Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-02-14
LOO AL ITEM 3.


-Nugent's Comedy Company are play |
ing at Circleville this week.
f D. Bradley will be a candidate
for Mayor at the April election.
= Drs. Gum & Hamilton have dis
solved partnership, DIR. Hamilton re-
firing.
- There will be an immense audience
at Music Hall tonight, to hear Cough
lecture.
= There is talk of new dry goods
store being started in Washington within
a short time.
= The Ely Light Guards Ball at Musi"
Hall on the evening of the 22d, will be a
splendid affair.
The choir of the A. NJ. E. Church
will give a second concert, by request, on
the evening of the 26th.
Mrs. Robinson's meetings at the NJ.
E. Church are largely attended, and
much interest is being aroused.
The stockholders of the Columbus &
Washington Narrow-GaugeR Ry. are called
to meet at Mt. Sterling on Thursday,
March 14th, to elect a board of seven di-
rectors for the road.
- Jack Sanders and Strauder Garner
were discharged from the Penitentiary
and returned home last Friday. Alex.
Weaver (colored) also got home from that
institution last week.
- An excursion train will be run over
the G. w. & c. narrow-gauge to accom-
modate persons who wish to come in this
evening to hear Coughs lecture, and
return after the electure closes.
The Jeremiah Hopkins farm of 400
acres, situated in Wayne township, seven
miles from Washington, will be offered at
executors sale, at the Courthouse in
Washington, on Wednesday, Feb. 2Oth,
at 2. p. m. This is one of the best farms
in the county.
- The Hillsboro Ne,os says: ''The Co
lumbus & Maysville Telegraph Company
haye taken out a charter for a telegraph
line from Ripley to Washington C. H.,
with branch to Bainbridge, along the
line ofthe c. g. NJ. r. w. The line will
be constructed at once"
= An alarm of fire Tuesday night
about 10 O'Clock, brought out the fire de-
partment promptly, together with the
greater part of the population of the
town. The fire was at w. w. Brandt's
Bakery, originating from the oven. 1t
was put out without any damage of con-
sequence.
- Sheriff Smith made the following
sales of real estate on Saturday: 200 acres
of land belonging to S. R. Morris, to FL
len NJ. Morris, at the following figures:
S3 acres at $36.5O per acre; III acres at
$3O.75 per acre; also, 8024 acres of land,
the property of James Holbrook, to Nan
cy Tanquary, for $3,25O.
Three runaway accidents occurred
in town on Satuld day. The breaking of
the bit in the mouth of one of the horses
attached to Jas. Clark's hack, caused his
team to run off. Eli Conner left his team
standing unhitched in the street, and the
horses made run for home. Runaway
number three was team of horses at
tached to a road wagon. Nobody was
hurt, and the damage in each case was
small.
= Candidates for office at the April
election are coming out. Mayor Barclay
will be candidate for reelection; j. B
Koontz will also be candidate for May
or. G. J. Bell will be candidate for re
. election to the office of Township Clerk
r VIM. S. Gordon will be a candidate 70
q the same office. For Marshal, we under
stand H. f. Lydy is candidate for re
J. election, and f. B. Updegrove is a candi
date for the place.
- The Jackson Herald says: H'Th
Springfield and Jackson Coal Compan
|! have the most complete works in this sec
e ton of the State for loading their COS
IS and putting it on the railroad tracl
n They have also got the best quality c
: coal we have as yet seen in this county
s. When they put it on the market the pull
y lie will have good opportunity to judg
d whether we have any coal sense or not.
RS The above company is Washington il
y stitution.
III We understand the County Commi
s. siOners are considering the necessity
"a providing some more secure place
IS which to keep the records of our sever
ne county offices. This is an importa
y, thing to be done; the means fer keepir
ne them safe are very insufficient, and tn,
of are really insecure in their present co
of dition. This is a fact that may not
'ss fully realized by the people of our cou
n' ty until an irreparable loss is sustaine
through neglect to furnish the neeessa
means for keeping these records safe fro
fire or destruction by ruthless hands.
om' - Prof. John Ogden, A. NJ, PrinciI
~ of the Ohio Central Normal School,
o. Worthington, o., rendered very pie
ant episode to the Science Association,
this place, in the presentation of I
theme, E'1he Science of Sciences"
SIC showed, in his able address, the subj
IN ton of the physical to that of men
,eu science. Mr.. Ogden's idea is that men
iaU science is superior to all others.
80. mission of this able educator, at this til
q is to awaken favorable sentiment fo
State Normal School. For this purp
he is circulating memorial papers for 8
natures In this he is very successful
- We have received an invitation to
tended Grand Barbecue, to be held
'on- Rensselaer,, Indiana, to-day, in celet
slIC ton of the completion of the Indiana
10 lis, Delphi & Chicago narrow-gauge r
ugh way, from Bradford to Rensselaer,. Mes
or a Yeoman, Hagler & Co., of this place,
und the contractors who are building the al
WEI o5 railroad, and they have pushed the W
hem forward with rapidity that is quite Q
not flying to the people along the route OF
n or road There will be high old tim
: the Barbecue, and we would delight
COM there, if such thing was possible.