Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-07-31
ITEMS.

= County Commissioners meet next
Monday.
= See advertisement of Ohio Univer-
sity in to-day's HERALD.
Jack Bridgeman, auctiOneer, of Lon
don, was here on stock sale day.
= The Baptist Social Circle will be en-
tertained at the residence of Jndge Prid-
dy, next Tuesday evening.
One hundred head of good horses are
wanted, for the Eastern market, at the
Arcade Stable within the next ten DAYS.
The Arcade stable reports the sale of
nine head of horses on stack sale day, at
prices ranging from $50 to 1920 per head.
The Ohio Conference Camp Meeting
of the NJ. P. Church commences to-mor-
row, at the grounds 81 miles west of this
place, on the Plymouth pike. 1t will con-
tinue over two Sundays.
= The Washington Board of Education
on Thursday evening last elected Prof.
Slatterly, of Ironton as Principal of the
High School, to fill the vacancy occa-
stoned by Prof. Hard's resignation. There
were several applicants for the place.
The Cireleville Democrat estimates
that the wheat crop of that county this
year will bring an amount of money into
the county equal to $40 tor each man,
woman and child in the county. That
ought to ease mp times little over there.
IS. w. Heinman will be at Geo. 1.
Bailey's stable on Tuesday, August 5th,
for the purpose of buying horses for the
New York market. He will pay the
highest price for sound horses or mares,
in good flesh, ftom four to seven years
old.
The Fayette County Teachers Insti-
tute opens at the Public School building
in Washington on the llth inst, and
will continue one week. An excellent
corps of instructors has been secured,
and very pleasant and profitable session
is anticipated.
"A meeting was held in Columbus on
Tuesday evening last, in the interest of
the Columbus, JefFersOnYille and Cincin-
natl railroad, OH the call of number of
prominent citizens and business men of
the city who are anxious to secure the
completion of the road from Mt. Sterling
to Columbus.
= There will be preaching in the Bap-
tist Church next Sabbath morning and
evening. The subject for evening will be
s'Phe true relation between the Church
and the Sabbath-schOOl, as seen in their
origin and natnre.'' After the sermon
in the evening the ordinance Of baptism
will be administered.
The wheat crop of this county this
year will bring not less than $500, 900 in
to the county. And every dollar worth
100 cents. The farmers of Fayette coun-
ty have never before had as good a crop
of wheat as this year, and never before
sold it at as good price; and they are in
right good humor over it.
Mrs. Geo. Pine died at the family
residence, near this place on Thursday
evening last, of cancer in the breast
She had been great sufferer from the
disease for q long time, and had been for
the past year under the treatment of DR..
w. w. Dawson, of fCincinnati. The fun
eral took place on Friday afternoon.
| All "Crusaders" and other Temper
ance workers who desire to have their
names recorded in the "MemOrial Book
to be laid up in the Capitol at Columbus
will please send their names and dimes to
Mrs. Chas. Ferguson, of Franklin, War
ren Co., who was elected Committee on
''MemoFial Book at the last State Con-
vention,
=
by request of the Ladies' Temperance
League Of this place, we win republish
in next weeks HERALD, the History Of
the Woman's Crusade against the saloons
of Washington, which was published in
the HERALD of June l, 1876. Persons
wishing copies of the paper containing
the history should leave their order
with us before Monday next.
gss merchants Hargrave;