Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1874-12-03
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- Christmas comes on Friday this year
- County Commissioners meet next !
Monday.
VIM. Burnett had number OF sheep |
killed by dogs few nights since.
D. Furtwangler has already laid in
an elegant stock Of goods for the Holiday
trade.
= The first sleighing snow of the sea
son has come and gone during the past
week.
Several cases of frozen ears, fingers
and toes, during the cold snap the past
week.
- The Washington Board of Education
will meet at the HERALD Office next Mon
day evening.
= Zeb Kanes trial for the murder of
DePue will come off at the present term
of Court 1t is set for the 18th.
- Work on the Odd Fellows and Van
Deman's buildings had to be stopped the
latter part of last week, on account of the
weather.
Hon. John @. Smith, our Represent
ative in Congress, left for Washington, D.
c., yesterday, to be present at the open
ing of the session.
- The collection taken up at the Pres
byterian Church, on Thanksgiving day,
for the benefit of the Kansas grasshopper
sufferers, amounted to $50.
Billy Earnests Minstrels were only
patronized by a small house on Saturday
night, owing to the extremely unfavorable
weather. They went to Logan from here.
Quite large party of our citizens ac-
companied the Committee appointed by
Council to attend the Railroad Mass
Meeting at Chillicothe Tuesday evening
- Sheriff Millikan sold what was left
of the hogs attached as the property Of
Mr. Barclay, on Friday. Out Of $40, the
original number attached, only 80 were
left to sell, the. rest having died on his
hands.
= Mrs. AbelPs Concert last Tuesday
night was not largely attended but those
who attened were well pleased. Mrs.
Abel has large class of Music pupils in
town, and her services as a teacher are
highly valued by her patrons.
4 Anew timetable went into effect OF
the G. & NJ. V. Railroad on Monday, max
ing change Of an hour earlier in the tim
of the arrival Of the accommodation fron
Dresden to Circleville in the evening, an
a change of one minute in the time of on
the mail trains.
- Some of the young heathen who gt
up in the gallery at Music Hall, on q
ticket and sit up and whistle like steam
= boats, and stamp and howl during the Ell
N tertainment, ought to be taken out by IL
y ear and kicked around a few squares,
else driven into the ground with pill
driver.
= This weeks News contains the vail
dictory of w. G. Gould, who has dispose
of his interest to his partner, Mr.. Jone
Mr.. j. proposes to take rest of one wee
and then issue the paper in an "entire ne
and improved typographical form" Br
Gould does not give his reasons for I
tiring. Wonder if he drew the $25O,OC
prize in the Louisville lottery
= The Circleville Herald says the hor
race between "Punch' of Washington
s. H. and the Timmons horse, of New II,
land, that was to be contested on Frid
last, did not come off, owing to the nc
appearance of Punch. It is the opini
of many people here that if punch" h
as been present he would have been "punc
ed'' badly, as the Timmons horse has t
inside track in the estimation of SPORT
men.
-Persuant to call "a convention was ht
- in the Baptist Church of this place,
X 25th inst, for the purpose of organizi
Woman's County Temperance Leag
has which organization was effected and I
gM following officers elected. President M
iva J.B' Priddy; Secretary, Miss Brishtie Og
lid d. Treasurer, Mrs. M. Sharp; also, one v
nse President from each township Mrs a
pple Carpenter delivered a most aloonon+
@ iowi interesting address before the Convnnti,
one Revs, z. w. Pagan and j. H. Gardner W
" i'T present and enliYened the occasion