The Hartford herald., 1880-01-07

of tobacco grown by them last year.
. -Thos. Williams, living three miles
below town, lost II head of sheep and 3
fat hogs during the recent high waters.
Mr.. J. B. Ward, of No. Creek, had
twenty head of hogs anda COW drowned
during the recent high rise in Rough
creek.
Mr.. Hylas Bosqut has moved into
the building on the public square, form
erly occupied by c. J. 1awton as IA post
Office.
Mr.. J. Cannon, of Sulphur Springs;
has rented the hotel known as the Wal
ker House, and opened the same last
Monday.
BY invitation we dined at the Cam
non House last Monday. Although II
large number of guests had dined, yet
there was plenty left.
One of the most sensible acts of the
Magistrates of the county yesterday
was their unanimous decision, that the
cheapest place to buy goodsin this coun-
try, is Anderson's Bazaar.
The Bell Telephone from this place
to Beaver Dam, is now completed. We
are i'm whispering distance with our
neighboring towns, Beaver Dam and
McHenry.
The HERALD office has job type job
presses and job material and can sure
enough do good job work and will do
il at less prices than the Ohio county
Nes. $ would do il, even If it was pre-
pared.
The person who took the umbrella
marked "E. :. Edgerton," on the in
side) from Williams Brothers store, i'm
Hartford, ON the 9th of December last,
will please return il and receive the
thanks of f. S. EDGERToN.
Our friend, Duff Nall, native of
this town, but for many years, a citizen
of Lincoln, ILL.,, has opened a News
Agency ut ~ Dearborn street, Chicago.
He is young man of pluck, energy
and good business qualities, and will, no
doubt, succeed.
A young chap was expatiating up
on the goodness of heart, kind and ten
der feelings of a lady, an acquaintance
of his. "Why," said he, in quite an
animated tone, al have seen her catch
fieas and she was too tender hearted 10
kill them, but would put them on the
palm of her hand and say shop away
little things"
-On the night of the Leap Year ball
"A young man called at the Hartford
House for a little wine for the stomach's
sake. But he experienced a difficulty
in removing the mask. Jim Tom
Moore overcame this by the Use of d
small funnel which was utilized as d
medium of communication between tn.
glass and the thirsty man.
-'Tis sweet TO he remembered. Such
was our good fortune on Monday night
of last week, at the hospitable home o
Mr.. and Mrs. G. b. Williams. The oc
casion was that Of a supper given tC
Miss Hannah Craig and Sergeant III. ID
McHenry, cousins TO the hostess. The Ia
BILE was laden with everything that on'
skilled in the culinary art could sugges
or the epicure could desire. We tende
thanks for am invitation.
A son of Davage Hooker, about i
years old got badly hurt on Christina
day. He bored hole in a log an,
, filled it with powder, drove pin int
it and touched fire to it. 1t did not g
off at once and he went up to it to Sc
what was the matter when it went of
breaking one leg, throwing his ankl
, out Of place, burnt his face and the pil
struck him ON the side of the head max
ing large knot. Dr.J. ]. Mitchell wa
called in. 1t is supposed he will recover
Mr.. John Hicks and Miss Nanni
, Grinstead, having formed an attach
: ment for each other, and the cruel pal
4 ents being unwilling for them to form
: partnership offensive and defensive fo
:. the balance of life, they concluded t
e skip to that glorious Gretna Greer
: Rockport, Indiana, which they did las
1 week, where they We're made bone {
one bone aud flesh of one flesh. w
# wish them a life of sunshine and hal
piness. The parties lived at McHenf,
e in this county.
Mr.. Enoch Harding, of Mansfield
Texas, son-in-law of Judge ]. q Tow
send, sustained considerable loss b
fire about a month ago. The propert
burned was cotton gin I'm which b
was interested. No insurance. VIII
is it people do not insure? The head
the family is not doing justice to hin
self, his family or creditors when
l. neglects insurance. Remember tn,
T. Barrett & Bro. are prepared to wri
,t policies at fair prices i'm the very be
10 companies. Gail on them and get yol
N property insured at once. Delays q
!. dangerous. Now is the accepted TIM
" in our issue Of December 10th lS7
2, We referred to difficulty between job
T. b. Martin and %. p, Rrunton. M
0. Brunton called on us last Saturday al
says our notice did him great iniustic
i. He says that the facts are as follow
Ir Martin had been to Mr.. Gray's, prev
e. ously, and had some dispute with hi
I. about corn In which he calledGray a Liza
,e Brunton, who was raised by Gray, tot