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Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-02-06

John Porter for barge destroyed on the
Ohio river during the yellow fever rage
last summer.
House-Several unimportant bills were
indefinitely postponed, among them, two
amending the dog law. Bills introduced:
To abiish a State Board of Health and
Charities; to abolish Sunday perfoTnan-
ces, such as theati icals, base ball games,
ETC., etc. for examination of Insurance
companies; t0 punish embeZzling bv pub
lie officials: for Incorporation of soldiers
union association, compelling cOnveyan-
GERS of real estate TO furnish abstracts of
titles; to reorganize the Soldiers and
Sailors Orphans Home; to compel coun-
ty commissioners to keep in auditors Of
fees a general index of their journals
and road records; revising the statutes
regarding definitions and general provis-
ions.
JAN. -Senate-Bills introduced: j:
Making it embezzlement for administra-
tors, etc., to appropriate funds collected
by them belonging to those employed by
them; to provide for the sale of property
of incorporated companies on execution.
| H0aSe-Bills introduced: Prescribing
the rate of State taxes: appropriating
| funds to pay for tents for the National
Guard; extending the time for working
| out road tax to October Is. House bill
/ to Tix fees of attorneys-at-law was de-
engross it. House bill regarding the con-
struction of public buildings was passed.
| A large number of bills were acted OH
and indetinitely postponed.
JAN. 3I.--Seadte-Ehis body was only
in session long enough to adjourn.
Hoase-Bills introduced: Amending
| the law i'll regard to hunters, requiring
them to ask permission of owners before
hunting on their lands; appropriating
$17, pa .l3 for the general revenue fund
to regulate the sale of intoxicating liq-
uors. House bills passed Allowing firm
to be sued; compelling hotel and board
| ing house keepers to furnish fire escapes
for their houses; also, several other bill
not ola general interest were passed,
| Feb. Senate-The Senate was not II
session.
House-A joint resolution was offere'
proposing a constitutiOnals sfamendmen
making the term of township officer
three years. Bill introduced: ALLOWING
savings associations to reduce their capi
tai stock.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-02-06
Talmare tn the ToIIs.

BROOKLYN, February 3.-The meeting
of the Brooklyn Presbytery was held this
afternoon to take some action looking to
disciplinary of Rev. r. Dewitt Talmage
for alleged departure from Presbyterian
doetriue, and his conduct in the recent
movement to raise the church debt.
Talmage's recent tours through haunts
of evil in search of a sensation have Of
Tended the staid members of the Presby-
terry.
The meeting was largely attended, es-
pecially by the tabernacle people.
Rev, DR.. Crosby offered the following,
which was adopted:
WHEREAS, Rev. r. Dewitt Talmage, D.
D., is charged by common fame with false
hood and deceit and with using improper
methods in preaching, which tend to
bring religion in contempt.
WHEREAS, 1t is the duty of the presby-
terry to protect the good name of its mem
bers when they are unjustly assailed and
subject those who offend to proper disci-
pline. therefore,
ResotUed, That committee consisting of
three ministers and two elders be appoint
ed tn investigate the nature and extent of
Uncommon fame referred to in the pre-
amble and report to the presbytery what,
II any, further action shall be taken.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-02-06
The Dog Tax.

By little observation it is easily dis
covered that our dog tax is working to a
charm; quite a number have declared
that they will kill their dogs before they
will pay dollar on them, saying that
they are not worth that amount. This
the wool growers have known for years,
but to get the people who are not inter-
ested to realize the fact seemed Impossi-
BILE, without having to pay little tax on
the worthless ours. We think the pres
ent law to be just the thing, and we would
not haye been prompted to say anything
on this subject but for seeing motion in
our Legislature to have the law repealed.
We think somebody ought to say some-
thing in its favor. The sheep ought to be
protected by some means, and there has
certainly been no move made by onr law
makers that has worked so well as this
one seems to do. TO repeal this law is
virtually to destroy this branch of indns-
try we are all so much Interested In, as
the scarcity of this species of our live
STOCK In onr midst will make our clothing
and fresh meats more expensive to all. =
Surely these Indispensable articles are of
more value to the masses of the ueople oF
our great State than all the eurs. Rv an
means, say. we, protect the sheen. and thc
business will increase and be Of inesti-
mablc value to all.
ONE WHO LIKES THE SBERP.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-02-06
ResuIt OF ned ExampIes.

