Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-03-18
LOCAL ITEMS.
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for Township Clerk, has commenced the
study of law in the Office Office ofGregg
& Creamer.
Ham. Smith has removed his shoe
store from Ely's block to Henry Dahl's
building, second door from cOrnOr of
Main and Court streets.
"A festival and oyster supper will be
given at the residence of James NJ. No
BILE, at Madison Mills, on Tuesday even
ling, March 23d, for the benefit of the
M. E. Church.
-Danl Wendell requests us to an
nomce that he has not withdrawn from
the race for the Marshalship, but is
still candidate, on the temperance and
law and order ticket.
"A festival will be given by the col
ored people of Washington, at City
Hall on Friday and Saturday evenings,
April "a and Sd, for the benefit of the
Washington Band. Everybody invited
to attend.
John Garner's Washington friends
can address him at London, o., for the
next thirty days. He was last week
sentenced to occupy cell in the Madi-
son county jail for that length of time,
for stealing watch.
Mrs. Lotta D. Crosley will preach
at the Universalist Church, at Jeffer-
sonville, on March 21st, at II O'Clock a.
M; also in the evening. Will be pres
ent at the entertainment on Saturday
evening. Everybody invited to attend.
The criminal docket was commenced
on in our Common Pleas Court this
week. No cases of interest have been
disposed of yet. The trial Of w. r.
Henderson for the number Of Hans.
Horn will probably be taken up next
week.
IS. G. Cunningham will have a sale
of short-horn cattle at Cunningham sta
ton, near this place, on the D. & S. E.
Ry., on the 1st Of April next, at which
he will offer thirty-tive head of choice
animals, of the Young Mary and Bios
som families.
There has been marked improve
ment in the real estate market in this
county within the past year. Sales of
farming lands have been made this
Spring at an advance Of fully 25 per
cent. over what could have been OBJ
tanned a yearag6.
There are two members of the
Washington Board of Education to
elect at the April election, to succeed
D. Furtwangler and VIM. Millikan,
whose terms of Office expire this year,
The call for the election is published
elsewhere in this paper,
Amos Roberts, Of the firm Of Rob
erts Bros, of Springfield, has removed,
to this place and opened boiler yardY
in connection with the foundry and
machine shops of Miller & Dixon,
where all kinds of boilers, smoke
stacks, etc., will be manufactured.
" B. F, Shobe, of Good Hope, won the
prize offered by G. G. Blakemore for the
greatest number Of hawk heads. This
contest has been the cause Of the death
of a good many hawks, and it will be
repeated. Now is the time, boys, to
shoot into their nests and do the great
est damage.
70. r. Munger has bought the bust
hess room on Court street, lately occu-
pied by E. Millikan 6 Son as flour
and feed store. He has commenced re-
the room, and will put in
new plate glass front. 1t is to be Occu-
pied by the White Hall Merchant Tail
Oring Company.
IF. H. Miller has associated with
himself in the foundry and machine
shops Mr.. r. w. Dixon, lately Of the
Champion Shops, Springfield. The style
Of the firm is Miller g. Dixon. Mr.. Dixon
Is one of the best machinists in the
The firm have their foundry
buildings about finished, and will be
ready to run iron in couple Of weeks.
--Patsey Burke, the old and we'll
tombstone and monumentdealer,
lesires the public to remember that he
IAN supply any style and quality Of
work in his line at satisfactory prices.
Those intending to purchase monu-
nents or tombstones, should call on
lin, at his shop, on East street, and see {
of his work, and learn prices,
before giving their orders.
Captain E. B. Updegrove rendered
lis resignation as engineer Of the Fire
at a special meeting of
Council on Monday evening, and it was
accepted. His resignation as engineer
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