Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-05-23
: stock-sales next Tuesday.

= StOck-sales next Tuesday.
- Dr. Farqahr will be at the Arling-
ton on the 9TH and 9Th of June.
= Washington was well represented at
the Musical Festival at Cincinnati last
week.
i Rev. j. E. Moore will preach at the
NJ. E. Church next Sunday morning and
evening.
= win Blain has bought D. COnaway's
cigar store, on Court street, next door to
Brownen Bros.
- Don't forget the election for Coun-
cilmen, on Monday next. Go and vote
the law and order ticket.
Rev. J. W. Weatherby, of Hillsboro,
will preach in the Baptist Church on
Sunday next, morning and evening.
- The New Burlington Sabbath School
will come to Washington on picnic ex-
eursion, over the c. w. & c. Ry. on Sat
urday next.
A strawberry, ice-cream and cake
festival for the benefit of the Presbyterian
Church, will be held in the City Hall,
Friday evening, May 31st.
- Fayette Lodge F. and A. NJ. had a
visit. at their meeting last night, from
about dozen of their masonic brethren
of the Frankfort, Ross county, lodge.
= The Assessor of Union township has
made his return to the Auditor. Several
townships are yet to come in. The Board
Of Equalization was in session Yesterday.
- Why don't the Republican Central
Committee of this county call a meeting
to choose delegates to attend the State
Convention at Cincinnati on the 18th of
June?
- The Post-ofice which was removed
from Jasper Mills to Selden, several years
ago, has been removed back to Jasper
again, and Chas. L. Bush has been ap-
pointed postmaster.
We hear some of our farmers COM
planning that in certain localities the fly
has injured the wheat, and in others that
the rust has injured it in spots. The crop
is never safe until it is garnered.
Hon. NJ. S. Creamer, from this coun-
ty, is the only Republican representative
in the Legislature from the five counties
composing the 9th Congressional district
as at present organized. There are si1
representatives in the district.
= The members of the Woman's Tenn
perance League, of Washington, are re
quested to attend the meeting at League
Room on Friday afternoon at O'Clock
Full attendance desired, as business o
importance will be before the society.
- The D. & 8. E. Ry. will sell excur
sion tickets to Dayton and return on Sat
urday next, giving parties chance to g
to Dayton on the morning train, visit tn
I Soldiers Home, and return in the even
. ing. Fare for the round trip from Wash
f ington, $3.50; children under u years
: 70 cents.
= The Greenfield Chief, May 18th says
$ 'sTrack laying on the S., j. & P. Ry., be
f tween here and Bainbridge, was yestel
day, completed within a short distance {
the latter place. The bridge-wOrk nea
that point will in the course of thre
weeks be finished, and then Bainbridgel
will enjoy the luxury of railrOad.''
A paragraph is going the rounds
> our exchanges, in which it is stated thi
snow fell at Washington Court Hous
Saturday, the 11th inst, covering IL
ground. The covering was too thin to l
> visible. There was very slight sprink
&c of snow on that day, but it disappeare
Is as soon as it struck the ground. We NAL
this correction, because we don't wal
II the SANDER handed down to posterity
81 = Ely Commandery Knights Templ
Is of this place have been invited by the NJ
i sonic Fraternity of New Lexington,
participate with them in the celebrate
\. of st. Johns Day, June oath. Ely Cor
at mandery has accepted the invitation, al
n will turn out fifty or sixty richly III
d. formed Sir Knights. Great preparatio
a are being made at New Lexington to 1
ceive the visiting Lodges and Comman
p cries who will come from surroundiI
es towns and cities. The Circleville Bal
Sc will probably escort Ely Commandery.
N, A half fare train will run on this ocC
ne sion, and anyone so disposed can take a
ng vantage ofthe trip.