Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-05-11
LOCAL ITEM 8.

1He DaptlsI DoCIdl OlIClS VIII meet at
the parsonage tomorrow evening. The
Ladies desire your attendance.
A new passenger hack has been put
on the Washington and Mt. Sterling mail
line. Mr. Frank Wardel runs it.
= The County Board of Equalization
meets next Wednesday to equalize the As
SCISSORS valuation of personal property.
= The County Auditors along the line of
the C. & NJ. V. Railroad meet at CINCINNATI,
next Wednesday, to assess the property of
the road.
A boy, named Colcher, was thrown
from buggy by runaway horse on Fay
cite street Monday evening, and had his
ancle sprained.
A colOred woman, named Kelly, living
in the North part of town, was badly injur-
ed by falling into an open cellar back of her
house last Friday afternoon.
= The meeting of the Washington Sun
day School Union at Presbyterian Church
last Sunday afternoon was one of the most
interesting they have ever had.
- Mrs. J. W. Timmons Iectured at the
M. E. Church, Thursday night last, in the
interest of the Woman's Foreign Missiona-
ry Society. She organizanized Society
here.
- The County "dads'' have put stop to
the use of the shade trees around the Court
House, for hitching- posts by boxing them
up in such shape that they won't do to
tie to-
- At Point Pleasant, they have elected
citizen of African descent, a member of
the School Board. every one to their own
taste, as the old lady said when she kissed
the cow
- Hemmings & Cooper's Circus did not
bring as large a crowd of people to town
Tuesday as circuses usually do. 1t was
well patronized, however and carried off 3
good many SOC. shinplasters.
= Last Friday morning Judge Daniel
Mclean missed from his smoke house about
ten OF dozen pieces of bacon, which were
abstracted therefrom during the previous
night by some foraging party.
- The Assessors in this State are re-
quired every four years to take the emu
meration of the male population over 2l
years of age. This is the year to take the
enumeration. In
= Glib Paul is putting up a new stable
for the the purpose of commencing the Iiv-
cry business again. We have already three
good stables, all kept busy. Glib will come
in for good share of trade when he opens
M. Burk visited the Mayors office yes
terday to settle sundry charges for whisky
selling and lightcned his wallet of $40 fines
and some 81 or IS costs. It is an ole
saying that Jordan is hard road to travel
p. Bourke is furnishing monumGaA
and to1nbstones of the finest marble ant
best workmanship. He desires those want
ing any of this kind of work to call at the
Washington Marble Works, on Fayette St.
below Leases Grocery, and see specimens
"A couple of gentlemen from Circle
S vile were upset and thrown from thei
: buggy in turning on narrow grade in th
Jeffersonville pike, near the circus ground
+ on show-day. No serious injuries to tn
4 buggy or its occupants but narrow es
0 cape.
s = r. ]. Treaman, while carrying bunc
: of shingles to the top of a barn he was build
= ing on Edward Smiths farm, nea
town, fell through some scaffolding to tn
ground, with the shingles on top of him.
He was taken home insensible and badl
bruised, and is still suffering sever ely frol
his injuries.
= Mr.. s. W. Smith who resides in Pc
c ry township, this County, eff, FL,
A on Thursday of last week, and informt
le us that the frost of Saturday night, the q
ID ult, did no injury to his fruit and he has
ie fine prospect for a good crop We kno
!, of no other person in this vicinity who h
=, been so highly favored.
- The coIored Baptists dedicated IN
~ new church last Sunday. Excursion trai
eP were run from Circleville and Morrow, a
. brought quite crowd of coored people
witness the ceremonies. Their church
on North street, opposite the Union Sch'
building. 1t is very good brick buildil
large enough for all their needs.
A new paper has just been started
Mt. Sterling, Madison County, by NJ.
Schryver, copy of which is before US. l
entitled the Mount Sterling Review, is W
''' printed, the outside in Chicago and the
." side at Mt. Sterling. 1t proposes to
on Impartial and Independent and is
ner spectacle in its editorial get-up. We HI
me the enterprise may prove a success, an
benefit to our thriving neighbOring villa
= The Dry Goods firm of ]. L.
,id. Deman & Co. have on hands at present
,;+b of the largest and finest stocks of go
they, or any other house in this part of
country, have ever offered and are sci
at the lowest rates that can be afforded,
JUS the dry goods buyers of Fayette county
adjoining country cannot do better anywl
dat- else than at their store. They are
stantly replenishing their stock, so ths
is always full, and always embraces
3. newest styles in fancy goods and notion