Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1873-12-11
WIN. MILLIKAN & SON.
LOG AL ITEMS

- Mrs. VIM. Snider had her arm broken
on Monday last, by fall.
Am. Stimson's new building is nearly
ready for occupancy. A quick job.
"A party of about twenty gentlemen
of this place left on Tuesday on a trip to
the jackson county coal fields,
- People who know all the about the
weather probabilities say that we are 60
ing to have warm open winter.
- Treasurer Craig reports taxes coming
in very slowly. There will be a rush at
the latter part of the collection season.
= DR.. James Davis, formerly of this
place, who removed to Salt Lake City
about year ago, died recently in that
city.
- Mieajah Draper had the best COW on
his place killed by tree falling on her, in
the storm on Wednesday night of last
week ..
Col Yeoman, f. L. Nitterhouse and
Capt Allen Hegler have sold their interest
in the Austin coal farm in Jackson county,
at a handsome profit on the investment.
Mrs PlIey, a widow woman, living
out on the Chillicothe pike, while on her
way home Monday evening. slipped and
fell near the iron bridge, breaking her leg.
The ladies of the Presbyterian Church
of this place, will hold a festival for the
benefit of the Sabbath School connected
with that Church, in Music Hall, on Tues
day evening, December %.
- The Manley farm, south of town, was
offered at auction on Saturday last by j
S. Foster, of the firm of Foster & McEl
vain, real estate agents, but failed to sell
There was bid on it of $73 per acre.
- Col Coates Kinney, of Xenia, made u.
pleasant social call at our sanctum, OIL
Saturday morning last. He was on his way
to Jackson county to take look into the
coal mines and iron hills of that county.
- Remember the sale of town lots be
longing to the j. S. Bereman estate at auc
tion on Saturday next. Sixty EIGHT goo
lots suitable for residences, in a desirable
locality, will be offered on very cas-
: terms.
We stated last week that Messr.
Bing, Steinhart & Co. had sold out Thi.
We are authorized 20 say is a mistake. The
have not sold out, but have turned over th
management of their store in this place I
Solomon Steinhart and Simon Brown, an
Joe. Steinhart will remove to Cincinnati
= after the first of January.
q -AMr. Wells, of jackson county, VIII
owns 1000 acre coal farm in the best se
tion of that county was in town last wee
presenting plan for organizing stoC
company to build two furnaces on the Ian
II and lay out town. Some of our citizel
are thinking of taking stock in the ente
prise, and party left here on Tues day
81 7ssst the locality.
= Two young men of this place-Wo
NJ ley Melvin and Neil Daugherty-went
st Cincinnati last week to enlist in the reg
J M lar army, but changed their minds, aft
getting down there, and came back, to t
the disappointment of Uncle Sans !
cruiting officers, who had them examine
and whose mouths watered," as the bo
expressed it, to get the uniforms on the
~ DR.. Dio Lewis lecture, to be given
Music Hail. on Christmas Eve, ought to
attended by every body. As the subject "
IDS be "Our Girls" we presume all the you
md md ladies will be in attendance; and as
Id matter of course, if the girls are all goi
Ih- gallantry will have its influence on t
L young men, and they will all be at the
ture.