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 Connersville Examiner

Fairfield, 1887

The drouth, previous to the 4th, was seriously felt by the farming community.

The general health in and about our village was never better.

Val. Campbell and Perry McWhorter have a new Advance thresher.

Allison Loper and John Snyder have been quite busy doing repair work on their shops.

The irrepressible James R.  Johnston is making a success as a Granger,. He has the finest potatoes in the market.

The latter end of a man who has been visible from a certain window in town quite often of late. Why not invite all of him?

The Children's Home, under the management of the Misses Hanna, has proven a grand success. The little folks are taught morals and manners, and a good foundation is laid to make useful men and women of these homeless waifs.

The Herald's puppy reporter from Jersey neighborhood, Black Jack, Jr., generally has some dirty little fling about politics or polecats to say about Fairfield. His last is about the "bloody shirt." Examine your own linen, young man, before it goes into the wash.

Grapes, blackberries, and babies are the only prospective crops this year at Fairfield.

Bentley, 1885

Clem Grist's babe has been very sick with summer complaint but is now considered out of danger under the skillful treatment of Dr. J. L. Hendricks of Fairfield.

Connersville, 1885

Hon. C.R. Cory of Fairfield was up last Wednesday mingling with his old friends, and honored our sanctum with a pleasant visit. He is well pleased with the political outlook ad thinks that in due course of time "the rascals" will all be made to walk the plank.

Liberty, 1885

A children's cake and ice cream party at the residence of Frank Crist at Liberty was broken up by a crowd of white and colored hoodlums, who threw rotten eggs and Limburger cheese into the midst of the party, ruining dresses besides injuring the children. Several arrests have been made.