Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-08-08

to-day.
II. NJ. Ustick is collecting and set
tling subscriptions of stock now due for
the c. W & c. Ry. Co.
Mr.. S. L. Hooker will be in charge
of the Prabate Judges office, during
Judge Priddy's absence for couple of
weeks.
= DIR. c. NJ. Wilson and DR.. j. B. Bon
sieurthave formed a partnership in the
practice of medicine. Their card appears
in this paper.
= The c., W. & c. Ry runs stock
holders excursion train from Allentown
to the L. NJ. Ry. to-day, carrying stock
holders free.
= Camp Grove and Fairview Sabbath
Schools will hold a picnic at Fairview
Church on Wednesday, Aug. 14th. There
will be good music and good speaking.
= The Fayette County Teachers Insti-
tute is in session at the Public School
building this week. There is a good at
tendance of teachers and others from the
country.
R. Urian, of Philadelphia, will be at
Geo. I. Bailev's livery stable on Satur-
day, Aug. 10th, for the purchase of good
| horses and mares, from to 10 years old,
at the highest cash prices.
Boss & Thompson have opened boot
and shoe manufacturing and repairing
shop in the John Miser building, oppO-
site the Engine-house, where they will
| give attention to all orders for work in
their line.
= The camp-meeting at the Fair
Grounds will continue over next Sunday.
Excursion trains will run on that day.
The meetings have been pretty well at
tended during the week, and the crowd
on the grounds last Sunday was very
large.
= Our grain-buyers are paying 81 cents
for wheat. There has been an advance of
21ac. in freight rates to Baltimore within
the past few days. The rate is now 1Sc.,
but corresponding advance in the wheat
market enables shippers to keep the price
mp to last weeks figures.
= The S. & j. coal company have COM
menced shipping their coal to this place
over the s. j. & p. Ry. We noticed car
of it at the depot on Monday. It is fine
looking coal-good color, clean and free
from slate. The people of this place will
have chance to test it. It is said to be
the best of the Jackson County Coal.
This company Isl Washington institution.
-Messrs. BendIe & Roebuck, grain
dealers, of Jeffersonville, shipped sixteen
r
5. J. & z. Ry. for Baltimore, ON Monday.
This firm is buying from 1000 to 1900
bushels of wheat per day. Mr.. ROebuck, :,
of the firm, informs us that farmers re-
port the average yield of their wheat
fields at from 20 to 80 bushels per acre,
machine measure, 20 bushels being the
lowest average reported to them.
- The Novelty Comedy Company were
prevented from playing on Monday even
ing, by the sickness of Miss Ada Murray.
They opened at Music Hall on Tuesday
evening, Miss Murray having recovered.
and were favored with fair audience
Last night they presented 'FLady Aud
ley's Secret and F'Lend me Five Shil-
lings,'' to a still better house. They will
| AO4 d lew AS
company is a good one, and worthy OF
patronage. We hope to see them have
full houses during the remainder oftheir
stay here.
- We have received from Messrs. Yeo-
man, Hegler 6 Co., contractors and ope
rators of the indianapolis, Delphos &
Chicago Narrow-Gauge Railroad, an in
vitation to attend the opening of the q
division of that road, between Rensselael
and Monticello, which takes place OF
the 14th inst. together with a pass Owe
the road, rendered with the compliment
of the contractors and directors. Tn
first section of this road was opened ant
has been in operation since last winter
between Rensselaer, and Bradford-an,
, has been doing good business.
= On Sunday last Mrs. c. NJ. Jones re
turned from a visit to the country to he
: home in this place. Entering her premi
ses by a back-gate, she deposited a wallis
containing clothing for herself and chi
dren upon back porch, and went rOun
to the front door of her house to enter i
= She neglected to take in the valise at onct
dllA OAA 5OlAS W sO0 ~ SAOOuD AaAA ShLA AAOu
afterward, found it had been carried of
Il A tramp, wearing light suit of clothes
. and Slightly lame, was seen about th
1t premises about that time, and is suppose
y to have taken the valise. He left town O
e the railroad going toward New HOLLAND
Officers went in search of him, but he WI
It not captured. AS he will have no III
v for the clothes in the valise, he may TT
= to sell them, and may be picked up yet.
ct "A successful Balloon Ascension
d Prof. james K. Allen, of R. l., calle
+ on us on Monday last, and gave bri
g account of his balloon ascension on Sa
at urday last. At4 O'Clock p. m. on Satu
l. day last, Prof. Allen made an ascension
his balloon from the Soldiers Home, ne
a. Dayton, taking with him Mr.. Baker,
+, one armed man, of the Home. The ba
lg loon soard up above the clouds i'll u bea
lg tiful style, taking an easterly direeti,
I'd from the Home, passing over Dayton al
s. after five mile aerial ride, Mr.. Bak'
Id concluded to step down and out, VIII
he Prof. A. lowered his vehicle and land
D. Mr.. Baker in the middle of a corn field,
as paddle his way out as best he could, t