Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-07-13
LOG AL ITEMS 8

- We hadplentIfuI showers on Tuesday. |
DR.. Harlow sold over 1000 glasses of
soda-water Saturday.
Doctors report some cases of cholera
mOrbus in this vincinty.
- Our Bloomingburg and New Holland
items failed to come this week.
New wheat has begun to come into mar
ket. 1t brings $1.OO per bushel.
- The treasurer of Forepaugh's show re-
ported $4,000 as the receipts at this place
Saturday.
Peachss, apples and pears are begin
ming to make their appearance on the fruit
stands in town.
= The NJ. E. Social Circle will be enter
tanned at the residence of R. A. Robinson,
tomorrow evening.
- Our lengthy friend, ROuthe, of the
Wilmington Journal, late of the Gazette,
was in town Friday.
The County Commissioners were in
session on Thursday and Friday of last
week, and adjourned to the 21st inst.
-JOhn.L. vanDeman has commenced
putting up a new brick residence on his
farm in the western suburbs of town.
- Geo. W. McCook and Geo. H. Pendle-
ton, Democratic aspirants, are advertised to
speak at this place on the 25th of August.
King & Co. have purchased the gro
ceries of S. l.. Goldsberry and moved the
goods into their store in. Hamilton's block.
Dan Wendell is building a very pretty
and stylish brick dwelling house about a
quarter of a mile out on the Chillicothe
pike.
= 1t is high time that lot owners, on the
back street of our town, were harvesting
their dog fennel, of which their is plen-
tiful crop.
j. W. and W. P. Cleaveland have sold
their drug store to DR.. Goldsberry, who in
tends fitting it up and replenishing the
stock of drugs.
- The funeral sermon Of Mrs. Linzey
and daughter will be preached at White
Oak Grove church, on the 18th inst, by
Rev. S. B. Smith.
- The first Annual Institute of the Fay
cite County Teachers Association will be-
gin in this place. August 7th, and continue
one week. See advertisement
- The manufacture of draining tile has
become quite business in our county, and
establishments of this kind are in opera
tiqp at many points in the county.
Geo. Dahl is making preparations to
commence the erection of residence on
the fine lots at the corner of North and East
streets, opposite the Baptist church.
The colOred people have a grand 18th
Amendment celebration at Lancaster to-
day. Excursion trains run from GAINESVILLE
and Wilmington, at less than half fare.
- The fourth quarterly meeting of the
Washington circuit, Methodist Church,
will be held at Mount Olive church; COM
mencing July 22d, at two O'Clock P. M.
-Grocers pay the following prices for
country produce: Butter, 15c.; eggs, 1oc.;
potatoes, $1.0O; bacon-sides, s to &c.; hams,
IL to 12c.; shoulders, 6115 to &C.; lard, SIC.
= Andrew Hamilton has erected va
randa to his business block, on Court and
Fayette streets, which adds materially to
the comfort of the occupants of the build
ing.
-Forepaugh's menagrie and circus drew
larger crowd than any circus that has ex-
hibited here for years. The canvass was
crowded to fullest capacity, afternoon and
evening.
A great deal of preparation is being
made for the NJ. E. Camp Meeting, which
/ commences at the De Witt Camp Grounds
four miles from this place, on the 9th o
this month.
= J. C. Plumb and Charlie Farnsworth
of Cincinnati, took a little buggy ride owe
! the country, from that city to this place,
t few days ago, and are rusticating here 70
a short time.
: Rev. David Smith, formerly of thi
3 county, now a resident of Bloomfield, i
!, Pickaway county, is to be candidate 70
! Legislative honors, on the ticket of the Pre-
). hibition party.
5, = On Sunday afternoon there was ST
- we're wind accompanied by little rain,
this place. We seemed to be on the ou
skirts of the furious storm that passed ovt
Dayton and Xenia on that day.
A family composed of man and W,
u man and three or four boys came trampir
into town on show day, with a chicken u
. der each arm, which they disposed of
n n get money to go to the circus.
u = The contract for the Improvement
d. Lewis road was not awarded on Thursda
on as advertised by the engineer, proceedin
rs having been enjoined until petition in
en- ror, from the Commissioners court, is hea
in the Court of Common Pleas.
= A man by the name of Griffin, W
res run over at Columbus by the cars, on t
ne 4th of July, while intoxicated, and killt
no His widow, Nancy J. Griffin, has since CO
the menced suit against two soloon keepers
Ike Ike Columbus for $4,000 damages.
rm - The air of Paint creek valley was n
J. lodious, on Tuesday evening, with vo
80 music, furnished by certain residents of I
r1 'v9 immediate vicinity, who were out OFoak
id. joyous serenade in honor Of the copi,
showers that had fallen during the day,