Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1874-05-07
NEIGIrBORHOOD NEWS.

A little boy, son of John Peecher of
Chillicothe, pointed a gun at his brother
on Sunday, and it accidently went off, the
shot lodging in the arm of the boy and
tearing it badly.
Mr.. VIM. Throckmorton, an old resident
of Ross county, aged IS, died on the 23d.
There were sc deaths in CircleyilIe dur
ing the year, ending May l.
Isaac Rodgers who was born in an Indian
hut, near Adelphia, in 1889, died the 21st
inst, aged &c years. He was one of the
oldest native residents of this region.
Beadle paid Chillicothe another visit
last week. The Post is mad at him and
says he writes temperance letters and
drinks beer with equal sang froid'
Citizens of Sabina and vicinity are agi-
tating the question of holding 4 Union
Fair at that place.
John L. Krimmel and Charlie Siesel, Of
Circloyille, start on trip to Europe about
the 1st of June.
Six hundred children are now in the
Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home at
Xenia
/ Miss Pearson, teacher in the Chillicothe
primary school, has in her classes several
Of the grandchildren of her first pupils.
She began teaching at the early age of II,
and is now nearly 20. In the intervening Pc
riod she has taught 80 entire school years,
and had under her charge moro than 2,OOC
ohiI1rnD Of botb eox,o.
There was a double Wedding in London
o., on the 22d ult at which Mr.. Moore
and his daughter were married to a Mrs
Arnett and her son.
We had n call from Hon John Quincy Smith.
on Monday last. He returned on Tuesday. He
thinks that financial matters will probably re
suit in a wholesome compromise. The Senate
/, bill, on imitation, has been discovered by its
friends, to be really contraction measure
, Wilmington Journal.
We publish this week the speech made BY
John @. Smith on the 9th inst, on the chr
reucy bill. 1t will well pay perusaI. The bill
brought out number of able speeches in Con
gress, but while many of those speeches wer
longer, none were more able than the one W
print to-day. We want the farmers of Butle
county to find the time to read this speech
They will rise up from the purusal of it salts
this subject is impregnable.-[H Hamilton Tel
egraph.
Grants nervy veto of the imitation bill c
the Senate, was of the crowning acts c
his life If he had served the increase salar
bill in the same manner he might have been
third term PRESIDENT [Xenia Gazette.
: The Circleville Democrat of last week soys
l 1. n. Abernathy, Assignee of VIM. Francis
; has sold 81 acres of land in Monroe township
| to VIM. A. Wardell, for $32 per acre, rrivat
\ sale
The Columbus & Pomeroy Railroad, ria Cil
clevllle, is the latest railway scheme proposed
ohm Groce and Edward Smith of this city
are of the corDorators.
G. NJ. Van Heyde, Agent for Kaufman LII
. ger Beer, in this city, received eighty kegs pc
, week, the past month. No falling off.
William Wyatt (colored) and Ida Eskridg
4 (white) were married IN this city, last WedT
esday.
The debate on the temperance question wa
brought to q conclusion yesterday in the Cor
stitutional Convention. The report of til
: committee was ordered to be engrossed for
:. final reading on Thursday.