Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1876-05-11
NEIGHBoRHooD NEWS.

posed of home talent.
An extensive religious revival is in pro-
gress at Reesvine, Clinton county, under
the preaching of Rev. Aultman, of the
NJ. E. Church.
Eighty tramps were III Greenfield Sat
urday, trying to get work on the narrow
gauge.
At the London stock sales on the I'd
inst, four-year-olds sold at $62; three
year-olds at sol so to 500 so; two-year-
olds at $41 to $55; yearlings at SIG 10 to
$27 80. The crowd in attendance was the
smallest for years. There was plenty of /
| stock offered, but the sales were small.
An old man named Moth, hung himself |
in his stable in Chillfcothe on Monday of |
last week. Cause, dependency caused |
| by sickness.
| Ross county has Il eentennanian. His |
name is VIM Leister, and he reached his
Tooth year last month.
Nathan and Esther Frame, the evangel- |
lists, closed a series of revivals at Fairfield |
Greene County, last week, during which
$50 persons were converted. They are
now holding meeting at South Charleston,
Clarke county, with good success.
Hopkins & Bro. are building a carriage
mandatory at Jamestown, Greene coun-
ty.
The Chillicothe papers report,that there
are no new cases of smallpox in the city,
and the prospect is thatit will be confined
to the two cases reported last week.
The Wilmington Republican of last week
says: On Monday evening between nine
and ten o'cIock Mrs. Adam Paul diseov-
cred an incfpient fire in the rear of her
husbands confectionery establishment on
South street, which she managed to sub
due with bucket of water Some shay
ings saturated with coal oil were placed
against the weather boarding by some
villain and fired, and the smell OF the oil
fortunately attracted Mrs. Paul's atten-
ton and thereby saved the destruction of
the building, which is owned by Dr.
Welch.
The CircIeYille Ja,oa, of the 9TH says:
On Monday last, Messrs. Hawkes. & Co.
drew off their coaches from the old mail
line, between Circleville and Columbus.
This was one of the oldest stage-routes of
the State, dating back to the early settle
: ment of the Valley, when mud roads and
corduroy bridges were the order of the
t day. Hawkes. & Brother purchased the
line of John Madeira and Darius Tai
: madge, (who had Esrun it, several years. }
: some twenty years ago, and it had served
l the people faithfully ever since. This is
doubtless the oldest stage-line in the West,
' and is one that has always "paid' its own
ers. But twenty miles of the line, COM
9 prising the distance hence to Chillicothe,
5 yet remain, and these will naturally ego
: out" within the next sixty days, on the
completion of the Valley Railroad to Chill
n licothe.
g tFrom the Xenia Torchlight May b
The abundant fruit prospect i'll this
j county was materially diminished by the
severe freeze of Monday night. Our fruit
IS culturists report cherries and pears com,
: pletely cooked; peaches few left, while
t most of the apple bloom are safe yet.
Miss Kent, of Antioch college, to whom
y was awarded the prize for oratory at til,
l. intercollegiate contest at Springfield las
he winter, has been admitted therefor int
he the national contest, which will take plac
shortly at Chicago; for which place Mis-
III Kent has already taken her departure.
y Charlie Johns, who, five years ago, wa
. fsentenced to the penitentiary for-fiftee
- years, was pardoned out on Friday las
-, and will soon, it is reported, be joined i
= marriage to a young lady of Columbu
y who was his sabbath-school teacher du
ing the whole period of his imprisonmen
: and who used all her personal influen
~, to secure his pardon.
On Tuesday morning passing strang
I'D discovered portion of the roof of tt
EN- Harbine Corn Exchange in a blaze al
a gave the alarm. By hard work and go
= luck the fire was extinguished witho
he serious damage. Had the fire had fe
rec minutes longer time before discovery, t
mo record would have one of the biggest &C
= fagrations Nenia has had in a long tin
(From the Mt. Sterling News, May 5
NJ. W. Schryver has moved into his III
room on the public square.
Mr.. Ira Buick of Circleville has trad
inc for r. B. I.anum's store in this place.
~ The Stock Sales were largely attend
,th Notwithstanding Tie ldfAlefS are SO ou
49, Very little stock was disposed of, but
p business men had a rush OF custom
a. which kept them busy.
1ust Inc railroad meetihS at TINS place
Saturday, was very largely attended,
-. owing to the rain, nof much business
. transacted. The books we're circula
IS and we understand, com fderable st
was subscribed. The excitement over
road grows unabated, and the farmers
i'~5, our country as we'll as the people of to
Il"1 i'' are beginning to realize the value
necessity of railroad at this place.
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