The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-05-28
Correspondence of the News.
Letter from North Liberty, o.

NORTH LIBERTY, Adams Co., May q, 1874.
FRIEND BoARDxAN Being regular reader of
your valuable paper, we have thought that a word
from this section might interest some of your many
readers.
North Liberty is neat, thriving, quiet village,
with good schools and churches, sober, indus
trious and intelligent people. No saloons or
whisky shops here, but we have a Ladies' Temper
ance League, in good working order, that has been
in efficient operation some three months, and we
also have had the Temperance question fully dis
cussed and public sentiment educated up to the
point of action. Our good ladies' have thoroughly
canvassed our place and the surrounding country,
and have obtained the pledge of almost this entire
community.
Our people are fully aroused to the importance of
this contest. We have q Vigilance Committee to
arrest and prosecute all violators of the quor laws
of Ohio, and we also have Guarantee Fund at
their disposal, to enable them to carry out their
plans. A number of men have been arrested and
fined for becoming intoxicated, and one or two of
them sent up to West Union to board out for few
days. Our Committee will do their duty and our
community will sustain them.
Last Sabbath a man came to town OF a drunk
annoyed our citizens much by his abusive and pro-
fame language. noise, and fast and Illegally driving
sidewalks. Several affidavits were placed in
the Justices hands, and altho' ne had boasted that
he had thousand dollars to defy our committee
with, he has since concluded that discretion was
the better part of valor, he walked into the Jus
tees Office to-day and planked up some fifteen dol
lars fine, thereby saved costs of trial pending Sew
eral more cases are reported Justices docket
from parties in Winchester, against a druggist
there for violation of the liquor laws. The people
of old Adams county mean business, and we think
You will hear from her favorabIy next August.
THE CELEBRATED W. H. H. DUNN,
of your place, passed through here last week, in
company with his chief assistant Engineer Spring
er), surveying short line route from Hilsboro to
Washington City, but think he will not find this
practicable profitable route as most of our peo-
pie in this county are now travelling the Cold
Water line. So he turned and took the down grade
to Ripley, Brown county, in search of more prac-
ticable ROUTE to contract for bridges and mate
rials as they viii be much needed. But perhaps he
may take more easterly route via Sinking Springs
Chat is if he secure the right of way) and the
good people of that place will take stock enough to
justify building Depot at that point The books will
be open in a few days. Let every body subscribe.
Considerable indignation here ever the arrest of
the Crusaders in Cincinnati. Persecution only
stimulates the good cause. A fearful day of reck-
oning is coming for Mayor johnson and his Whisky
Ring, from an indignant people and just God,
and their guilty consciences may soon be awakened
to the reality of just doom which awaits all such
in that wholesale cremation" in the great hereaf-
ter, where no friend will be found to urn their
ashes R. W. A.