Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-06-20

The Reading Room will be open, for
the present, from 3 to p. m, by members
of the W. c. T. Z.
- Read J. J. Smyth & Co.'S advertise
ment in this paper. They are offering
great inducements to dry goods buyers.
= The wheat harvest in this county
will be in full blast next week. The crop
is very large, and in fine condition, gem
orally.
An excursion party from Dayton, of
the q. P. Sunday School, numbering
about 200 persons, pieniced in Mrs. E.
Millikan's grove, near town yesterday.
The Board of Education of the Wash
ingten Union Schools have levied tax of
six mills to the dollar on the assessment
of township assessor within the corpora
ton, and territory thereto annexed for
school purposes, for the next school year.
The levy heretofore, has been mills to
the dollar.
- Mr.. Il. 1. HOlzhalb, of Cincinnati,
has opened a cigar mandatory in the
room over R. PassmOre's saloon, next to
City Building, where he will manufac-
ture first-class quality of cigars for
wholesale, and hopes to be able to make
it to the interest of our retail dealers to
buy of him.
- The excursion to Dayton and the Sol
diers' Home, on Tuesday, gotten up by
the NJ. E. Church and Sunday School.
was not so largely patronized as it would
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er in the early morning. The day turned
out to be pleasant, however, and those
who went-numbering near one hun
dred-had very pleasant excursion.
Mr.. P. S. Collins, the veteran livery
man and horse fancier, has lately secured
match for his fast trotting horse "Billy
Collins and now has match team that
are the admiration of all hOrsemen who
see them. The horses are we'll matched
large, fine styled and handsome animals,
and both of them goers. Mr.. c. thinks
he now has the finest team he ever owned
which is saying good deal. and it would
take round sum of money to induce him
to part with them.
- The new town council has made the
following appointments of committees fol-
the year: On streets and alleys-Gregg
| Dahl and Burnett; on ordinances-Gun-
ming, Burnett and Gregg; on Finance
Dahl, Cissna and Light; on sidewalks
Cissna, Cunning and Light; on Lights
Burnett, Cissna and Dahl; on sewers
Light, Cunning and Gregg. Also, spe-
cial committee, composed of Cunning
Cissna and Burnett, to consider the pro
priety of constructing fire cistern o.
1000 barrels capacity.
= The people of Dayton are making
preparations for the grandest 4th of July
celebration ever held in that city, on ths
coming 4th. The programme for the day
presents immense attractions. One Of
the principal features will be the granC
street parade of the ''Raging Tads." The
other features are numerous, and promis'
no end to fun. The D. &c S. E. Ry. will
carry passengers at half-fare on that day
and large attendance is looked for from
Washington and other points on the line
AS there will be no public celebration o
the 4th in this place, many of our citi
Zens will doubtless avail themselves O
the opportunity to visit Dayton, and wit
ness the big dOings there. We clip tht
following from the Dayton Journal: eth
exhibition at the Fair Grounds on tn
Fourth promises to be of unusual bril-
liancy and merit. The preparations are OIL
a scale never surpassed in the city, an(
excursions to Dayton for the day are ar
ranging from points seventy-fiVe and
hundred miles from Dayton. 1t is ex
pected, with all things favorable, ther
will be from fifteen to twenty Thousand
people in the city, and with the attrac
tions of the races, the fire works and tn
balloon ascension at the Fair Grounds
the Soldiers Home, and the parade o
Raging Tads in the city, there will be a
array of attractions not often witnesses
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