Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-01-29

by j. r. Bennett, Of seven carloads Of
lumber. The orders all along the line
are for more cars, so great is the de-
mand for shipment.
Engine No. 3, nice one too, on the
Springfield Southern road, made her
first down trip Monday. 1t is the in
tentiOn of the company, soon, to double
the number of trains, now running on
the road, in order to make better time
for the convenience oftravelers.
The revival meetings in the NJ. E.
Church this week, have been attended
by large, and deeply interested audi
ences. Many requests for prayers have
been presented; number have applied
for membership, and much encourage
ment has come to the church.
The Townsend Combination played
here four nights, at the Town Hall, to
small audiences. One member of the
company said Greenfield was the poor
est town the company has struck in
seventeen years, and that is just what
Greenfield thinks of the show.
From the CircleVille Democrat, Jan. 28)
The shock of the blown up Powder
Mill near Xenia, last Monday morning,
was felt by parties residing several
miles west of this city.
A petition has been in circulation in
this city this week, praying the County
Commissioners to purchase the toll
pixies in Pickaway county and convert
the same into free turnpikes. 1t has
been universally signed.
Several of the non-commissioned Of
ficers of the Circleyille Guards have
been reduced to the ranks for unsol-
dierly conduct on Inauguration Day
in Columbus. Served them right.
Military discipline must be preserved.
A prominent young gentleman of
this city, has received notice that he
has drawn $4,000 with a 50 ticket at
the last drawn of the Louisville Lot
terry. He desires no publicity of the
fact and we promised not to say any
thing about it.
Jabez Hedges, one of the oldest pio-
neers of this county, departed this life
last Sunday afternoon, at the advanced
age of 80 years and 20 days. He was
born in Berkeley county, Virginia, on
the 2Sth of December, 1899, and he
emigrated with his parents to Fairfield
county in April 1904, where his father
died in December of the same year.
The remainder of the family then mov-
ed to Walnut township, Pickaway
county, arriving on Christmas day,
and settled on the lands now owned and
occupied by the widow and heirs of his
brother, Cyrus. He served in the War
of 1872, being a member of Captain
Penny's Company, Ohio Volunteers,
under the command of Gen. Hull, and
at the time of Hull's surrender was
home on a furlough, on account of
sickness.
A novel proposition came up in Pick
away Common Pleas last Monday, on
the question of allowing Drs. Court
right, Thompson and Blackstone who
testified as experts in the Redding trial,
compensation as professional physicians
instead of the regular witness per diem.
W. F. Hurst, representing these gentle
men, read exhaustive opinions in favor
of the allowance, but the Court un-
willing to assume the responsibility of
making a precedent, suggested that
they make out their bills for testifying
and present them to the Board of Coun-
ty Commissioners at next session for
payment. Similar cases are unknown
in the practice here, although the Su-
preme Court of Indiana and Missouri
have decided favorable to such allow
ance.