Wednesday.
The wheat throughout this County is
ooking finely.
We are sadly in need Of temperance
eyival in this city.
The following items were taken from
he Circlevlle Democrat of last weeks
The, Revenue collections 10 this County.
Or February, were slim, only $500.
A dwelling house, on the farm of Sam
el Dunkel, in Saltcreek township, two
tiles from Adelphi, was burned last Mon !
ay night.
Lewis Lulz has sold his farm Of 24O
nres, in Pickaway township, on Chilli
1the pike, to Jacob Hitler, for $3Oj0OO.
n, Lutz will remove to Kansas.
Mr. 0. W. Shattuck, Division Superin-
ndent Of G. I'm V. Railroad, has re-
gned, and will engage in business in
olorado,
Wilmington is to have an extensive flax =
achne in that place. 4
The Wilmington Republican, of last
eek, gives the following items
The Board of the County Agricultural
,ciety, has decided to hold the next an. \
ial Fair on Wednesday, Thursday and "
'idny, the 6, I, and 8, of September, r. :,
One hundred students are expected to be
esent at the opening of Wilmington Col I'm
&c, April 18th. D
The Aid to Progress newspaper has ne
auged proprietors, and is now conduct q
by Mrs, Allen, m
The improvements on the--or rather in er
, Baptist Church, are being pushed for W,
rd with oommendable speed,
he Xenia Torchlight, Of last week, says -
It the construction Of railroad from
yton, through this city, to Circieville
! the coal regions, east, is again being
tated, especially at points east of this "
| at Dayton, "A
MI that is necessary to put Dayton in
nection with the coal mines, is to build q
miles of road between this ~
,e and Xenia, nearly all Of which has A
n graded. sol
ggs sell for eleven cents dozen, in ~
lia. Cheap enough. The editors over So
way will undoubtedly grow fat on ~
ap eggs now. sis
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