Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-02-07
LOCA L ITEM 8.
Cough at Music Hall, Feb. 18th.

= Sleighing has been pretty good the
past week. and good use has been made
of it.
= Sheriff Smith sold the VanDeman
Wooden Factory on Saturday to Emily NJ.
Suekey, for $21.26.
= The Central Ohio Science Associa-
ton begins its session here to-day, and
continues for three days.
Ely Light Guards Ball, Feb. 22d.
Music by the 4th Regiment Band, of Day
ton. A grand time expected.
-J.B. Hudson, the Jeweler, has placed
a handsome large clock in the Postoffice,
for the accommodation of the public.
= The heaviest fall of snow this season
fell on Wednesday night of last week.
On Thursday morning it was thirteen
inches deep, on a level.
- Some thief broke a glass ont of
back window nj McCoy's grocery. last
Monday night, and robbed the CASH
drawer of about So in small change.
The concert given at Music Hall last
Thusday evening, for the benefit of the
A. M. E. Church, was fairly patronized.
Some excellent music was rendered.
= County Commissioners concluded
their monthly session on Monday. There
was no business transacted except the
examination of bills against the county.
-J.W. Roebuck, Assignee of T. R.
Hutson, sold SO acres and 30 poles of land,
belonging to said HutsOn, on Saturday
last,t Mrs. Hutson, for $5O.25 per acre.
- Trains are running daily between
Washington and Springfield, over the S.
J. & P, narrow -guage this week. There
is one train each way a day, for the pres
ent.
Trains are now running into and
out of Washington on four different rail-
roads. You can now leave town by rail
in almost any direction, and at almost any
hour in the day.
Mrs. Sarah Boggs, an estimable and
Christian lady, aged 35 years, who has
resided all her life in that vicinity,
died in BloCmingburg, on Saturday, 2nd
inst, of heart disease.
= See advertisement of closing-out auc-
blOu SdAC u bllC SJOCk VI SOOdS VI LAIC
Grange Store, in this paper. The auction
commences next Saturday, and will con-
tinue on Saturdays until the stock is sold.
= Mrs. Robinson, the evangelist, open
ed series of revival meetings at the NJ.
E. Church on Tuesday evening. She will
conduct morning and evening services
| daily at that church for an indefinite
time.
John B. Cough, the great temperance
orator, will deliver his popular lecture,
''NOw and Them" at Music Hall, Thurs
day evening, Feb. 14th. Reserved seats
can be secured at Hegler's Jewelry Store,
Saturday, Feb. 9th.
VIM. Lawson, a colored blacksmith,
was arrested and taken before Mayor
Barclay, on Monday, charged with ma
lieious destruction of property. The
Mayor held him to answer to court in the
sum of $100. Not furnishing bail, he was
sent to jail.
: The firm of Ely, Stimson & Co. has
been dissolved, by the retirement of j. F
Ely, who win devote his time to the inter.
ests of his railroad, and to the pork and
grain business. Chas. NJ. Stimson anj
Geo. w. Stimson succeed to the business
of the late firm.
A very interesting meeting is in pro
gress in the Christian Church at New
Holland, under the labors of the pastor o.
: the church, Elder J. P. Ewing. The au
diences are large and deeply interested
Up to Tuesday noon thirteen had unite'
4 with the church.
Rev. D. C. Tomlinson of Ackron, O.
Universalist, will preach in the Baptis
r Church, in Washington G. H., onW WedneS
? day evening, Feb. 18th, 1873, at o'cloc
p. m. Subject-"Bib doctrine of Hell
endless punishment of heathen origin.
:. The public are cordially invited.
: - The members of the A. NJ. E. Churc
y will give cake-walk festival at City Hal
on Friday evening, February 18th. Th
proceeds will go toward paying off I'll
debt of the church. They invite tt
friends of the church to patronize the fe
= tival, and assist them in getting the
church out of debt.
A tramp stole pair of overshoes
ConawaY's shoe store yesterday morning
Dave detected him in the theft, as he WI
making off with the shoes, and startt
after him, capturing him after a sho
chase, and turned him over at the Mayor
y Office, where he plead guilty, and W
\. fined So and costs. Having no wealth
liquidate the fine, he was locked up.
~ = Our citizens are indebted to t
Z, Washington Lecture and Library Associ
= tion for an opportunity to hear the worl
famous temperance orator, John
Cough, who lectures at Music Hall ne
Thursday evening, Feb. 18th, Subject
CHOW and Then.'' We doubt wheth
the hall will be large enough to hold t
crowd who will want to hear this or,
orator.
in- g. M. Adair and George Hogg W,
ng, arrested in this nlace TUESDAY eyeni, we
- by Marshal Lydy, on a charge of steaIi
W 10 bushels of wheat, II bushels of bes
ana IA grain sacks, from farmer, livi
near Saoina, Clinton county. The til
was committed on Friday night, the
= inst, and on the following dav the u
..se' ties sold the wheat at Thompson's m
hh- in this place. The case was put into
30 hands Of Marshal Lydy Tuesday aft
noon, and he soon had both of the thiev
finding them both at house on the q
'Ic'' licothe pike, formerly occupied by P,
a. a. Dempsey. He arrested both, and t
ms them to the lookup, where they W
oSe recognized by Mr.. Thompson as the l
'ou' who had sold him the wheat. They "
lD.' turned over last night to Constable {
: : = ner, of Clinton county. When arres
ny one of the men had revolver in
pocket, which he was relieved of by
for Marshal, on making demonstration