Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-04-03
LOCAL ITEM 5.


The office of street commissioner seems
to be in demand.
Peter SHERMAN has sold his stock Of
groceries to N. Draper.
-Youcan't afford to miss seeing Longs
Minstrels at Music Hall tonight.
Our Jacksonville correspondent gives
a full account of the suicide at West Lam
caster.
The Ladies' Temperance League de-
sire a full attendance at the meeting on
Friday afternoon next.
-T.B. Longs Minstrels, numbering fif-
teen frst-class artists, will furnish plenty
of Fun at Music Hall tonight.
Our public schools opened very pros
perously on Monday. 600 were enrolled.
This is the largest attendance that we have
had for any Spring term. -s-
-H.H. Edwards and Geo. Dahl are
the retiring members of the Washington
Board of Education, whose places are to
be filled at the coming election.
Judge Thompson opened bankrupc
court at the Court House in this place on
Tuesday. Considerable important busi-
ness is to be disposed of during the ses-
sion.
= The ticket nominated by the Republic
can Convention last Saturday, for town
ship officers, is a good one, and the Re-
publicans of the township should vote for
it, and work for it, and elect it.
-Messrs. Stewart & Meek last week
sold their furniture store to Mr.. Fl. J.
Byrer, of Shelby, Ohio. The new pro-
prietor will continue the business in the
room occupied by Stewart & Meek.
= Several of our stock men attended
the sale of thoroughbred cattle at Chilli
cothe on Thursday last, among them Mr..
Jesse Hagler, S. G. Cunningham, S. c..
Roberts and T. F. Parrett. The three
gentlemen last named made purchasers.
Mrs. Mary Thrailkill, of this place,
attempted suicide by taking dose of
strychnine last Friday, but the attempt
was not successful. The stOm maeh-pump
saved her life. Domestic trouble is said
to have been the cause of her attempt to
end her life.
"A movement is being made by prop
erty-Owners on Columbus Avenue to have
the street cut down and graded from the
old Fair Grounds to near the junction
with Court street. The work would not
cost very much, and would be a valuable
improvement. ~ {.
Mr.. John Baekenstoe's son viii, aged
about 16 years, while chopping wood last
Friday, made miss cut, and struck his
foot, cutting deep cash on the side Of the
foot extending from the ankle down to
the ball of the foot. It will lay the boy
up for while, but will not, probably
lame him. -
Some person perpetrated a ghastlJ
joke on the public in this place on the Isl
of this month, BY placing paddy in the
creek at one of the bridges in the edge OF
town. One leg Of the paddy stuck out Of
the water to attract attention, and 1arg,
crowd was April-fooled to the bank of th'
creek to view the drowned man. t..s.
&C. S. LeBaron, agent of the Obi,
farmers Insurance Company, paid W
s. Reid, last week, for the damage dom
his house by fire, recently. Mr.. Rel
came near losing his house. He was for
tunate in having policy in that old ant
reliable Farmers Company. Ofice a
Merchants and Farmers Bank, Washing
ton.
, - There will be grand instruments
and vocal concert, given under the au.
pices of the A. M. f. Church, at Cit
Hall, Thursday evening, April 10, 1877
The concert will be under the immediat
supervision of Miss Sina Logan. Aftt
the concert, there will be festival. AZ
/. mission 15c. For the benefit of A. NJ.
l Sunday-sehool.
= John McArty, formerly of this plact
now of Waverly, is in training as "wall
. ist," The Chillicothe Enpress says: "Joh
McArty, the athlete, came up from w
verify last Sunday. 1t is claimed by me
who timed him at different times duriI
three months of last winter, that he CT
- beat O'Leary's record as walker. M
> Arty may yet be contestant for Il
championship belt.''
The Woman's Missionary Society
10 the Chillicothe Presbytery held its amt
sv meeting in the Presbyterian Church
this place yesterday. A large number
delegates from the district and visite
from other parts of the State were in
tendance. The proceedings were high
interesting. We go to press too early
give report of the proceedings this wet
e. 1t. will appear in our next.
t-tt9stt- Mr.. Sam. Adams, the byciclist,
this place, has received challenge fo
hundred mile race for the championsI
of the United States, from a Baltim
- gentleman, and we understand the ch
~ lenge has been accepted, and the preli
inaries are being arranged for the race
tb come off within few week. Mr.. Ada
let made some extraordinary me in Il
set distance rides last season, and feels cC
ed petent to make it lively for the Baltim
ace man, or any other bycicle rider in
Ell country.
-Messrs, Tuthill and Smith, the
riage manufacturers, have on exhibit
In In their display room a number of
ur- ouggies, and phaetons ready for
viii spring trade, and have a large mum
mes more under way, which will shortly
ON finished. They have the right for
inl- manufacture of Welling's patent one-t
top, (which is neat and graceful in ann,
ance, convenient for raising and low
.hio ing, and will wear better than any Of
ork top. It can be seen on some of their v
the in their display room. The member
this firm are both thorough, prac
NJ workmen, and they have built up a
tation for making good work viii
of a making great demand for vehicles
~ their manufacture. and thew find r