Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-02-27

Monday.
N. Ford & Co., sole agents for Aera-
ted Bread.
DIR. Farquhar will be at the Airing
ton House March 5th and 9th.
: Read your Bibles on Sunday, COM
mencing at the 9Th chapter of Daniel.
The Ball given by the Ely Light
Guards at Music Hall last Friday evening,
was very pleasant affair.
= There are $50 miles of graveled free
turnpikes in this county. and no toll
roads, and nobody wants any gate-nui-
sanees on our turnpikes.
= On our first page will be found the
remarks of Hon A. R.VanCleaf, of Picka-
way county, in House of Representatives.
on the death of M. S. Creamer.
Mime. Bigeon, of Cincinnati, will COS
tune Belshazzar the King, next Thurs
day and Friday evenings, at Music Hall.
A couple of runaway boys from the
Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home, at
Xenia, were captured here one day the
past week, and returned to the institu-
ton.
James Thompson, under indictment
for burglary and larceny, was released
from Jail on Friday last, on $500 bail for
his appearance for trial during the pres
ent term of court.
"A gang of twenty-one tramps were
run in on Monday by Marshal Collier,
and locked up in the Station House until
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marched out of town, and instructed to
keep on the move.
Rev. A. B. Leonard, of Grace Church,
Dayton, will lecture in the NJ. E. Church
in Sabina, on Thursday night, Feb. 9th,
(to-night) on the subject: 'sThe Twain
Made one,'' and on Friday tomorrow
night, on the subject: 'sThe Hand of
God in American History.''
= Mr.. Albert Stimson, of this place,
one of the trustees of the Soldiers and
Sailors Orphans Home, at Xenia, in
formed us. the other day, that the walls
of the main building of the House were
but little injured by the fire, and that the
cost of rebuilding and retitting the house
would not be as expensive as at first sup
posed.
The following persons have been
elected officers of the Social Circle, of the
M. E. Church for the coming year
President, Mrs. E. B. Lanum Vice Pres
ident, Mrs. Eli Craig; Secretary, Mrs
F, w. D. Cherington; Treasurer, Mrs
Mills Gardner; Executive Committee
, Mrs. R. A. Robinson, Mrs. DR.. Foster
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Miss Lucy johnson.
The Julia A. Hunt dramatic com
pany played to good houses on Monday
Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, a
Music Hall. The company is good one
above the average of travelling companies
Mrs. Hunt is a pleasing little actress, an
won the admiration of her audiences
Our theater-going people have been yer
aceeptably entertained by the Hunt com
bination, and will extend them heart
welcome, should they pay us another Wis
at any time.
= Hurry up those petitions for loc;
option. Get everybody who is favorabl
to the object to sign them, and then 70
. ward them to Hon. 1. w. Quinby, the al
thor of the bill. We have no doubt bl
large number of the people of tn
county are favorable to taking vote c
the question of the traffic in intoxicatiI
l. liquors in our county. The pBpositic
,o- is in accordance with the spirit and i
- tention of our Government. Let the vol
,so of the people rule.
ge. An unsuccessful attempt to bre
es, Jail was made on Sunday night last,
the prisoners Eslzridge, Dalgren, Thorn
yes son and Kole, occupying the upper fro
cell. They got possession of two smi
saws and cut hole through the ceili
of the cell, which is made of logs, and s
ur- into the garret above the cell, from whi
they expected to escape by a hatchw
opening into the hall. Deputy Shel
in Lydy, however, had got wind oftheir o.
lall rations, and was waiting for them in
hall, with a revolver, and drove tn
back into their cell by the same ro
they left it. The prisoners are all can
!. dates for the Penitentiary.
In the State Auditors Report
. 1879, a report of the indebtedness of
en-. different counties, cities and villages
the this State is made, from which we
look tract the following, showing the ind,
tier edness of Fayette county and the will
ads, of Washington, as follows: Fayette co
york ty-6, and per cent. bonds, purr
at as not reported, due 1s79-s1, paid by ia
mer- ton, $4s,17s 80. Washington G.
their Bonds for street improvements, $500;
node right of way, SO ,O87 70; for fire dep
their ment, So, ,250; for lamp fund, 81 600.
sold first three series of bonds bear 7 per G.
sslty and the last 8 per cent, all becoming
iOAN in installments, from 1879 to 1881. Me
provided by taxation, under the c.
The full amount OF our corporation be
.or or is $9,s37 70; total amount of indebted
Dr., of county and town, $5s, ,O6I B5. Perl
Only this may furnish sufficient explana
for the increased amount of our
alton. Certainly, of this indebtedl
Nut, and the near approach of payday ,sh
admonish our officials to be prudent il
management of our finances, both C
s r. ty and corporation. The indebtednt
our county, however, is not in exec
other counties in the State, of equal
ty to pay.