The bad examples set by some of the
late officials of our county, In charging
too much taxes, and recently, in charging
too much fees, has had a bad influence
upon the officials of other counties In our
State; as, for instance, the Cincinnati
Commercial gives the following, from Ur-
bana, Champaign county:
URBANA, o., Jan. 30.-This community
is considerably excited over the discovery
of crookedRess in the County Treasurer's
office. 1t seems the Treasurer, James I.
great deal to his clerks, two young men,
one of them brother to the Treasurer.
From developments, it tappears that these
| young men have been in the habit of
/ oVercharging on the tax receipts, and
then entering the true amount on the
| books. They were discovered by tax
payer claiming to have been overeharged,
1 and, on pressing the matter, restitution
/ was made. Nothing further was thought
| of it until some parties, on comparing
accounts, found they had been systemati-
cally defrauded, The young men, for
sons time past have been leading fast
/ lives, spending money freely and spread
ing it thick generally,
4 The. Treasurer is doing all in his power
1 to adjust Matters making restitution
wherever over-eharging was done.
/ In all eases where errors were discOV-
cred the duplicate has been made out in
these clerks handwriting. As yet it is
not known the amount obtained through
this means.
The affair is being thoroughly investi-
gated and may develop some new fea-
Tures.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-02-06

O1Shs ESDs Os 1898.
BEEF CATTLE.-The receipts for to-day
were 4 300 head. The market was rather
slow at a small fraction advance Sales
were made of poor to prime steers at 10
@913c per lb; extra and fancy steers. 93{
@l0&c, the outside figure for carloads
averaging l,520 lbs, taken Tor export
alive; fair to good steers, generally, 81
@914c. Exporters used 300 head at 01d "a
lO79c. TO-mOrroM's steamers will take
out 1900 quarters of beef and ia head of
live cattle. The shipments for the week
were $500 quarters of beef and 80 head
of live cattle.
SHEEP AND LAsIBs.-The receipts for to-
day were 5000 head. Trade dragged. the
closing rates being strong &c per Id low
er. Sales were made of sheep at Az 961sc
per lb., the outside figure for carload of
New York sheep averaging III lbs. Ex-
porters took 3 carloads at So 55(06 co per
100 lbs. The shipments for the week w re
3,2OO carcasses of mutton and 300 head Of
live sheep.
HOGS. The receipts for to-Clay were / -
oUO head. Thh naIk.t was tthout stea ly
for live hogs ~ $.i a0@I 20 per 100 lbs,
with carloads at 81 l2i}6c, and car at
81 90. The exports for the week were 200
head.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-02-06

WE call the special attention of our
readers to the communication of Hon. L.
w. Quinby, on the interesting subject of
local option, (which will be found on the
first page of to-day's HERALD. This sub-
jeetis now exciting good deal of inter
est in the State. If anything can be eff
fected to check the giant evil of intern-
perance, it ought to be done, and our law
makers will fail to have discharged their
duties to the people and the State, If tney
fail TO use all the means in their official
positions to check-if not to prohibit en-
tirely-this terrible evil. Let the people
say, through the ballot-box, whether they
desire, in their several localities, to thr OF
tie the monster vice of this traffic in in
toxicating liqnUrs-including the whole
, family of intoxicants. Certainly, every
citizen who believes in the American
principle, that ''the majority shall rull,, y
cannot object to carrying out that prin ci-
pie In the liquor traffic as we'll as in any
othef evil that casts its blight upon our
State and Nation. I'll Republican prln-
eiple, and Democratic principle, ree)g-
nzed and approved by all parties, that
"the voice of the people shall rule. !"
Then why not allow the people Of the
townships Of Ohio to say. bv their votes
'wnetneF y. 'ne trainc In Intoxicating liquors
shall be prohibited in the townshins In
which they live, or eontinned as r. IL .
We have always doubted the mower og tho
Legislature, under the Constitut,on -
pass a local option law but in this onin5o,,
we hope we have been mistaken; and if the
Legislature hasnotthe constitutional p,,v-
er to do so, It certainly ought to have It
and we hope the Courts viii have an op-
portunity to test the Constitutionality of
the Quinby local option bill.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-02-06
How % Apply for Arrear. Of Pensions
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
PENSION OFFICE,
wAsH1NGroN, d. c., Jan. u, 1879.
iIRcULARL LETTER.

