Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-12-05
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A protracted religious meeting was
begun at Paint Chapel, on Sunday, Nov.
oath.
- Several articles intended for publi-
lication in this issue are Ilnavoidably left
over until next week.
Look out for grand parade and open
air concert, on next Wednesday, by Prof.
Gorton's Gold Band.
- Rev. G. w. Burns, Pastor of the NJ.
E. Church at BloOmingburg, will preach
at the M. E. Church in this place Sunday
evening next.
The first snOw-storm of the winter
visited this section Tuesday and Tuesday
night. Several inches of snow fell, but
melted about as fast as it fell.
The installation of the officers for the
coming year, of Fayette Lodge No. 10Y
F. & A. NJ, will take place at Masonic
Hall next Wednesday evening.
There will be Church Benefit given
by a committee of ladies and gentlemen
at the Presbyterian Parsonage on Friday
evening, Dec. 9Th. Everybody cordially
invited. Admission twenty cents.
Sheriff Smith offered two pieces of
property-the Marian Weston business
building, on Court street, and the j. NJ.
Baldwin farm-at public sale on Satur-
day; but neither sold, for want of bidders.
The remains of Aaron KimbalI, who
died recently at the Insane Asylum at Co
lumbus, were brought to this place, his
home, for burial, on Saturday, Nov. 23d.
.He had been afflicted for many years with
epilepsy, until his mind had been de-
stroyed.
Mr.. F. Mettenberger, a deaf mute,
who has resided in Washington most of
the time for year or two past, accidental
ly shot himself while handling pistol, a
few days ago. The ball entered his hand
and passed up the arm, lodging near the
elbow, where it remains.
Corruption in our National affairs has
the same effect on the Government that a
severe cough or cold has upon the human
system. Political reform in the former
and DR.. BULBS Cough Syrup in the latter
case will remedy the evils. All the Drug
gists sell it for % cents a bottle.
A meeting of the Central Ohio Bee
Keepers Association will be held at Co
lumbus, on Wednesday, Dec. IL, 1873, al
: 10 o'clock a. m. There will be forenoon
and afternoon session, Fayette county il
included in the territory of the Associa
tiOn. All interested are invited to attend
the meeting.
Rev. j. E. Moore, pastor on the Yves
! Lancaster circuit, was visited, at his hom,
in J Jacksonville, on Thanksgiving even
ing, by number of the members of hi
charge, who brought abundance ofeatable
with them, land spread an excellent supper
7 and spent pleasant evening with thei
pastor and his family.
County Commissioners have been il
= session since Monday, engaged most o
. the time in hearing the petitions of NJ. w
Jones and others and John Stitt and 9th
ers for the establishment of county roads
Each of these petitions is in opposition t
the other, and there is a lively fight be
r. tween the two sets of petitioners.
- Miss Alma Kephart took charge G
the schools at Sunny Side as Principal o
last Monday. At present, only one roO1
=. with 60 pupils is in operation. Thes
v! pupils represent grades: Primaries, [
G, B and A. The Board will meet mex
Monday evening to select an assistant fc
~ Miss Kephart. There are 20 or more pupil
waiting to be admitted.
ia Mr.. S. Bryant, of Pleasant View, i
a this county, met with an accident on Sa
nd urday evening last, near Jeffe, sonvill
't- Mr.. Bryant, his wife and his sister-il
~ law, Miss Ella Kimball, were driving oV
ur in buggy from Jeffersonville, when tt
ng horse took fright and ran. The bugs
was upset, throwing them all out. Mi
III Kimball had one of her arms broken al
was otherwise injured. The others r
ceived no serious injury. The vehicle w
: pretty etfectually demolished.
One of our county postmasters no
' '.lo fled us a few days ago that subscrib
oN W of the HERALD wished his paper disco
~ tinued, giving as Il reason that he cOu
-, get Cincinnati paper for less none
nc The subscriber referred to has been rea
-. ing the HERALD for two years past wit
,eir out paying cent for it. If lie can ge
ode Cincinnati paper cheaper than that. '
leir advise him by all means to do it. The
ola are hard times, and it behooves man
10y ~, cut down expenses as much as possible
Miss Mary Lacy, of Wilmington, w
- was employed by the Board of Educati
MT of Washington, as teacher in the pub
Try school, has sent in her resignation to
ON Board. Miss Fuller, who was to hf
anu y filed the position of Principal in the IL
school building, has been placed in chal
tie a of the department i'll the main buildi
Silt that Miss Lacy had been employed
teach, and Miss Kephart takes the DC
INT. ton of Principal in the new buildii
Miss Fuller entered upon the dischal
E. of her duties as teacher on Monday.