The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-05-22
Home Correspondence.
GREENFIELD.

the pins" for the boys.
The coming three weeks will be pro
life of celebrations, &c.
To Mr.. L Mrs. q. Fay Baldwin, adaugh-
ter, last Saturday night.
Deputy Sheriff Harris is recovering from
his late attack of fever.
Mrs. r. G. Kinkead has returned from a
visit to friends in Virginia.
Mr.. Frank B. Hudson, of Springfield,
was in town few hours Friday.
The house cleaning fever assumed an /
aggravated and contagious form last week.
The S. & P. changed time last Mon
day. They change again when the moon
fulls.
Hon. Warren Keller, present Congress
man from the 4th District, was in town last |
Friday. (
Mr.. Martin McDermott is now running
the night office of the NJ. & G. without an
associate.
The tax assessor was around last week,
wanting to know, ''weIl, how much have |
you got this time ?"
An immense amount Of painting, house
cleaning and paper hanging has been go
ing on the past week.
Mrs Jane Mead and her two daughters, !
Misses Helen and Jennie, are visiting
Hillsboro, the guests of Mr.. jerry Black.
The 18th Regiment Band, Of Hillsboro, |
will do the music business for the Odd
Fellows at their celebration June 9th.
An abortive effort was made last Satur- !
day o,clean up Main street. This should |
be done, and done as soon as possible.
Mr.. Mike Carroll, the well known car
riage manufacturer Of HillsbOrO, spent
Tuesday of last week in town, on business.
On an average we are asked ten times a
day, "What's the NewsP Invariably our
answer is, $l.5O per year, strictly in ad-
vance.
Charley Crothers gives ball at Bells
Hall tomorrow evening. DeCamp's Or
chestra, Of Chillieothe, will furnish the
music
Last Monday morning there we're over a
dozen head of stock in the Pound. 1t
obst the owners one dollar per head to get
them out.
Mr.. W. F. Crispin will not deliver his
lecture "How? When? Why" in the
City Hall tomorrow Thursday evening,
as the Hall is engaged.
Mr.. VIM. Boyd, E. r. Pierson, Jas P.
Smith, Jos. z. Marks and Henry F. Bush,
put in last Thursday, attending the Muir
ply anniversary celebration at HillsborO.
Mr.. Chris. Kelley, a former well known
Greenfield boy, but who is now living in
Cincinnati, spent a few days of last week
in town. He is as fat and good natured as
| ever.
The Republican County Convention, for
the purpose of nominating delegates to the
State Convention, which meets in Cincin-
natl on the 2Sth, will be held in HillsborO
next Saturday.
There was achange of time Of the M.65 G.
trains last Monday, Of about two minutes
from theold time at this station. It, how
ever, lessons the time about half an hour
between Parkersburg and Cincinnati.
Rev. Milton Caldwell, young Presby-
terisn divine, addressed the congregation
in the First Presbyterian church last Sun
day morning. He gave evidence Of unu-
sual ability for young man.
Is Grant ''booming"2 An M. & G.
freight car passed through town a few days
since, on the sides of which were inscribed,
in monstrous chalk letters, ''U. S. Grant,
the President for 188Ol-Burgess Steel
Works, Portsmouth, Solid.
The dedication of the Shiloh Baptist
church will take place June 1st. Mean.
while the ladies are busily engaged in fit
ting It up. A handsome chandelier is to
be put up this week. When finished 1t
viii be one Of the neatest churches in the
county.
Strawberries, new potatoes, and all kinds
Of vegetables are in market. The first
two are very high, but can be obtained by
those who can give good paper, with good
security, or mortgage on unincumbered
real estate. The dealers should charge
/ ten cents a look at them.
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stration put forth for the decoration of the
soldiers graves, IN the cemetery at this
place. But nevertheless it viii be done
privately by some Of our own ladies, The
Chief Of Saturday viii contain further par
ticulars.
All the necessary arrangements have
been made for holding a two days and
nights Temperance Convention in City
Hall, on the 9th and 2Sth. The proceed
ings are under the control of the W. G. 7.
.. Of this place. For further particulars,
see another column.
Mr.. Ed. DeVoss, a former Greenfield boy,
now living in Wilmington, was married on
last Wednesday to Miss Kate G. Williams,
of Clarksville. The happy couple are en-
ioying part of their honeymoon at his
mothers residence near this place.
The following are the names of our new
Base Ball nine: Blackstone, Blackburn,
L. Boyd, Devers, Mount, Anderson, E.
Boyd, II. Gibson, SaxtoD. The positions
have not yet been assigned, but it is safe to
say, that Blackstone will pitch, Lee Boyd /
behind the bat, and SaXtOn short stOp.I
There are three good pitchers in the nine. |
The new Base Ball club of this place is q |
splendid team, and bids fair to eclipse the /
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places more than once walk of with their !
lips hanging down to their vest buttons. !
They are ball-thirsty now, and are aching /
to get a hold of some of the crack clubs, /
and "chaw them up" Do you hear They |
want to get on them just once, and ride
around the diamond.
From letter received by one of the e1-
members of the Bachelors Club, We learn
that another fellow has sent In his resigna-
ton as a member of that Jolly crowd, viz Il
Mr.. Lambert 7. Kinkead, who viii, on the
18th of July, be married to zone Of the
the prettiest little women you ever saw
so be says. He also advises the remainder
of the club to ''go and do likewise" He
is now living on Lightning Creek, Indian
Territory. Il
For the past three months Capt. Dicker-
son, Of Virginia, has been assiduOusly en-
gagged in re-surVeying the work done on
the narrow gauge, by G. I. RUcker of this
place. The result shows a big difference in
favor Of Mr.. Rucker, between the Captains
survey and that which was computed by
the company's engineers. The Captain is
now engaged in finishing his work on the
plans &C., which will take a couple of
months yet. He is assisted by Horace N.
Gibson.
A meeting of the stockholders Of the
S. J. & P. is called for Tuesday evening,
Doth, in the Council Chamber. The cause
of this, it appears, Is that the Western
Railway Construction Co. have entered
suit against the road for the money which
they claim is due them for the building of
the road. Receiver Whitley has refused
to give any money to pay the necessary
legal expenses, but has so far opened his
magnanimous soul, as to suggest % that a
paper be circulated in each town along the
line, and let the stockholders raise the re-
quired amount
We are happy to have the opportunity
thrustin our way to mention Mr.. E. r.
of this place, as a candidate be-
fore the Republican Convention for the Of
fee Of County Treasurer. Mr.. Pierson has
long been a citizen of this place, and is
" IL known all over this and adjacent cOun-
ties. He is now occupyiOg position in
the Highland County Bank, as chief book
keeper, whose responsible duties he per-
forms in an eminently satisfactory manner,
and which eminently qualify him for the I
Office to which he aspires. He is popular
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