Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1874-07-09
NErGHRORHOOD NEWS.

The Clifton paper mills have closed for
three months. !
Some wheat fields in Ross county yield {
80 bushels per acre.
Andrew L. Quinn, Postmaster of James
town, died on the oath ult.
Andrew H Long is erecting fine Man
sard roof residence in jamestown.
The Urbana CampMeeting commences
Aug. 9Th, and closes on the Nth.
James Shaw, of Manchester, Clinton
county, sold $500 worth of cherries this
year.
The Ross county Register thinks Hon.
L. T. Neal will be renominated for Con-
gress.
L.G. Delano's great sale of thorough
bred stock takes place to-day, in Ross
county.
The Cincinnati Conference NJ. E. Church
will be held in Wilmington, commencing
Augist Goth.
Major S. S. Denny an old resident of
Circleville, died in that city on the 9TH,
aged 76 years.
Chillicothe has new colored military
company, which takes the name of the
Sumner Guards
Allen Mairs was sent to the Peniten tiary
for three years from Clinton county on
the 29th, for demonstrating.
David Nettle, wealthy and influential
farmer of Clark county, was killed by the
cars on the evening of the 4th.
The surviving members of the 50th, list,
94th and 10th o. V. 1. regiments will pic
mic at the Dayton Home, July Both.
A Lebanon man paid fine and costs, in
cluding lawyer fees, amounting to S7345
last week, for enjoying little drunk in
our neighboring town of Wilmington.
At Yellow Springs on the 9th, the mar
shall of the village shot and fatally wound
ed VIM. johnson. who resisted him while
the marshal was trying to arrest him for
, theft.
The wheat crop in Highland county is
) harvested, and is more than an average
crop. The oat crop will be light. Corn is
suffering for rain but still promises a fair
, yield.
+ At Loveland on the 4th, Stephen Molo-
$. ny stabbed Gothard Franklin ten times il
! a fight growing ont of an old iE-feeling.-
i franklin is likely to die. Malony is a no
r torious rough.
J. At Chillicothe on the 9th, runawa,
es team threw three ladies out into the street
j slightly injuring two, and fatally injurihi
IS the third, who was dragged for severa
We hundred feet under the wagon, and fright
fully mangled.
We A spark from locomotive set fire to
ur wheat field on the farm of Alex. Remicl
y, Jr. in Ross county, last Saturday an
p.' 49, twenty eight acres were burned. Othe
We fields have been burned in the same wa
We along The railroad, during the past week.
mt On Sunday evening, at Ripley, Obi
:; John Gassett was shot by a young ms
at named Chas. SBisher. whom he had Q
all dered to leave his house where he was cal
me ing on Cassetts daughter. AS Swishc
les was leaving the house, he met IayI'
Cassett, brother of the girl, whom
'er also shot and fatally wounded.
his A disastrous fire occurred in o.
neighboring city of Circleville on the 4
inst, originating in the roof of the Mark
his House, and supposed to have been caps
IDS by firecrackers. Thirteen buildings We
Giy aiyy burned, and a number of others caug
the fire, but were saved by hard work by t
to fire department and citizens. The loss
nto estimated at qzO,ooO, Win not more thi
u" So, 900 insurance. Several persons We
ned at injured while working at the fire.