Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1873-09-18
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- The county Jail now has two occu-
pants, both candidates for Penitential hon
ors.
Excursion tickets to Cincinnati and
back are sold at 1925 during the Exposi-
ton.
- Capt S. W. Stuckcy is candidate for
nomination on the Republican ticket for
Auditor
- Rev. Norman Jones. of Decatur, In
diana, has been visiting friends in town for
few days past.
= P. Burke has purchased ground for
the purpose of erecting building next
season to be occupied by his Marble
Works.
Cicero Smith is now in the East,
making Fall purchases for Col. Yeoman's
dry goods establishment. The new goods
will be on in few days.
= We had light frosts here on Sunday
and Monday mornings. Farmers report
some damage in consequence, to the late
corn on the low lands.
A. E. Silcott, is now in the East, buy
ing Fall Dry Goods for the house of Silcott
Millikan & Co., and arrivals of latest style
goods may be looked for shortly.
= There will be several candidates for
the nomination for Auditor on the Repub-
lican ticket before the convention to be
held October 4th. Announcements are in
order.
Van Deman & Co. will receive next
week large invoice of new Fall Dry
Goods, Notions. ETC., from New York,
which will embrace everything stylish and
novel.
- The resignation of Auditor McCand-
less makes Unnecessary to elect new Aud
itor this Fall. A call for Convention to
nominate candidate, is published by the
/ county Central Committe in this paper.
/ = Samuel Stuckey (not our Captain
Sam.) living few miles east of town, had
/ two or three of his toes cut off by an ak
slipping from its handle and striking his
foot while chopping wood few days
since.
= Hamilton & Adams have received
their Fall stock of Dry Goods. Boots and
Shoes, and they tell the people something
about them in three column advertise
ment which none of our readers can fai
to notice. in this paper.
4 - Mr.. Pursell has employed Mr.. Joe
1Gold, lately book-keeperin Col. Yeoman's
dry goods establishment, to fill the place
of Mr. j. P. Robinson in the Revenue of
fee, Mr.. RS appointment as County Au
ditor having caused him to resign the po
sition.
Some rascal made an attempt to stea
horse and buggy belonging to Abraham
BackenstOe, from the residence of Georg
Backenstoe, in town, on Monday nigh
: about IL O'Clock, but was foiled. Nj
Backenstoe heard noise at the stable, an
going out, found the buggy run out of tn
shed, and the horse harnessed, ready to b
hitched up. The would-be thief escaped
"A pretty serious runaway accider
. occurred in the western part of town, Tue.
day afternoon, which resulted in the d.
mOlishing of buggy and seriously il
juring the driver, whose name we hav
been unable to learn. The horse starte
in the alley between the Presbyteria
church and I. C. VanDeman's residenc
and ran across the street, striking again
a tree and the fence, in front of Abe
Stimson's residence, where it ended wi
the aboYe results.
The cornerstone of the Odd Fellow
= new building was laid with appropria
ceremonies, conducted by ]. N.Van Dema
OF the lodge of this place, On Tuesda
After the ceremonies, neat address W
delivered by Rev. A. C. Hirst The Was
ington band furnished good music.
! | large crowd was assembled to witness t
laying of the stone, and number of me
bers of the order, from Mt. Sterling, Gree
field, Martinsburg and other neighbour
lodges were in attendance.
eW A friend placed in our hands
other day, new seven column paper
mr. titled the "Old Kentucky Flag" with c
Q Samuel Pike as editor and publisher.
location this time is at Maysville, K
lucky, and as might be expected. the G
plants Democratic flag, and in his int
ductory address, talks as fippantly abe
Federalism as he used to before the frc
of the past forty years had sprinkled
uS. hair with reverent gray. The Col is ca
BILE of making good paper; one that '
undoubtedly suit the Kentuckians. By
way, we believe this is the second time
has blessed the Democracy Of Maysy
with a newspaper.