Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-02-20
state anil Neighborbood News.

William Brooks, one Of the old resi- 3
ents Of Deerereek township. died last
saturday. He was 80 years Of age
Jacob Smith, for many years a resident
# this city, died last Saturday, aged 2
7ears. Deceased was the father-in-law
# w. F. To1bert.
Geo. Van. .Houten has in his possession /
an old English haIf-dollar, coined in
1853. 1t is a curiosity, and would be
highly priced by any numismatist.
TN. Howell placed one of his torpe-
does in the grave. of Jacob Smith, who
was buried last Monday. Grave robbers
will not be apt to disturb his remains.
VIM. van Heyde is rapidly convalesc-
ing from his recent severe indisposition,
and all danger of fatal issue has passed
away. This will be good news for old
friends here
From the CircleylIe Union.
Theodore Palmer was divorced from
his wife one day this week and on the |
next lookout a. license for another.
Mrs. S. P. Thomas. of New Holland,
who was stricken with paralysis last |
month, is still almost helpless, but hopes
are entertained of her final recovery. ~
Sneak thieves entered the residence of
D. II. Lewis last Sunday morning while
the family were at church. They turned
everything topsy-turvy, but only got sev1
enteen cents and two cigars for their
trouble. .'.. s's..e - e' fe g
They haye an awful scandal at Mt.
Sterling. D.. Bender, one Of the mer-
chants Of the place, caught his wife in
the act of writing a love letter
to another fellow. one Taylor Brhffett,,
calling him f'lo3eyl love- etc. Al scene
ensuded. She seized arevofVer, attempted
to shoot herself, but he preventedft it. She
ran to the cupboard, seized a bottle of
arsenic, drank part, was pumped out by
physician, but is yet=in a dangerous
condition. He threatens to xiii Bfufett.
From the New Holland Review.
Seventeen tranps in town last Monday,
They visited about every house in in the the
village, either to. beg or steal s .s.l.is.,
q. Esq. strope andJ " Outright slid out
for Washington C.. H. Tuesday. morning.
They, looked as though they meant to do
something desperate, or words to that eff
fect1l3iu 80 rE..sDs. sa IS 40 s.sa9 s..
1 Mrst Amanda Downs, daughter of Owt
en- Timmons,, from near Atlanta; died
1 last Monday, and was inferred in the
New Holland Cemetery on tuesday, =
i 1.i5 From the NTilnnin gtOn Journal. .1sii Il.
Rev.!T. Dewitt Talmage, of Brooklyn,
N. Y, win lecture at City Hail. under
| the auspices Of the Wilmington lecture
Association, on Tuesday evening, Febru-
ary %. 70 q s.o5 'asi'.l'i 5iai q i.t1fs....s
4 ssHtonk Adams and Frank Wakefield
were each sentenced to the penttentiary
for three years by Judge Doan. The boys
are both learning a trade, having been
taken to Columbus last week by Sheriff
Kenrick.., s'. ="
There are about five hundred cases or
the county docket in this county, and the
number is almost daily on the increase
There is work enough in the county fol
two Judges for the next year to come, i
they were to getiall the business cleaned
e up.
: ts From the jamestown Tribune.
], Mrs. c.. A. Palmer, Mrs. Cleaveland
a and Mrs. Kerr, of Washington G. H., am
Miss d. W. Palmer, of Jeffersonville
: were the guestsof Mrs. w. H. Palmers o
i this place, on Tuesday week,
Q l25 tramps were accommodated wit
y lodging in our caIaboose in the month
Q of December and January last, and in tn
/ same months last winter 237.
7 From the Lebanon Gazette
5 The Narrow Gauge question is stirrin
IL up a breeze. 1t may only be a puff {
wind after all. Only one side of the que'
b ton has been heard, and the other ma
p lay it all aside.
= We are informed that Mrs. Addie Wer
o die has received the appointment as Ma
+ ron of one of the cottages at the. Soldiers
., and Sailors Orphans Home, Xenia, Q.
On last. Friday night burglars entere
the residence of Gen. Durbin Ward, an
appropriated valuables to the amount
: about 5000. They. entered by windov
- clearing the sash entirely. 1t seems the
understand their business, for the gooC
taken were locked in safe. Look Of
!: for them. .4t
al From the Xenia Torchlight -.
Mt. The revival meetings at Trinity al
to 1st NJ. E. church are being:eontinued tn
it week with renewed zeal and interest.
it, There will be a box of soap voted to Il
of most popular candidate for Street Cor
Ie. missioner, who receives the highest nur
"a Der of votes, at the fair next week.
'e7 and see who gets the soap.
ly C.H. Fairbanks, attorney for the R
'r- ceiver of the. D. g S. E. R. r. fled t
e; report for the months of September Al
We October in the Common Pleas Court ye
sr- terday, with statement of the liabilit
ty of the road.
nv The applications of. over three hu
L1 no dred children, for admission to the O..
'4' g S. o. Home, are now on file at the S
perintendent's Office and cannot be act
~ ~ upon, for the reason that the instituti
nv can accommodate no more, with tn
by present number of cottages.
or From the Hillsboro News: ~.
.on The Narrow Gauge is running reg
ng, lar daily train from Sardinia to Shack
I'M toms, miles from town, on the Danvi
Fix, Ris pike.
me The revival at the African M. E. chul
va va still goes on, with nightly additions
II too q the. number of aecessions. .s-a
his A tramp was lodged in the stat
- house last Friday night, the first one t
..i5 has applied for shelter for some time.
ih7 Ripley has raised her full quota, S:
Z. 600, for the Columbus and Maysville
terz sre and her leading business men are. n
lin stirring up the people along the yari
nth routes between Ripley and Georgetov
ain- n loole 90 If tho road will he hhiIt