Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-19
LOCAL ITEMS.
Smoke BOyer's Own, the best 3
cent cigar in the land. 12m3

on the 9th.
Mr.. Isaiah Brown will remove to
Virginia in few weeks.
DIR. Willis at Music Hall, Friday,
February ~. Go and hear him.
-Silas Weaver has sold his barber
shop to VIM. Snider and VIM. Craig.
The Washington post office did an
immense valentine business this year.
Remember Gen. Gibson's lecture at
the Loan, one evening during the first
week. t.t r....--
Mr.. James Fuller has removed from
Frankfort to this place, to engage in
business.
Ladies Benevolent Society will meet
Monday, February %, at the residence
of H. i. Hadley.
Hi. Henry's Minstrels gave fine
entertainment to full house at Music
Hall Tuesday evening.
General Gibson's thrilling lecture,
GAN Along the Line" given as one Of
the evening entertainments of the Loan.
Candidates for Mayor and Marshal,
at the coming spring election are al
ready in the field. See announcements.
Mass temperance meeting at the
Presbyterian Church next Sabbath
evening at o'clock, to be addressed by
Rev. Krug, of BloOmingburg.
The social of the Baptist Church
will be held at the residence of /. c.
Coffman, on Friday evening of this
week. The public are invited.
The teachers of the county have
asked Mr.. R. G. Miller to continue the
publication of the Fayette County Teach
er8' Journal. 1t will appear as usual.
A little son of Mr.. Jas. Reece, re-
ceived a severe aX-cut on the head Sat-
urday, the ak penetrating through the
skull. DR.. Saxton dressed the wound.
Mr.. J. S. Harris has removed his
marble works from Xenia to this place.
and is now ready for business. He is
located on Main street, north of the
Court House.
Dinner at the Loan on stOCk-sale
day, 25 cents. 1t will not be necessary
to enter the exhibition in order to pro-
cure dinner, as it will be served in sep
arate, but adjoining, room.
February term of Fayette Common
Pleas court cOmenced on Tuesday,
Judge Steel on the bench. The grand
jury are at work, they have a large
number of witnesses to examiae.
AT the request Of many citizens, the
Lecture Association haye secured DR..
Willis to lecture again, and have chosen
for the subject, ''The Model Wife"
All who failed to hear his former lee
ture should avail themselves of this op-
portunity.
-Hawkers and Cheap John mer-
chants will probably not be as numer-
GUS on the streets next stoCk-sale day as
heretofore, as the new ordinance re-
quiring them to pay a license of SIS
per day to carry on their business will
be in operation.
1t is expected that the grand jury
at the present term of court will return
some indictments for violations Of the
liquor laws. A number of witnesses,
who are supposed to know something of
such violations, have been summoned to
appear before the jury.
The next lecture of the Washington
Lecture Association course is announced
for Friday, February ~, and will be
given by DR.. A. A. Willis. We pre-
dict that there will be few vacant seats,
as it is claimed by all who heard his
first lecture, that it was the best ever
delivered in this place.
There never has been offered to the
citizens of Fayette county such an OPP
portunity of combining pleasure and
instruction, as the Loan Exhibition,
now in preparation in this place. So
much that IS rare, curious and beauti-
ful, to which will be added every even
ing entertainments that alone will be
worth the price of admission.
The Ely Light Guards time as an
organization ceases in May. The boys
contemplate trip to Niagara Falls.
With what money they have in their
treasury, and an additional $5 from
each member they will charter two
cars, furnish their own rations, and
leave here Tuesday, May 4, and return
Friday night-having two days at the
Falls Since this excursion has been
spoken of they find there are about 200
membersa Arrangements are being
made for a brass band to accompany
them, with the Dayton band in the lead.