CIRCULAR LETTER.
Persons who are entitled to arrears of
pension, under the Act granting Arrears,
approved january %, 1879, and whose
pensions were granted previous TO that
date, will not require the assistance of a
claim agent in obtaining the amount due
them. All correspondence in relation to
any claim for such arrears, will be with
the person entitled, and no claim agent
will be recognized in such claim.
A letter addressed to the Commissioner
of Pensions, signed by the person who
was in receipt of the pension at the date
aforesaid, and two witnesses, in the pres
enee of a,magistrate, will be the only APP
plication required and upon which the
rights of all parties concerned will be adj
justed.
The Pension Certificate should not be
sent to this Ofice-but it mast be eNhib-
tied to the magistrate.
The letter should be in the following
or equivalent form:
- To the Commissioner of Pensions:
la pensioner under pension. GER
| tificate No.-hereby apply for the ar
Fears Que me, uIlueF Ine AcG granting Ar
rears of pension, approved January 20
1879. My post Office address isl here In
sert the name of the post office, and i
| the claimant resides in city, the name
and number of the street and residence
must also be given.l Name Of claimant.
TaC0 agitnesSes
STATE OF, COUNTY Or, IS:
Signed in my presence, by----who il
! known to me to be the person he describe
/ inns oil fT,h hn n Y
| hibited to me his pension certificate
which Is numbered--
Magtstrate's signatare.''l
Very respectfully,
j. A. BENTLEY,
Commissioner of Pensions
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-02-06
STOCK ITEMS.

From the Pittsburg Price Current, Jan. sOth.
The sheep market is ''holding its own''
beautifully.
A dozen eggs are now worth more than
the hen that lays them.
One load of sheep averaging 147 pounds
was sold on Tuesday at $5.40 per cwt.s
Twenty-eight thousand tons Office were
melted during fire last week in Armour
G Co.. packing house, Chicago.
The run of hsrses and mules is about
commencing, and will form quite part
of the business both East and West.
The Cincinnati Price Current reports
pork-packing to date at about 1,l65, 900
head in excess ofthe SAME time year ago.
Foreign shipments from New York last
week were as follows: Cattle-270 head
alive, and |, 800 quarters dressed; sheep
], $50 carcasses.
The steamship 'sMemphis'' sailed from
New Orleans recently, with sixty head of
fine Kentucky steers, bound for Europe.
This is the first shipment from that port.
The rapid advance in hogs is helping
butchers in the sale of beef. The disps rity
In prices of the two kinds of meets is not so
great, and many who took pork because of
It's cheapness are buying beef in prefer
ence.
Five or six men have been here this
week inqufring for stockers. The inquiry
is not very strong as yet, butgives indica-
tions of becoming rather brisk within a
| few days. The trade in stock cattle is
! going to open up little sooner than we
expected.
| With butter, eggs and chickens at their
present prices, farmers are getting highly
| remunerative prices for at least one class
/ of farm products. Butter and chickens
| have by no means come down in proper
tion to other things, while eggs are as
high as, to our knowledge, they ever have
/ been.
! There are quite number of small stock
steers, poor heifers, cows and backward
springers coming into market, which is
| as the farmer. There is certainly plenty
of feed at home, and they should remain
there until ready for market, or at least
| until these is demand for that class of
stock.
Drovers too frequently get about half OF
| tWO-thirds of a load of stock bought that
lis worth the money and the kind the mar
/ ket demands, and then, instead of aiting
and completing the load with something
| profitable and seasonable, buy some trash
| at more than they can sell 1t for when al
market, and lose even the cheap part OF
/ the load. which if filled ont with the right
kind would give handsome profit.
Hogs are still steadily advancing, and
are once more getting in the neighborhood
of figures where hog feeding becomes
highly remuperative. Top grades at this
market are now selling above four cents
and still rising, being an advance on thai
Iclass of hogs of $I.25 per cwt. since Janu-
ary l. Considerable money has been made
on hogs this week by those who bought
for lower marker and strnck the rise.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-02-06
CINCINNATI lave STOCK MARKET.

