Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-09-11
LOO AL ITEM 8.

- "A movement Is OH IOOI 10 OFSdHlAe d
brass band in this place.
Hon. Mills Gardner addressed a Re
publican meeting at GAINESVILLE Tuesday
evening.
- Morris Sharp has desirable cottage
house, opposite the Sunny Side school
house, on Chillicothe avenue, for rent.
t-Dr. Roberts will commence cutting
Ntroom-corn, Monday, Sept. 10th. He
wants 100 hands, and 80 women to work
in the sheds.
County Commissioners will meet on
the 18th to open bids for a pile bridge of
% feet span, on the Danvilie pike, near
John Rodgers residence.
j. NJ. Edwards, administrator of Ma
than Coffman, will offer the COffman
home farm at auction next Saturday. See
advertisement in this paper.
The County Commissioners have
awarded the contract for furnishing 2 900
bushels of WellstOn coal, for the use of
the county, to Colonel C. Garis, at SC. per
bushel, delivered.
= Mrs. Cynthia Burnett and son will
open furniture store next week, in the
building belonging to Mrs. Burnett, and
lately occupied by ]. H. Byrer, corner of
Main and Market streets.
= Miss Jennie, daughter of Anderson
Dewitt, had her leg broken between the
knee and ankle, by being thrown from
buggy near her fathers residence, in
town, on Tuesday afternoon.
The Fayette County Teachers .TomEnas
is upon our table. 1t is neatly printed.
well edited educational journal of eight
pages, with r. G. Miller as editor in chief,
assisted by Bass Rankin, Callie Wherritt,
Alice TOdhunter and Mollie Kinsella.
Success to the enterprise.
There will be gospel temperance
meeting at the M. f. Church next Sab
bath afternoon at A O'Clock. Addresses
by Rev. Cherington, Hon. Mills Gardner
and Judge j. B. Priddy. Arrangements
have been made to secure good music.
By order of the Executive Committee.
The Republican meetings held in va
rious parts of the county during the past
week have been we'll attended and ell
thusiastic. The Republicans in all parts
of the county are thoroughly aroused to
the Importance of the coming election,
and are actively working for the success
of their ticket.
The ladies of the NJ. E. Church will
give Social tomorrow (Friday) evening
at the residence of Mr.. w. A. Tharp, to be
entertained by the following ladies: Mrs.
H. P. Cherry, Mrs. NJ. J. Hay, Mrs. NJ
Gardner, Mrs. NJ. Sager, Mrs. w. A
Tharp, Mrs. C. C. Blakemore. Every body
cordially invited.
Mr.. Edward Taylor has lost five
horses by the disease which broke ou
among his horses week ago last Sunday
mention of which was made in the HER
AID last week. The two reported sick las
: week have since died. We have not heart
of the disease anywhere in the county ex
cept on Mr.. Taylor's farm.
: = There will be mass Sunday Schoo
5 convention and picnic dinner at Wesley
Chapel on Saturday, the goth. Every
body invited to bring their baskets wei
filed. Good speakers have been secured
and each school win contribute som
n good music. Let all turn out and max
this day long to be remembered by tn
Is great army of Sunday School workers {
% Fayette, Madison and Greene counties.
Constable Allen on Friday last al
20 rested VIM. Pottison, living near towr
on Norman McLean's place, charged wit
assault and battery, in striking Isaa
Evans on the head with pitchfork handl,
severely injuring him. The assault ws
committed on the 1st inst. Pottison ha
preliminary examination on Friday a
p ternoOn, and was bound over to court
90 the sum of $500. In default of bail /
re was sent to Jail, but on Monday was r
ar leased on his own recognizance.
s. Mr.. Nathaniel Edwards, of tn
I'd county, has been granted letters patel
y on an &C Improvements in corn receivers
n designed for facilitating the work
AZ gathering corn from the field. The il
E. VentiOn seems to meet the wants of farm
r. ers. All who examine it pronounce it
oo valuable labor-saving invention, whit
Sd will be of great benefit to farmers. M
Edwards has disposed of a half intere
!, in the patent to Mr.. w. II. Lanum,
to state, county and farm rights. The i
NV vention can be seen at the Office of Gal
lu- & Lanum, coal dealers.
ess Il. w. Reahard, of the firm of L, Y
rs, Reahard & Co., started to Pittsburg
,n1g Tuesday, to buy lamps and glassware
their already large stock. This firm II
loaded at their room, on Court street, O
at day last week 1S crates of queenswa
not imported direct from the potteries in Ell
ia land. Dealers can supply themsel,
ieeo from their wholesale department Will
md crate or eask of ware, or with whate,
lne they want from open stock; and we
Wo derstand they guarantee their prices to
'e' as low as any wholesale dealers in
West. This is certainly branch of hl
.,,+ ness much needed here, and we have
I'M doubt, will be duly appreciated and "
4 Sustained by our crockery dealers.