Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-05-16

possessions. He succeeded in wheedling
several persons-the end always being the
| same, to find that the ''CoIonel'' had no
more real interest in the property he sold
than the man in the moon. His last en-
terprise, the one which got him into his
present trouble, was the purchase of the
elbow Springs House, at elbow Springs,
in this county. He was to pay $40, 900 in
Western lands, for which he gave the
deeds, and assume an encumbrance of
So, 1000. Of course the deeds proved worth
less, and as a consequence the Colonel
rests at present in the Greene county bas-
tile. He had taken possession of the no
tel and was proceeding to run first-class
summer resort, when arrested in his wild
career. Whether the fellow is crazy, or
what the matter is, is what no one can
just now find out. Surely he could not
expect to run long in such an undertake
ing. A Gazette reporter visited the Col
onel in jail, and found him in appearance
to be anything rather than bloated land
holder. His dress is shabby and dirty
and of the commonest materials: his toes
have pushed their way through the end of
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his general appearance being more like
that of common tramp than bloated
bond and land-holder, yet he has the adj
dress of man well calculated to deceive.
When questioned as to how he came into
possession of such large quantities of
these lands, he seemed thoughtful for
moment, and remarked that if he remem-
bered rightly he played a game of seven
up for those lands, but that he might be
mistaken, perhaps he pulled straws for it.
We rather guess the ''Colonel'' has played
his last big game
qrom the Circleville Democrat, May lO)
Last Monday, A. II. Rowland & Co.,
made an assignment to John A. Lutz.
The liabilities are given at $4,000; assets,
the stock of goods in store worth probably
81 900.
Last Monday evening a horse belong
ing to Jacob Slyh, was stolen from his
residence, seven miles west of this city.
The animal was afterward recovered at
London, Madison county.
James Feeny, of this city, convicted of
assault with intent to kill, at last June
term of Pickaway Common Pleas, and
sentenced to two years Imprisonment in
the Ohio Penitentiary, has been pardoned
by Coy. Bishop, and arrived home last
Thursday.
Last Tuesday, at 1 20 p. IN. William
Miller, one of our oldest and best known
citizens, died at the residence ofhis daugh-
ter, Mrs. Woodward, at Morrow, Ohio, in
the seventy-sixth year of his age. For
several years Mr.. Miller had been on a
decline, and his death was not unexpect-
ed by his friends.
Last Tuesday, Frank Howell, former
resident of this city, arrived home after a
three years cruise on the high seas
Young Howell left here in the fall ofI874,
and went to New Bedford, Mass, where
he shipped in a whaler for a three years
trip, but after six months service left her
for merchantmen, in which service he
continued until the 18th ult.
For several weeks past a man named
- Stephan, a resident of this city, and
who processes to know considerable about
mines and mining, has been boring for
coal on the farm OF Isaac E. Dresbach,
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Pickaway township. He claims to have
been successful, and says he has struck
four foot vein of good coal at a depth of
twenty feet. Parties have been at work
on the farm of James Earnhart, but so far
have failed to secure any Indication of
paying dirt. For a long time the resi-
dents of that part of the county have been
firm in the belief that coal existed there,
but never before attempted to demon
! strate the truth of their opinions. Oper-
ations will be continued, and if coal is
discovered in quantities and of a quality
that will repay mining, shafts will be
sunk Immediately. There are those who
think all the coal to be found in that To-
cality could be put in the left eye of Ste
phan, but we shall not condemn without
hearing more of the matter. That coal
exists there, we have no doubt.
! Babies are the institution and should
be guarded from attacks of Collie, Flatu-
lence, etc., by DR.. Bulls Baby Syrup.
Price 25 cents per bottle.