The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1882-08-09

S. NJ Taggart, attending school at Delaware,
win return home Aug ~, To- attend the High
land County Teachers Institute, at Hillsboro.
Al. George, of Hardins Creek dropped in
last week. lie reports the corn growing nice
ly and the waters of Brdge-watcr creek trick
ling lightly and ioyously through the Ditch
with no distractions to curb its freedom
The missionary concert given at the NJ f.
Church Sunday evening, the 3Oth, was sue
cess. The exercises consisted of singing,
reading and recitations. very large crowd
was present but the order was excellent A
collection was taken up at the close Of the eX-
ercises,
Hodson q Edwards have threshed 8 III bush
els of wheat from 2i3 acres, an averagenOt y
bushels 90 the acre. They have had years Of
experience threshiug, but never before have
they worked in wheat that csme.up 20 the pres
eut crop, in quantity or quality The wheat
threshed was from different parts Of the town
ship.
Uncle Kit Arthur, Of Clear Creek, has been
spending several days with relatives and ac-
/ quaintauces here. He came over to attend
the Friends Quarterly Meeting and since its
close has been industriously engaged i'm calling
ON friends. His company is always enjoyable
ON account of an iueNhaustible fund Of old
! time stories.
VIM. NJ. Riley, of New Lexington, gives us a
] blbOuN snake hlOlN OF "a Dhltls belWttu LWo
snakes and the sickle of his old reliable Cham
pion mower. The snakes fought well, but the
sickle was victorious. One of the snakes measur-
ed five and q half feet, while the other meas
| ured six feet three inches. He also tells us
that his wheat averaged % bushels to the
| acre.
DIR. Nipgen, one of the leading druggists Of
/ Chilhcothe, paid us q visit ON last Friday. He
was looking after his individual interest i'm the
matter of supplying our druggists with goods,
/ and brought with him the Hon. l.. IT. Neal, the
/ Democratic nominee for Congress. who was
looking after his individual interests by holding
two or three closet interviews with , and
promiscious handshaldng with the Republicans
of this parish.
The present rainy season, while it is in some
localities, damaging to our corn, has in this
g section produced the finest crop Of burdOck
, that the oldest citizen remember of seeing.
Charles Turner has employed Bro. Nathan
Rains To- cut and cure the crop within the cor
pOrate limits of the town, on next First day.
lie will probably cut the dock ON the Cox lot
first, as that seems to be ripening earlier than
D the balance. Very few towns can beat rs on
] burdock.
b Leesburg a few days preceding and the
wccl, following Quaker Quarterly, was lively
with visitors from far and near. We give a
partial list of those who spent several days in
town Misses Anna Chamberlain. Eta Oxley
Ionic Brewer Matte johnson and lka Barlow,
I of New Vienna: Miss Matte Patton, Mr.. and
Mrs. Austin Naupelt, Mrs Libbie kneiler and
D Miss Mary Love- of Greenfield; Miss Mamie
Hardy, of Sinking Syringe; Miss Matte SImp-
f. SON, of Springfield; Miss Sadie Jamison, OF
" Frankfort Miss Allie Smith, of Butlrryle
v MIR. and Mrs. Win Teter, Of Chilhcothc; Mis-.
+ Cleveland, of Chilhcothe.
. The grayel-pit worked by Pete Coyan, Ina.
/. turned ont am ancient graveyard Abou