CATTLE.-Common 2@21@c; fair to me-
dium -294@315c; good to choice butcher.
stock 331@4kc; fair to good shippers
4@4Ac; fair good heavy oxen 3LI@416c;
fair TO good dairy COWS 81 @33lc; fair to
good feeders and stockers 215 9315c, with
a few extra at 33%e.
Hoas.-Common 50 9O@3 40; fair to
good light So 45{9S 65; fair to good pack
ing grades So 65@3 S5; selected butchers
So s5@3 80, and some very fine that 81 90
were offered for, but were held higher.
SHEEP. range was as follows:
Common to fair 3@4c; and good to choice
434@5]4c per pound gross.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-02-06

Of the Courthouse, in Washington, Fayette coun-
Ohio, the following real estate, upon the terms
following, to-wit:
First tract, being the sixth tract in the petition
descTIbed: Lying and being IN the town Of Wash
out-lot No. %. beginning at stake in the line Of
said lOt thence with the line of North street south
43 degrees, east poles stake, to said
west II "a poles to stakes thence north 43 degrees,
west O. poles to stake; thence north AZ degrees,
thereof heretofore sold by said Aaron C. johnson
to George Wigginton, and by the same to Patrick
Brannon, for description OF which reference is
hereby had to the respective deeds
Second tract being the sixth tract in the petition
described: Lying and being in Union township.
Fayette county, Ohio. beginning at stone in the
center of the Wilmington pike, northeast corner
to A. e.. Johnsons purchase. known as the Poor
House farm, and in the line of survey No. IIl9;
thence with the center of said pike north 73A de-
grees, east 66.5 poles to stone in said pike the
easterly side of culvert; thence south X degree,
west 80 poles to stone corner to A. Rowe; thence
to said Rowe in the line of Daniel Mclean; thence
south degree, east SO. poles to the north corner
of F. +. JamisOn, in the line of Joseph Mclean; 4;
thence west I57 19 poles to the northwest corner of
B. F. j Jamison ;sthence north degree, east 1924
poles to the beginning containing 100 acres, more
Thirdtract gaeihg the ninth tract in the petition
Johnson,s addition to Washington c. H. Ohio, and
described as follows: Beginning at stake in the
poles to a stake; thence south 43 degrees, east II
poles TO the line of Broadway street; thence with
the llnS OF orOduWaS souLl a uegreess west poIes
to alley; thence north 4s degrees, west 10 poles
| to the beginning.
Thrms OF. SaIe-One-fourth cash on the day OF
sale, One-fourth in six One-fourth in twelve and
one-fonrth in eighteen months from the day OF
sale, the deferred payments to bear per cent in
terest from the day of sale, and to be secured by
mortgage upon the premises sold.
| The premises may be sold in parcels to suit pur
4 chasers.
The first and third 10Th and 9th) are subject to al
ineheate dover interest of Louisa R. johnson
The second (Sth) tract is free from dover.
ELI p. JOHNSON,
Remaining Assignee of Aaron C. johnson.
| January 18th, 1879. l0W5
| c. A.-Palner. a ff'Nr.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-02-06

IT is reported at Columbus that Judge
Taft, of Cincinnati, has indicated his
willingness to accept the nomination from
the Republicans for Governor ofthe State,
and efforts are being made to clear the
way for his nomination. Judge Taft is a
good man, and would make good Gov
ernor; and if nominated, we would cheer
fully give him our support. We have,
however, a gentleman in our own town,
in the person of Hon. Mills Gardner, who
would fill the Gubernatorial chair quite
as ably as any gentleman whose name has
been mentioned in connection with the
nomination, and who would make rat
thing campaign.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-02-06

LONDON, Feb. 2.-The 'rheater Royal,
at Glasgow, originally costing $3.50, 900,
Was destroyed by fire this morning. No
lives lost.
The Tines states that 900 dock LAHORE
ers are on a strike in Liverpool. Ten
thousand more are out of svork In conse-
QusncS Of thP slackness in trade.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-02-06
A ssIGNEE's SALE.

