Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1876-06-29
FAYETTE COUNTY HE1

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corn in the county has been 'laid by"
Ace Gregg and a. R. Creamer have
been appointed assignees of Levi Smith.
Wool brings, in this market, from 1Sc
to 27e. per h., the average price being
25c.
Mr.. SamT vanPelt, living near
White Oak, had "a sheep killed and Grip
pied by dogs one night recently.
j. t. Cox has company OF one hun
dred eavalrymen drilling, in Concord
Township, for the Fourth Of July parade.
= Mr.. A. DeWitt's hne stallion, Abdal-
lah, by R. A. Alexander's Norman, will
be at Stevens Stables from the first Of Ju-
ly until Fall.
Mrs. Andrew Hays died on Tuesday
night last, after a long and painful ILL
ness. She was buried yesterday after
noon, in Washington cemetery.
- The slate at the Mayors Office has
been pretty clean for the past week, but
his honor looks forward with pleasant
anticipations, to a rich harvest on the
morning after the Fourth.
- There promises to be a lively COM
petition for the flag to he presented by
the Washington ladies to the Township
sending the largest military organization
| for the grand Fourth of July eelebra-
ton.
= Capt. John S. Foster, Marshal-in-
Chief for the FOurth-Of-July celebration,
has appointed the following assistant
marshals: Henry Kirk. J. NJ. Edwards,
J. T. Cox, B. H. Burnett, Alden Thomp-
son, John l.. Persinger.
s4- In a base ball match on Saturday af-
ternoon last between the Centennials of
Leesburg and the Clippers of Washing
ton, on the grounds of the latter, the
game resulted to 8 in favor of the Clip
pers. Time, two hours.
Every singer in the town and vicini-
ty is earnestly requested and confidently
expected to be at the N. F. Church at ~
O'Clock tomorrow (Friday) evening, to
practice music for the coming 4th. Special
selections have been made for the oeca-
sion. Don't fail to come.
- The Washington Post Office will be
open on the Fourth of July from II o clock
m. to 3 o'clock p. m. Postmaster Rob
inson received instructions from the De-
partment to close on that day the same as
on Sundays, but, for the public aceommo-
datiOn will keep the office open part OF
the day.
Sunday School Mass Meetings will be
held on Sunday, July 9th, at 10 O'Clock a.
m., at Pleasant View, four miles west OF
Jeffersonville, and at 8 o'clock in the after
noon of same day in NJ. P. Church at JEFF
fersonville. All the friends of the Sunday
School cause are invited to be present.
Good spsakingand singing are promised
Two of the horses in the running
race at Stevens Trotting Park last Satur-
day, flew the track, and one of them threw
his rider against a fence, hurting hin
; pretty badly. He lay insensible for sOm'
time after he fell, and was at first sup
posed to be killed. The other horse
jumped fence about eight feet high; hi
jockey, a little colored boy, staying Will
him till the fence was cleared, when h,
tumbled off without injury.
IL EMrs. Bethfa L. Ogle, widow of A. N
Ogle, deceased, and sister of Col. S. N.
YeOman, died at her residence in thi
place on Friday morning last, aged 8
| years. She had been long an invalid, suf
fering with heart-disease, but her deatI
was sudden and unlocked for at the time
She had been feeling unusually well thu
: day preceding her death, and rose early
4 on Friday morning and assisted in prepaT
1 ing breakfast, soon after which she com
planned to her daughter of feeling badly
and said she believed she was dying, al
| most Immediately afterward expiring, sit
ting in her chair. Her funeral took plac
on Sunday afternoon, from the famil
= residence, and was attended by larg
: concourse of sOrrowing friends of the de
f ceased and family.
e = Common Pleas Court adjourned o
: Tuesday. The following criminal cas-
have been disposed Of since our last issue
: State of Ohio VS.. John w. Bryant, indie
IS ed for grand larceny; jury trial, and We
Y dict of not guilty. The case of the Sta
l. VS.. same, on an indictment for petit la
:, ceny, was continued and defendant reIea
ed on 800 bail. State of Ohio VS.. Wn
i williams, indicted for grand larceny. tt
1t principal witness for the prosecution
at ing absent, plea of guilty of petit la
re ceny was accepted, and Williams was Sc
D. fenced to 20 days imprisonment in tt
county jail, and to make restitution
~ twice the amount of property stolen-$j
- and pay costs. State vs.. same on an i
- dictment for petit larceny. Plea of guilt
and sentenced to imprisonment for
bo hours and to pay costs, and make restit
ton in twice the amount of proper
. taken-$5O. - < -