Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-09-25

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Miss Alice NIillikan is spending this week in
Cincinnati.
Mrs. Name Barnett is visiting relatives in Gin
cinnati this week.
Mr.. Herbert Maynard returned to Dartmouth
| College last week.
Mrs Ham. Smith is on a visit to her parents at
Meehanicsburg, Illinois.
Dave Craig, son of County Treasurer Craig, is
attending Delaware College.
Miss Minnie Light is attending Delaware Fe-
male College again this year.
DIR. and Mrs. Worley will leave tomorrow for
Parkersburg, W. Va, to visit relatives.
Miss Juliet Hamill, of Xenia, was the guest of
Miss Anna Ford, a day or two of the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Crozier, of the Arlington
Housespent lastweek at Ripley, visiting relatives
Rev. Geo. W Burns, of Bloomingburg Circuit
NJ. E Church, left for Conference at Gallipolis
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. T. Cunning, who have been
visiting for the last two weeks in West Virginia
| returned home on Saturday last.
Mrs. Geo. P. VanDeman and little daughter, of
San Francisco, CAL, visiting at the residence
of Mr.. j. L. VanDeman, in town.
Our former citizen Mr.. A. Hamilton was in town
few days of the past week. Heis now engaged
in the boot and shoe business in Delaware, o.
Mr.. R. W. Boyd, of Illinois, who has been spend
ing couple of weeks in this county, visiting his
old friends, started for his home Tuesday last.
Mr.. Bowman Hanawalt, of Benton county, Ind,
formerly of this county, called on yesterday. He
viii spend few days in the county visiting old
friends.
Capt. j. S. Foster attended the Ripley Fair last
! week. having received a call from the managers of
the Fair to come down there and act Grand
Marshal for them.
Sir knights I. n. Abernathy, S. L. Griggsby,
Sam. Evans and Harry Moore, of CirclevilIe, at
tended the meeting of Ely Commandery X. T. last
Friday evening" to witness work in the Red Cross
order.
| Rev. Cherington left Tuesday morning for Gal
lipolis, to attend Conference. Mr.. r. A. Robinson,
lay delegate from this charge left yesterday. Mr..
J. 6. Beatty is in attendance as lay delegate from
Staunton Circuit
William Craig, of Craig Bros, has just returned
from New York, and their goods rapidly COM
ing in. This firm believes that the improvement
in trade will be permanent, and their purchases
for the Fall trade are immense.
Col. S. n. Yeoman and wife arrived in town
from Delphi. Indiana, Monday. The Colone
went on the day to Jackson, on business
Mrs. Y remaining here to visit relatives. Col
Yeoman is just recovering from a severe spell o.
sickness which confined him to his bed for som'
time.
Mr. Ed. R. Pearson, formerly of this place, nov
a resident of Greenfield, is the Republican candi
date for Treasurer of Highland county, and i
pretty sure of an election. The people of High
land county certainly could not do better. Mr.
Pearson is in every way well qualified to fill tn
place.
Mr.. Fred. Higgins, of Jefersonville, who ha
been for several months past the lively local cor
respondent for the HERALD IN that place, leaves il
|, | a few days for Ann ArbOr. Mich, to attend col
lege. We regret to loose him as correspondent
Our readers will miss his newsy letters. Success
to him.
Col. Yeoman was presented by the citizens {
Delphi, Indiana with elegant gold watch, o
the occasion of the openin into Delphi of the
D. & c. narrow gauge railroad, of which he
general manager. The Delphians feel themselve
largely indebted to Col. Yeoman for the successfu
completion of the road ts their city.
Mr.. Charles Van Pelt, of Leesburg, Highlan
County, was in town on Monday. and favored til
HERALD with call for the purpose of having hi
name placed our subscription list. Mr.. Va
Pelt is one of the oldest patrons of the HERALl
having been reader of the paper since the earli
est years of its publication until within the pa.
5 year, when he attempted to get along without
but fC und it uphill work.
I Mr.. Frank R. Crow and Miss Emma j. Noble,
Madison Mills, were married at the Grange Ha
, in that village on Tuesday last, Rev. Geo. "
Burns, pastor of the NJ. E. Church.ofiiciating. tt
wedding was one of special interest, owing to I'll
popularity and social position of the young coupl
The hall was beautifully decorated, and the cert
! mony witnessed by large company, inclut
ing the entire membership of the Grange.
e sumptuous dinner was served in the hall. TT
!. young couple start their matrimonial voyal
with the kind wishes of hosts of friends.