The undersigned will offer for sale, at public
auction, at the residence of Ethen Allen in Jefer-
son township, Fayette county, Ohio, on
Tuesday, February 4th, 1879.
at 10 O'Clock a. M, the following described per-
sonal property, assigned to me by said Ethen AL
len for the benefit of his creditors, to-Yit:
r. Two 2-year-old Steers four 2-year-old Heifers.
one fat Cow, roam COw, two red Cows, one black
Horse, one bay Horse one gray Mare, one brown
mare, one l-year-old Filly, two colts, span of
work Mules, twenty acres of growing Wheat, one
third of seventy acres of growing Wheat, about
sixty of Corn, one-half of about twenty five
acres of Corn; also, about twenty-five acres of
Corn.
TERMS OF SALE-One-half cash and one-half in
six months from day of sale, with interest, and to
be secured to the satisfaction of the Assignee.
ABRAM BUSH.
Assignee of Ethen Allen.
Williams & Worthington, Attys. lIw3
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-02-06
NOTICE.

THO ALI. WHOM II MAX CONCERN; THE
Il unders gned has been duly appointed, has been
qualified and Is now acting as assignee, in trust
for the benefit of the creditors Of Wnl +. Cleavs:
land. All persons knowing themselves indebted
are requested to call and settle without turthor
notice. r. l.. .NfFPERH0BsE,
Assignee.
February 4th, 1873, l3ws
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-02-06
IN BANKRUPTCY.

In the District Court of the United States for the
Southern District of Ohio:
In the matter of
Adam Allen, In Bankruptcy.
q bankrupt.
Notice is hereby given that a petition has been
filed in said Court by Adam Allenof Jefferson Vile
Fayette county, O., in said Districtduly declared
bankrupt, under the act of gress. entitled sAn
Act to establish a uniform system Of bankruptcy
throughout the United States,'' approved March
I'd, 1867, and the acts amendatory thereto, for
discharge and certificate thereof from all debts and
other claims provable under said Act and that the
Bits day of January, 1874 at 10 O'Clock, a. m is as
signed for the hearing of the same at the office Of
the undersigned, in Hillsboro, Ohio, when and
where You may attend and show cause, IL any Won
have why the prayer of said petition should not be
granted. JAMES Il. THOMPSON,
Register in Bankruptcy
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-02-06

The House had twenty-five members
in attendance at the morning session
yesterday. In the afternoon twenty
six members were present, showing four
arrivals during the forenoon. The two
sessions yesterday lasted from ten to
twenty minutes. Will this meager at
tendance of statesman, so-called, con-
vince the people that the Legislature is in
session.-O. s. Journal.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-02-06

There is one Democratic Senator who
seems not to have voted either for or
against the New York nominations. He
was not in Washington when the vote
was taken. His name is Thurman %.
S. J0arndl.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-02-06

General Ewing wants to be Speakeriof
the House, Governor of Ohio, Senator in
Congress and President of the United
States. The General is a man of fsunboun-
ded stomach 80 s. Journal
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-02-06

between the hours of one and three p NJ, the fol=
lowing described real estate, situate in the county
of Fayette, and State of Ohio, to-wit:
Beginning stone lin 1.-THE center of the Wash
ingtOn and Circleville turnpike, in the line of
Daniel Mclean; thence north degrees, west SO
poles and Is links to stake, in the line of Edward
Smith; thence north SO degrees, east u poles and
l61S links to stone, in said Smiths line; thence
south degrees 80 minutes east SO poles to stone
in the center of said turnpike, and corner OF
Daniel Mclean; thence with the center of said
turnpike south 81 degrees. west u poles and l51z
links to the beginning, containing five acres and
forty-two and one-half poles, being part of Glenn
Biddles survey No. $50, it being the east hall
of the two tracts of land conveyed by Joseph Mar
shall and wife to Silas Weaver and William T.
Evans, bearing date December 1st, 1852.
To be sold as the property of William 7. Evans,
deceased.
Appraised at $I,71S IS.
Sold free of dover.
Terms of Sale-One-half cash in hand, and one
half in one year from day of sale, with interest;
the payment to be secured by mortgage on the
premises sold.
JOSEPH r. HAWLEY,
Administrator of the estate of William I. Evans
deceased.
GARDINER CREAMER & CARPENTER, Attorneys.
Jan. Goth, 1879. 12w5
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-02-06

IT was an American newspaper theory
that the English newspapers did not use
the telegraph. The London Standard the
other day paid $4,000 for single tele-
gram from India.