Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1873-07-17
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Banking House in Pavey's Block. Court Street
Banking hours from 3 4. NJ TO p NJ. 2Stf
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- Paint street is being widened and
graded.
Announcements of candidates are now
in order.
- Quaker Quarterly at Leesburg,
July 9th.
- The Dewitt Camp Meeting will COM
mence August 1st.
Some communications are necessarily
left over this week.
= Bathrooms have been attached to
Weaver's new Barber Shop.
James Judy has taken an agency for
the American Sewing Machine.
jeff Lindsey and Dan. Bales have
rented one of Joe McLean's new rooms for
bakery.
Mass Temperance Meeting at Music
Hall next Sunday evening. Address by
Rev. Hirst.
Council passed an ordinance at its
last session, requiring some more paving
to be done.
The Shaw House is receiving a new
coat of paint, and other embellishments and
improvements.
"A party of seven couple of our young
folks made pleasure trip to Rattlesnake
Falls, last Friday.
L. C. Karney, who has been at Evans
ton, Ill, for some months past, returned to
Washington last week.
WIN. Robinson & Son have moved
into their new rooms just finished, two
doors East of the Post Office.
The friends of Rev. D. Simon, pastor
of the Lutheran Church, paid him dona-
ton visit last Thursday evening,
- Geo. P. VanDeman has rented the
West room in Robinson & Herbert's build
ing, for a wholesale and retail grocery.
The third Annual Teachers Institute
of Fayette county, will be held at City
Hall, August 4th, 5th, 9th, 7th and 8th.
Rev. Mr.. Hirst returned to his pas
toral labors last Saturday, after an absence
of few weeks on "furlough'' granted
him by his church.
i Hon. Mills Gardner, our delegate to
the Constitutional Convention, has placed
us under obligations for several documents
from the Convention.
The call of the Central Committee
for the Republican Primary Election, to
) be held ou@Saturday, August 9th, will be
r found in column.
"A P. Kirk, F. A. Parrett and Simor
\ Doron, Sr left on a trip to California
Z Tuesday, on arecreation tour, expecting to
be gone about six weeks.
-Strawder Bybee, travelling agent fo1
the Woodburn "Sarven Wheel'' Co., at In
dianapolis, spent few days among friend.
at this place the past week.
The selfshness of the human rae,
is never more Enthusiastically made manifes
than it is in the location of public roads
bridges, and draining bitches.
Gentlemen who are willing to serv
their country in the capacity of count,
officers, are beginning to set things up
with reference to the Fall elections
Wool dealers tell us that not NOR
than half the clip of this county for tn
present year has been sold-farmers bein
unwilling to accept prices, which rang
from 25c. to 4Oc.
~ A Washington cat gave birth to
badly mixed up litter of kittens, fe,
: days since. One of them had two head
and only one body, and another tw
bodies and only one head. The kitter
died.
j. L. VanDeman & Co. are temper
arily established in the new rooms ne1
door to the Post Office, which they wi
occupy while the corner is being tor
9 down and their elegant new buildin
erected.
The Board of Trustees of the Wasl
ington Cemetery are doing considerab
I work in the way of improving and bea1
tifying the grounds this Summer. 1t
proposed to put in an artificial lake, vii
IA fountain.
MI Mr.. D. L. Stewart has sold his inte
est in the boot and shoe firm of Stewart
- Conway, to Mr.. James Holbrook.. II
,w style of the new firm is Holbrook & Co
=" way. Their advertisement will be fouI
elsewhere in this paper.
~ A farmer friend is happy in the po
possion of a dog that can smell sewir
machine agent for half mile and wor
allow one of them to come on the pIac
The last one who attempted it, furnish
the dog with a square mouthful of frei
meat from the calf of his leg.
The Odd Fellows expect to be read
IO to contract for. the erection of their ne
4H' building shortly. The site is on Cou
street. below the Post Office, and the bull
ing will be of brick, 45 feet front by 72
deep, two stories high. The upper stol
to be used for their hall, and the low,
for business rooms.