Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1874-04-23

ltlng the keeping OF ale, peer and porter
houses in town, could not be found. The
Clerk of the incorporation, whose duty 1t
is to keep the records and record all ordi-
nances, informs US that the records are
regularly made up, and the ordinance re-
ferred to, is recorded in the ordinance
book, which is in the possession ef the
Clerk, where the ordinance may be exam
ined.
= If certain young men who claim to be
respectable, and would like to have other
people think they are, do not quit taking
on so much benzine and driving through
the streets at a rate faster than the law
allows, and faster and more recklessly
than is safe to pedestrians on the streets,
they may find themselves in the Mayors
Office for the purpose of answering to
charges Of being intoxicated, as well as for
driving at too high a speed. Such an oc-
currence is not at all unlikely from what
we have heard from good authority A
hint in time.
The new Board of Education for the
Washington Union School, met on Mon
day evening last, and took the oath of Of
fee, and elected VIM. Robinson President
of the Board, for the ensuing year, and
VIM. MilIikan Clerk. The Treasurer has
not yet been chosen. Their next meeting
will be at the editorial room of the HER
AID, on Monday evening next at ~
O'Clock.
The Pulaski Silver Mining Com pany
was organized and elected officers last
Tuesday, in this place, with a capital of
$15O,OOO, and is ready to commence oper-
ations. The officers are Hon. Mills Gard
ner President, J. c. King Secretary, and
DR.. H. c. Coffman Treasurer. The mining
tract of the company is in the Griffith Min
ing District Clear Creek County, Colorado
Territory.
- Trimming off the surplus brush from
the shade trees around the old Court House
has had wonderful effect in the way of
exposing to view the old, illy-constructed
and dilapidated building. 1t is GER
tainly far behind the advanced condition of
our county, and gives evidence of the ne
cessity of an improved condition of our
public buildings.
Dunn, the rebellions liquor seller of
Hillsboro, was arrested last week and
bound over to answer at the next term of
the Highland Common Pleas Court, on a
charge Of selling intoxicating liquor to a
drunken colored man. His bond was fixed
at $500.
- Joe NJ. Mclean is busy collecting ma
terial and giving out contracts for his
new block on the corner Of Court and Fay
cite streets (the burnt corner). He will
erect block IS feet wide by 80 feet deep,
two stories high, and divided into four ele-
CANT business rooms.
= Mr.. J. w. Williams, brother of Dk.
G. NJ. Williams, of this place, one of the
oldest citizens of the county, fell dead on
Tuesday last while attending to work at
his residence near Jasper Mills. He was
about 80 years of age.
- Mrs. Sarah VanDeman, mother of I.
G. VanDeman, died suddenly on Tuesday
morning last. of heart disease. She re-
tired in usual health and excellent spirits
on the evening previous to her death. She
was SO years of age.
A law has been enacted by the Leg
islature of this State, which enables
Grangers and Patrons of HusbanGry to be-
come incorporated institutions.