Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-12-18
JErFERsONvILLE JoTTGNGs.

Cyrus Kilgore opened new green grocery and
meat store on Water street last week.
Robinson & Blessing are the "boss" lumber
men of our burg. They deal generally in wal.
nut lumber, and have on hand about 10000 feel
of fine black walnut.
About nine O'Clock Saturday team Of horses
! hitched to a road wagon, broke loose from the
hitch rack at Dondel's store and started on q
dead run. The owner, Allie Wright, started in
pursuit. and followed their trail to jamestown
and back to within two miles Of Jacksonville
and lost the track, and up till late hour Sun
day evening they had no tidings Of them.
The teachers association at this place last
Saturday, was something Of some moment for
our usually quiet little burg. About every
school district in the county was represented;
there being about fifty ladies and gentlemen in
attendance, and if outside appearances has any
thing to do with it, my conclusions are, that
they are all equal to the task of teaching the
"young ideas how to shoot" The following pro-
gramme was submitted:
1O:OO A. M.-Address... J. Worthington
W. Jones
II 700 A. M.-DscussiOn.
HIS A. M.-"On Literary Societies."
Linnie Crow
Il:45 A. M.-Discussion.
1880 NJ. adjournment.
100 P. M.-"The Globe and its uses"
J. r. Patterson
1870 p. M.-DscussiOn.
300 P. M.-"Shall Boards Of Education have
the exclusive right to fix the
Teachers salary
8:l5 p. M.-MisccllaneOus business.
$3.50 p. M.-Adjournment.
Shall we resort to the ''shot gun policy2" is the
question that is agitating the people along the
line of the Springfield Southern, Never were
people devied, cheated, and stolen from, in any
country, as they have been by the managers of
the Springfield Southern road. Not contented
with what they have already got, they are now
concocting another steal in the way Of more
ground adjacent to the road at the various sta
tions along the line. Afew days ago they un-
dertook to gobble a piece of land at South solon'
the property Of Geo. Powell, for a switch and
water tank Mr.. Powell met them on tho ground
and politely ordered them of, and they refused
to co. Powell went TO his house, got his gun,
and went back. He then said to Mr.. Whitley,
"Show these men Off Of my land, or Cd d-m
you, will shoot youWiMr. Whitley and his men
went The next day Whitley again appeared
with his men, and brought lawyer along,
Powell again met them with his gun, and in
quired if there was lawyer in the crowd? and
was answered in the affirmative. He then asked
the man Of law to come forth, which he did,
when the following colloquy took place:
Powell-Are you lawyer2
Lawyer-I am.
Powell-You being recognized as the brains of
this party, will obllge me by showing these men
the way Off Of my promises
LaWyer-Mr. Powell, / Will not do 1t.
Powoll-I will give you ten minutes to move
these men, and il you don't do it in that time
Cd d-m you, will blow your brains out |
The men were moved Immediately, except one |
fellow who was q little slow until Powell brought |
his gun 10 bear on him, and he went over the
fence in jifIy.
Early the next morning the Sheriff Of Madison,
county arrested Powell on a peace warrant,
worn out by the company's lawyer and took
lim to London and lodged him in jail. And
about the same time that Powell left Solon,
Whitley left Springfield with train and fifty
men, and took possession, dug the well, and set
.bout 40 rods OF his fence over in his field about
% feet. Toward evening Powell was bailed out
Il jail and got homo in time to find they had
complete possession OF his land, with the pOssi-
Dility Of his never getting anything for It, as
heir motto is, "to steal all they can and only
,ay for what they can't help
THOMAS BOUNCE.