Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1874-02-05

- Comfortable tenement houses are in
demand in our town. a 'nlpnBef of'Per-
sons are anxious to locate here, if they
can procure houses to live in.
The attention of the readers of the
HERALD is directed to the business state
ment, in our advertising columns, Of the
First National Bank of this place. "The
Old Reliable" it will be seen, still adheres
to the motto, forward and upward"
DR.. Dio Lewis will deliver another
lecture in this place in the interest and on
the invitation of our Lecture Association.
Due notice will be given of the time and
the subject of the lecture, and it is ex-
pectcd that Music Hall will be completely
filled an JaIaa aA38U4 ~
That muchly talked about illustrious
antiquarian came from his den to the sur
face on Tuesdays the 2d,-as is bis Gas,
tom,-and looked 'benignantIy around in
vain to see his shadow, and then returned
to his subterranean Winter quarters, with
the mental conviction that the remainder
of the season would be favorable to the
nocturnal rambles of the whole ground hog
family. -.---.--.-.-.--...,- 49,.
= We. believes We hut stateA hhat is Q
fact when we say we believe it is not the
presence Of our good women at the saloons
prevents them from selling intoxicating
drinks to their customers without violation
eff law, half as much as it is because of thei
fear to sell to customers in violation. They
can sell to some persons without yiolatin
law, but there are others of their customer
to whom they can sell without viOlatin
the law, and the presence of the wome
deters them from during this. J's }G54
- We are indebted to Hon.. j. L. Myer
+ our Representative in the State Legisl'
ture, for copy of a bill introduced in tt
House by Mr. Oren, of Clinton county, fl
ing the salaries of the, geyegal county off
GERS in the State. The, bill provides thi
the County Aaditorsf County Treasurer
and Probate Judges shah receiEe for yea
ly compensation in counties with le
than 10000 population $500, sherii
$1,000, and Clerk of the Court $1,000, j
creasing, the pay up until the populate
reaches 10000. As our county has le
than 10000, the salaries of the officers W
be as above stated. County officers are
receive no fees, but are to collect fees al
= pay them over into the County Treasur
II The bill does not provide for the payne
Y of deputies or clerk hire. It's. provision
are not applicable to county officers vi
have have already been sworn into offt
and are in the discharge of their duties.
= We find the following article an t
jackson Standard Of the 10th nlt:z
Another delegation of capitalists FIX
n Fayette county were at the Gibson Hou
>" on Wednesday Of last week. On Thu
day morning they visited Tropic. and 81
Furnaces. Among these gentlemen
find the names Of II. Windel, Willis Ha
]. johnson, John L. Pesigner, Smith Rs
kin, ]. L. Van Deman, J. N. VanDem
Martin Grove, H. Kirk, NJ. Pavey and R.
Miller.
- H. f. Austin has the. coal under 1 4
j acres of land, between Milton Furnace a
Berlin. This land includes the Aus
farms. A shaft was sunk a,few years
on the ALLEN Austin faTIn-part kf It
tract and the coal was found all right
Mr. Austin proposes to sell all the, C
and the surface of one half OF the tract
$3.50, 900, and desires to form a cofnpa
These Fayette county men were look
at this land with a view to,taking stocl