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

At the London stock-sales, on the 9TH
inst, 451 head of cattle are reported sold.
sc. was the outside price.
The Circleville Democrat says the Havlin
Dramatic Company lost $500 on a three
nights engagement in that city, and adds
that Edwin Booth couldn't pay expenses
| in Circleville, unless he would consent to
appear at some church festival with straw
! berries, ice cream and Hamlet, all for ten
cents. =
The London Democrat, May s, says: A
man named Vincent, living near New
Holland, and woman named Sarver,
were thrown from buggy by a runaway
horse on the Mt. Sterling pike in the
southern suburbs of town yesterday fore
noon, and considerably injured. Mrs.
SarEer was taken to the residence of Robt.
Knight and her injuries, which were Of a
rather serious nature, properly attended
to. The buggy was badly wrecked and
| the horse had one leg broken.
The Xenia Torchlig,t says: The Hol-
verstick family, of which there are thirty
six members, over half of whom reside
in this city and vicinity, are reported in
| prospect of an immense "windfall'' of a
O,oOo, 900 estate falling to them from the
| disentailed ancestral estate in Germany.
Esq. Buck made out a large number of
| papers on Saturday certifying to pedigree
and identity of heirs residing here-all
of which, when properly authenticated.
will be forwarded to principal attorn-
ey of the estate, at Hagerstown, Md, to
| be sent on to Berlin.
| The CirclevilIe Union, May 10th, saws:
Mr.. James Ward, of Walnut township,
in going into his potato patch one day
| last week, started a flock of quail,
one of which flew against the house and
killed itself. Picking it up, he discovered
that its craw was unusually distended. He
made an examination. and cutting it out
found it fairly stuffed with potato bugs.
There were, we should think, at least
seventy-fiYe in it-alI it could possibly
hold This is quite a discovery, and
| affords another excellent reason why
| quail should be protected. If they con-
sumo potato bugs at the rate of seventy
five at each feeding, they are worth their
weight in nickles. Spare the quail We
have the craw we describe preserved in
alcohol at our office. 1t is a great curl
| osity.
Mr.. Allen o. Hewett, who absconded
from Bainbridge some months ago, on
account of crookedness in his transactions
as government pension agent, returned to
| his home last week, ga weak, weary, dis
tressed and broken down old man. The
Chillicothe Register says: At the time of
his departure, he left money amounting
to nearly four hundred dollars in bank
which was covered by claim of the gov
ernment and remains subject to it's order.
| A suit of criminal prosecution is still
| pending in the District Court, and he is
liable to arrest at any moment. The gov
ernment also entered suit against his Sc
curities for the recovery of So, ,31O.4O. Mr..
! VIM. Jones was on the original bond, and
upon his failure, the government pro-
| ceeded against Mr.. VIM. Clyburn, of
| Highland county, who was upon a bond
| indemnifying Mr.. Jones. The sale of
| personal property amounted to about $400,
and levy was made upon the house and
| lot of Mr.. Hewitt, which is now awaiting
an order of sale in the United States Dis
| trict Court. It was ascertained that Mr..
| Hewitt has been anxiously striving toget
home for some weeks, and it seemed that
his delay was oceasioned wholly by his
| fear of results. He is said to have made
a note in his memorandum book directing
what disposition should be made of his
body, in case he should die on the road
and among strangers. He is very much
detected and cast down, and has doubt
| less suffered terribly for misconduct His
humiliating situation and the anguish of
! his stricken family would draw pity from
| the sternest bosom, and there are many
who entertain the hope that the govern
ment will proceed no further in its prose-
cution. The amount of the claim for
which civil suit has been brought by the
! government would indicate that the fraud
ulent transaction for which his arrest
was first ordered is not the only one in
which he has been engaged, and it may
| be that the authorities will proceed to ex-
| treme me asures. The EFChancellor'' evil
IDENTIFY fears this too, and awaits with fear
and trembling the result.
tFrom the London Enterprise, May 81
Amos Inskeep, a desperate character,
residing near Bellefontaine, on April 80,
shot and killed deputy Sheriff Rockwell,
who was engaged IN levying on property
belonging to Inskeep to satisfy judg-
ment. He escaped and eluded his pursu-
ers until last Saturday when he was cap
tured in Plain City, this county, by Rod
McCloud and G. L. Sherwood, who took
him to Bellefontaine. The captors will
receive 81 900 reward.
Mr.. Stockton, horse buyer of Colum-
bus, who visits our sales to purchase
horses for the eastern markets, was here
yesterday following his usual avocation
but this time got badly beaten in one
transaction. A man rode up to him abou
O'Clock a. m. and told him that he had ;
horse that he would sell him cheap, as h
needed the ready cash. Mr.. Stockton ex
amined the horse and asked what h
would take for him. The man replied
that he would take 800, but finally CON
cluded to take 800, which offer was :lc
cepted by Stockton who took the horse t
; | the stable. About two hours after
t | stranger put in appearance and identifie
the horse as stolen from a man in Faye tt
county on Monday night. Stockton CAV
up the horse after some little controvers
: | in which the London officers had wor
or two. The horse was taken home yes
e terday evening, and now Stockton is looE
. ing after that fellow who beat him out {
500 on ''hOss swap"
(From the Chillicothe Gazette May 81
:, On the promise of reform the bondsmel
! of Mr.. E. w. Pearson, Clerk of the Court
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