Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-02-28
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John A Paul's livery and feed stable.
- Emma Abbott Concert Company at
Music Hail, Thursday evening, March
9TH.
A large amount of real estate has
been sold in this county during the past
week.
L. c. Coffman's new addition to
Washington has beon accepted, and is
now in the Recorders office.
-"Wild Life Under the Equator
will be the subject of Paul B. DuChaillu's
lecture tomorrow evening.
= The Xenia Gazette says two tine new
engines have been ordered for the D. &
S. E., to arrive next month.
A gentleman from Warren county,
by the name of Antrim, will engage in
the dry goods business in this place soon.
= The funeral of DIR. George Colds
berry, last Friday, was very largely at
tended. He was buried with masonic
honors.
%. R. Munger has returned from New
York, where he has purchased fine stock
of the latest patterns in merchant tailor
ing goods.
= Several new names will be found
among the announcements of candidates
for office, under the proper heading, in
this paper.
= There are great many applications
in for night policeman. Fhe Council
will bring the matter up at the next reg
ular meeting.
= Geo. Dahl's grocery was burglarized
on Wednesday night of last week. A
small amount of money and some revolv-
ers were stolen.
: Edward Dunning, an orphan boy,
aged 10 years, wants a place to work for
his living. Word can be left at John
Meyers grocery.
DR.. Farquhar's next visit will occur
on Wednesday and Thursday, March 9Th
at the Arlington House.
= The School Board of Union township
!, will meet at the Township Clerks Office,
Monday March 4th, at O'Clock, to trans
act important business.
VI The Concert given at Music Hall on
: Choir, was we'll attended, and is highly
spoken of by the audience.
Ely Commandery knights Templars,
went to Wilmington on Tuesday, to con-
duct the funeral services of Sheriff Smith,
of that place, who was member of Ely
Commandery.
About forty Sir Knights, of Ely
Non,r fIarIv +bia ,1ooo will oro NV ev,ooioI
: train over the S., J. 6 P. Narrow-gauge,
to Springfield, to-day, to assist in institu-
ting a commandery in that city.
f You will miss one of the richest mu-
}. steal treats ever offered to the citizens of
= Washington, if you fail to hear the Alb
r bott Concert Company, at Music Hall.
s Thursday evening, March 9TH.
- Fourth lecture of the Lecture and
: Library Association course, at Music
e Hall tomorrow evening, by Paul B. Du
a Chaillu, the African explorer. Subject
f. ''Wild Life Under the Equator
& = Mr.. John w. ALBANIAN, deceased, O.
2 whom we spoke last week, was buried
; at Greenfield with Military honors by th'
4 Ely Light Guards of this place on Thurs
il day last-he being a member of the Com
< pany.
q - The large and powerful steamer
10 Great Golden City, Captain j. D. Hegler
will positively leave Cincinnati for New
Orleans on Saturday, the I'd of March, a
o'clock p. m. Greatly reduced rates 70
" round trip tickets.
~ The people of FaYette county ar
'0 awakening to the necessity of improvin
n the county roads. Public meetings ar
i'd being held in various parts of the coun
he ty in that interest.-CoIunabats Gazette
x Its Ross county, neighbor; Fayett
r county has the best free turnpikes road
# of any county in Ohio.
or Communion service at Presbyteria
as Church next Sabbath. Preaching on Sa
er urday previous at 2 p. m. and p. n
he The Pastor will be assisted by Rev. M
as Petton, of Worthington, Ohio. Those WI
in have recently united with the church al
requested to be present to make a publ
IRE profession of religion.
- We publish on the first page of tn
he paper, an account of the celebration
Id, the completion of the L, D. & C. narroy
gauge Ry. from Bradford to Rensselae
nd Ind, which took place at Rensselaer,,
the the 18th. Messrs. Yeoman, Hegler C Cc
of this place, are the contractors for Il
D. construction of the road.
H. B. Maynard, executor of the W
re- of Abram Dawson, sold on Saturday la
at public sale, the home farm of sa
o. Dawson, situated one mile west of Was
ington, and containing 1872 acres,
Ne Messrs. West & Irwin, of Highland cou
ty, for $51 35 per acre; 81, ,O47.2O in t
'ds' aggregate. S. L. Hooker, auctioneer.
= Geo. H. Smith, Sheriff of Clint
county, died on Sunday night last, ,after
illness ofonly few days, of inflammati
of the bowels. He was about 80 years
age. His funeral took place on Tuesd;
and was largely attended. He was
are Odd Fellow and Mason, and was me
an Der of Ely Commandery K. T., of t
dor place. His funeral services were condu
+bo ed by the Commandery, assisted by Gra
Du Prelate VanCleave, of the Grand Co
- :. mandery of the State of Ohio.
lctly Sheriff Smith made the follow
sales of real estate on Saturday Ia
House and lot on North street, prone
ther of R. Pitzer, to B. E. Orr, for $3449: b.
and ness block, corner of Court and Fave
Jung streets, known as the old Hamilton {
81 oni4 T ner, to Jesse johnson, tor $40, $3.50; ho
rug and lot on North street, property of F
Nitterhouse, to H. L. Hadley for So
Green DeWitt's farm of 163 acres, tc
COM L. Hadley, for $40 % per acre. He
Mar and lot in Rawlings addition, prop,
It the of King D. Anderson, to n. L. Had
ly1 for $406.