Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-03-25

The Washington Board of EdNca-
tlOR have purchased Appleton's Cyclic
pedia for the use of the school.
District Court for Fayette county
VIII convene April 2Gth, Judges Bing-
lhap, Tarbell and Cowan on the beach.
Il Fuller Hess has the foundation
laid for new dwelling house adjoin-
ing his residence, on Circleville avenue,
W Peter Wendell has builta neat brick
Office opposite his scales on Main street,
and is now centrally located in thecoal
business.
REV. Lloyd, of HillsbOro, and ReY,
Biggs, of Chillicothe, addressed the
temperance meeting at the Court House
onSunday afternoon.
Judge J. B. Priddy is building a
very tasty story-and-a-llalf frame cot
tage on the lot opposite his residence,
on the Chillicothe pike.
A. NJ. Stimson and wife recently
sold to S. F. Johnson, one hundred aud
fifty acres of land lying about One
mile West Of Washington, on the Will
mington pike, for $4,000.
Mir. G.. M. Eichelberger is dirst in
the field as candidate for the Republi-
can nomination for Sheriff. The pres
ent prospect is that there will be plenty
of candidates for that position on the
Republican ticket to make lively con-
test.
Bonanza Council, Royal Arcanum,
have fitted up a comfortable hall in
Norman Jones' building, on the same
floor with the HERALD office. The or
der, although only recently instituted,
has quite a large and increasing mem
bership.
County Commissioners were in
special session yesterday. H. B. May
nard, attorney for the corporation of
Washington, filed with them the plat
and petition for the proposed extern
sion of the corporation, and the board
fixed the 25th day of May next for
the hearing of the matter.
--Messrs. Ely & Stimson will rebuild
their burned elevator the coming sea-
son, but have not yet decided upon the
plan for their building. They are
using their elevator at the West end of
Court street.-the old Woolen Mill
building-for their grain business for
the present. The building has a stor-
age capacity of 1000 bushels.
Miss Annie Bell Free, daughter of
John W. Free, of New Lexington, died
of consumption at the residence Of her
sister, Mrs. B. B. OFT, in this place, on
Friday last, aged 2l years. The re-
mains were taken to New Lexington
for burial, the funeral services taking
place at the house other father on Mon
day last. Several of our citizens went
to New Lexington on Monday to at
tend the funeral.
The stockholders of the Columbus,
Jeffersonville and Cincinnati Railway
Company met at Mt. Sterling on the
10th. 1t was voted by a majority of the
stockholders to incorporate a branch
line from Mt. Sterling to HillsbOro, and
to increase the capital stock from $780,
600, to 81 100000. 1t was resolved by
the directors to remove the general Office
of the company from Mt. Sterling to
Columbus; also, to authorize a commit
tee to close a contract with a construC-
ton company in Columbus for the COM
pletion of the proposed line.
The funeral Of Miss Hattie Carpen-
ter, yesterday afternoon, was very
largely attended. The services were
conducted by ReVs. Krug, Of Bloom
ingburg; Cooper, of Cincinnati, and
Biggs, Of Chillicothe. Miss Ella Sim.
kins read the "In MemOriam" of the |
High School Alumni. The floral deco
rations of the coffin were very beauti-
full, consisting Of heap of flowers pre-
sented by friends, and an anchor, pre-
sented by the High School Alumni.
The teachers and 25O pupils of our
schools attended the services.
A town of the size and pretensions
Of Washington-an important "rail-
road CENTER" claiming a population of
5000 to 6OOO-ought to have the names of
Its streets posted up where they can be
seen, and its houses numbered. 1t is
an every day subject OfSremark, on the
part of citizens and strangers, that our
town has grown to dimensions where
puplic convenience requires that it
should be done. We feel Justified in
taking on city airs to a limited extent
In other particulars; but in this, for
some reason, we are behind towns of
less pretentiOns.
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