Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-10-24
BUSINESS NOTICE.


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= The slate roof is being put upon the
new Town Hall.
Mr.. Lewis Mark, of this county, is
attending the Cincinnati Law School.
- Miss C. Witt has an opening of fine
millinery at her room on Thursday next.
- Rev. E. II. Dixon, who is Presiding
Elder of the Marietta District, will reside
at Athens.
- Hon John Q. Smiths official majority
for Congress in this county is 489, instead
of 482, as at first reported.
- Farmers in our county tell us that
there is greater breadth of land sown in
wheat in this county, than at any former
period.
Rev. Mr.. Snodgrass, of Lancaster,
filed Mr. Carpenters pulpit at the Presby-
terian Church on Sunday last. Mr.. c. was
absent at Circleville.
= Court street has been receiving a new
coat OF gravel, and in the absence of rain
to settle it, the dust is at times almost suf-
locating on the street.
See the new advertisement of Misses
LeMay in to-dav's HERALD. They are
prepared to furnish anything the ladies
want in the way of wearing apparel.
The water in many of the wells in
this town has been all used out, and there
is difficulty both in town and in the county
in getting water sufficient for ordinary nse.
We are indebted to Mr.. R. "A Robin
son, Cashier of the 1st National Bank, for
late New York and Pittsburg daily papers
Mr. R. has just returned from business
trip to the Eastern cities.
A Il The building on the public grounds
! ftfOrmerly owned and occupied by George
Melvin as business house, is being fitted
| up for the Probate Office and Probate
Court Room. 1t is much needed, and viii
make good house for that purpose.
We received regular old fashioned
, jonnycake, which had been on exhibition
at the Pioneer Fair last week. As a jonny
cake, it was good, but we can't say We
have "hankeFing arter it." as we prefel
modern sponge cake.
- The special attention of our readers
] is directed to the advertisement of the Gin
i einnati Gazette, which appears in anothe
column Of this paper. The Gazette is th'
leading Republican newspaper west of tn
: mountains, and for news, agriculture, poll
tics, literature, commerce, and all othe
subjects of interest, at home or abroad,
can not be excelled.
Rev. I. F. King, Presiding Elder c
the Chillicothe District, was anxious t
make Washington his home during hi
term as Presiding Elder of this District, bu
was unable to procure house in whic
to live, and has, in consequence, gone
ChillicOthe, where he wilIr reside during h
term. We regret, as do all our citizen:
that ne could not again become a citizen
nj our town.
II The Republican vote in this count
in 1871 for Gov. Noyes, was 1850; Il
Democratic vote for Geo. W. McCook Fl
Governor was 1873; the vote of the R
J. publican party in this county this year f
A. T. Wikoff for Secretary Of State, was
s97; for Aquilla Wiley, the Democrat
candidate for the same Office, it was 1,53'
n 1t will be seen from these figures that Il
D Republican vote this year was 1877 great
than it was last year, and the Democrat
vote 152 greater than it was last year.
- Gen. Isaac R. Sherwood made goo
o. ringing speech to a house fuA. of anxio
listeners in this place on Saturday eve
ing. His speech was full of sound truth
and showed conclusively that he was ma
ter of the subjects he discussed. 1t W
really the most enthusiastic meeting '
haVe had here since the campaign opene
Since the glorious Republican victory
us the 9th, the Republicans of this coun
seem to have taken new courage, and t
canvass, SO far as the Republican mass
sn are concerned, will be carried on to the e
with new and increased vigor and enth
siasm.