Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-06-27
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County Commissioners meet next
Monday.
= Tax-paying has been pretty lively
for weekor two past.
DIR. Farquhar's next visit will occur
on the Sd and 4th of July, at the Airing
ton House.
Mr.. R. A. Robinson has ornamented
his residence with neat and tasty new
verandah.
= Milan Burke died at his residence in
this place on Tuesday morning last, after
a long illness.
Nine carloads of fexcursionists passed
through town on the D. & S. F., Tuesday,
from Frankfort, on their way to Dayton.
: Remember the Fourth of July pic
mic to cambridge, over the s. j. & P Ry.
Fare, round trip IS cents. Train leaves
at 8 o'clock A. NJ.
= Mrs. Frame, the evangelist, will
preach the funeral sermon of Mrs. A. w.
Blessing at the NJ. E. Church in Jeffer-
sonville, ,on Sunday next,a II o'clock a. m.
- Harvesting commenced in this coun-
ty this week, and our farmers are now in
the midst of it. The crop this year is
probably the largest ever raised in the
county.
- Rev. j. R. Powell, of East Walnut
Hills, Cincinnati, will preach in the Bap-
tist Church this evening: also tomorrow
evening, and Sunday morning and even
ing next.
All charity patients who wish the
services of Drs. Foster & Lytle, county
physicians, will find them at their office
the former from to p. M, the latter
from to a. m. 33w3
- Mrs. Parker has opened sewing and
needle-work school in the house next door
to Jas. McCoy's residence. Persons de-
string to place children under herinstruc-
ton, are requested to apply at once.
We hope our town council will con-
elude to have the names of our streets
properly designated at the crossing of
streets. 1t would be a great convenience
in finding locations that might be de-
sired. -
F. G. Carpenter is building neatS
new dwelling house, on the lot adjoining
IA. R. Creamer, on Circleville, avenue !;
which would seem to indicate that Frank
intends to desert the.ranks of the bach
elOrs.
Mr.. John Bush, of the vicinity of
Jasper, has sent to this office some man.
moth specimens of the radish. They are
monsters; measuring about IA inches in
length and from to 10 inches in circum-
ference.
= Joseph Harper, one of the old and
we'll known citizens of the county, died a
his residence in Marion township, on the
Bloomingburg and New Holland pike, OIL
the 23d. He was in the neighborhOod o
so years of age. He was buried at New
Holland on Tuesday.
Quarterly meeting will be held in tn
M. E. Chu-ch at, Bloomingburg, on Sat
urday and Sunday, July 9Th and 7th
commencing on Saturday at O'Clock p
. m, Rev. B. N. Sphar, of Columbus, pre-
1 siding. The church has been closed TO
p some weeks past, undergoing remOdeling
= The excursion to Bainbridge and tn
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1 byterian church, was a success. A bi
train load of the citizens of this place an
the county took advantage Of this oppol
tunity to visit that romantic locality b
way of the narrow-gauge, which has latt
: ly commenced running to Bainbridge.
-SThe Womans' Foreign Missionar
IS Society of the M. E. Church, viii hold i
n next monthly meeting on Tueslay ever
, ing, July I'd, at o'clock, at the idenC
l. of Capt. Foster. Interesting essay wi
be read by members of the society
"Africa and customs of its inhabitants
= All interested in the missionary work a
= invited to attend.
A. = The ladies of the White-Oak Gro
t. Church, near Buena Vista, will give
re Festival, for the benefit of the Churc
ly on Saturday evening next, June Goth.
ut regular supper will be served, and ic
cream and other delicaeies furnished
reasonable rates. No admittance fee W
be charged at the door. Everybody is
To- Yited to attend.
as. = Col. G. Garis, with the assistance
sh. La Fayette Ely, has furnished Adjuta
his General G. w. Kerr with list of Office
and soldiers buried in the Cemetery
this place, which we find in the Adjuta
Generals report for 1877, and which :
Ids unmarked, or are not designated. I
IL list contains 81 names; three of vvhi
a@+ are soldiers of the war of 1912, In /
et Bloomingburg cemetery there are I
ted PiA'"teS ""O'e graves are lo' ueslgnat
= The people of Dayton are maxi
preparations for the grandest 4th of j
ny celebration ever held in that city, on
ma mr coming 4th. The programme for the
~. presents immense attractions. One
a the principal features will be the grS
street parade of the Raging Tads." 7
other features are numerous, and prom
ON no end to fun. The D. & s. E. Ry. '
lar carry passengers at half-fare on that d
the and large attendance is looked for Il
II ] Washington and other points on the u