Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-08-29
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Our Public Schools open September
End.
County Commissioners meet next
Monday.
The receipts of the Sabina Fair are
stated at near $4,000.
DIR. Farquhar will be at the Arling-
ton House Sept. 4th and 9th.
= The Coil camp-meeting closed on
Sunday night, after continuing over three
weeks.
Rev. Mr.. Tressenrider, of West Ian
caster, and Rev. J. NJ. Adams, of Bloom
ingburg, will exchange pulpits next Sun
day.
Geo. w. Morgan are announced to ad-
dress the Democracy at this place on the
9th of September.
Wayne Jones, a colored man, had
a three-year-old brown horse stolen from
in front of the Arlington House in this
place, on Saturday night.
The Rev. VIM. Carson, of Batavia,
will supply the pulpit of the Presbyteri-
an Church next Sabbath. Rev. Carpen-
ter will be absent at Nelsonville.
- The Mt. Sterling Neaos has ceased to
exist. Mr.. VOigt discontinued the pub
lication of the paper in that place last
week, and removed his office to Balm.
bridge, where he will start new paper
n. DoEo,.t, E,,. oo.,.,,,o o.,,,,o,1 o,,44:., :
his broom corn. He has 400 acres of il
this year, and he says the crop is the
finest he ever raised. He will employ 15(
men in cutting, and 40 women to work il
| the sheds.
- The D. and S. E. Railway will carry
passengers to the jamestown Fair thi
week at half-fare, by special trains, leav
ing Washington at 8 O'Clock a. M, ant
arriving at jamestown at 10. Returning
leave jamestown at p. NJ.
A Festival will be held by the Color
ed Baptist Church, of this place, on Fri
day and Saturday nights of this week
Both and 31st, at which time a presen
will be presented to Capt. Brown and t
Capt, Harper, captains of the colore
militia, whose companies are now en-
camped on the old Fair Grounds, at thi
place.
C; J. Bell having declined to be sa'
rificed as candidate for Clerk of Court
on the Democratic county ticket, tn
Democratic County Central Committe
have rendered the vacant position on thei
ticket to Mr.. John L. Barnes. And
the place of DR.. Marshall, who decline
the nomination for coroner, they hay
, substituted DIR. David Gully, of Wayn
township.
-Barnum's great show drew an in
mense crowd from all directions to tn
place on Friday last-one of the create
crowds our town has held for long time
and Barnum has no reason to complain
the patronage given his show. The maj
: moth canvas was well filed afterno
and evening. Barnum's claim that
has ''the greatest show on earth' W
e fully justified by the exhibition Civ
here.
- Attention is invited to the notice,
:, another column, of the third annual me-
of Chfllicothe Presbytery, at HilIsbo
;. September 11th. The delegates from t
Society of this place are: Mrs. Lulu
=. Robinson, Recording Secretary; Mrs.
- Carpenter, Mrs. G. NJ. Ustick, Mrs.
- Salisbury. Alternates-Miss Alma Kt
y hart, Mrs. P. Il. VanDeman, Mrs. Ne
" ton Evans. Every body, who can con
niently do so, is earnestly requested to
tend this meeting.
ed Trains on the c., w. & G. narro
gauge are now running through to Wa
ington Junction, on the L. M. Ry., IN
ing direct connection with that road
Cincinnati. A new timetable went i
effect on the c., w. & C. on Mond
Train now leaves Washington Junction
1o:O7 a. M, making connection with
morning train which leaves Cincinnati
O'Clock, and arrives here at II :36 p.
Train going West leaves Washington
3 :05 p. M, reaching Washington Junct
e- at 5 :5S p. m, and making direct conf
: ton with the train on the Little Mi
: for Cincinnati, arriving in Cincinnati
100 p. III. See new timetable in
,,o paper.
has The Board of Education of Wash
but ton have bought a lot on the Chillict
,e's pike, in Gardner's addition, and will e
ind upon it a one-story brick school no
ciaI containing two good rooms. for the
commodation of the people of that nal
town. Proposals for the contract to b
the house will be received up to Sa
! eff day, and the building is to be compl
FRS. within 80 days from the time the con-
-l,et is awarded. The walls of the bull
E. will be made of sufficient strength t,
and nit of second story being added at
future time, should 1t be necessary.
site formerly selected for a school h
In that part of town, and the plan ado
af- for building upon it, have been aband
II it. by the board. The house to be built
be much less expensive than the b
son. first proposed.