Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-11-27
LOCAL ITEMS.
Banks closed to-day.

Court adjourned yesterday over
Thanksgiving day.
Our public schools have Thanks
giving holiday to-day.
Nine prisoners in Jail, waiting
trial in court, for various crimes,
The third lecture of the course will
be delivered by B. F, Taylor, Dec. y.
w. R. Dalbey is authorized to re-
ceive subscriptions to the HERALD at
Jasper,
w. r. Henderson, who killed Hans.
Horn, has been indicted for man
slaughter.
Thanksgiving ball by the calvin
Dancing Club'' tonight, at Music Hall.
Music by Hunters Band.
Union Thanksgiving services at the
Presbyterian Church to-day at lO:3O
O'Clock. Sermon by Rev. Griswold.
The transfer of live stock from the
narrow-gauge now takes place at Chill
licothe instead of Mnsselman's.
See advertisement, of VIM. Robin
son, agent for the new Davis Vertical
Feed Sewing Machine, in this paper
DIR. Willis when here, spoke highly
of B. F. Taylor, our next lecturer, and
said our people would surely be highly
pleased,
The Lecture Association expect to
give a holiday entertainment. Look
out for something the public want and
will like.
The corn shipments from this sta
ton now average about10 cars day.
The elevators are paying 35c' for corn
and 81 ,25 for wheat.
Office Updegrove took in bad man
from Perry county, who was walking
Grade Alley with a revolver in each
bootleg on stock-sale day.
j. w. March, of Springfield, has
opened a new boot and shoe store in
the room in Ely's building adjoining
Ely and Stimson's grocery and hard
ware store.
The first of the Presbyterian So
cials, will be entertained at H. ?.
Ustick's by a committee Of ladies and
gentlemen, tomorrow evening. Acor-
dial invitation to all.
Cyrus Metispaugh, of Milledgevtlle,
was taken to the Columbus hospital for
the insane on Tuesday, having been adj
judged deranged on examination before
Probate Judge Priddy. ~
Little Mary, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank D. Bradley, died of diph-
liberia on Friday night last, after Gbrief
sickness, aged six years. Her funeral
took place Sunday afternoon.
The feed stables did good business
on stock-sale day. Geo. I. Bailey fed
200 head of horses; the Arcade stable
fed 100 head; PC. Collins fed ITO head
Ramsey's feed stable So head.
There aremore hogs in the county
this year than last, but they are not go
inc into market in as good condition.
The price, however, is about $l.25 per
cwt. higher this year than last.
There are upon our subscription
book the names of sixty-two subscribers
who began with the first number Of the
first volume of the HERALD, and have
taken the paper continuously ever
since.
Mrs. Mary B. Reese, of stubenville,
o., will speak at City Hall, Sabbath
evening at eight O'Clock; just at the
close of church services, ON the subject |
of temperance. Let every body give
her a hearing.
- The firm of Christie, Burnett &
Christie, of the Washington Machine
Shops, has been dissolved by mutual
The Messrs. Christie retiring.
The business will be continued by VIM.
Burnett & Son.
Marion Slaughter shipped from this
place last week, eighty-nine hogs
bought Of John Scissor which averaged
,hree hundred and thirty pounds, at
S8. .65 per cwt. saidto be the incest lot
shipped from here this season.
-Chillicothe Register, 22d: "There
ire eight miles of iron on the Narrow
Gauge yet to be laid, all of it on that
portion Of the road lying east of the
Mace farm. 1t is thought that the road
will be completed by the 5th of next
month";" Au -E.srig
Tuesday was one Of the quietest
tock-sale days for long time, not
there was perhaps as
arge a crowd of people in town as on
ny previous sale day. There was very
title drunkenness and disorderly con-
.uct noticeable.