Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-02-08
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Salmon couple of weeks since. In giving
the weight it changes the figures from 3451a
lbs. to 31511 lbs, and then adds:
Robert and Joel Read of Paint township,
recently sold to Minshall & Co., 100 head
of hogs, ten months old, of the Poland China
cross, which averaged 313 lbs. They were
all black. and as they passed through town,
made nice show. Here is hundred head
of pigs, all bred and raised on one farm,
and not selected from choice punches here
and there as we suppose those spoken of
by the Herald were. These same gentle
men sold to John Salmon, probably the one
above referred to, in December last, one
hundred head, of same breed of hogs, Is
months old, which averaged $50 lbs. If
there is anything down in Little Bristle
that can beat this let our neighbor of the
Herald ''trot it out''
Mr.. SaImon's hogs were not selected
from choice lunches" but bred and fatted
by himself
In the same column from which the En-
terprise clipped the item above referred to,
was another item. giving the average weight
of 100 hogs raised by Mr. S. R. Morris
425 lbs, which the editor probably failed
to notice. Doesn't that rather ''walk away
with" your $50 lbs. hogs? Also, in the
same column we gave the weight of Mr..
Parretts 40 head of 20 months old hogs,
bred and raised by himself, which averaged
624115 lbs.-the best on record When our
Madison county neighbors get up anything
to beat that, we hope the Enterprise will
tell US about it.
A man named Hughes, (the same party
who attempted to steal pair of pants from
A Nathan & Co. recently,) was in Joe Nc
Leans dry goods store one day last week,
and on going out carried off pair of shoes,
which he managed to conceal under his
coat. Joe missed the shoes, and sent an
officer after him, who soon found him with
the shoes still under his coat. On being
brought back to the store he tried to con-
him, but failed, and was taken before
Mayor Bereman, where he paid fine of Sc
and costs. 1t would have been cheaper
to buy the shoes. The fellow was drunk at
the time he committed the theft
= Henry Wiley's Boot and Shoe Store
was broken into Friday night last, and six
pairs of boots, worth fifty or sixty dollars
stolen. Next morning Mr.. Wiley and P.
s. Collins got on the track of the thief, and
followed him to within a short distance
of Williamsport, where they overlook
him, footing it along the road, and brought
him back to town. He had one pair of the
boots on. The rest he had hidden along
the road. All were recovered. On exam
ination before Esquire Kerr, he was held
in the sum of $500 to answer to Court
ItF~i';1~. to give bail, he went to Jail. The
mans name is Albert Cross. He is an old
offender-has served one term in the pen
itentiary.
| The CircIeville Democrat says
"The Fayette county officials have re-
moved to their quarters in the new Court
House."
News. The officials would be perfectly
willing to make the ''move,'' but there's a
little difficulty in the road-we haven't the
new Court House to move into. The agi-
tations Ofthe question of building one has
commenced, however, and we hope to have
it before long.
Some naughty boys got into school
house out on the Columbus pike one night
last week, and had chicken roast, and left
| feathers and bones scattered over the floor
and wrote poetry that wasn't very nice OF
the walls and in the girls copy books. The
teacher is now putting in his leisure time
cutting hazIe brush to have ready when he
finds out who they were.
DIR. B. II. Rush, of this place, is using
in his practice new medicine for the curt
of Fits, which operates with almost mirac
ulous success. He has treated numbe
of cases, among which were some tina
had long been pronounced incurable, ant
in every case, we believe, the medicine ha
proved effectual.
= The grand annual explosion of tn
Miami Powder Company's Mills took plac
on Monday. Five persons were killed thi
time. The concussion was distinctly fel
here, with a noise like young earthquake
Doors and windows ratified and building
shook slightly, and many supposed it wa
an earthquake.
We fear our neighboring town c
Bloomingburg is becoming slightly demor
allied, from the report given by our col
respondent of recent doings there. Bloom
ingburg has heretofore carried the 'heft
of the reputation of our county for morali
ty, and we hope to hear better things fror
her hereafter.
The Highland Mail mentions the Fay
cite County Herald among the the ''neates
and fastest of its exchanges which show
that Bro. Butler understands his business
fact that is also testified to by the exec
lent appearance of his own paper (That
about tit for tat, isn't it, Bro. Butler0
A crying baby attracted too much a
tention at the NJ. E. Church last Sunda
evening. when people take babies I
church, il Wouldn't be bad idea, to gi1
: them pretty strong dose of peragoric b
fore starting, and take little of the sootI
e ing medicine along.
= At a meeting held at Washington, {
Saturday, Fed. Sd, 1872, by the Board
1t School Examiners of Fayette county, {
k certificates to teach were issued to the fo
: lowing named persons for the time spec
m fed viz. MiSSos JonD;a Hovc No++;a II n