Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-06-05
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campaign.
- Our public schools will close for the
Summer vacation tomorrow.
Sycamore street will be improved
through COf'man's addition this Summer.
II. NJ. Ustick is buying wool for East
ern parties, down in the counties sonth of
here.
Allen Bros. present new advertise
mentin another column of this paper.
Read it.
= Prof. F. NJ. Allen will teach select
school at the School Hall from July to
August /.
County Commissioners are in session
with the County Auditor. as Board OF
Eqalization.
-R. A. Robinson is building neat
one-story frame cottage on his lot adjoin-
ing E. Bird, on North street. It will be
for rent.
The physicians of this county have
organized Medical Association. A re-
port of the organization will be found in
another column.
The Township Clerks office has been
removed from Joe McLean's building to
the room lately occupied by Col. Kerr, in
the VanDeman block.
The HERALD will be sent to campaign
subscribers from now until November lst
for soc. Send in your name and money,
and keep posted during the campaign.
The County Republican Executive
Committee have decided to call the cOun-
ty nominating convention to meet on the
Sd Saturday in July. The call will be
published hereafter. ~ -
= DR.. Harlow has given his drug store
dressing up in fresh paint, inside and
out, and has made an immense improve
ment in it's appearance. His room now
looks as neat and tasty as anybOdy's.
The Washington Board of Education
has made levy. of AZ mills on the dollar
of taxable property in the school district,
for school purposes for the year 1873
reduction of / z mill from the levy made
last year. E5
The young men are preparing to take
an active part in the coming campaign in
this county, on the Republican side, and
the indications are that they win put un-
usual vigor and energy into the fight
'Old men for council; young men fol
war;" The boys propose to make tn,
3 battle hot.
-Willet, the artist, showed us, at hi
gallery, u few days since, life size pho
tOgraph of Mrs. DR.. Worley, taken by hi
new process, by, which he makes a life
size picture more perfect than can b
!, made in any other way. The picture is
:. remarkably fine likeness of Mrs. Worley
and does credit to Willett's fame as al
artist.
:, l$-Mr. Aaron Hyer, of Concord town
1. ship, left at the HERALD office, a few day
e ago, piece of the root of tree, whic
se appears to be walnut, which was foun
n twenty-four feet under the ground, Will
digging a well on his farm; the roo
n were branched out in the ground, an
seemed to have grown where they wei
E. found.
- The Dayton and Southeastern raj
road is to be completed to the coal field
this summer. Receiver Gimperling h,
o. made arrangements that enable him
NJ commence work on the extension of tt
to road Immediately. A corps of enginee
10 started out last Friday from Musselman'
re and it is expected that contracts for tt
so uncompleted portions of the road will
n let this week. Mr.. Gimperiing expec
to have cars running to Wellston by ii
first of next November
The County Commissioners ha,
made the following tax levies f
1879: County fund, IL mill; Po
fund mill; County Road fund, 1 mi
A levy of e mill, for bridge fund. W
Oh, made at their March session, making
total Of mills, which constitutes the 6
tire tax-levy for 1872 The total levy /
the present year is 80 mills, ~ mi
Is greater than that made for next year
az The reduction is made in the levy /
Poor fund, which is cut down from {
mills to l mill. The aggregate Ofthe otf
of levies for 1879 is the sSme as for the pr,
ent year.