FAIRFIELD NEWS
There are four blacksmith shops in Fairfield and all liberally patronized.
The Teachers Institute to be held in this place Saturday next, the 9th instant, will be of more than usual interest, as an excellent program has been prepared.
George Loper took some horses to the city last week, but being unwilling to give them away and pay something to get someone to take them away, he brought them back.
It is said that the Universalists contemplate holding a protracted meeting at Ireland Church sometime in December.
D.P. Ernst announces it as his intention to remove from this place to Liberty sometime this winter, where he will start a carriage repair shop. Fark is one of the best carriage painters in the state.
Dr. Shepard has moved from Everton to our little village.
River has been on a "bender" several times quite recently.
Three horses and a mule to a break wagon ran off one day last week. Some damage done.
Peter Updike, formerly of this place, is out as a candidate for Recorder, subject to the Democratic County Convention.
A young gentleman from Harrison, Ohio, was in town yesterday, seeking a location for carrying on tailoring. A good tailor would be well patronized.
A young gentleman of this place of considerable talent and plenty of learning has been offered the position of local editor on the Muncie Times, but he does not know whether to accept or not.
Efforts are being made to have this delightful little village incorporated, and we trust it will be done, as that is what should be done, and only those who have been accustomed to converting some of the streets and alleys into barn yards and feeding places for their stock, are opposed to it.
The dramatic entertainment at Quakertown a few nights since, was a success, financially at least, and the rendition of "Saved," was quite good. They play at Blooming Grove soon.
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