Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-05-30


perance League room will hereafter be
held at p. m, instead of 1920, as here
tOfore-
There will be a Mass Temperance
meeting, at the City Hall, next Sunday
evening, to be addressed by Mr.. A NJ.
Collins.
- The Commencement exercises of our
Public Schools take place at the NJ. E.
Church next Monday evening, june Sd.
The graduating class numbers seven.
The ladies of the Presbyterian Church
will give strawberry and ice-cream fes-
tival at City Hall tomorrow evening, for
the benefit of the church. Everybody is
invited to attend. Admission fee, Zoe.
= The annual State Convention of the
". T. G. U. will be held at Circleville,
June 5th and 9Th. Mrs. Cherry, Sharp
and Carpenter are delegates to the same,
elected by the Society of this place. 1t
is desired that others, as many as posi-
BILE attend.
= Ia the bankrupt court, before Judge
Thompson, last week, the following ap-
poinfments of assignees were made: NJ.
Grove, assignee of Jas. S. Kirk; John
Radcliff, assignee of 5. c. Roberts, and
also of Abner Briggs; VIM. Burnett, as
signee Of L. c. and B. F. Coffman; H. H.
Edwards, assignee off. McCoffman.
NJ. Willard and John s. Foster, As
signees of J. L. VanDeman, sold on Sat
urday last the remainder of the real es-
tate assigned to them, as follows: Second
tract, containing about 4 acres, near
$70I. Fifth tract, containing 26 acres and
81 poles, to John L. Wilson, for $256O.
= The barn and corn cribs of Mr.. An
thOny Ross, at Good Hope, were burned
on Tuesday night. Loss about $500. Mr.
Ross dwelling was only saved by extra
ordinary exertions of himself and neigh
bors. The fire was the work of incendi-
aries. Mr.. r. wishes to tender his thanks
to his frieatlS who assisted him in saying
his dwelling.
My. Douglas, v ho resides near Sabina,
Clinton county, was coming to town to
attend the stock sales, GA Tuesday last,
and when passing log-wagon his buggy
was thrown into the ditch and upset, he
falling into the top Of the buggy and the
man who was with him falling on him.
Mr.. Douglas cOllar-bone was broken and
he was otherwise badly bruised up, but
not dangerously injured. He was taken
to the house of Mr.. j. Hill, where Drs.
J. 8. Wilson and J. w. May dressed his
wounds. He was taken to his home on a
bed, yesterday morning.
= Judge Jas. H. Thompson, of Hills
boro, being in town all last week on busi-
ness, yielded to the solicitations of the
Ladies' Christian Temperance Union, to
deliver an address on the subject of Tenn
perance, which he did, on Friday even
ing last. His address was full of good
practical common sense. One of his
strong points was, that there is an ire
pressible conflict between the business of
manufacturing, selling and the use of in
tOxicants, and the great moral and reli-
giOus principles that should predominant
and rule in a good government; in short,
in this country, either the whisky infiu-
ence or the principles of religion must
govern. That this kind of conflict does
that two and two make four, and yet we
fear that a great many persons who are,
practically, temperance men, so far as the
use of intOxicants are concerned, have
failed to take this plain, practical view of
=eonditian asad tendency thattlle whis-
ky power has upon the future of our
State and our National government. If
J0H WISH 70 Hl1AS-~. t0eE of the influence
the whisky ring has over our-pl.o o+otoe-
men, let some honorable member OF nv
Legislature propose the enactment of a
law, having for its object the protection
of suffering wives and children against
the domoralizing and criminal influence
of the whisky traffic, and to the shame of
enlightened intelligence, he will find him
self advocating a proposition against
majority of his feIIow-statesmen. Now
the problem comes up plainly before the
people, and it is supply this: Shall the
moral, the pure and the law-abiding peo-
pie of this Government control it, or
shall we sit quietly down and permit it
to be governed and controlled by the ad-
vOcates of the whisky power? There is
no denying the proposition that there is
an irrepressible conflict between the two
| elements, and one or the other must and
will govern. Now, shall it be King AL
cOhOl, or shall it be the opponents of this
| fearful giant.