Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1873-07-24
LOG AL ITEMS 8
= Stock Sales next Tuesday.

- County Commissioners next meeting
on the first Monday in August.
The N. E. Church Social meets this
CThursday) evening at the parsonage. All
are cordially invited.
R. C. Anderson has sold his farm of
IO1 acres in Concord township, to Henry
Craig, at ,$45 per acre.
The blackberry hunters of this neigh
borhood are making their annual raids on
Bainbridge and vicinity.
Collins & Bitter will run two hacks
regularly-during Camp Meeting, for the
day and evening services.
- Within few days past, blackberries
have been sold from wagons on our streets.
The crop in this section is not abundant.
After all the scare abeat the Colorado
potato bug in the early part of the season,
it has almost proved failure this year,
so far.
- The funeral of Geo. H Ford, who
was drowned in the Ohio river June 9Th,
will be preached at the M. E. Church next
Sunday.
N. L. Griffith, of Springfield, O., a
former citizen of Fayette, was in town a
few days since and favored the HERALD
with call.
" - Geo. Sewers & Co. have sold out their
ice cream business to VIM. Burnett and
Chas. Gardner, who will continue the same
at the old stand.
We believe that extensive prepara-
tons are being made at the Camp Ground
to entertain and make comfortable all who
may choose to attend.
= Camp Meeting at the Dewitt Camp
Ground, four miles East of this town, will
commence on Friday, the 1st of August,
one week from Tomorrow.
= The Shaw House makes handsome
appearance in its new coat of brown stone
paint and white penciling. The name in
gold and green across the front, is a great
addition to the building.
= Frank Hopkins has bought out Plumb
/ & Nitterhouse's stock Of Furniture. He
now has the entire control of the furniture
trade in this town, and will always give his
customers good bargains.
- The Fayette County Stock Sales will
take place in this town on Tuesday next
the 29th inst. The prospect is that there
will be large number of cattle and Other
stock on the market on that day.
A taem of horses belonging to j. L
VanDeman, ran off last Thursday, with a
wagon loaded with old lumber, throwing
the driver, David Monymaker, under the
wheels and injuring him pretty severely.
-Conveyances will be furnished on
short notice and reasonable terms by Col
Inns & Bitter, to all persons desiring to at
tend the District Conference on the Camp
Ground, July 80 and 81. Leave your OF,
ders.
On the first page of tO-day's HERAL1
we publish the eloquent Grafton of Rev
Mr.. Windsor, delivered on the Fai
Grounds on the occasion of the celebration
of the 4th of July. 1t will pay to give it
careful perusal.
The weather for few days past ha
3 been cool and pleasant, the nights being
little too cool for the rapid growth of tn
corn crop. Notwithstanding the backward
ness of the season, most of the corn GRO
is about as far advanced at this writin,
as it usually is at this time any othe
year.
- While at Lancaster, last weak, W
passed through the new Court House.
The house is a splendid structure bull
with frees tone. The style of the buildin
and the whole arrangement of court room
jury rooms and Offices, are in modern style
built with reference to safety, comfort an
convenience.
The name of any person sent in t
this Office to be announced as a candidat
for office, must be accompanied with tw
dollars, and also the name of the perso
! sending in the desired announcement
otherwise it will not be made. Any pei
son who will reflect a moment, will Sc
the importance of this requirement.
- Considerable trimming of the 10
W branches of shade trees in town has bee
performed within a few days past an
much more of it should be DONE NiC
q shade trees are beautiful to look upon tn
weather, but when their branches are a
lowed to brush your hat as you pass alon
they are annoying, besides being anythir
but ornamental.
H. B. Maynard and family, and Alb,
- McCandless County Auditor) and famil
~ left here on the Monday noon train for
\ visit to New Hampshire. Mr.. McCandle
W. went with view to the improvement
his health, which has been very much il
paired for several months past. They
to Cleveland by rail, thence by wat
across the lake and down the Wellal
9Canal, Lake Ontario &C.