Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-02-01
LOO AL ITEMS 3


= County Commissioners meet to-day.
= Judge Steele takes his seat on the
bench this month.
Moses Garlic and family, of this county,
have removed to Missouri.
- Rev. r. Pitzer preached in the NJ. E.
Church last Sunday morning
= -Ice-men haye never had a better Win
ter than the present for laying in their
stock.
= There was trouble among the 'boys"
at OFT & Dempsy's Beer Garden Saturday
night.
= The time allowed by law for killing
most kinds of game, will expire on the 1st
of February.
The second Quarterly Meeting of the
NJ. E. Church commences one week from
next Saturday.
IT. D. McElwain has taken a travel
ing agency for the Amazon and Triumph
Insurance Companies.
Treasurer sayre's books were ready
the first of the week for his settlement
with the County Auditor.
We learn just before going to press
that the C. & NJ. V. freight depot at Zanes-
vile was burned yesterday. No particu-
lars.
"A. P. Kirk Co., intend slaughter
ing 10000 hogs this Winter. They have
killed up to this time between s 600 and
5000
= At their session last week the Board
of County Commissioners dismissed the pc
tition ofJos. Hidy and others for county
road improvement.
The weather on Sunday and Monday
was cold enough to make an Esquimau5
shiver. The mercury. had business down
in the neighborhood of zero.
= Hon. Jas. Pursell, has been laid up fol
a few days past with erysipelas in his arm
We are pleased to learn that he is improv-
ing, and will be out again soon.
= Young Alexander, arrested last week
charged with assault on VIM. Bloomer
was discharged on examination before z
W. Heagler, Esq, last Saturday.
= The agents of the Troy, Ohio, Nur
! series, who have been canvassing thi
county for a few weeks past, inform us tina
they took orders for $1,000 worth of frui
trees, to be delivered about the first Q
next April.
Our readers will find sensible arti
Gle on the subject of a new Court Hous'
in this county, on the second page of thi
paper. 1t Is from the pen of a prominen
citizen and taxpayer, and merits consid
Grafton. Read it.
We learn from the Ross County Reg
lister, that Rev. Norman Jones, of ths
county, formerly resident of our tow
will remove to Decatur, Adams count,
Indiana, next month, to take charge of til
Presbyterian Church at that place
= Our new Brass Band made its fir.
appearance on the streets last Saturday a
ternoon, and performed several pieces
= music in style quite creditable, conside
. ing the short time they have been orga
lied. They are under the instruction
~ Prof. Wolf.
n The Tribune Almanac for 1872, h
,e ,@ been received at this office. 1t is full
tS ts useful and interesting statistics, result
Us elections in the different States, and gre
in amount of other matter condensed into
ny small and convenient form of about 1
TIfpe pages. It's sold for 20 cents copy.
ee ee Mrs. Mclaughlin, crazy woman,
capped from the Infrnary of this cour
ne last Fall. Mr.. Pinkerton, superintendC
O., of the institution, received information
,b- few days ago, that she had been Capture
mt out in Iowa, and was in charge of authe
ties. He went after her and brought !
/. back this week.
= Mr.. L. C. Karney, of this place,
formed us day or two ago, that his mo
1'A er, lady 80 years of age, was on her v
from California, making the trip unacco
OF panied by any one as far as Cincinn
5f Ell where Mr.. Karney expects to meet
lsT. a. this week. Quite an undertaking for
! the P lady of her advanced age.
and On Tuesday nightlast, the tressle-w
the the over ditch a short distance West of
.ded mington on the c. & M, V. Railroad br
down, while the freight train was pass
overit letting the caboose and hind car
10. to the ditch. No one was seriously in
ed. The accident was caused by a bro
- rail. The passenger trains yesterday
the to exchange passengers at that point
run back.