Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-03-06
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were sold up to yesterday afternoon.
ID. Conaway, boot and shoe dealer, of
this place, made an assignment for the
benefitof his creditors on Friday, to F. L.
Nitterhouse. I<I
A phantom party, to come off at the
Arlington House on the evening of the
l4th inst, is a social event of considers
bic interest to the young people.
County commissioners have been in
session since Monday, and will continue
over to-day. They have considerable im-
portant road bnsiuess before them.
Judge Minshall will go TO London
next week, to hold District Court, and
Judge Steele will come here, tohOld the
balance of the term of Common Pleas.
IF you want your piano tuned or
organ repaired, call on w. H. May. Also
instructions given ON piano, organ and
violin. Leave orders at DIR. Mays office
or residence.
: Business drags considerably in the
Common Pleas Court. No cases of public
interest have been disposed of the past
week. The term will continue for two
weeks, after the present week.
Miss Nella Browns readings closed
the course of the Washington Lecture As
soeiation. The Association, however,
expect to give another entertainment in a
short time. What it will be is not yet an
nouneed. #
= Rev. J. H. Creighton will conduct
Quarterly-meeting services at Waterloo,
on Saturday aud Sunday, March l5thsand
10th. Preaching on Saturday at and
1880 p. M, and on Sunday morning at the
usual hour.
A number of the finest singers of
this place, and our neighboring town of
Greenfield, assist in Che production of the
cantata of BeIshazzar, at Music Hall to-
night, and tomorrow night. 1t will un7
doubtedly be grand musical feast. No
one should miss. it. 81 rrs2 TeTs9 q
At the election for Justices of the
Peace for Union township, held last Sat-
urday, there were three candidates
S. F. Kerr, Gen, S. B. YeOInan and Esq.
Koontz, the latter candidate for Ee-elec-
tion. Kerr and Koontz were elected. The
former is a Republican and the latter q
Democrat.
The track of the Southern Division OF
the Columbus and Maysville narrow
gauge rail way, was laid last week from
Sardinia, Brown county, to the. Junction
with the NJ. and C. Ry., within one mile
of Hillsboro. The road is not yet graded
between the NJ. and C. junction and Hills
bOro.
We call attention to the advertise.
ment of DIR. H. G. Cofman, on the second
page of this paper. Having bought bacl
his old drug store, he has renovated an(
filled it up with complete stock of fresf
drugs, and will be pleased to supply hi
old friends with anything wanted in hi
line. He will still attend as usual to al
calls for professional services.
Miss Nella Browns readings were 8
highly appreciated by those who hearC
her at the M. E. Church on Wednesda
evening of last week, that she was re
quested to give a second entertainment
on the following evening, which she con
sented to do, and Music Hall was secured
She was greeted on the second evenih
with large audience, and entertaine
them most acceptably.
Our Public Schools will give mus
cal and literary entertainment, Thurs
day and Friday evenings, March Goth an
21st, 1879, at Music Hall, under the
rection of Prof. F. M. Allen, Misses Sin
kins, II. cleveland and Fuller, Mr.. r.
Robinson and Miss Love. It has bee
some time since our schools came out wit
a public entertainment. We bespeak fl
them large patronage. The pFoceet
will be used to procure apparatus for Il
schools.
-Messrs D. Christy. a gentleman fro
ChillicOthe, and Mr.. Phon. Burnett,
: = this place, are erecting a large fran
building on the corner of Main and Ma
y ket streets, opposite Stewart 6 MeeI
furniture store, to be used as machine
4 repair shop. They will place in it m
\ ehinery for the repairing of boilers, e
: gines, and all kinds of machinery a
agricultural implements and tools. Th
l. expect to be ready to commence jopel
1t tions in a couple of weeks. Their bui
R. ing is nearly completed.
s, The banner. complimentary to T
c. Commandery, of this place, which v
TX one among the many decorations of
b. banquet hall at GAINESVILLE, on the oc
l. sion of the knights Templar demonst
tion at that place on the I4th of Februa
of very astistic piece of decoration,
IS. been presented by Cyprus Command
ed of the above place, to Ely Commando
who will add to it the word ''Zanesvil
es and date of banqnet, and preserve it
their Asylum as a mementO of an Oo
Ms sion so indelibly impressed.
in the Post office, in this place, al
p days since, while the deputy postmas
10 Chas. Eckman, was cancelling star
1s' upon letters dropped in the office for N
90 ing, he was considerably surprised
startled by the explosion of one of
- letters when struck with the cancel
stamp. The explosion made repor
loud as pistol shot, and sparks of
''9 flew up nearly to the ceiling. Mr.. ]
mans hand was burned somewhat.
as he was standing back from the ia
:. and his hand only was over the LET
= while stamping them, he was not OF
wise injured. The letter was nearl,
for destroyed by the explosion, but piec,
orI ,1.i it and the envelope were gathered uI
the nave Deeh sent 20 the department. fol
ing vestigation. No name was found upol
der portion of the letter not destroyed.
writing was in a female hand. Wha
plosive the letter contained, or wha
object could have been in placing ST
1nI an1i dangerous letter in the letter box,
natl mystery on which no light has yet b
If thrown.