Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-11-20

did more business than anybody satur-
day.
DIR. Bonsieur has removed his Office
to the room over Goldsberry's drug
store, See card.
The public hack stand has been
changed again-thls time to Court
street, in front of the public square.
When you are in town don't fail to
call at the Herald Office and subscribe
for the paper. 1t costs only $3.50 a year,
John Burns (colored) of this place,
lost child by diptheria on Saturday.
1t was taken to SLeesburg, Sunday, for
burial.
The Benevolent Society will meet
on next Saturday afternoon at three
O'Clock, at the residence of Hon. James
Pursell.
There are seyenty-nine criminal
cases on the docket for trial at the pres
ent term of Fayette Common Pleas.
Fifty of the number are new cases.
The law firm of Williams & Worth
ington has been dissolved. The mem
bers of the firm will each continue the
practice of law on his individual ac-
count.
Mr.. John Irwin, living three miles
from town on the Circleville pike, bur-
led child 7 or months old, in Wash
ington Cemetery on Sunday, It died
on Saturday, Of brain fever.
Mrs. H. T. Goldsberry has bought
the building lotion Market street, oppo
site John A. Paul's, and will commence
Immediately the erection of two-story
frame dwelling thereon. E. Bird has
the contract.
Miss Ida Post, daughter of Andrew
Post, deceased, was thrown from a
buggy on her way home from Sugar
creek church last Sunday, and severely
cut on the forehead. DR.. Coffman was
called to dress the wound.
Our town, as usual on Saturdays,
was literally filed with people from the
country on Saturday last, and trade
was immense. The late rains seemed to
have an invigorating effect on the peo-
pie as well as upon the vegetable king
dom.
Mrs. Kate Worthtngton has as
sumed the leadership of the choir at
5he Baptist Church, assisted by D. l.
Worthington and Herman Millikan.
The music rendered last Sunday morn
ing and evening was highly compli-
nented.
The Cincinnati Gasette'S Marysville
correspondent says: "a one-half in
;erest in Green Bend Garden, near
Pharrisburg, this county, embracing
lbout four acres of land, has been sold
% Mrs. Judge Mclean, Of Washington
J. H., Ohio, for 4,500."
<-Mrs. Anna c. Frank, mother of
Yrs. Jacob Dahl and Mrs. Paul Hart
nan, died at Mr.. Dahl's residence on
18th inst, aged 85 years. Her
uneral took place on Friday last, and
vas very largely attended. The re-
mains were inferred in the Catholic
Cemetery. Mrs. Frank had been a
Washington for many years.
Auditor Lindsey goes to Cincinnati :
N the 25th inst, to meet with the
Jounty Auditors of the State for con-
on matters pertaining to their
ficial duties. The principal matter !
or their consideration will be the sub i
9ct of the reappraisement Of real es-
ate, with view to securing uniform
peration of the law all over the State.
During all the protraoted drought {
hat has now terminated, it is a singu- I
If fact that has been noticeable in this
ounty that there has been plenty of t
'ater in nearly all, if not all, Of the
5reams. This, perhaps, may be owing q
} the fact that during the month Of =
-ugust we had frequent and copious
lOwers of rain that filled the earth t
retty well with water, t
There are three good slaughtering e
nd packing houses in this town, with
Il the necessary fixtures for doing an
pork-packing business, and .
e understand that none of them are
kelly to be occupied during the pack i
lg season this year. We would sug- .
est that this is good point for the /
lsiness for any one who understands r
ebusiness and desires to engage in it. t,
Mr., Dan. Wendell received last week n
ON his son The, the artist, who is h
9w pursuing his studies in Florence, y
ally, three Photographic copies of the e.
ctures drawn by him, which received fl
'st prizes at the International exhibi- II
on of fine arts held in Munich last \
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