Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-07-25
: Messrs. Foster & Smith have bought

- Messrs. Foster & Smith have bought
of Geo. I. Bailey the livery and feed sta
BILE on the alley back of the public square,
known as the Geo. Chafin stable, where
they will accommodate the public with
anything wanted in that line of business.
A couple of Irishmen at work on one
of the railroads, near town, got into a
fight on Friday last, when one of them
struck the other with spade and opened
his scalp for several inches. His wounds
were dressed by DIR. May, and he is now
ready for another discussion of a similar
kind.
= DIR. j. w. May, Physician and Sur
geOn, Washington c. H., o. Treats all
diseses with remarkable success; but.
gives especial attention to chronic and
private diseases. The doctor challenges
the world on the successful treatment of
any diseases whatever. No poisOns or
dangerous medicines used, Office in rear
of Worrell's jewelry store on Court street.
Sd. & PR. r.
When the idea of building the SPRING
field, jackson & PomerOy Railroad was
first entertained, and in fact, until within
very few months, our neighbOrs of Chill
licothe ridiculed the idea, and declared it
an impossibility to build a road on that
line. The Copperas Mountain, they said,
was barrier to the construction of the
road, and it never would be built, and
whenever they spoke of the proposed road
they did it with kind of cOntemptuOus
sneer and called it the balloon road, be-
cause they, in their limited views of rail-
roading, thought the only way to get over
Copperas Mountain with railroad cars
would be in balloon; but, the railroad is
now finished, and the cars are running
on iron rails from Springfield to Jackson
instead of being carried over the noun
tain by balloon, and our editorial breth-
rem of the Ancient Metropolis have at last
had their eyes opened to the fact that
''some things can be done as well as 9TH
ers," where energy and enterprise are
brought into active operation.
The Ross county Register, of last Sat
urday comes down handsomely to a real
ization of the fact that the Springfield,
Jackson, & POmeroy railroad is reality,
and in an editorial on the subject, says ::
s'The completion of this enterprise, un-
der. so many difficulties, in spite of the
general disbelief as to its possible accom-
plishment, and in the face of so much rid
icule, is feat over. which the manage
mentOf the road may well feel elated.-
That it will prove of material benefit to
Jackson, WaVerly, Bainbridge and Sring-
field, there is but little doubt, and the
citizens of those places deserve credit for
the grit with which they stuck to the
project, carrying the road through a
piece of territory which it was popularity
though only a "balloOn could traverse
with anything like comfort"
Now, will not our brethren of the
Chillicothe press help us give three cheers
for the F'BalloOn Railroads."
The Cincinnati Collegiate school
We call the attention of our readers
who are interested in the higher educa-
tion of boys, to the advertisement of this
classical school. There are very few such
schools in this country. Mr.. Babin, one
of the Principals, receives few boys in
his family, where they have his immedi-
ate supervision and mothers care from
Mrs, Babin. Great attention is given to
the manners and habits of the boys. Mr..
Babin is well and favorably known as an
experienced, thorough and successful ed
ucator, who knows how to get work out
of his pupils, and good results from his
teaching. We speak knowingly, when we
say that this school is equal in point OF
excellence to the best schools of the cOun-
try and worthy of public patronage, and
while the mental drill is of the highest
order, the health of the pupils is not neg
lected, they have ample means of health
full and agreeable exercises. 1t viii repay
to inquire into the claims this school has
to the patronage of those who wish to re-
ceive a superior, careful and practical
education.