Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-08-21
JefEersOnviIIe Crumbs.
Special correspondence Of the Herald.

Corn So cents.
Foster for October.
We have three Sabbath Schools.
'FChte'' McKillip is pleading law.
Camp-meeting all over near our place.
Creamer's machine threshed l 200 bush
els ofwheat in day.
A cold wave caught us Saturday, every
body was hunting fires.
The hotel de brick took in two more
boartlers last week. About full.
The S. J. & P. Ry. Company have made
a mixed train out of the express.
Porter, from Washington c. H., shipped
lot of walnut lumber from here last
week.
Corn is coming into the market again.
The farmers still have little to spare.
The boot and shoe firm is doing fine,
they are getting large trade.
Col. Maynard and Frank Carpenter, of
your city, were out here recently.
DR.. Flood and daughters, of Catawba,
were down here on visit last week.
Tommy Kinsella is going to put up
three or four houses to rent on his lots,
in the Howard addition.
Some ten or twelve of our teachers at
tended the Institute last week, at Wash
ington c. II.
Miss Jennie Hays, of your place, was
out recently.
Miss Clara Larrimer, of Charleston, was
visiting friends here last week.
Miss Allie Clark, of Covington, KY,
spent last week with her old friends
here.
The surveyors went through here last
week, running the line for the standard
guage.
A gravel pit was discovered on the
Howard farm near town last week. They
are making good use of it on our streets.
Miss Rettie Nolan, of your place, spent
few days:with friends near town last
week.
Mark Brubacker is home again, having
quit the picture business.
| A few Democrats went to hear Tom.
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Ewing at London last week.
Miss Mollie Kinsella, of our place, was
one of the assistants in editing the s'Daily
Institute, y last week.
| r. Gray &c Sons have a very tasty pa
per called "Town and County," vol. Il
is just out, it contains considerable news,
and as an advertiser is first class.
Matt. Creamer says he traded his last
load of mules for brandy, and then drank
the profits.
The Carr's Mills Sunday School gave
our places serenade last Saturday even
ing, on their return from picnic. The
music was highly appreciated by those
who heard it.
Light straw hats, five cent canes, and
diamond rings ~ are taking the town
and county.
School will commence here Monday
September 1st., and continue 8 months
The improvement on the house is help
ing the appearance wonderfully.
Every Fair-going person is attending
at sabina this week. A large crowd will
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1 Our hog and sheep men are taking
quite a number OF premiums at tho fairs
Their stock are very fine, and speak wei
for Jefferson Township.
A surprise party was given Eber Stra
ley one day last week, it being his 21st
birthday A very large crowd was pres
ent, who enjoyed themselves in variou
sports, in the grove near the house.
Abont twenty-five or thirty peopl
We're baptized at Wesley Chapel Sunday
all of whom joined church during tn
Camp-Meeting. There was large crow
present, coming from all over the cour
try.
The new School House in the Harrol
District is progressing finely. Mr.. Pine
Co., of Washington, have commenced 0
the brick work, and will push it throug
lively. The building is "a by 40 an
when completed will be among the be
colleges in the country.
Mechanics are constantly kept bus
and no time for leisure among them.-
John D. Moon, has taken two mo
: hands with his force, and when the
e commence house it is soon finished.
Seven or eight more buildings are to
n up yet this season, and it will keep the
il busy to have them finished by cold weat
er.
l. slight cutting affair occurred at Carr
:. Mills Saturday night, which resulted
one man, Collins, getting a stab in t
I arm, making an ugly looking woun
VI They claim the affray was caused by o
party failing to take a joke the right wa
~ The temperance lecture Sunday eve
y ing at the Universalist Church. by Re
Saxton, of Columbus, was grand affa
The house was full, the speech one of t
= best ever delivered here, and much go
should follow. All denominations 4
missed their meetings and turned out
> 01GSse.
From the amount of blowing going
. throughout the country, it looks like
=. farmers are preparing for another lie
~ cropof wheat; no lack of acreage {
~ how. Another crop like this years v
u bring good many out the pressed +
ition they have been in for some time.
- The Republican boom is lively he
and when the campaign opens up
hot time will be the result. The enthl
- asm on the part of the Republicans
- immense, and every man of the part,
~ doing his best to gain the day, which
M indtcativeof victory for republican,
"" honestly and fair dealings, to follow.
nv VIM. Mooney, one of the prime
e,s characters i'll the Allentown riot, 81
ten Ilnles Daek, was caugntlh nPrlhghelu
. 18th, by Chief of police, and the auth
"a ties here telegraphed. They went
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