Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1874-09-17
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= The Ohio N. E. Conference meets at
Newark on the 3Oth.
Mr.. Samuel Coil, of Jasper township,
died the latter part of last week.
- We were favored with refreshing
shower of much needed rain on Tuesday.
- The annual report of the Commits
siOners of Fayette county is published in
this paper.
= Excursion rates to the Cincinnati Ex
position every day. Fair for the round
trip So TO-
- Butterfield makes the best cigars in
the market. Our retail dealers should pat
ronize him.
= The proprietOrs of the News have
added Ruggles card and letter-head press
to their office.
- John Mizer, Jr., is taking the emu
meration of children of school age in
Washington.
M. o. Adams has removed his stock
of goods to the room lately occupied by
Callinan Bros.
= The Hyams Theatrical Company
failed to fill their engagement at CircleYille
after leaving here.
-"Hans Kraut' failed to come to time
with his "Hash" lecture on Wednesday
night, last week.
= DR.. Cleveland is manufacturing Sure
Shot again. This will be sad news to the
numerous Rat family,
A lively Washing ton delegation took
the yesterday morning train at this sta
ton for the Exposition.
- Rev. w. W. Sawyer, of Cincinnati,
will preach at the Baptist Church next
Sunday morning and evening,
= Helen D'Este, the actress, left a large
erder for photographs, of herself, with our
popular artists Snyder Bros,
= VIM Free, living near Good Hope,
lost dun mare-either strayed or stolen
ON the night of the 9th inst.
A number of our Washington people
are in attendance at the Reunion Of the
army of the Cumberland, at Columbus.
Fk = Mr. Rittenhouse, of Ross county, ha
Lbpened lumber yard on the lot on COur
street, adjoining DIR. c. M. Williams resi-
. dence,
The new Farmers Bank, just started
at Mt. Sterling, is running at a good lin,
of deposits, and bids fair to do a payinI
business.
= E. B. Updegrove, assignee, offers tn
stock of goods of the late firm of Gree
Bros, at private sale on three, six and min
months time.
= Quite a delegation of the colored pep
ulation, and some white folks, went owe
to Wilmington on the excursion, Sunday
to attend camp meeting.
- The Cabbage-worms in this sectio
4 of the country are destroying pretty neal
ly all the cabbages, and the lovers of kraU
a are wailing over this calamity.
- Watermelons are a drug on the maj
ket. WagOn-lOads, by the dozen, are o
the streets every day, and sell out at an
price that can be got,
= Ambrose Leach, Esq, formerly
Mt. Sterling, has become citizen of Wasl
ton and designs to practice law here. H
card is in this paper.
= Mr.. Butterfeld has removed his Gigs
Il mandatory back to the room adjoinin
Y the Lydy House, and John Shum h
moved into the quarters vacated by Mr..
in Col. Yeoman's room.
- An immense concourse of so or
people crowded about the Court-hou
steps on Saturday night last, to listen
the speech of John S. Savage, Democra
candidate for Congress.
= Calvin Boyd will sell at auction,
his farm, one and One-half miles north
Good Hope, on Tuesday, Sept. 22d,
of stock, corn in the field, wagon, farm i
plments and other property.
S, = The mystery that has for years pt
puzzled the anxious world as to "w
struck William Patterson ,'bhas been solv
ana a wondering world put.at rest VIII
the fact is made known that it was T
es. Collins -
- Mr.. Elliott Tanquary, of Sta mt
died on Sunday morning last, after an
ness of about three weeks, of Typhoid
yer. He was about 80 years Of age, 9
leaves wife and two children. His
be- neral takes place at 10 O'Clock to- day.
a or
by "a retired dry goods merchant
a. marked the other day that if man wan
and to sell goods at cost, Washington wa
tSss tes good point to do business. The fact of
n ,Ft551 = business is. they have got the profits
tGE dry goods down to a very small marg
CUP. but consumers needn't complain Of tt