Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-23
LOG AL ITEM $.

October stock sales next Tuesday. !
Grain buyers are paying $l.30 for
wheat and 47c. for corn.
Mrs. Scott Siddons, at Music Hall,
Friday evening, October 3lst.
The Washington Dancing Club gives
its first hop at City Hall tomorrow even
ing.
Several cases of membranous Group
are reported in town. Two fatal eases
have occurred the past week.
There are number of eases of diph-
liberia among the children in town, not
of malignant type, however.
H. /. Hadley will address the Gospe4
Temperance Meeting at the NJ. E. Church
next Sunday evening at o'clock.
The D. & S. f. Ry. has more business
than itcan do. A train of 43 freight cars
came in on that road last Friday night.
--Fayette county now has eleven chill
dren in the O. S, and S. o. Home at
Xenia, which is four more than her pro-
portion.
Communion at Presby terian Church
one week from next Sabbath. Preaching
Saturday evening. Rev. S. S. Potter, of
Cincinnati, will assist.
The Washington Lecture Association
open their winter course on Friday even
ing, October 31st, with a reading by Mrs.
Scott SiddOns. Season tickets are now on
sale.
Edwards 6 Lanum will give an exhi-
bition with their corn receiver and loader,
in loading corn, in front of City Building
on Saturday, October %. All farmers
and everybody invited.
The Baptist social circle will meet at
the residence of D. l. WorthingtOn,
Thursday evening, October 30th. All are
cordially invited to attend. There will
be some very fine music. 5Ow2
AT the session of the Ohio Conference
held recently at Gallipolis, Hon. Mills
3. Gardner was elected as Lay Delegate tc
the general conference of the NJ. E
Church, which will meet in Cincinnati
l. next May. ~
n.S'-Mr. David Hopkins has purchased ths
: elegant residence property on the corner
of North and East streets, known as tht
}, Col. Yeoman residence, paying for i
$4,000. Mr.. Hopkins intends remOvin!
from his farm to Washington next Spring
: and will occupy the property.
Richard Knott and Charles Crabl
were bound over to court on preliminary
Sc examination last Saturday-the forme
in the sum of $4OO on the charge of shoot
> ing with intent to kill, and the latter i
N the sum of $500 on a charge of burglary
They were both sent to Jail in default c
ot bail.
~ Mr.. G. W. Hale, agent of the Cincir
natl Daily Times, has been spending a fe1
days in town, looking after the interes
of that paper, and has succeeded in worl
ing up a list of about fifty subscriber
= Mr.. J. Hire, at the Adams express Offic
is the local agent for the paper. TT
Times is live evening paper, and tt
price has lately been reduced to &c.
M copy.
Mr.. CHI. johnson and Mr.. Cha
Patton each brought to our Office the pa
week specimen sacks Oftheir potato crop
which demonstrate that potatoes tn
year, like Republican maiOrities, are II
IN gentlemen above named were finer tn;
ID, any we have seen raised in Fayette cOun
for a number of years, both in size al
quality One, left by Mr.. Patton, weigh
two pounds.
The Central Ohio Sunday School
stitute will meet in CircleYille Novemh
4th, and continue in session four day
The object of the Institute is to furnish
I course of instruction in Sunday SchC
i work to superintendents, teachers a
the public, and some of the most Drou
nent workers of the United States ha
been secured as instructors; among the
Prof. w. T. Sherwin, of Newark, N.
Mr.. Frank Beard, of New York: r
Geo. A. Peltz, d. D of Jamestown,
Y; Rev. w. F. Crafts, of Chicago; M
rco j. r. Alden; Mrs. f. Springer OliV
I6N, TO pay the expenses of conducting
Institute, a charge of 81 for the cou
will be made. Evening lectures 3;
GtG. day sessions 1Oc. Railroads and no
will give reduced rates. Further inforl
tion will be furnished by the Secreta
DIR. J. G. King, CircleVille, o., on ap
cation.