Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-07-25

Lebanon.
Miss Ethel Gray was up from Greenfield
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Al. Cherry buried an in-
fant on Sunday.
Prof. C. F. Dean and family returned to
Ironton on Tuesday.
Rev. Geo. Carpenter is confined to his
bed with neuralgia.
Mrs. Page Ustick visited friends in Lam
caster and Logan last week.
Joe NJ. Mclean went to Cincinnati
Tuesday on gas business.
Mrs. Judge Priddy and her son Bruce
have gone to Vermont to visit her parents.
Miss Ida Hale, of Wilmington. has been
the guest of Miss Josie Millikan the past
week.
Mrs. Mary Kernes, of Waverly, O., is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. C. A. Cave,
in town.
In. Elicit and Miss Maud Elliott, of
BlOOmingburg, went to Columbus on
Tuesday.
Mrs. John R. Rector spent last week
visiting her father, Mr.. A. Mccoy, at
Frankfort.
Miss Ida Griffin, of Washington D. c.,
will be the guest of D. 1. Worthfngton for
several days.
Miss Maggie Mcdonald, of Thornville,
Ohio, spent last week in town the guest of
Miss Addie Shaft.
Mr.. Geo. McMillen went to Cincinnati
on Tuesday, to meet his family, who have
been west on visit.
Will Garis is home from Indiana, where
he is engaged on the engineering corps of
the l., D. & G. Ry., for brief visit.
Mr.. F. S. Purcell, editor and proprie-
tor Ofthe Logan Gazette, made the HERALD
Office a social call, while in town yester-
day.
Mr.. J. R. Bostwick, wife and little
daughter, of Marysville, O., are visiting
the family of the senior editor of the HER
AID.
Mr.. Charles Adams, for many years a
resident of this county, but now resi-
dent of Greene county, Ohio, was in town
last Tuesday.
Mr.. r. S. Beeson, senior member of the
hardware firm of r. S. Beeson 6 Son, has
removed, with his family, from Cincin-
natl to this place.
Judge Doane, of Wilmington, spent a
few hours in town last Friday, on his way
home from Clarke county, where he had
been holding court.
Mr.. Sam. Taylor, OF Dayton, spent q
few days in town the past week. Wash
ington has strong attractions for several
of Dayton's nice young men.
Gen. S. B. Yeoman, Col. A. G. johnson
and J. L. Millikan, of this place, and
Capt. Mccoy, of Good Hope, attended the
Soldiers Reunion at Newark on Monday.
The Jackson Herald, 18th, says: ''Mr
F. H. Miller, of Washington c. H., wa.
in town on Monday circulating among hi:
numerous friends, who were all delighted
to see him.
Col S. n. Yeeman, of this place, the
pioneer narrow-gauge man. of the State
was temporary and permanent Presiden
of the Narrow-Gauge Convention held a
| ClnclnnaCl last week.
The Jamestown Tribune, 18th, says
''Mrs. NJ. J. Ballard, who has lived for 81
many years in jamestown, left us yester-
day evening for Washington c. H.; hel
future home. She will be welcomed, OF
any return, by her host of friends here ,
Prof. Patterson, Supt. of the Washing
ton Public Schools, is engaged to delive
a course of lectures on s.Scienee in un
graded schools, . before the Clinton Coun
ty Teachers Institute, which meets a
Wilmington, August 9Th, and continue
two weeks.
Capt. Geo. B. Gardner, former Wash
ingtonian, has received the Republican
nomination for Probate Judge in High
land.county, and will likely be elected
He is popular in his county, and possesse
the necessary qualifications to make al
efficient officer.
Mr.. w. E. Bonfoey, of Cincinnati, ha
been placed in charge of the business 0
the Continental Life Insurance Com
pany in the district in which Mr.. B. E
Orr was formerly general agent, whicl
includes this county. This is in addition
to other territory occupied by Mr.. Bon
foey.
The Chillicothe Register of Saturda
says that DIR. J. NJ. Matthews, formerly G
Washington, now of Frankfort, Ross Co
came near being drowned in Little Cree
few days ago. ''The stream was swol
len by a recent rain, and the Doctor driv
,, ing into it. himself, horse and buggy wer
swept away. The Doctor made narrov
escape with his life. The buggy wa
wrecked but the horse was saved''
Mr.. Charlie PurselI gave delightfu
entertainment to u large company {
friends at the residence of his father
Hon. Jas. Pursell, on Friday evenin
+ last. Mr.. Pursell's commodious res
dence was thrown open and Brilliant
illuminated, and the grounds were lit IL
with Chinese lanterns and lamps. III
: weather was pleasant, and the greater po
tiOn Of the company spent the evening j
4 the grounds, especially the younger DO
ton, who enjoyed themselves in dancir
L upon large platform erected under IL
s trees, to excellent music furnished /
Il Hunters Band, of Chillicothe. A supp
: of all the delicacies of the season w
: served about IL O'Clock. AS is alw avs tt
case at the Pursell homestead, the col
% pany all enjoyed themselves to the fulle
y extent.
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