Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-12-18
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Leave your order for New Year
cards at the HERALD office.
County Treasurer Craig reports a
good collection of taxes to date.
Public School examinations Mon
day and Tuesday, Dec. % and 23, 1879.
The G. and M. V. Ry. sold 100 tick
cts to Cincinnati last Thursday, the day
Of the Grant reception.
Rev. j. G. Irwin, will address the
temperance meeting Sunday evening,
at 81 O'Clock at City Hall.
j, Light, merchant tailor, displays
an elegant line of gents furnishing
goods for the holiday trade.
An Oyster Festival will be given at
White Oak Grove Church on Saturday
evening, Dec. 9th, for the benifit of
the Church.
Go and witness the chemical exper-
Timents and hear fine music at School
Hall Friday evening. 16 6lively juniors
will greet you.
The Springfield Southern railroad
received two elegant new passenger
coaches from the Barney 6 Smith works,
at Dayton, last Thursday. %
The lands of the late Jos. Hidy,
Sr., were appraised under order of par
tition at $50 per acre, and were taken at
that price by Mrs. Henry Wlndle, one
of the hairs.
TO save the qnails, G. G. Blakemore
offers very fine English stub-wire
double-barrel shotgun to the man or
boy who will produce the most hawk
heads by the 18th of March, 1880.
Mrs. Ephraim Parker, of Mt. Ster-
ling, died of consumption, on Sunday
evening last, and was buried ON Tues
day afternoon. She was daughter of
Ellis VanPelt, of Paint township.
There are some gentlemen putting
up at the Lidy House, opposite our
office, who contemplate making visit
to one our State institutions at Colum-
bus, surrounded by stone wall. That
is, after the adjournment of court.
The FAYETTE COUNTY HERALD says
"The enrolment of our public schools
the past four weeks is as follows, 703,
706, 704, 701." Great heavings We
always knew the WashingtOnians
thought they were about all there was
of the world, but that row Of figures
staggers all prior claims.-6prnGfeld |
Gazette.
The figures are official. We wouldn't
lie about a little matter like that.
County Commissioners were in ses-
sion on Monday, having under consid-
Grafton the petition of Thos. E. Braden
and others for acounty road. On hear
ing the case, the petition was dismissed.
The contract for building pile bridge
over Sugar creek, near the residence Of
Frank Jacobs, in Jefferson township,
was awarded to S. P. Moore at 1919 per
lineal foot.
The ladies of the Benevolent So
ciety tender thanks to the members of
The Baptist Church for their share in
the Thanksgiving collection for the
poor. Members of the society are re-
luested to meet on Saturday afternoon,
three o'clock sharp, at the residence Of
5. F. johnson, Esq, on North street,
between Courtand East. A full attend
ance is earnestly disired, as there is
business of Impotence requiring
prompt attention. -
- Fayette Chapter No. 103 R. A, M.
elected officers for the ensuing year,
asst evening, as follows: Col. G. Garis,
High Priest; Milo Rockwell, King; q.
smith, Scribe; A. B. Adams, Captain
If the Host; S. S. Salisbury, Principal
5ojourner; B, H. MiIIikan, Royal Arch
Captain; M. Barclay, Grand Master Sd
Vail; L. G. Mallow, do. I'd Vail; Mark
Howell, do. 1st Vail; R. Millikan,
secretary; W. G.. Tanzey, Treasurer;
+. L. Millikan, Guard, n
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