Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1873-08-21
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Watermelon season has commenced.
= Our Union Schools will open on Mon.
day, September 9Th.
Joe Hogue still keeps the Court
House grocery. His is dry grocery.
-Workmen commenced laying brick
on Yeoman & Nitterhouse's new block on
Monday last.
Rev. Isaac Crook, Of GAINESVILLE, is ex-
pected at the Sunday School Teachers In
stitute next week.
Our streets are pretty well blockaded
with building -material-goOd evidence
that our town is not yet finished.
- The colored Baptist association now
in session here is we'll attended by colored
people from all the neighborhood.
= Members of the Colored Baptist As
sociation, now in session here, will occupy
the pulpits of this place next Sabbath.
~ Lorin Wilson, of DR.. Harlow's estab-
lishment, is taking brief rest from the
cares and perplexities of business at Put
in-Bay.
- The buildings being erected in this
town this season are Of better class than
those heretofore built Nearly all of
them are permanent structures of brick,
and in good taste,
-ReY. S. Howard, D. D., former Presi-
dent of the Ohio University, died last week
in California, whittier he had gone seek
ng a restoration of health. He was one
of the prominent and successful educators
| iof the country.
- Silcott, Millikan & Co. have just re-
ceived direct from the importers, the
incest lot of coatings and cassimeres we ever
saw. The styles are new, and novel, and
goods of the quality have never been Of
fered here before.
&C. Duffee & Son have sold half in
! terest in their boot and shoe establishment
! to MF Frank w. Sharp, of Brown county.
The style Of tho new firm will be c.
Dutfse & Go. MI Sharp is young man
4 of pleasing address and business qualifica-
\ tions.
A horse ran off with a buggy and a
colored man in it on Sunday last, and made
wreck of the buggy, leaving it just across
the RAILROAD, on Main street. The colored
person, we believe, was fEom Greenfield,
and the buggy belonged to R. G. B1illers of
this place.
\ -OntAe first page of to-day's HERALD
- ,,,bJ;eb +bo oVcoIIaot cDopcb Of Hon.
NJ. Gardner in the Constitutional Conven-
ton. on the question of Minority Repre-
sentation. The speech, we thank, expresses
the sentiments of large majority OF the
voters of all parties in Fayette county.
&C. H. Brownell & Bro. arc receiving
their stock ofGroceries and filling up then
\ rooms in the new ''Westward' block
They occupy the three floors of the build
ing, and have a splendid set of rooms
= whi ch will be filled with fresh stock o
general groceries, fruits, &c. Their car'
ap pears in this paper.
- The Ladies' Missionary Society of tn
: Bloomingburg Presbyterian Church vii
hold their first anniversary meeting in tn
church Friday evening, Aug. 20. Rev
Mr.. Bryce of Greenfield and Mr. Hirst
of Washington, will deliver addresses
All friends of the missionary work are invi
ted. Meeting to commence at a quarter be
fore eight
The Democratic party in this count
held their nominating Convention in tn
town on Saturday last, when the followin
candidates were put in nomination: Fc
Representative, Gilbert Terrill of Jefferso
township. For Treasurer, Jacob Dahl
l Union township. For Prosecuting Alto
ney, c. A Palmer of Union township. F.
County Commissioner, Henry Fulton
Madison township. For Infrmary Directo
w. r. Hukill.
The primary election system of nor
its day. For while it worked very we
but like all other systems for nomination
it has become perverted from the real o
y" ject for which it was intended, and inste
Of being means by which to obtain t
ng wishes ofthe greatest number Of the Repu
lican party IN the choice OF candidates, 1t b
been used to defeat this expression a
create dissatisfaction in the party. 1t W
undoubtedly be abandoned in this cour
in the future. We hope, however, Il
the Republicans will not allow themselN
,du to be defeated at the approaching slect
luD' but rally to the support OF the Republic
candidates and elect them, with det
mination to adopt better system the n
time when candidates are to be put in
field.