The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1882-10-25

as we send in our letter. Saturday P. NJ. A
me game Of base ball is being PLAYED in tbe
u0ur6s between the Acme club Of This plsoe
.nd me Chntons Of Wilmington. Our bows
loyeu yng ig OIintons at Wilmington three weeks
ago and this is the return game
Commissioners Redkev and Sanders cana
qyeI the early part Of last week, and with Mr.
Ladd met the contractors, Messfs. VappeIt and
OoNAnl OF road improvement No. 1g and a7ter
. careful survey Of the work done accented RI
and pronounced it one of the best pieces Of
contractor. my
The township trustees have. in accordance
with the wish Of the Infmary Directors. pro-
cured fine set Of five or six large bo3Es in
Mlch TO keep their minutes and accounts
Lhere seems to be a great deal Of red tane
aOouJ tle arrangement, and person without
cult work to keep them correctly.
The temperance people Of this community
are 70 nave rare treat shortly Mrs. Foster.
Vhe Well-knOWn temperance speaker ia an
n0unced to make an address at the M. ID.
Onurch Friday evening, Nov. g. The mere
m LlIOuhclnent Is sufficient to assure her good
audience here where she is so well known.
Mrs. Chas. DePue, who has been visiting
mere for some weeks past left for her home
last Friday week, but met her husband in Gin
clhnatl, and concluded to return with him and
spend another week in our midst Mr. and
mrs. DePue are both well known here. and
IIi Iner visits are always hailed with delight.
lhey have both returned home now,
The corn crop is turning out much better
than was anticipated earlier in the season
Corn cutting is now practically ali done. and
the FODDER Is In excellent condition. A great
deal OF the corn ground has been seeded. Tbere
has been about the same number of acres of
wheGt sown this year as last. The wheat is mn.
una una ReneFaly looking very well for the time it
has been in the ground.
Edward Terry has sold off his personal nror-
erty at public sale and moved to IeesburPP
FLORIDA, the same locality in which Thomas
Hiatt, OF this place, is sojourning. Both these
gentlemen have bought small farms. and viii
De able In few years to supply their friends
move is occasioned by his wife's delicate health
rendering a change Of climate necessary.
Another meeting of the Board Of Fdrcatior
Of this township has been called for the 2s inst
at Centertield to take action on the speciaI
school district question that has been agitatine
the public mind Of that vicinity during tbe
past year. Unless the special district is Sec11r-
ed new school house will have to be built in
the Anderson district, as the old one is i'm nm
unsafe condition, especially during a heavy
wind.
There is great need Of good sized nnblic
hall in this town. The only hall in town that
can be secured for any purpose, except the one
in the Union House, which is onlV used for
dancing, is the small one fitted up a few wears
since by Jacob Hilliard Esq, over his business
room. This hall will not contain an audience
large enough to pay dramatic troupe to Give
an entertainment in it, If we had large 6aU
a good lecture course could easily be established
and entertainments Of various kinds could he
held. School entertainments have died ont en-
tirely since the remodeling of the school buiId-
ing, at which time the hall in that buiIdino,
was divided permanently
Other towns may lay claim to monstrous big
sunhoWers as they have been doing Of late. but
our community, not being so wonderfully rs
thetic, grants the palm on the sunfioWer 20 tbe
others, and begs leave to trOt out the big
sweetpotato raised by Jonah Marchant. ESQ,
This potato is of the variety commonly known
as the yam, and measures 10 inches in lenpth.
Is inches one way and 80 inches the other in
circumference, and balances the scales at ~
pounds 1t may be seen at the Post Ofice-
where the accommodating P. NJ, J, r Iadd,
shows off the potato to the best advantage,
Mr.. Marchant has also left a potato at the bank
which exceeds this one in length, but we will
not state the size until we have heard from
other parts Of the county.
Elwood makes a specially of coal oil and
.russes; also keeps a general assortment of
drugs usually kept in a tirst-class drug store.
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