Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1874-07-16

Hall His subject was "The Air We
Breathe" The subject was one of interest
to all who have taste for the natural
sciences and it was presented in scholar
like manner The philosop hical expert
ments given by Tasso Coffman, pupil of
the Professor, were well executed. We re-
gret that the HallwaS not better filled as the
lecture and the experiments were we'll
worth the attention of all; and the object
for which they were given, (the benefit of
them. E. Sunday SCHOOL,, is one deserving
the patronage and assistance of all.
The fourth Quarterly meeting for
StauntOn charge, N. E. Church, will be
held in Staunton July 25th and 26th, 1874.
Rev. I. F. King, the Presiding Elder of the
district will be present and conduct the
services of the Quarterly meeting. The
first service will be held Saturday at 10
a. m, and the Quarterly Conference will
be held in connection with the Saturday
morning service. The pastor, DR.. Benner,
has given cordial invitation to the public
to be present during the session Of the
Quarterly Conference.
= 1t has been suggested to us that fire.
quentIy there is a difficulty in obtaining
the use of the City Hall for public meet
ings on account of the uncertainty of OBJ
tanning the key by which to gain entrence.
There SCENE to be no fixed place to keep
it, and its whereabouts, as wo are informed
iS rrornicouOuc end rpcarfai1 TUould -
not be a good idea to leave it in charge of
the Mayor, whose Office is in the building?
or to give the Hall and the keys into the
special charge of some one who is always
about the building.
- We have been favored with splendid
rains in this neighborhOod during The past
week. which have thoroughly moistened
the ground, and the crops which were suf-
fering from the drought, are now doing
finely. Heavy showers fell Thursday
evening, and from then until Sunday the
weather continued cloudy, with rain at in
tervals. Before the rain the prospect for q
corn crop was beginning to look blue, but
everything now looks favorable for an
abundant crop.
! II On Friday evening last Hon. N. Gard
neFaddressed large crowd on Court street
in front of D. Wendel's hat store, on the
subject of the new Constitution, and es-
pecially on the question of license or no
license, which is to be submitted to a vote
of the people. Mr.. G. being consistent
advocate of temperance, opposes the adop-
ton of the license article in the new con-
stitutiOn, and he sustained his position in
an able and convincing manner.
= The young or old lady who failed to
hear Prof. Hirst's lecture at the NJ. E.
Church, on Sunday evening last, failed to
hear a rare entertainment. The subject
was "The True Woman" Notwithstand-
ing the warm weather the audience. room
was well filled; and the lecture, we should
think from the satisfied air of the audience
was duly appreciated.
Hon. Mills Gardner and II. L. Hadley
will address meeting at New Martins
burg, on Saturday. August 1st, at O'Clock
p. m, on the adoption of the new State
Constitution.
- Geo. P YanDeman & Co. have all
kinds of fresh vegetables and fruits in
market, including roasting-ears, tomatoes,
cucumbers, blaekberries, apples, pears.
puskmellOns, ect.
+P. E. MorehOuse will sell his residence,
furniture, horses and buggy, and all other
personal property, at auction, on Saturday
next, having decided to go to Colorado.
- The Leesburg Quaker Quarterly
Meeting will be held one week from next
Sunday. AS usual, the attendance from
Washington and vicinity will be large.
= The Great English Variety and Com
bination Troupe starts out on its campaign
next week, making the first exhibition al
Mt. Sterling on Monday next.
- Backenstoe's boarding house was en-
tered on Tuesday night by some rascal, and
SAL in money stolen from the room of Jas
t McQuartz, Street Commissioner
= Wildman's New York Comedy Com.
pany have an engagement at Music Hal
) the first week of Septem mber--during tn
? Fair.
- There are several applicants for the
4 Superintendency of our Union Schools
= made vacant by Prof. Warehouses; resig
( nation.
The new residences of Morris SHARP
a Geo. Dahl and John D. Stuckey, now be
y ing built, will be three of the largest an
= finest in town.
A gentleman from Lancaster, Obi,
q has rented rooms in this place for the pul
4 pose of engaging in the cigOr manufactul
ing business. He will work five or 81
hands