Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-05-01


elect. went into Office last Monday.
ZIP. Cherry is building another ad-
dition of considerable dimensions to his
hotel building.
Prof. Foster win give series of lee
lures on the subject of temperance in
the near future.
District Court is in session here this
week. Judges Courtright, Tarbell and
Coweu on the bench.
Solomon Smith has just entered upon
his thirty-frst years continuous service
as constable of Jasper. township.
The Sunday School interest viii be
speciality at the Baptist church next
Sunday evening" All are invited.
-Messrs. Hitler, Ogle & Co.., have
opened new broom factory in Paul
Hartman's building, on Court street.
The Fayette County Sunday School
Union will meet in Washington May goth,
Programme will be published hereafter.
Frank Hopkins has re-opened his
Chinese Laundry in the building in the
rear of Pat. Dempsey's saloon, on Market
street.
The crowd of people in town Tues
day was not as large as usual on stock
sale day, the farmers being busy with
spring work.
- Mayor Barclay has paid into the cor
poration treasury, for fines collected,
etc., during the year ending April 26th,
the sum of $sl5.
w. q. WhiteseI has bought of M.
Draper, the frame dwelling house and lot
adjoining John A. Paul, on Market St.,
and will occupy it as residence.
| pa little daughter of Mr.. o. D. Smith,
manager W. U. Telegraph Office, had her
arm broken by fall on Tuesday evening
She had the same arm broken once before
r. The pulpit of the NJ. E. church in
this place will be filled next Sunday
mornipg and evening by Rev. J. P. Por
ter, pastor Of the NJ. f. church in Will
mington. e7
lE Mrs. Robert Robinson, Jr., is build
ing new frame dwelling house on l.el
lot corner of Main and Market streets
which she will occupy as a residene'
/
Ia Three of Jos. Bloomer's little chill
!. dren were badly poisoned by eating pok
root, last FRIDAY. DR.. ..Saxton was called
;, and found them in dangerous condi
ton, but succeeded in saving the lives 0
all of them.
= The P, C. & st. Louis Ry. Co. vii
sell excursion tickets to parties of TWEEN
ty or more, desiring to visit points on o
adjacent to their lines, during the com
ing summer, at cheap excursion rates
Application should be made to the ager
s of the road few days in advance of tn
/ time the excursion is to be made.
a. We met Judge Mclean on the sire,
r on Tuesday last, and he told us that
. was hunting the oldest man who was Dor
"a in Fayette county. He found our o1
:, friend Samuel Coffman, who was born
h this county, and was II years old a fe
:. days ago. Are there any earlier settle
n in Fayette county? If there are, let the
I. speak.
:. 1Mr. W. R. Willis will build ne
n frame residence of ten or twelve room
on his farm two miles north of Bloomin
r. burg, on the Midway pike, the comiT
: summer. The building will be som
50 thing the same style as the handsome re
n idence now being built by Mr.. r. S. Be
son., on North street. 1t will be built
the site of Mr. Willis present residenc
= Mr. Willis advertises in this paper f
- proposals for furnishing the mater
e and doing the work.
3. SMr. J. F. Ely broke ground on Mo
:, day morning last for a three-story bri
- business house 43 feet front by 135 fe
deep. on the alley corner of the lot g
T joining his residence on Main street. I
:. building will be occupied when finish
: by the firm of Ely 6 Stimson, in the g
n Gerry, and hardware business. Mr..
e. will also build another large busin
ne room adjoining the main building, VIII
III is to be occupied by other parties. G
Ay Mcmillan will superintend the constr
nu ton of the work.
= q After a couple of years sleep, VIII
some envious neighbors supposed to
the sleep of death, Washington has
'er vived, and all over the town there is
,cU idence of energy, and a revival of
Ii' spirit of improvement. New buildi
Us are being erected in all parts of the to-
cs' and if-there were fifty new tenem
eS, houses to let they would be taken i
'0" short time. Everything that will af1
- shelter, in the form of house, is OF
at pied now. 1t was unusual, even in
on most fiourishing days of our towns
en- tory, to see so many new residences be
the constructed, at this time of the veal
rye there are now.