Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-03-21
LOO Al ITEM 3
: stOek-sales next Tuesday.

day next.
The Washington Gas Company has
about 14O consumers.
- Sheriff Smith is improving the ap-
pearance of his residence, on Temple St.,
by the addition of a handsome verandah.
- Thieves got into the cellar of F. Fl.
MiIler's grocery on Saturday night, and
stole quantity of mOlasses, potatoes and
other goods.
= o. r. Munger, merchant tailor, will
remove to the room in Pavey's building,
next door to the First National Bank,
about the first of April.
Geo. Scott is building a two-story
frame dwellinghOuse,o on his lot adjoining
w. c. Stevens, on Market street. He will
occupy it, when finished.
Mart. Barry has commenced the
erection of brick business building, on
the Dahl lot, across the alley from Bar
ney Kelley, on Main street.
= The Social of the Ladies Benevolent
Society, at the residence of Col. Yeo-
man, last Friday evening, was very large
ly attended. The receipts were $50.
= Changing locations is always fash
ionable at this time of the year. Many
of those who rent houses in town and
farms in the country are on the move.
= Application was made on Monday to
the officers of the State Reform School,
for the admission of John c. Watson, of
Jasper township, this county, to that in
stitutution.
"A. Coffman & Co. succeed the firm
of Coffman Bros. & Co. in the lumber
trade, at the Coffman lumber yard. The
advertisement of the new firm appears
in this paper.
A few more candidates come to the
front this week. The full list win be
found under the proper heading, in anoth-
er column. There is quite an extensive
assortment to select from.
The entertainment of the Bonus Min
strels, at Music Hall last Friday night,
was well patronized. The receipts were
over $50, which was donated to the Fire
men, for whose benefit the entertainment
was given.
- Allen Highlands horse took fright
near the railroad crossing on Court street.
Monday, and ran of, completely demol-
ishing his buggy. The horse attached to
Stimson Bros delivery wagon ran off
about the same time, starting from the
same locality. The damage in the latter
case was slight.
= On Friday. March 22d, 1873, E. w
Alexander will sell at public sale, at his
residence, near Bloomingburg, Fayette
County, o., his personal property, an6
his farm of 26O acres of the best land in tht
county, lying on the East Fork of Paint
creek, Immediately West of and adjoining
the town of Bloomingburg. 18w2 !
= Ely & Stimson slaughtered at theh
pork house, the past season, IL ,665 hogs
the average weight of which was frac
ton over 300 pounds. One of the hog
killed at their pork house weighed $50 lbs
Roots, Talbot & Co. killed, during tn,
slaughtering season, between 5000 ant
1000; making total of over 20, 1000 hog
slaughtered by our pork-paekers the pas
winter.
- The members of the Baptist Churcl
(colored) will hold Festival at Myers
Hall, on the evenings of the 29th and BOT
of this month. At this Festival an ele
giant dress pattern will be awarded th
lady who gets the largest number of votes
and nice cane awarded to the gentlema
receiving the largest number of votes
The patronage of the public is earnestI
solicited.
- Mr.. Joe Hudson, jeweier, showed I
a new silver dollar, coined under the +,
monetization act. 1t is not as fine, arti
tically, as the trade dollar. The eagle i
by no means, fair representation of tt
bird of liberty; yet, for practical puI
poses, it is as good as any ether dolla
and we hope it will not be a great viii
. before it will find its way to homes
people all over the Union.
- For few days past the influence
that great snow storm, predicted by Pro
Tice, between the 9TH and 10th of Marc
has been felt in this section. 1t took pla
: as predicted, in the Rocky Mountain +
gion, snow falling and drifting to Il
depth of from 20 to 30 feet, blockadir
the railroads in that section. We had
3 snow here, but there has, tor few da
k past, been a chill in the air that told
v snow banks.
e John Garner, a former Washingt,
y boy, who was sent to the Penitentia
It from Chillicothe last winter, for o.
n years term, for forgery, and who W
@ sS discharged frem that institution fe
h weeks ago, and returned to ChiIIicotF
1t was arrested in that city last week /
sr burglary, and is now back again in !
. old quarters at the Penitentiary.
broke into grocery store, and stole fr'
the cash-drawer all the money it CT
tanied-some SO, in small change. Z
burglary was committed at 2 o'clock a.
y Tuesday; he had a preliminary exaI
~ nation on Wednesday; indicted at 2115
y M, Thursday; sentenced for two yeari
VI A p. m. same day, and arrived at the P
i0 itentiary at about IL a. M, Friday, hi
IL ing the circuit between freedom a
= bondage in just 81 hours.
.ir = 1t is lamentable fact that there
NV Il number of honest, Industrious men
ID our county, who were, not long sin
,re free from financial EN- barrassment of til
led own contracting, who could have paid
ase their own Indebtedness and been left
possession of competency, who are
day bankrupt, by accommodating til
friends or neighbors with their names
on promises to pay and have had to ID
ul- and this county is not an exception
lly this condition of things. The same cl
is of men in other counties are paying
ice penalty for misplaced confidence in I
ich who have over-traded, and run into v
as and hazardous business transactions,
in as though they had no belief in a day
hin Judgment; but the day of financial recl
r,,n ing has come and nearly every m