Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-07-18

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! into bankruptcy.
ID. L. Barnes, of Pickaway county,
1 is buying wheat in this county for Circle
vile parties.
= The weather for the past week has
been excessively warm, the mercury loaf
ing around up in the nineties most of the
time.
The first train through from Spring
| field to Jackson, over the S. J. & P. mar
rOw-gauge, win probably pass over the
ross,! to-day.
= By virtue of the expiration of the
! five years term of enlistment of the Sill
Guards of Chillicothe, the Ely Light
Guards of this place is now GAP cOmpa-
ny of the Sixth Battalion.
-Messrs. N. Draper and VIM. .McElwain
have opened the old Draper warehouse,
and are ready for buying and shipping
grain. The style of the firm is Draper &
McElwain. The same firm did business
many years ago in the same warehouse.
Mr. F. L. Nitterhouse will assist them in
the business.
| = The Fayette County Democracy ap-
pointed their delegates to the congress
| sional convention, on Saturday. The con-
gressional, judicial and county cOnven-
tions meets at Columbus, August 1st; the
judicial convention at Greenfield July
24th; the county convention at Washing
ton, August 10th.
-Weare indebted to our Deputy Clerk,
Shep Logan, for the following Court
items Number of divorce suits pending
July 1st, 1877, four; number brought
within the year, seven; number granted.
five; still pending, six. Mum Der of civil
Judgments rendered during the year end
ing July 1st, 500; for money consideration
only 430; number of DEGREES, 20. Crimi-
nal cases disposed of 27; still pending 80.
Gen. George Buckner died in this place
on Friday last, after long illness. His
funeral took place on Saturday, from the
residence of his nephew, C. A. Palmer,
and was attended by large number of
friends. He had been a resident of Wash
ington for the past twenty years or more,
and was probably 65 or 20 years of age.
He was man of considerable intelligence,
polished manners, and possessed fine so
cial qualities, and had large circle of
friends. n
= County Treasurer Garis turned over
the books to the Auditor on Tuesday. The
taxes are remarkably well paid up in the
cOuhty this year, considering the hard
times and scarcity of money. Concord
township was all paid up at the time the
books were turned over, and Green near
ly so, while several other townships were
only a little behind. This collection ends
Sol. Garis' second term as Treasurer, and
he will turn the Office over to his success
sor, Mr.. Eli Craig, in September.
= Our warehouses are pretty busy al
ready, handling the new crop of wheat,
which is coming in freely. The market
opened at 75c. per bushel, the first lots
brought in being wet, and in rather bad
condition. Buyers are now paying SOC,
and the wheat now being delivered is in
fine condition. The acreagei in the coun-
ty this year is much larger than ever be-
fore land the yield is extraordinarily large
One of our grain dealers informs us thai
: it averages from % to % bushels per acre
and he bought one large crop on Tuesday
= With the exception of ballasting OH
some portions of the route, the Spring
) field, jackson & PomerOy narrow-gauge
is now completed from Springfield tC
Jackson. Track-laying was finished last
: week. The road will not be opened fol
business through to the. coal mines until
the ballasting IS done, but that VIII moi
. require much time. Since the reOrgani
; zation of the board of directors, work hai
gone steadily and rapidly forward, anC
the new management has made quicl
S job of finishing the road. Coal will sOor
be shipped direct from the Jackson coun
o ty mines over the s. J. & P.
n = The business card of Mr.. VIM. Rock
= civil engineer and surveyor, appears il
:. this paper. Mr.. R. has had twenty-five
years. experience in railroad engineerin:
S and surveying, and is strongly recon
% mended by the various companies in diff
d ferent States and portions of the cOun
It try, where he has been employed, as
thoroughly competent engineer. He ha
been engaged for two years past on tn
n narrow-gauges entering this place. H
q offers his services to the citizens of thi
county who require the services of a SUI
"A veyor, and to railroad companies or 9th
ers requiring any kind of engineerin
: done. Address him at Washington G. 3
s. Special Revenue Agent Crimson
e passed through this place day or tw
ID since, and ordered Hon. Jas. Pursell, co
ID lector for this district, to notify all h
deputies to report here on Tuesday las
- with the stamps and moneys in the
- hands, for an inspection of the accoun
20 of the office. In compliance with tt
- order, the deputies, DR.. Wesley Love,
~ Higginsport, Brown county, VIM.
- Sinks, of New Richmond, Clermont cou
ty, Maj. Bering, of Lynchburg, Highlar
county, and B. FL. Millikan, of Washin
~ ton, reported, and an examination of t
IL accounts, stamps and moneys of the off
% was made by the agent, and everythil
u found correct to cent. This is the thi
la' examination in this district within fe
~ months, with the same result.
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aI BOgEs Ditch.
Several of the landowners on the line
IT, the Boggs joint-diteh, in Fayette a
IL PickawaV counties who were dissatisfi