Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-08-01
Mr.. HIP. Cherry is building large

addition to the Cherry House.
= The Ely Light Guards are command
ed to appear at the armory in full uni
form, at 6 80 o'clock tomorrow friday
evening, for street-driI.
u Messrs. Ely & stimson have bought
10000 bushels of corn this week. There is
large amount of old corn yet in the
county, and it is being marketed freely
since the late rains.
A horse belonging to Avis Hizer,
hitched to one ofP. S.Collins' buggies, ran
off on Tuesday of last week, breaking his
leg, and destroying the buggy. The horse
had to be shot.
We send out with this issue of the
HERALD a supplement, which contains the
speech of Senator Window, Chairman of
the Senate Committee on appropriations.
Every voter should read it.
= There will be stockholders ex-
cursion over the S. J. & P. Ry. from
tomorrow, and one from Jackson to
Springfield and return on Saturday.
An engine on the c. w. & C. Ry. ran
into the caboose ofthe freight train on the
G. & NJ. V. Ry. at the crossing in this
place Tuesday, which resulted in the dis
charge of the Engineer, whose place was
filled by Chas. Foresman, of this town.
-Wyman's Moral and Religious Art
Entertainment, consisting of Illuminated
views of the Holy Land, Scriptural Paint
ings, etc., will be exhibited at the Baptist
Church this evening, for the benefit of
the Baptist Sunday School. Admission
10 cents.
= The colored camp meeting has been
in progress at the old Fair Grounds dur
| ing the past week, with fair attendance.
The crowd on Sunday was very large,
and still larger one is looked for next
Sunday. Excursion trains will be run on
all the railroads.
= Mr.. S. F. johnson has bought the B.
F. Coffman homestead, on the jamestown
road, near town, consisting of three acres
of ground, with buildings upon it. Mr..
johnson bought the Coffman farm of 80
acres adjoining the homestead, at assign
ees' sale, some time since.
= Receipts of wheat at the warehouses
have Stacked up "a little the past few days
on account of wet weather. Farmers
have commenced threshing again, how
ever, and wheat-is beginning to come in
lively again, SIC. is the price paid
Messrs. Ely. & S5imson have handled
since the new crop began coming, in 45 ZOO
bushels, and have paid out to the farmers
/ Il Il d
600. Messrs. Draper & McElwain, Roots
C Talbot, and John D. Stuckey, are also
buying quite largely.
= Some person utterly devoid of hu-
manity, brought poor, starred horse tc
town on sale-day and left it in the alley
in the rear of the HERALD office, where il
dropped and lay in the broiling hot sun
submitted to the torture of miriads of flies
throughout the entire day, until late il
the evening, when, by an order from
Mayor Barclay, Marshal Collier put al
end to its misery by shooting it. Their,
were great many people in town on thi
day, and many were attracted to the spo
where the horse lay; but during all thi
time the brutal owner never made him
self known.
- The Novelty Comedy. Company
which appears at Music Hall next MONDAY
evening, and will give our theatre -goin!
citizens few evenings entertainments, i
a company worthy of patronage. Tn
company is we'll and favorably knowf
here, although it has been reorganizeC
since the last visit-Mr. Nugent retirin,
| A :.
suming the management. The eompan,
is said to be stronger than before, an,
will present new plays with new and tai
ented actors supporting the old favorite
Miss Murray and Mr.. Ober. They opel
on Monday evening with tThe Divorces
Wife, and FThe Dutch Family Popu
lar admission prices-25e. and 35c.
The Cincinnati Enquirer says: eth
Springfield, Jackson and Pomeroy Raj
: road is the finest narrow-gauge in tn
g world, and with one exception is tn
longest, being one hundred and eigl
miles. Its equipments, turntables, sid
tracks, depots, bridges and water-statior
are the finest in the country. The road h;
= been in course of construction for about
IL years, DuG undeF LHe IhaSG6TIy HandS
Il ment of VIM. N. Whitley has been con
T pleted and put into practical useful acti
e ity. The prospects of the road are mo
encouraging, as it runs through riC
!, belt of farming country. Soon vast qua
,. titles of coal, iron, stonesand lumber w
d be shipped over it. The Waverly pin
d white walnut and stone are very popula
? several carloads of white walnut ha
been recently shipped over this road
!, Germany"