Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-03-14
LOG AL ITEM 8

been doLe in this county, this spring.
- The Ely Light Guards should all
sign the pay-rolls at the Armory tonight.
An excursion train was run out to
the end of the C. w. & c. narrow-gauge
last Sunday.
Don't forget the Social to be given by
the Benevolent Society, Friday night. A
rousing good time isexpected.
= Jas. n. Lease has bought Frank
Reif's stock of groceries, and moved into
Mr.. Reif's room, in the Union Block.
A good pike has been built from the
Columbus road to the Infirmary building,
a distance of about quarter of a mile.
The cost of the road, including bridge,
was $577.
There was q tremendous crowd of
people on our streets on Saturday last,
and the dust, at times, was almost blind
ing. The street-sprinklers will soon be
in demand.
The appearance of the old Hamilton
Corner now owned BY the Merchants
and Farmers Bank, has been much i'm
proved by the removal of the unsightly
sheds over the pavements surrounding it.
There are now three new Railroad
Companies, besides the old G. &. NJ. v.
Ry., running their cars into Washington,
and are all doing good business. In ad-
dition to these the prospect is good for the
fifth-the Columbus and MaysviIle Ry.-
in a few months. ~
= John d. stuokey has bought~ the
steam mill property on Fayette street, at
the e. & M. v. Ry. crossing. and will be
back again in his old quarters in a few
days. He will put in a eorn-sheller, and
engage in the grain trade, in connection
with the folr-milling business.
- Messrs. Bendel & ROebuck, grain
dealers, at Jacksonville, are doing a
lively business at that point. They have
the only corn-sheller in operation there,
and handle about all the grain received in
the place. They are buying, shelling and
shipping from so to 80 loads of corn per
day.
- There are three members Of the
Washington Board of Education to elect
on the lst Of April. Two for the full
/ GCAtn "a buACC y " III NA1C SoCoHSACo
occasioned by the expiration of the terms
of Fl. B. Maynard and Geo. Dahl, and
one to fill out the unexpired term Of j !.
w. cleveland. w
The Carlisle and Troy people are de-
termined to unite with the Springfield
folks in building narrow-gauge railroad
from Springfield to Troy, in Miami eeHn-
ty. Such road, in conjunction with the
Springfield, Jackson & POmeroy road,
would open up that county to the best
coal mines in Ohio.
= On Friday, March 22d, 1878, E. w.
Alexander will sell at public sale, at his
residence, near Bloomingburg, Fayette
County, O., his personal property, and
his farm of 26O acres of the best land in the
lcounty, lying on the East Fork of Paint
fcreek, Immediately West of and adjoining
the town of Bloomingburg. 1Sw2
The Registration law of this State has
been repealed by the present Democrtic
legislature. Itmay have had objection
able provisions in it, but the main princi
pies of the law were correct; and, instead
of repeating it, it should have beer
amended. But this would not suit the
Democrats; each fellow wants the unre
lstrieted privilege of voting early an,
often.
= We find the following item in TIN
London Times, March sth: ''It is cur
rently reported that a check given b
Esq. w. A. Koontz, of Midway, to
Washington c. H. party, for 500, wa
raised to $4,000 and presented 30 tn
Central Bank of London for payment tn
other day. The check was protested an
! sent back, and the 'inalend has nc
yet to light. p & "a III
e - The farmers in this county tell u
f that there never was a finer prospect fo
a large crop of wheat in this county,
! this time of the year, than there is nov
1t stands well on the ground, and theT
j is much larger breadth of ground d.
!. voted to the crop than ever before in OF
a county. The reports from all sections
t the State, for good crop, are about tt
> same as in our own county. Il
d The egg and poultry trade in tn
2 town is a much larger and more impor
F ant branch of trade than it is general
"a thought to be. To show something of Il
'e extent of business in this article of cor
le merce, we have but to state that Browne
of Bros, Of this town, shipped 220 barre
le of eggs and poultry last week, occupy tv
ID cars. The same firm took in at their or
re Gerry store last Saturday, from their farr
er customers ,(not from huxters) over 70
l. hundred dozen eggs.
le - At the meeting of Council on Mo
u day afterhoon, an ordinance was passe
repeating Section l of an ordinance pass
June 1877, creating. the office ofCity
r. licitOr,- and providing for his election
= The new ordinance provides for the a
- pointment OF the solcitof. by the May,
); An ordinance authorizing the Mayor
= appoint special police and night watC
30 man-nOt exceeding four at anytime
serve temporarily, was read the first tin
,is Yeas, 4; nays, l. The ordinance f1
be the pay of such watchmen at 81 25 for d
or service, and 81 so for night service. I
". Chief of the Fire Departmentwas auth
NO lied to sell the Babcock Fire Engine.
Sc, A party of prominent citizens
ess sidney and towns between that place a
asn es Springfield, to the number of fortyor
eos ", came over on the S. y. G. p. narrc
the gauge 60 this place on Tuesday, the obi
cot OF the trip being to ss sample y the II
DDS roW-gauge. They are agitating a prof
for the extension of the S. J. & p, fr
Springfield to Sidney, and are at riva
a. with the Troy people, who are work
iIs for the extension of the road to that pls
a Springfield is waiting to see which
SO, offers the best inducements to her to
Trs ~ with and build the extension. 1t is Il
his ly the road will be extended to one or
in other Of the two points, this SnH1lne
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