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

L O Q AL TT EM 8
= Democratic county nominating con-
vention meets on Saturday.
- Republican platform will be found
on fourth page of this paper.
- See circular on first page of this
paper headed "Attention Veterans
Soldiers, attend the reunion at the
Soldiers Home, Dayton, next Wednesday.
"A Stockholders train passed over the
road from Jackson to Springfield Saturday
= See advertisement in another column
headed s'wanted 5000 for two years."
Ample security offered.
The cigars manufactured in this city,
by H. T. Holzhalb, are fast getting into
favor their quality is second to none.
Marshal N. ogle died Sunday night
last, at the residence of Theo. Ogle, in
this place, of Bright's kidney disease. He
was buried on Tuesday.
= When the Dayton & Southeasfern
railroad is finished into the coal mines, it
will be to Dayton what the Hooking Val
ley railroad is to Columbus.
Deputy Marshal Bob Smith, who
had his jaw broken by boulder thrown
by one of a crowd of disorderly bummers
one night last week, has been in seri-
Gus condition from his injuries.
! = Mr.. VIM. Creighton, stenographer,
is organizing class, to take up the study
of shorthand writing in this place.
TermsmOderate. Apply at office OfSav-
age g Hidy for Information this week.
= Mr.. Elias Coil, an old citizen of Jag
per township, this county, died Monday
evening. Mr.. Coil had been in failing
health for some time. lie leaves large
circle of relatives and friends to mourn
his death.
= Mr.. S. F. Rock, civil engineer of this
place, has received orders from conf
pany in Toledo to survey a route for Il
: new proposed narrow-gauge railway
q from Toledo to Washington, to connect
with the parrow-gauges centering here.
, = 1t took two trains to carry the excur-
sionists over the c. & M. v. Ry. to Gin
cinnati last Sunday. One train of eleven
full cars passed here from Lancaster, and
, another started out from here, with seven
, lOr eight cars. About 125 tickets were sold
= at this station.
We had the heaviest storm of wind
and rain in this place and vicinity on
Monday afternoon that has occurred for
many years. The wind was heavy, but
high, and on this account did not do as
r much damage to the crops as if it had
swept upon the ground. The rain fell in
torrents for over an hour.
> Up to last Monday, trains on the S.,
t j. & P. Ry. ran into Washington over the
D. &5 S. E. track from the junction of the
two roads north of town. But that ar
: rangement didn't suit the S., j. G P. Co.
' and they have. built their own track il
from the Junction, and on Monday com
menced running trains over it.
: Robert Waters, of Madison township
: whose name was announced in the Regis
ter as a candidate for Commissioner OF
this county, subject to the Democratic
(, nominating convention, which is to NEE
# here on Saturday next, declines to hav
his name used in that connection. Nj
il w. has other business to attend to.
at = The. farm of N. Evans, containing
r
. the Columbus pike, was sold at sheriff
rs sale. on Saturday last, to James Quinn, 0
r Hillsboro, at $55 per acre. This farm wa
sold by the sheriff few months since q
$65 per acre, but the sale was set aside b
es the court, on the grounds that one of tn
- appraisers was an interested party.
4 - Now that the largest crop of whea
1,o
h has been harvested and is coming int
market, We have good reason to expe,
that delinquent subscribers to the HERAL
an will call on us with smiling faces and a
ford us pecuniary relief, by liquidatin
balances due us. 1t would affort us gre;
We pleasure to give receipts for all such ba
an ances.
On Thursday night last a burglar el
4~ tered the residence of Mr.. E.Welsheime
10 clerk of courts, and after runmagir
through several rooms without seeurir
/. any plunder, was just entering Mr. an
- Mrs. WIS bedroom, when he was Iii
20, covered by Mrs. W., who screamed, al
caused him to leave. He had entered Il
- front door, opening it by means of nj
pers. The residence of VIM. Snyder W
,S -, entered the same night, and some $40
'u' $12 stolen.
ss. Col, Garis traded horses a few da
ba ago with Chas. Wright, getting from hi
orc gray mare represented by Mr.. Wrig
nod to be safe family animal. She turn
Mic out, however, to be kicker, and last s.
isi+ urday evening, while Mrs. Garis and NJ
ost Cora Patterson were driving her, gave
axe exhibition of her bad qualities, thrOwi
on the ladies out in front of 7. D. Me-
"a wain's residence. Neither Mrs. Ga
+bo nor Miss Patterson was seriously injur
fortunately, and the buggy was or
uF- slightly damaged.
.o" An excursion train will be run o.
.ts' nt' the c., w. & G. Ry. on next Sunday,
"i the accommodation of those who may
sire to attend camp meeting at Lovelal
Ohio, leaving here at 6 a. m. The S
tock vices are conducted by some of the m
ms ms eminent divine of the NJ. E. Chur
ter Bishop Wilev, Rev. DIR. Lowry, Wald
,,,i Wells, Ketehum, Moody, F'Califor
UNI UNI Taylor" and a great MANY others '
nav7 take PafL In the meeting. Fare for rot
vbo+ "Trip $l'4O. This will be the first tr
'a,,a run over the road in connection W
.ont trains on Little Miami Rail Road.
An old-fashiOned tournament ,
held on the farm of Henry Snider. a con
her of miles from town on the Greenfield ro
: for on Thursday last, under the managem
from of Mr. R. E. Hopkins. There wer
,oder number of riders in the tournament,
fined MI. mane at GGoy % succeeded % m taxing
'atth- him to the honor of choosing and Gro
ing the queen of beauty. Mayor Bare
of Washington, made a neat and appro
COM ate coronation address. There were