Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-11-02


ter has to be hauled two and three miles
for stock In town, many wells have gone
dry. A great many of the streams in the
county are entirely dried up. There has not |
been enough rain formonths to thoroughly |
soak the ground.
Quaits are $L5O per dozen at retail
Coal has reached 20 cents ia price and the
end is not:
The total contributions in this city for
the Chicago Relief Fund, amount to 81, 5O9.-
10.
Council proposes to abate the Hydraulic
Canal as a nuisance.
Col. L. w. sifford, who was lately strick-
en- with paralysis, is, we are glad to know,
recovering and will soon be able to be about.
hook well to your fastenings.
The Presbyterian Synod of Cincinnati, to
which, we believe, our ChilIicothe churches
are attached, have decided to meet next
year in Hillsborough.
We regret to learn that Mr.. Charles Rob-
inson, proprietor of the Woolen Mill here,
is in failing health. t
Abe. Fidler hired horse and buggy to a
Jew, representing himself as horse-buy-
er, week or two since. He also loaned him
good overcoat and fine watch. The man
was sto be gone day and a half. He was
gone nine days Abe naturally became
alarmed and started out to hunt him up. He
found the horse and buggy at Portsmouth,
where the man had sold them, pocketed the
proceeds and lit out. The Overccat and
watch have "gone where the woodbine,"
&c.
The Xenia Torch Light says that Anti
och College, at Yellow Springs, has endow
ment funds to the amount of 100000 in
the burnt district of Chicago. 1t depends
very much on the strength of the insur
ance companies how much Antioch will
suffer by the calamity.
The Xenia Torch says also: "a propo-
sition is now on foot, and will be placed
before the Council at an early day, to sup
ply the city with water from reservoir to
be constructed at the head of Market street,
fed by an inexhaustibly well, discovered
there recently in digging city cistern. 1t
is project in which our citizens are all
personally interested especially property
owners. 1t Is proposed to lay ten inch
main pipes down Church, Market Main and
Second streets, with lateral branches out
on Detroit and other cross streets. The
steam fire engine and force to be used in
pumping water from the well into the
reservoir, thus making this force of service
at all times and usefully employed.
An attempt at firing the Erie street, To-
ledo. gas tank was made last Sunday night
1t was frustrated by vigilance on the part
of the citizens.
At several places in Wood county tho
forest trees are falling every way, the roots
being burned off by the fire, which travels
through the ground.
The people of Toledo are afraid their tai
church steeples will fall over on them some
day in high wind, and ask to have then
raced.
The ChilEeothe Advertiser of last weel
says: :E
Some burglars attempted to break int
, st. Peters Church, in this city, last week
but were foiled. They succeeded in get
ting the lock sawed out. Their intention
undoubtedly was to steal the silver servic
from the altar.
Small Pox has been reported at Kingston
but there is no truth in it. There has nc
been a case.
The circleviIl4 Democrat of last wee
says: I
Coal has advanced to II cents in thi
+ city.
Seven new school houses were erecte
in this county during the year ending Sci
tember 1st.
/ The membership of the Free Mason
u Mutual Benefit Association, of this cit,
y now numbers 191.
$. Frank Prince, who was arrested
It Wheeling, W. Va, charged with the rol
If berry of the CircIeville and Wilmingto
II Post Offices, in April last, broke jail at Gin
it cinnati, on Monday evening" 18th inst, ar
ID made good his escape.
The C. & NJ. V. R. R. Co. are having S
new locomotives built, and when they al
on the rail which will be shortly, the ru
ming arrangements on the road will
a changed.
I'd There arc not any cases of Small Pox
of Circleville, and have not been for a lor
s time. The report to the contrary, in ci
le culation through the adjacent country,
i'll without any foundation whatever.
The Chillicothe Register of Saturd'
ed last, (28th inst) reports the following
III relation to the Small Pox in that city:
There has been but one new case
ne Small Pox within the last ten days, al
ail that appeared in family already afiicte
ms OF the eight cases existing at our last r
port, all but two or three are convale
ey cent, and require no more medical attei
ng tion. Of the others there is but one
ey child of whose recovery doubts are ente
A. tanned.
The Register says also, that Rev. P.
Us Davis, lately assigned to the Deer Gre,
be circuit of the NJ E. Church, has be-
transferred to the Richmond circuit, /
p q address beino SchooIev,s Station