Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-03-20

,ial correspondence of the Herald.


Robbins are whistling.
Plenty of coal now.
More snow this week.
The days are growing longer.
Remember Evan Griffith's sale, March
22d, 1879.
Frank Carpenter was in town last
Thursday.
Ed. Eendel will build an addition of
twenty feet to his already large store
room early in the Spring.
Mr.. Miller, of Miller G Houston, boot
and shoe dealers, of Columbus, o., was
in town last week.
Go to the American House and see the
patent churn.
Frank Leland, Freight and Express
Agent, has removed his family to this
place. The are stopping, temorarily, at
the American House.
Mrs. NJ. H. PenniweIIis is lying i'll with
typhoid fever.
John W. Williams has sold his farm and
will soon remove to town to engage i'll the
mercantile business.
It is generally thought that the alter
nate freezing and thawing of the last
weeks has injured the wheat crop.
I Chas. Fawkes, of the S. J. & P. R. R.,
spent Sunday with his friends here.
Quite number of teachers attended
examination on Saturday. Wonder if it
was "hard.''
Rev. P.W. Williams (coloredl preached
in the Methodist Church Sunday a. m.
and evening, to large congregations.
The Sabbath-school is growing in num-
bers and interest. Well, there's room for
| improvement.
E. Gray G Sons have just received a
large stock of flower, garden and field
seeds, all for sale at lowest cash prices.
Bill Palmer says: ''I made flying trip
to Jamestown, last week, and I wonder if
BABY will have anything to say about
that" Nothing to say, William.
Mr.. VIM. Mooney and son, Willie, left
for their home in Columbus, Ind, last
Saturday.
There was detective in town last week
He looked around long enough to get ii
"up his nose,' and then left for parts un.
| known.
The telegraph force on the S. J. & P
Ry. are doing fast work, and are setting
some four miles of poles per day.
Mr.. BANTER, father of Mrs. M. A. Scott
of this place, was stricken with paralysi
on Thursday morning last and died in thu
afternoon of the same day. He had beer
sick a-bed some weeks ago, but had re
covered SO far as to be in usual health
prior to being stricken down. Mr.. Balm
ter was upward of seventy-two years o
t age. His funeral was well attended OF
). Friday afternoon.
West Lancaster supports Lyceum So
ciety, which is an orderly, well-behaYe
organization, and an honor to any com
munity. Said society has been meetin
regularly every Friday evening for tn
past few months and nothing occurre
i to mar t'the even tenor of its way" unit
. last Friday evening. One Thomas Wi
e son concluded to ''run the gun-boat," an
< became very disorderly land when remon
: strated with, by the committee on ordel
J., grew more boisterous than ever, and az
k tually took the house by storm; acting i
s a manner that clearly demonstrated ths
: he was either crazy or drunk. Saturda
+ morning Anderson Edge, committee Q
e order, came to town and swore out wa
r rant, before Esq. Grow, for the arrest
d the young man. In the course of the da
y he was arraigned before the court, al
his little frolic cost him something ne
$15.
In this section of Fayette county, tt
1T movement in favor of creating the Off
m of County School Superintendent is gal
st ing ground. Many who have previous
id opposed it are now its warmest advocate
of Let the subject continue to be agitatt
until popular sentiment is thorough
le aroused in the interest OF the much need
be reform. The people must see this matt
ne in the same light as our best educate
and when this is so, the objection ON t
ground of additional expense will m
away, as snow before the sun. Reform
he not a work of momentary effort, but
- accomplished only after earnest, faith
I'll and persistent trial; extending, very f
ng quently, through long period of yea
in BABY
Public Health JeOpardized.