Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-07-31
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-one hundred enrolled at the Normal

= Miss Eliza Won Blumen, the lady 4
pedestrian, commenced 100 mile walk L
at Chillicothe yesterday.
The ladies of White Oak Grove Church
will give an iee-cream festival for the |
benefit of the church on Saturday even
ing next. Everybody invited. No adj
mission fee charged.
Only little over two weeks until
the Sabina Fair comes off. Everybody
in this section of country makes it point
to attend this great Fair. 1t will be bet
ter this year than ever.
Mr.. Fl. Brock did some good work in Il
the threshing line on Miles Bland's farm Il
in Paint township, a few days ago, ,thresh- 2
ing $50 bushels of wheat between 1 and O
O'Clock p. m. The machine was a Cham
pion.
Mr.. slallery, who was elected Prin- .
eipal of the Washington High School, de- |
clines the place, and there is still va
cancy, which will probably be filled at Il
the meeting of the board on Monday
evening next. -
and second editions, as TO give
false ideas to those who have
opportunity of reading it; thus
necessity in again offering an
account of our work to all int
perpetuating the memory of
crusade days:
THE CRUSADE.
There were about 300 head of cattle
on the market on Tuesday last, the regu- v
lar monthly stock sale day. They were of r
fair quality, but not more than half those ?
offered were sold, on account of short a
pasture, and the appearance of continued a
dry weather. The prices range from !,
314c. to 4c. per ID. 4
The Wilmington Republican says:
ga Mass Temperance meeting will be u
held in the Grove at Dover Springs on :,
Wednesday, August 9th, beginning in the Il
forenoon. Addresses will be made by u
Professor Dennis, of Wilmington Col .
lege, and Hons. NJ. J. Williams and A. :
r. Creamer, of Washington c. H. Ev- Il
erybody is invited il
= In the list of awarding committees q
for the Ohio State Fair, Fayette County ii
is represented by the following named
gentlemen: On the Committee on Short
horn Cattle, Jesse Hagler; on committee
on Household Implements, j. NJ Ed y
wards, of BlOomingburg; on committee P
on Boots, Shoes, etc., II. NJ. Ustick; on |!
committee on Vegetables, ". B. Ely. ].
= Martin Shiloek, an employe of the
D. & S. E. Ry., was killed on that road ]
on last Thursday evening. He attempt !.
ed to board gravel train as it was NOV )
ing off from gravel pit at Haynes Mill,
fifteen miles from Chillicothe, and fell 4
under the wheels. His leg was mashed |
to the thigh, and the wheels passed over j
his body. He died in half an hour after
the accident.
The murder at Dempsey's saloon, on
Tuesday, didn't interfere with business
much. The man with khife-hole in his |
heart was carried away, the murderer ]
taken to Jail, and the bar-keeper went }
right on dealing out to other customers |
the same poison that caused one man to be |
sent suddenly and unprepared out of the 4
world, and another to the prison cell J
with the blood of a fellow-man upon his 1
hands.
Deputy Sheriff Lydy, who took the /
negro wife-murderer, Mitchell, to Troy i
Monday, informs us that there was good /
deal of feeling against the prisoner at t
Troy, and it was necessary to leave the /
train with the prisoner before reaching
Troy, and take him to Jail ina carriage \
by back way. A large crowd was coll
lected in front of the Jail, and there was |,
talk of taking the negro from the officers
and lynching him. .s +
= The A. M. E. Church Campaigning 1
at this place did not draw very large ,
crowd last Sunday, owing to too many |
counted attractions in the neighborhood. |
The camp-meeting at Frankfort, and the |
Quaker Quarterly meeting at Leesburg |
took a great many people from this coun- |
ty. All the railroads will run excursion |
trains to the meeting here next Sunday, |
and very large attendance is expected. |
Some of the best preachers in the con- |
ference will be here on that day.