Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1876-11-02

Xehfa and WashinStOns anu % DC aH
Operation BsINVeea DaEt0n and Cfaaa-
IicaIke by tIte Ist of aHrAvarys 1STF.
Last Tuesday was made Memorable In
the history of Washington bS the arrival
here of the first through train over the =. |
& S. 7. narro%-gauge from Xcnia, that
bortien rf the road having been cemplet-
ed, in running order On tho day previous. |
1t was an event of absorbing Interest To
the peoble Of Washington aud the county, |
and the citizyns we're but III fctrH TO Wit
ness the arrival. Tlle tFui. reached here
ut 30 p, ma, Bringing Al cAcHfsicii party |
of about 500 pefxgiss from Eeiii;i, James-
town and AilledgeVgiie; and was greeted
with long, lsrd aAd jcyf"i shouts tf well
COME By the uFt.wd Ufu EUOo people as
sembled at the west end of Court street. f.!
The train consisted of five platform cars,
drawn BIZ the engine "Washinkton."
named iii honor of gtlf town, and all the
sitting aMd standing room on the train
was occupied. The excursionista spent
a few huuFs in town, and returned i'll the
evening"
Thirty miles Of the road (the distance
between here and Hehia9 are now fin
ished and in working order, and if Is the
Intention OF the ccihpany to put On regIi=
lar trains between the two points on Mons
dav next. The rctd-tsetl betwseh Xepia
and Dayton Is ready for the ifUii, and
the track=iayins will be commenced at
Xenia en- Muhtlay hest, and be com pletel
to Dayton within thirty days thereafter.
South of here, se the junction with the n.
& c. Rs., the foad-htd, bringing ard ties,
will be ready for track-laying by the time
the work between Dayton and Xenia is
completed, and it Is the expectation of he
company to have regular trains running
from Dayton to MusSelfnan's Cut, the
poil.t of intersection will, the II. & C,near
ChillirUthe, a distance of 81 miles, by the
first nf January, 1877,
This HAS been hard year te build rails
roads, but energy, pluck and jdditious
management In this enterprise have tri-
umphed ovtr hard times. The people Of
Dayton, Xehia, Washington, Jatflestown
and Chilicothe, have haen determined to
put the roitd through With the least possi-
bic delay, fully feccshized its Importance
to the b!b+is?sssej ltterests of the towns
along it@ line, and the certainty of it,
proving Il profitable Investments. and they
have efhAde every effort To meet the assess
meflts On their subscription promptly,
ld the result is that the WORK has gone
bsteadlly and rapidly forward, conducted
| on IL cash basis alta low rate of cost, and
its early completion is assured.
Shooting sn JeFfeFs83i T8tvnsfiiB3
A correspondent furnishes the follow
ing particulars of the shooting of Solo
mon Brittenham by Wdfd Morris; i'll JEFF
ferson township, OH the 2Tth inst. Tie
| first report of the affair that reached this
! plaHp Was to the effect that Brittenflam
had been blldiy wounded, ami WAS in u
dying condition.. 1t turns Uut; However,
fortunhtely; that he Was only Slightly
wuuhied-nOt sufficiently to disable him
in the least. No arrest has been made.
Our correspondent suysi
SON the 9TH day Jf October, 1876, at
Jeffersunyille, in Jefferson township, W.
j, Morris 0ht,.iIIed IL Judgment against one
Solomon Prittenham in All action in forci-
| bic enter and detainer, which said MeT=
| riS had inbtituted HEiinst Bfittenham 10
obtain possession ri certain premises bez
ltiA.Eiliis - n a ll 4 rs.tn
ttutiun and placed it IN the ha6ds of Mir.
= HurleSs the Constable. n tI,,t t,tjS.tj
ship, who went on the 27tK day .,f (t,.to-
ber to the htise where .Brittenitatn lived
ind, by virtue of llE writ, ousted Brit
tenIlanl mid his fa9nnffl y. putting his houses
hold goods on lie public highway, and
before constable IIurless had left tile
.Naa
uroppSd his Mife'S shawl on the floor,
and s,iid: ''By God, there is possession .
s@5Iistable took him and the shawl off the
Il premises again aud tUlldtiHtBu h1iil to
the public highway, saying to Mr.. Nor
ris, who was standing i'll the door of the
house just vacated, Il now put you III
possession Of your premises" Mr., Nor
| ris remained III tile house, OF Hear tlIC
house, III the yard; and after Mr.. Brit.
tenham had been conducted into the pub
lie highway by Constable Hurlcss, ht
WAS told not to attempt to go back auL
violently take possession: lie had been
lawfully diSposSessed of the premises
and Mr.. Morris was lawfully in posses
sion of tlicth and Hunld hurt him if h,
: attempted forcibly to take possession o
] those premises agaiT. BritteHham re
marked that he was aware of that, ant
started to the fence in front of the house
with the expressed intention OF gettiIi.
Il horse and buggy that was hitclied there
= to 70 with Esq. Hurless. who was pres
p ent, to get ap1tleF house to move into
;. tempOr:tfillys but instead of getting til
, horse ard buggy. he Violently jerke
Il open the gate and-rapidIy walked towaF,
f the house again; aS he eBtererl-the prelni
seS, Mr.. Morris, who was standing nea
the door, warned him not to come in thef
u or undertake to get possession, or II
would shoot him. Brittenh4m pIIshc
8 forward without any other expression &
his Intentions, save that of his actions
MIR. Morris walking backward towar
. the h0t1su and warning him every ste
tllat he would s!i0ot him il lie dill not de
i <st, Until he hati got Within Ave steT
of Morris, when Morris fired on hiHI wit
Il revolver, indieting Il slight wound
tile left shoulder, wliereul5UtI BfittenhaI
turned and left tue premises. Brittel
: ham returned to the road, where Const;
Bile Hurless was. Hurl6ss then diScoYere
that Britteuham had seCreted under h
y coat an article belonging so his wife
apparel which, it is presumed, he ev
Of IDENTITY intended, if be bad obtained a
entrance into tlIe house agIin, he wOtll
have dropped 1t upoif the floor, or son
other place about the premises, and ther
upon have declared his right Of posse
;" sion.
This transaction is in perfect lteepin
n it is said, with the former character
'-SCCiaIs''tIs Nt'P 'ltI7 Sa'ttiAS' HttlLS a u
toriety in Madison COUNTY, Ohio, by Il
-s. same kind of conduct among the k0untz
al. near Midway III that county, who were e
r. gagged iii Il series of aggravatiDg lawsit
with him for Il num her of years: as f;
as they oultI c'ispoSsess BrittenhasRof o
t., lI0iG=e he would Immediately move ba
=. into the same house or some other one ,
Ia their premises, and drop sonle article al
~ claim possession. Brittenhanf is cOllsi
ereds by all wh0-knoW him, TO be ba
,1a dangerous man and it is considered
- the community in general that Mr.. Nj
u ri%, on the occasion spoken of. was clef
VI ly justiiahle III the neaus lie used
de ward BriitenlIanl to defend himself
a possession of his premises, and It is