Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-30
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Seven prisoners in Jail.
County Commissioners meet next
Monday.
Mrs. Scott-Siddons at Music Hall to-
morrow evening.
Capt. II. f. Parrctt is building fine
brick residence, on his farm.
The present long-continned drought
has been hard on the wheat and pastures.
-Rev. A. c. Hirst, Of Columbus,
preached in the NJ. f. Church last SUN
day.
%. R. Munger is building 4 frame
dwelling on his lot on Circleville avenue,
adjoining Geo. SaXtOn.
Three new dwelling houses are going
up on lots in Stevens addition. il. L.
Hadley is building two of them.
DR.. c. NJ. Williams is building two
neat frame honses on the back part of
his lot, corner Court and North sts.
November term of Fayette Common
Pleas Court convenes on the 18th There
will not be much new business for the
term.
-lIlGEG VIII DC Il lilNCblltS5 va blAV ANiSN
olcnt Society at the residence Of Mrs. II.
H. Edwards, next Saturday afternoon at
3 O'Clock
Communion service mt the Presby-
terian Church next Sunday. Preaching
J Saturday evening by Rev. s. s. Potter, of
Cincinnati.
-JudgeJ. B. Priddy is building Il story
q =, Il
lot on Chillicothe pike, opposite Sunny
Side school house.
-The officers made nine arrests for
drunkenness and disorderly conduct on
stock sale day and evening. The " cooler
was comfortably filled.
Quite a number of Sir Knights oi
] Ely Commandery went to Circleville to-
day to be present at the comforting of the
Red Cross Degrees by members of the
new Scioto Commandery of that city.
Albert Berry, colored, was arrested
= last week, charged with the robbery o
, the man Carter, of jamestown. He wa
held to answer to court in the sum o
$500, on examination before Esq. Kerr.
d Capt l. J. Vance, late with Stimso
Bros, has engaged as salesman for Messrs
~ Ely & Stimson, grOcers, hardware an
= implement dealers. He will he please
O. to see all his friends and sell them an
goods wanted in his line.
$ Farmers report considerable damag
J. to the early wheat by fly. In some 10
calities an insect, described as Il smal
to black bug without wings, and with les
co all around its body, is reported wOrkin
in the wheat, and doing great damage.
3, A new timetable went into effect c
~, the s., j. & P. narrOw-gange on Monda
Time of trains at this station: GOir
of North-Mail and express, II 80 Il. IN
We local freight, 4: 10 p. IN. Going South
II" Mail and express, 5:l5 p. M; lOc
freight, 10 100 a. m.
Our Town Council would be perforI
ing an act of official duty, as well as
. Christian duty, by removing that ricke
old cattle-guard from over the gutter
the corner of Court street, by Melvi
SilcOtt tG Co.'s store, and placing goo
N broad stone walk over the said quit
In its present condition it is Il nuisance
The number of new houses built
Washington this Summer is cOnsideral
over one hundred, and large nmml
are now under way. There has b'
more improvement here the past seai
TnG than IN any previous year. There
ODi also been a large amount of building
the county, outside oftown. A numbe
handsome farm residences have been b.
IN different parts of the county.
season has been a good one for mechaI
and building material dealers.
"A A sharper nameO William Henry
al arrested in Columbus last week on a "
4 rant sworn out by c. NJ. Beatty. \ FAR
Il of this county, charging Henry with
Il tanning Beatty's signature to a note
y $50 under false prctences. Beatty cha,
that the man sold him q lot of cloth
suits, valued at $50, which he was to
for by using his influence to secure
in the neighbOrhOOd for the cloth ven
AS a matter of form, however, he sis
o., a paper represented to be contract
lVN terms of which were as above sti
10y The paper proved to be q note, and
offered for sale at the London banE
Henry. He failed to negotiate it,
EtC, ever. Constable Allen went to Co
bus and brought Henry back to this
with him. Mr.. Beatty, on the sure
Of his note and the payment of cOsl
curred by Henry, declined to prOst
81 him, and he was released.