Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1874-11-05
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= Gov Allen has designated Thursday
the 25th inst as Thanksgiving day.
- The small boys found cabbage rather
scarce for their Hallow Eve deviltry.
- The Farmers Pork Co. did their first
slaughtering for the season on Monday.
= Tickets to the Sabina Horse Fair and
return are sold at reduced rates along the
C. & NJ. V Road
"A couple of small Italians, with a
harp and violin, made cheap music on the
streets Tuesday.
brick on his new building ON the old Post
Office site on Tuesday
Mr.. James Graham, of Madison town
ship, had considerable fence destroye d by
woods fires last week.
= The first snow of the winter put in
its appearance on Saturday. 1t was a fee
! BILE appearance, however. n
| J. Mrs. ] ohm T. Cox died of apoplexy
abon Friday morning of last week. She was
taken to Adams county for burial.
Col. Kerr Gen. S. B. Yeoman and
General Buckner are candidates for j u.s.
tice Of the Peace. Election on Saturday.
= Social parties of young folks were
entertained at the resid ences of Capt AL
len Hagler and U. L. Getz, Esq, on Hallow
Fen.
= The attention of call whom it may
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OF. Cunning, Esq, assignee of C. Duffee.
& Son.
= Henry Miller will sell lot of per-
sonal property, one mile East of Jefferson
Vile, on the State Road, on Saturday, Nov.
21st, 1874.
= Calvin Church will have public sale
of personal property on Saturday, Novem-
Der 28th, five miles fr ON Bloomingburg,
on the Jeffersonville pike.
- Eight or ten couples Of our Washiag
ton young folks went out to the residence
of Mrs. Lurana Baughn and had pleasant
little hop last Thursday evening.
= Seven car. loads of stock W ere ship
ped from this station on Saturday last
cars of cattle to East Liberty, by Sam'l
Croft, and car of hogs to Balti more by
Harrison & Vance.
= Prof. P. II. Randolph is announced to
lecture at Music Hall tonight tomorrow
and Friday nghts;on Egypt and the Holy
Land the first two nights. and on Free
/, Loye' the last night.
VIM. Tway, one of the well-to- dc
q farmers and esteemed citizens of Paint
4 township, died at his residence on Thurs
Z day of last week, of typhoid fever, aftey
an illness of few days.
= Among the large lots of hogs being
fed by individuals in the county this sea
son. Henry Kirk is feeding 1900 NJ. B
Wright 1OOO and Thos. Kirk & Son 500
A good many other farmers are feeding
large lots.
Rev. Mr.. Hirsts lect ure at Music Hal
on Friday evening last, on "COurtship an
Marriage" was quite largely attended, an
v highly appreciated by the audience. Nj
H. makes any subject he takes hold of in
q terestiRg.
3 "A union temperance meeting was hel
at the Baptist Church last Sunday after
noon, and addressed by Rev. Mr.. Hrs
/ The house was we'll filled Another unio
meeting will be held at the Presbyteria
| Church next Sunday afternoon.
- Members Of the Washington Ladies
Temperance League were out visitin
drug stores and saloons last week, distrib
N parties of two or three. They met wit
y rather cool receptions in some places.
=fhc Sabina Horse Fair opened yeste
day with fair weather, and large numbe
horses entered for all the races, and
prospect for good time and large attend
ance. The Fair continues day and t.
merrow, with an attractive programme f
each day. .---------
+ The usual Sabbath afternoon servit
will be held next Sabbath at O'Clock,
! the Presbyterian Church, and will be a
/ dressed by the Rev, Mr.. Sawyer. Sui
ject: "The Immense Liquor ~Trafic-Wi
q it Pay to Suppress It?' The ladies ear
- estly invite all--especially all interested
said traffic. -----------
-W We think if every fellow who
found drunk upon our streets, or publ
Soc places of resorts, were to be arrested al
placed in the calaboos until sober, al
then taken before the Mayor fined pre-
ty rOundly for his conduct, We would S
less drunkenness about town than we a
- compelled to see now.
- Some damage was done to corn fen
H77 ing, timber ETC., by fires, which tart
ears from log burningS, during the wi ndv da
itro- r, l.. -
this the latter part OF last week. The me
ents, .-L.-z:zo g. ,ro. -, ii
day. eAIenslTe ure was oh inc lands of Jt
tdi8yl PerrilI, where a large tract was burn
rents rents over. His loss, however is not as as Ian
as at first 1eported.