Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1876-10-19

Chicken thieves poster the Blooming
burg people.
Make it 600 majority for Hayes and
Wheeler in Fayette.
Common pleas court for this county
will convene November 21st.
james Straley has been appointed as
signee in bankruptcy of Levi Smith.
Three more numbers will complete
the eighteenth volume of the HERALD.
The rates of taxation in Fayette coun-
ty for 1876 will be found in this paper.
-BrOwnell Bros. & Cissna have shipped
seventeen carloads of potatoes East this
fall.
d. 1. Worthington has been appointed
assignee in bankruptcy of VIM. Robinson
G Son.
Hog cholera still prevails in different
localities in this county, but is somewhat
abating.
Departures from Washington for the
Centennial have been quitenumerous the
past week.
The county Jail contains three pris-
Oners, waiting for trial at the November
term of court.
Giles Dixon buried child, aged three
years, on Wednesday of last week. 1t died
of dyptheria. -
The Court House and county offices
are to be lighted with gas hereafter, in
place of coal oil.
The newly-elected Judge Minshall is
expected to preside at the November term
of Fayette common pleas.
Thirty to forty cents per bushel is the
price paid for good winter apples in this
market. Potatoes same price.
Many of our farmers have used tur-
pentine as preventive and cure of hog
cholera. and found it effective.
A four-year-old son of Gen. and Mrs
S. B. Yeoman died of Group on Sunday
morning last, and was buried on Monday
d. 1. Worthington, Assignee of VIM
Bnsh. will sell large lot of personal
) property at auction near Jasper Mills
Nov. IA.
Our friend Amos Todhunter, of Perry
township, has our thanks for basket OF
fine large apple-they are free from specl
or blemish.
There has been considerable typhoiC
fever in town and the county this FAN
One physician told us he had five cases OF
hand few days since.
n Notwithstanding the hard times, al
agent of music house informed us tina
he had sold five pianos in Washington
within few weeks past.
The Township Clerks Office has beel
removed to the room lately occupied b.
w. A. Paxton as law office, in Joe Nc
Leans building, over J. B. Hudson's jew
elry store - 80 8 Z
The contract for improving the Bloom
ingburg and White Oak road will be Of
fered to the lowest and best bidder, bv j
A. Mclean, engineer, on Wednesday, NJ
! vember sth. The length of the road
y seven and three-tenths miles.
The Waverly Republican of last wee
W says: "Ties.fO the narrow-gauge betwee
ne here and Jackson are coming in livel7
NJ and the iron will be delivered at Jackso
i'll by the first of November, at which tin
work will be going on upon the bridg
T SO that every probability exists that Il
\ road will be in running order early i
January next, if not before that time"
= "A little daughter of Mr.. Philip Nj
terhouse was severely poisoned by bein
bitten in the hand by a rat two or thr,
weeks ago, and is stillsufering from IL
effects. of the bite. The rat had been caugl
by dog that played wich the child, al
III she attempted to take the rat away from
u when she was bitten through the han
The ohild's whole system is affected |
=, poison. HeE physician considers it
m serious case.
The following named persons hal
m been drawn to serve as jurors at the N
m vember term of common pleas cour
Grand JurOrs--DeanAI AIidy, VIM. Luca
L. b. Sheets, S. w. Brown, e. V. Gu
right, Cornelius Smith, Lie. Smith, Ben
Rankin, Horney Robinson, Ira Bucc
VIM. Wright, E. r. Van Pelt. John Pc
for rill, Amos Todhunter, Nathan Corr
Petit Jurors-John Borden, Henry Mar
: A. F. Parrett, Isaac Gault, Jacob Persin
Gle er, Allen Latham, Jas. r. Conner, JoF
"a; Tsi; j. Blue, Urban Hidy, Henry Windl