Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1874-05-07
THE MERCHANTS AND FARMERS
BANK,
Washington c. TH., Ohio.
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- Color Guard tonight at Music Hall.
i How do you stand on the cremation
question:
- Business has been rather dull in town
the past week.
- There are now 10 Farmers Oranges
in this county.
= Exchanges report fruit uniniured by
the late cold weather.
- Harry W. Hamilton, of Cincinnati,
spent Sunday in town.
Judge Gray goes to Chillicothe to-
morrow to adjourn court.
- The Neff House, at Yellow Springs,
is to be opened this Summer
- A valuable horse belonging to Hon.
Jas. Pursell died last Saturday.
E. B. VanDeman is putting up a neat
brick cottage on Circle Avenue.
Ward Morris and L. C. and B. F. Cof-
man started for Colorado last week.
- County Treasurer Craig has bought
Mr. Shaft IS residence on East street.
- DR.. Dennis is building considerable
addition to his residence on Court street
Joe Wilson is going to build a two
story frame dwelling house on Market St,
west end
We hear that a new beer garden is to
be opened short distance out on the Chill
| licothe pike.
- The glass for the show windows of j.
L. Van Deman & Co.'s new store room will
cost about $500.
- Frank Manley is putting up an addi
ton to his house on the corner of Fayette
and Paint streets.
The Fayette county Jail is without an
occupant-which shows how our public
institutions are appreciated.
Some of our neighbors are beginning
to make arrangements for the observance
of Decoration Day-May Both.
DR., Goldsberry is suffering from dis
located shoulder, caused by being thrown
from his buggy some days ago.
The Acme Base Ball nine of this
place has covered itself all over with
glory in its cam mpaign this spring.
- Jas. A. Mclean, Engineer, will let the
contraction constructing the Lewis Road, to
the lowest and best bidder to-day.
- Hattie Neville and John Lauman are
'stars" in their respective specialities in
the Color Guard drama. Go and see them
that the weather lately has been too much
for the peach crop, which promised so wei
ashort time ago.
Mart Barry, the New Holland So
loonist, still holds out against the seigesb
the crusaders. They have stayed with hin
over hundred days.
1t has been suggested that the contin
ued and unusual gold weather this spring
is the result of a conspiracy between tn
clerk of the weather and the coal dealers
- The competitive examin alton for tn
Naval Cadetship from this district take
place at Morrow, on Saturday next. Their
Z will be one or two candidates from th
county.
z - Mr.. Morris Sharp has ought of D
} Williams the lot at the East end of Cou1
street, between CrcleviIle and Columbr
Avenues, and intends building fine resi-
dence on it this season.
Capt Ed. Updegrove and Capt. A.
Black will attend the Volunteer Firemen
State Convention, to be held at Young
town on tue 18th inst, as delegates fro
the Washington Fire Department.
The County Commissioners were
II session on Monday. The only bushes
before them was the examination of bill
against the county. On Tuesday the
went out to examine some bridges.
- We appreciate the following compl
ment from the Chillicothe Post: ',Tl
Washington C. H. Herald, enlarged ar
improved, is one OF the handsomest al
most valued exchanges on our eXchan
list.'
Pete Hygley, the jolly fat Dutchm
of the Guard is capitally charactered
Charters. "He took his pipe along n
him. Go and see him out on picket wi
his live goose tonight, and have go
laugh, -
On tomorrow (Friday) evening"
d 711 p. m, all the friends of Temperan
and those interested in the repeal of t
"Beer Ordinance" are invited to meet
City Hall Leteverybody take notice al
be there.
- w. G. Gould expects to begin the pu
0'' lication of his paper about the first
June. 1t will be called '"The Faye
County News" and will be independent
The size will be 28 columns, and the pr
81 per year.
r. = The Fayette County Sabbath Sch
Convention will be held in West Lane
has ter on Tuesday, May 10, 1874, CONNER
g ~ ing at O'Clock a. m. Blanks have bt
urn urn sent to all the Post offices in the Coun
i in Persons receiving these blanks will plei
lild hand them to the proper officers, and
3uns: 3u9e: them be filled up and be sent to the c
pple vention by the delegates. We hope t
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