Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1875-08-19
LOO AL ITEM 8

= Electioneering begins now.
= The caliboose was well filled with
galoots on show day.
- The Sabina Fair is in full blast. The
attendance from Washington and vicinity
is large.
= There will be Sunday School meet
ing at Madison Mills, Aug. 22d at 216
o'clock.
- The Wildman Company go from here
to Cincinnati, to Fill two weeks engage
ment at the Grand Opera House.
j. E. Nye has purchased lot on East
street adjoining Dr.J. A. Williams. and
will build frame dwelling house omit this
Summer.
= Col Yeoman's new room, adjoining
Rodgers & Vance, has been rented by the
Farmers and Patrons Association for
store room.
= The personal property belonging to
the estate of B. F. Davis, deceased, will be
offered at public sale at his late residence
on the Path inst
The small boys who occupy the gal
lery at Music Hall during entertainments
need regulating, badly. They behave
worse than heather.
A good deal of Fayette county stock
! is on exhibition at the Sabina Fair. Some
Of our Washington merchants also, ha We
displays of goods there.
We are authorized to state that f. D.
Bradley is not candidate for Clerk of the
Court He withdraws from the contest.
Mr.. Bradley is now in Chicago.
NJ. A. Melvin broke ground on Mon
day for a new brick huiIdiug to contain two
good business rooms on his lot on Court
street. adjoining DR.. C. NJ. Williams.
= Notice calling for the I'd instaIment
of 10 per cent. on the subscription to the
stock of the Dayton and South Eastern
Railroad will be found in our advertising
columns.
There was a wedding at Esq Kerr's
office on show day. Mr.. Henry Gallaugh-
er and Miss Rebecca Hoover were the high
contracting parties; and after the wedding
they went to the show.
A party of ladies and gentlemen is
being made up for an excursion from here
to Put-in-Bay, to START September 9Th, anC
will be gone about a week. They viii
have a special palace car from here.
= The match game of baseball ,betwee
the Verdants, of Sabina, and the Acmes
: Of this place, on the formers grounds o
Wednesday of last week, resulted in
score of 33 to 10 in Washingtons favor.
A dispatch from jamestown, Aug
Is, says the engineering party of the nal
row-gauge railway arrived here fror
Washington c. H. to-day. They repor
. enthusiastically on the route over whic
the route passes.
= The Fayette County Sunday SchOC
Convention will be held in Washington 0
the 18th end 18th of Sept. A full reprt
, sentation of all friends of the Sunda
Schools from all parts of the county is
sired. 1t will be an exceedingly interes
ing occasion.
- Barnum's show drew an immen!
crowd to town last Saturday. of cours
and did paying business. The sire
parade was not equal to that made by ] o.
Robinson's show few week since. I
~ side the canvas it is behind what was e
y pected, although it might be called pre-
- ty big show. Perhaps too much was {
pected because it was Barnum's.
= Messrs. Munger & Shock have ope
- ed new merchant tailoring establishme
in the room in Ely's Block formerly occ
- pied by E. Saul, where they will keep
hand a full stock of fine goods for gent
mems wear, and manufacture to ord
guaranteeing perfect fits and satisfaction
49,, every particular. They will be pleased
receive calls from all wanting anything
their line.
= People are at loss to know why
was that the Democratic Convention
Saturday last swi ched Commissioner F
entirely off the track. We expected
tainly they would nominate him for ReI
sentative or for reelection to the offict
County Commissioner They certainly
our view, have no more competent OF
serving man in their party in the Cou
than E. L. Ford.
lOI II It was too bad, after Brother Beas
had prepared arattling speech and lait
- the wires for making himself chair
me and running the Democratic County
on vention, to have that body gently sit
viii on back seat and entirely ignore hin
its deliberations, in fact, it was sort o.
AT ell; and we don't blame Bro. Beasley
M being madden than March hare, and
1N roughly dissatisfied and utterly disgu
with the action Of the Convention
shows that the Democracy don't prop
appreciate tho brilliant editor, and vi
IN rate his qualifications as a leader Oi
UU. faithful.