Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-04-18
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bread wagon LnlS summer.
= Secure your seats for esther at
Iarlow's Drug Store, Saturday, 2Oth.
Joe Geiger will lecture on ''Fools and
Follies'' at Music HallOn the 3Oth, inst.
F. H. Miller was in Cincinnati last
week buying big stock of fresh groce-
ries.
= There is still good deal of inquiry
for Fayette county farms, from buyers
from abroad.
= The newly-elected CounciImen and
other corporation officers go into Office
next Monday.
= Stock-sales at Frankfort next Satur-
day. Capt. Foster, of this place, will at
tend as auctioneer.
= The County Commissioners adver-
tise in this paper for proposals for build
ing several new bridges.
An excursion over the C. w. s. c..
Ry. brought in quite a crowd of people
from points along the line last Sunday.
= Coles Cornet Band (colored) of Cir
cleville, will give musical entertainment
at City Hall on Thursday evening, April
25th.
- The iron vaults for the county offices
have been received here. The contract
for doing the masonry has not yet been
awarded.
= Sheriff Smith will offer for sale on
Saturday next, the farm of w. D. Miller,
containing about 20 acr es of land in JEFF
ferson township; appraised at $4I 81 per
acre.
= No extra tax will have to be levied
for the building of the new school house
on the south side of the creek, as the mon
ey to pay for the building is now in the
treasury.
= Don't fail to go to hear our talented
young soprano, Miss Nettie Grove, as
Esther, the Beautiful Queen. Music
Hall, Wednesday and Thursday evenings,
April oath and 25th.
Monthly stock-sales are becoming a
feature of the country towns in this vi
cinity. Mt. Sterling, New Holland.
Frankfort, Bainbridge and jamestown
each now holds monthly sales.
= Judge Thompson, of Hillsboro, Reg
lister in Bankruptcy, has been holding
bankrupt court in this place the past two
days, in the cases of Thos. and Henry
Kirk, j. W. Morris and G. L. Getz.
= Mr.. A. G.. Franklin, of Greenfield,
has been running a hack between that
place and Washington ever since 1890
but the completion of the S. J. & P. mar
row-gauge has ruined the hack business
on that line, and Mr.F. has withdrawn hi.
hack.
= For over 80 years the "Ohio Farm.
ers'' has successfully insured farm prop
erty only. 1t gives more insurance fo
the money charged than any other com
pany. c. S. LeBaron, Agent; office a
Merchants & Farmers Bank, Washing
ton c. H., Ohio.
j. A. Donaldson, acknowledged b,
the press and public everywhere, one Q
our finest American tenors, as Mordica
the Jew; H. J. Parr, the renowned bari
tone, as the Proud Naughty Haman, Mu
sic Hall, Wednesday and Thursday even
ings, April oath and 25th.
The union depot of the CIV. .&5 C. an
u. & S. E. narrow-gauge railways ha
been moved to the opposite side of tn
track from its former location. It wa
built partly on the ground of the c. & n
V. Ry. Company, and that company n
quired its removal. AS it is not a yer
/. extensive building, the work of remov;
was not serious job.
= Sheriff Smith sold the followin
" property on Saturday: Farm of Isa,
= NAPLES, containing ITO acres, in Pal
township, to DR.. W. II. Jones, for $50
4, per acre. House and lot in Washingtc
/, to David Rogers 1888; also, vacant lot
Circleville avenue to same for 1855. L
t. in Washington to Fayette Building al
0r Loan Association, for $500.
= The course of lectures under the a
e. spices of the Washington Lecture and I
ir brary Association closed with Hon. W.
Parsons lecture on Michael Angelo, l;
l. Friday evening. The audience was GOO
-, and the lecture was one of the best of t
- course. The Association will come
at the end of the course, with balar
in the treasury after all expenses
is, paid.
ne = The Lecture and Library ASSOCIATE
IL voted at their last meeting to turn o.
all the funds, over and above the expens
CT to the Reading Room. These funds v
m be used exclusively for providing fiji
he class periodicals for the room. This g
erous gift of the Lecture Associat
~. should stimulate the citizens to contrib
w., to the permanent support of the Read
-, Room, and thus make it one of theIinsti
- tions of the town.
n H. Glicksman has removed his
tire stock of goods from Room No
VanDeman's Block to Room No.
mas McLean's building on Court Street,
Jpn which place he will have more room,
mas will keep much larger assortment
az ~ goods than he was able to keep at
former stand for want of "space."
will continue to rum the Yeor
MIR. Room as before. The new goods Ii
past arrived, and he cordially invites the =
latl, TIC ana former customers TO call and
lVed hiM at his respective places of busin
est = The firm OF Foster, Stralev & [
ourG Real Estate and Insurance Agents.
ltle- been dissolved. Mr.. Dial, of the firm
8 in bought out the Fire and Life Insure
lake business, and retains the room oceu,
by the firm, corner of Court and n
ovs streets, where he will continue
Co., Oralcn Vi 'iie BUSINESS capt roster
tho associated with him his son-in-law,
,tad B. H. Smith, and will engage in the
.o,y' Estate and General Commission and /
anil, ton business, under the firm nam
we Foster & Smith. They have rented
sure will occupy the room in the Yeo
! US building, lately occupied by the CIR
; re- Store. Mr.. Straley retires from the