The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1875-07-15
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hOuSo Has COu1u0uc0u.
Rev. D. McDill, of North Liberty
has been called to the Presidency o
Monmouth College, Ills.
Adams county has II Democratic
candidates for Sheriff, and II fol
Treasurer.
Corn, oats and potatoes look we'll
and wheat is coming out great dea
better than was expected.
The Teachers Institute meets il
West Union July 26th, and contin
ues one week.
Mrs. Nancy Phillips died neal
Marble Furnace, Adams county
June 9th, aged 80years. Two of hel
sons, Thomas and Howard, are we'll
known ministers of the NJ. E. church
PIKE.
Some of the farmers of Pike water
their wool to make it weigh heavier
Watered wool is new idea.
The S5O,OOO stock required for the
Scioto Valley R. R. in Pike county:
has all been subscribed.
Gov. Hayes will speak in Piketon.
on Tuesday, August Sd, at 2 o'clock
P.
The Sabina Fair begins August
18th, and continues four days.
The grass crop has scarcely ever
been better in our county VIII.
Repub.
The Teachers Institute will com
mence its session, in Wilmington, on
the I'd of August.
The Superintendent of the vii
mington Union Schools receives a
salary of $500 year.
Thos. D. Hubbard, proprietor OF
the Paper House, New Vienna, was
married to Miss Lizzie J. Howell, in
Groveport, Franklin County, June 20.
The new steam fire engine at Will
mington was tested last week and
threw water over the spire of the M.
E. church, 140 feet high.
Two new turnpikes are to be let
in Wilmington, on the I'd and Sd of
August. One is 7 miles and the 9th
er 81 miles long.
The burnt district in Wilmington
is to be promptly rebuilt. Work has
already begun on some Of the build
ings.
Mr.. Joseph H. Gustin, of Blan-
chester, graduated at West Point, at
the recent examination of Cadets,
and has been assigned, with the rank
of Second Lieutenant, to the Four
teenth Infantry.
The Wilmington Journal of last
week says: The recent continuous
rains have materially injured the
corn, in many localities, in this coun-
ty; and the prospect of the wheat
harvest, at this time, is very gloomy.
The corn crop in Ross county
promises well.
Chillicothe horses carried off sew
eral purses at the recent Dayton races.
Mr.. Andrew Barry, of Hillsboro, is
assisting Engineer Mccoy in his
Yankeetown survey Chill. Post.
The colored people of Chillicothe
will celebrate the first of August
emancipation day. in that city.
The second Presbyterian church in
Chillicothe is to be converted into
an opera house, to seat 1000 people.
H. N. W. Hoyt, late principal of
the Bainbridge High School, has
been appointed Superintendent of the
schools at New Brighton, Pa.
The late rains have interfered ma
terially with the wheat harvest. The
prospect is for fair crop if it can be
harvested in good condition.
Isaac Mace, who was the first child
born of white parents in the terrific
ry now composing Ross county, died
in Chillicothe on the Sd inst. aged
n years.
Mrs. Gen. Worthington, accompa-
MED by her brother, Dom Piatt, and
his wife, sailed from New York, on
the 29th. They will make the tour
of Southern Europe during the sum-
mer.
FAYETTE.
The Teachers Institute meets the
first week in August.
Washington G. H, is having Gas
Works constructed similar to ours.
A new Atlas of Fayette county is
in preparation.
Washington is talking about build
ing a new 100000 Court House.
The Commissioners will submit the
question to the people at the Octo-
ber election.
The Shiloh camp meeting willcom-
mence on the 18th day of August,
1875. The grounds are located 8
miles east of Goshen, Clermont coun-
ty, Ohio.
Washington has a new military