The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1882-10-18

Aaron Hardy, Of Sinking Springs was over
ON election day and met many Of his old friends
The veteran old pike builder Pete Matthew'S,
! Is now called grandpapa and his son-in-law
Benjamin Elliott is called father. It is a boy
Pete and Ben are both getting along we'll
The big comet has been the cause of more
early rising in this community than can be well
imagined. Many have found out by getting up
in time to see the comet that an ordinary sun
rise is also glorious spectacle.
Mr.. Alvin Sanders, Of East Monroe lost
child by death last week after lingering ILL
ness of several months. The burial took place
last Thursday Rev. W. II. Sanders taking
charge of the funeral ceremonies.
List of letters remaining in Leesburg Post
Office Oct 2, 1882 M. NJ COvan, Rebecca
Daugherty, o. E. Edwards, Joseph McVev.
Persons calling for the above will please saw
advertised j. r. LADD, p. NJ.
A goodly number from this place attended
the Greenfield fair on Thursday and Friday.
The railroad agent, Mr.. W. H. Teter reports So
tickets sold for that station on Friday alone
Besides this number great many went by way
Of private cOnveyances each day.
Mr.. Smith, one of the staunch farmers Of
IButleryiue Warren county, spent a portion Of
last week here the guest Of his daughter Mrs.
>. A. Harcum. Mrs II. returned home with
him last Saturday to remain few DAYS and
now Joe refuses to be comfortod.
Tom Long spent election day here in the
interest OF Boise. The way Tom would put
his arms around the cOlored brethren and tell
them the Democratic party was their best
friend was rather amusing to say the least
about it.
Quarterly meeting at East Monroe next Sat
urday and Sunday. Rev. A. U. Beaul, Of
Greenfield, is expected to be present on Sun
day and preach at IL a. m, as DR.. L. f. Van
Cleve will necessarily have to hold a Quarterly
meeting at Greenfield at the same date.
The Williamson family (colored), four blind
persons, of Wilson county, N c.. gave a musi-
cal entertainment at billiards. han last Friday
and Saturday evenings, which surpassed any
thing Of the kind we have ever listened to.
They initiate various musical instruments while
singing so perfectly that it almost seems as if
they were playing on some instrument.
Persons passing along the street in front Of
| the saloon last Wednesday evening Witnessed
rather novel sight for this Prohibition village.
Three colored individuals, two of them claiming
| to be women and one of the masculine persua-
sion, walked into the saloon and the women
took their beer in full view of the passersby on
| the street.
Mrs. Sarah Binegar, relict of Samuel Binegar,
of Olive Chapel neighbOrhOOd, died last Friday
at the ripe old age of about 80 years. She has
been life long member Of the NJ. E. Church
and will be greatly missed in the community
having lived there for the last go years-for the
past 90 years in the same house in which she
died. The funeral took place Saturday, the
remains being laid away at White Oak cemetery
near Buena Vista.
A Jolly crowd of young people assembled at
the hail in the Union House last Tuesday even
ing for the purpose of Willing away the night
in tripping the light fantastic toe" Mr..
Landon Mccoy better known as "Flanigan"
/ Mccoy, furnished the music, and il was late in
] the morning ere the crowd dispersed in various
directions to their homes. There were q few
present from some Of the neighbOring towns
and villages
Charles COrwin, alias "Big Hig, whoi pres
] ident of the transportation company at this
| place came near meeting with a serious acci-
dent one day last week. AS he was loading
some freight at the depot the way freight train
came along, and the horse attached to the dray
| taking fright OccasiOned a small collision with
the locomotive. Then the dray went whirling
down the street at a rapid rate, and ended with
smashing up the dray and hurting Hig little
The locomotive was not injured much.
If one should accidently come upon the Fay-
| ette county portion of the Buena Vista pike and
not know otherwise, he would think it was the
roadbed Of the c. Il NJ R. R.! The road-bed
they have thrown up is several feet wider than
our Highland county men make, and then the
| grades are so low that good locomotive could
make the most Of them very easily. The con-
tractors are evidently new men at the business
or they would understand how TO make a little
more money out Of it by making little mar
rover grade.