Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-04-11

District Court in Cincinnati one day last
week. His liabilities are in the neigh
borhood of IS, 900 and his assets consist of
a farm of 107 $40 acres valued at about |
81, GOO.
From the Sabina News, April ~
j. R. Amos, DIR. Gaskins, H. Fl. Thorp |
and G. B. Ely were the choice of the peO-
pie for school directors.
Edwards & Co., and Geo. Ely shipped
3S2 cars of corn from this place between
September 1st and April LIST.
Charley Gray has bought out Haynie &
Robinson's stock of jewelry and will car
ry on business for himself at the same |
place.
Elder Ewing returned last Tuesday
from Pleasant View, near Jeffersonyille,
where he dedicated church and held pro-
tracted meeting. He reports ten aeces-
sions.
The Township Election resulted as fol-
lows: Trustees, J. w. Spurgeon, Harri-
son Hall and David Gifin; Clerk, C. B.
Hill; Treasurer, H. H. Thorp; Assessor,
H. S. Connor; Constable, H. S. Connor.
The Corporation Election resulted as
follows; D. Gifin, Mayor; A. Custis,
Treasurer; David S. Church, Marshal;
Jas. Gallaher, Street Commissioner; Jas.
Gallaher, S. B. Lightner and Geo. B. Ely,
Councilmen.
The Sunday School at the NJ. z. Church
elected the following officers last Sunday:
H. III. Thorp, Supt.; DR.. A. j. Gaskins,
Asst. Supt.; Jennie Curtis, Sec'y; j.
Fheobald, Treas; Frank GalIaher,
Choris5er and. w. H. Sanders, Or
ganist.
At the NJ. P. Sunday School the follow
ing officers were elected last Sunday: J.
R. Amos, Supt.; NJ. R. Higgins, Asst.
Supt.; Lydia Darbyshire, Sec'y; c. ".
Henkle, Treas; Frank Gallaher and
John johnson, ChOrister and Carrie
Spring, Organist.
(From the New Holland Review, April ~
G. w. Cooley, after term of 80 years,
in the office of Justice of the Peace of our
township, will now step down and out.
The corporation election gives us the
following results: For Mayor, f. W.
Timmons; Treasurer, j. W. Mark; Re
corder, J. 3. Parker; Marshal, Phillip
Hahn; Couneilmen, Geo. E. Meyer, Louis
Benz, Geo. W. Hughes, A. NJ. Vaughan.
The following were the successful can
didates at the township election last Mon
day: Treasurer, john Evans; Clerk, T.
c. Behnette; Assessor, D. L. Barnes;
Trustees, J. w. Mark. Daniel Lewis,
Elias Alter; Constables, H. NJ. Williams,
J. H. Collins; for Justice of the Peace,
B. F. Tanquary.
From the Xenia Torchlight, April 81
The house of Mrs. Samuel Vestal, just
across the line in Clinton county, was de-
stroyed by fire on Monday. Loss about
$4,000.
George Smith, the grocer merchant at
Clifton, had his establishment burglar
lied on Thursday night of money and
groceries to the amount of over fifty dol
lars.
The body of white infant child, evil
IDENTIFY live-born, was found on Saturday
in Mr.. J. B. Aliens pasture, adjoining
the city limits. No clue to the parentage
has yet been discovered.
On Thursday last one John C. Harris,
working for farmer in the vicinity of
Yellow Springs, fell from tree which
he was trimming, and was so seriously
injured that he died in few hours after
wards.
The John Wildman lands were sold at
assignee's sale on Thursday last, Mr..
John Howell, of Clarke county, purchas-
ing 25215 acres at $47 per acre, and Mr..
John Pugh, of Cincinnati, 80 acres on
which the new house is located, at 500
per acre.
Now that there is good deal of COM
plant rs to prices given for grain and
stock, the following taken from a clerks
, sale bill ofgoods and chattels sold in this
''neck o. woods just thirty-five years
ago, may serve to illustrate that hard-pan
I has not vet been reached. We find that
two hogs brought at the aforesaid sale
1926; fifty bush. OF corn $3.50, or lie
per bushel; one brown COW $2.56l5 one
gray horse, first-class animal, $36; one
gray mare $17.3l1a; one black two yeal
old steer, 81 40; one red heifer, 81 .5614
| one red steer three wears old, S.. .6213
one red heifer and calf, to Daniel FrantZ
$3.99, paid by note; one stack of hay 50 So
On Thursday last Judge Barlow sen
i fenced the following persons: John H
> Searle, found guilty of assault with inten
( to kill III. F. Marsh, sentenced to the pen
a u ritentiary for two years; Jerry Shadwick
forging township orders, sent up for TIVE
years; Milton Blizzard, assault with in
!. tent to kill, two years; Henry Martin fo
e obstructing railway train by putting til
across the track. sent up for ten years
> Joe and James Wilson, burglary and lar
II ceny in entering the Catholic church ant
t. stealing certain property, two and a-hal
# years. On Friday morning Sheriff Kyl
=. took them to Columbus to enter upOl
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