Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-06-20
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= Stock sales next Tuesday.

= Stock sales next Tuesday.
- The Ely Light Guards have received
their new fatigue uniforms.
= Geo. Dahl is fitting up two business
rooms in the Central House building, on
Court street.
"A gentleman from Springfield talks
of coming to Washington to engage in the
dry goods business.
= The Chinese population of Washing
ton now numbers two. Hopkins & Co.
have them employed at their steam laun-
dry.
= Six or seven carloads of excurs sion
lists from Springfield pic-niced in Mrs.
Millikan's grove, near town, last tn urs
day.
johnnie Smythe is selling out his
stock of dry goods and ACTIONS cost, in
tending to quit business on account of i'll
health.
= Mr.. G. r. Williams has good thresh-
ing machine, and is fully prepared to
thresh grain in good style and on moder-
ate terms.
Ely Commandery K. 7. will meet at
the Asylum this evening to perfect their
arrangements for going to New Lexing-
ton Monday.
= Rev. Geo. F. Moore, former Pastor
of the Presbyterian Church at Blooming
burg, will be present at the Communion
services next Sunday at Bloomingburg.
= The annual reports of the State Com
missioner of Common Schools are in the
hands of the county auditor, for distribu-
tiOn to the parties entitled to receive them.
A big crowd of excursionists went
down to Musselman's, from New Bur-
lington and points East, by way of the
c., W. & c. and D. & S. E. Rys. last
Sunday.
= Sheriff Smith took Henry Shultz and
Jacob sullivan to the Penitentiary at Co
lumbus, last Thursday, to serve year
each, the latter for horse-stealing and the
former for grand larceny.
= DIR. j. w. May is one of our ablest
physicians and surgeons. He is having
splendid success in the treatment of all
acute and chronic diseases. Office in rear
of Worrell's jewelry store.
= An excursion from this place to the
famous caves, near Bainbridge, by. way
of the S. J. &c P. narrow-gauge, which
runs within two miles of the caves, is
talked of. The excursion is to be gotten
up by the Presbyterian Church.
- The contract for building the new
School house in this place, has beer
awarded to Messrs. H. E. andW. H. Heb
hal oPn 0-1 o
. for furnishing all materia1 and compIet
: ing the building.
Mr.. VIM. Vance's horse broke loos
from the hitching rack in front of Melvin
Silcott 6 Co.'s store last Saturday even
ing, and ran through Court street at
= two minnie gait. He left the buggy in
% denoralized condition in front of tn
= First National Bank.
Ely Commandery K. 7. and Fayett
Lodge F. &c A. NJ. will go to New Lex
y ington on the oath inst. to take part in tn
Masonic Celebration of St. Johns day
ID The Sixth Battalion Band formerly Wi
l. tich's) of Circleville, has been engaged t
y, accompany them. The Fraternity ger
le generly will take their wives and lad
N friends with them.
IL = George Sanders was locked up in tE
3e CalaboOse last Sunday, for drunkenness:
"a While there, he amused himself by smasl
ne ing the windows in his cell, for which
es charge of malicious destruction was Ell
tered against him, and the Mayor assesse
a fine of $40 and cost, and ordered him
tie stand committed till the same was pai
We George was not prepared to liquidate tt
" bill, and had to go to Jail.
n The following named persons hay
to been drawn to serve as jurors at the pre-
ne ent term of common pleas court, to relic,
E9 the jury now in serYice'on the 24th: He
to ry Marks, Concord township; VIM. Ha
rison, Adam Glaze, Abel Mccoy, Uniol
w. D. Miller, VIM. Blessing, n. S. Gre
mer, Jefferson; Harman Rowe, Greer
Levi Ellis, Perry; John L. Persinge
lge Jasper; Henry Wendle, Morgan Hay
ke, Paint.
'CUe - Mr.. Eli Post and wife, on their Wi
On home last Saturday evening, met with
LII = serious accident. just this side of Robe
mo Cissna's the horse shied to one side, ru
T. hlng on OF the pike, upsetting the bugg
ana breaking the arm of Mrs Post. Th
returned to town, and procured the Sc
me vices OF Drs. Coffman and Saxtou, w
set the arm, after which they return
.os+ home. Mrs: Post is doing as we'll as cou
'esI be expected.
~ An alarm of fire at the residence
Mr.. Peter Wendell, on Market street, Tu,
day evening, caused considerable excl
r,,, ment, and brought out the fire depa
-! ment on quick time. Mr.. Wendel's daue
ma ter went to a wardrobe with coal
Of lamp in her hand, and a tarletan dr.
'ck, hanging in the wardrobe came in conta
4 with the light, and was in a blaze ir
moment. Mr.. W. and neighbors succet
PM ed in putting out the FIRE by the time I
lar fire engines arrived, and the damage dc
the was slight, only some clothing bel
Il burned.