The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1883-01-17
Saturday, January 10, 1883.

Marion Evans has sold the Higgins property
on West Main street to Peter Lamb. Lamb has
sold his property near the Union House to Nor
ris Ragan. Both have taken possession. John
Gordon has moved into the property vacated BY
Bagan, on East Main street.
A family Of paupers, consisting Of tbeparents
and four children, landed here yesterday eve
ming ON the accommodation from Loveland,
and were making for NIillersburg, on the Ohio
river, Marshal Mike HUI took them in charge,
and the trustees sent them as far on their way
as ChillicOthe this morning.
Mr.. ". S. Hough has been missing hay and
feed from his barn Tor some time and has had
strong suspicion as to whose horse was eating
it. One morning last week ne was enabled to
track up a portion Of it by hay scattered on
the ground, and haathe aatiBfgction Of making
the fellow own up to having taken e.
A protracted meeting is in progress at the
NJ. &. Church, having commenced last Sunday,
Rev. L. F. VanCleve, D. D., of Hillsboro was
present, and preached Monday and Tuesday
evenings. Considerable interest seems to pre-
vail and the meeting will be protrseted during
the coming week at least, if not longer.
Hussey & Lindley sold their drug store, known
as the Paragon, to young NJ. D. by the name
of Dean, hailing from New Carlisle, last week.
He came to assist in the invoice, but before
they had completed the work Of invoicing he
backed down, and Hussey d Lindley are still
proprietors and DR.. W. I. Davis dishes out the
pills for them formerly to the entire satisfac-
ton of the community at large.
The telephone mon have struck our village on
their way putting up the Hillsboro and Green
field line, and in few days we will be able to
"hello" to our neighboring towns. They ar
rived in town Friday putting up the wire, and
have set the poles for some distance out the
road toward Centerfeld. It has not been fully
determined as to where the instrument at this
place will be located but it will probably be in
King & Evans dry goods store or in the room
back Of Guthrie's iewelry store.
Last Tuesday evening row occurred in the
West End that will, in all probability rid this
community Of a desperate character and cause
the lovers Of good morals to breathe more freely
/ For several months fellow by the name Of
James Mckinney, claiming to be white man
J
1 time working athis trade, that Of stone-mason,
and boarding with a colored man, George Moth
ers', in the West End. Nc Kinney, it is reported
! has become quite intimate with Mothers wife,
and this caused melee Tuesday evening.
Mothers tiEall, seized gun and fired, but NICK.
had so badly bunged his eyes that he could not
see well enough to shoot straight, and the shot
failed to take effect. Each party swore out a
warrant against the other, but have evaded the
officers until this morning, when Constable
Charles Daughters, Of Lexington, came down
and arrested them, and took them before Squire
Kelley at Lexington. On trial he was found
| guilty and bound over to Court on $3.50 bond,
in default of which he was taken to the hotel
kept by Tom Long at Hillsboro. trap had
been set ior some six weeks past by vigilance
committee to catch this fellow but he had so
far evaded ii.