The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1883-08-01
GREENFIELD.
Monday, July 80, 1888.

Parties desiring information relative to the
( Third Annual Fair of Highland Ross and Fay
cite Counties Agricultural Society, should adj
dress the secretary A. b. Southward. The
fair this season will commence Tuesday, OctO-
Der 9, and continue four duya
New wheat is coming into this market very
slowly indeed. Last year up to this time over
fifty car loads had been shipped while scarcely
4 ten have gone forward thus far this season.
The average yield per acre in this vicinity is
about eight bushels The grain merchants are
| buying at one dollar per bushel.
Dal Walters a coal-miner of Jackson, on re-
turning home from Columbus on Friday noon,
| via the Ohio Southern road, saw his friend, a
| MI. Goal, on his farm Just north Of town. He
quickly thrust his arm ont oE fhe open window
aud commenced waving. In an instant his
| arm and hand struck q bridge and were badly
injured. On arriving at Greenfield he decided
| to stop off and have an examination made,
| which was done by DIR. w. II. Wilson. Al
! though no bones in the arm were broken, the
! arm and hand were badly bruised, and will
undoubtedly cause him to cease work for sew
( ela! Wseks.
Quite a numbeF Of young boys between the
| ages Of ten and twenty geaps, persist in Jump
| ing on and OF Of the tlaiUg at both depOt5 gud
| ii is a great wonder that more serious acpiGent3
do not occur. On Wednesday afternoon Of
last week. young fellow, son Of a prominent
hotel keeper, in attempting to board a moving
engine missed his footing and nearly fell be-
tween the engine and the car behind it, The
engine was moving very slowly at the time Of
the accident and for this reason alone nothing
serious resulted from the foolish attempt to
board the moving engine. The young fellow
was terribly frightened and we are fully con-
vinced will never make a similar attempt.
~ q few minutes after nine o'Olo1li, on last
Sunday evening, one week ago, there vas
very busy time on East Church street and for
brief period young fellow, named Frank
- McKeehan, Of Hillsboro evidently thought
I something had broken lose. Frank, in COM
pany with-0Re- of our young girls, being out
for q walk, passed east on the above named
u street, ana having came down from the "MQdel
. Town" with his Ohum, thought ha would see
u how said chum was getting along. Arriving
at the house he stepped up gently and cautious.
+ y to the window, and after turning the Stats
s was just in the act of giving one of his 'bull-
l. frog whistles when the young ladies' mamma
from the upper window Jet fly at least tub
l. full of water and as luck would have it, the
# entire contents struck Frank on his head and
q shoulders, completely melting down his paper
collar and shirt BOSOM Frank was completely
nvercOme-with water, but had sufficient pres
2 eHo5 og 4ipd TO take in the situation, and
3. made q hasty retreat 10 Lbg hotel ghers he was
r subsequently joined by Quinn b6wios, VINO
commenced telling him about someone getting
6 q good ducking down at the residence of the
& young lady where he (BOwles) had been
10 spending the evening Frank thereupon eX,
pidlnCQ Lle SITUATION ana dIIef luuulBluB IN O
3. ! good laugh, BOwles WAS sent ont to purchase
v uey linen 20 that Frank might leave the town
e looking ali rghl. 4His EQ9 accordingly done
after which the YOUNG fellows lett iur kome
4 thinking of course that no person saw the
u fun or knew them. Come down again boys
y but by all means bring good big umbrella.
The new school house is now a fixed fact
beyond doubt. According to the advertise
IA msDt of the Board, the bids were opened OF
,, Wednesday ait5-nGOn at one o'clock, at which
y time il was found that ONer twenty different
bids were in from as many points in Ohio
4, There was not more than two hundred dOllar
! difference in four bids on the construction Ol
n the buildipg which shows that close figuring
was done by all contractors, Upon opening
the bids the Board was In Il dilemma; no bid
r came within the limit Of the tax levy, viz
6 $40 600. The lowest bid amounted to S2l, 40
e and after wrestling with the knotty question
Il until after five o'clock, the Board adjourned
until p. m, at which time the question wai
o. again discussed. The bonds were sold at
IS premium of $685. which amount was available
q but still left a balance Of 81 200 unprovideC
e for. it was then determined to use the II, ,OO,
now ati bands lH th2 Treasury, but this Propo
r 5ition brought ont teFrlAG amount % vine
T. work. both for and against the advisibilty o.
. such a move. The meeting again adjourned
y, to meet at 10 o'clock on thursday morning
~ at which time the contract was let as follows
James Hunter, of Cincinnati, galvanized iron
II tin and stating at -, 450. The balance Of tn
r. work TO Ira Baldwin, of this place, at SIS, 2GO
g The complexion of the Board was not changed
Is from the previous evening and the final vot
p stood Yrs, Messrs. Baldwin, Irwin BOdel
is and Fullerton. Nh, Meggrs. Heldingsteld anC
e Simpson. The plans and specifications wpr
is furnished by Architect Alger' Of Portsmouth
Is According TO the terms of the contract, thu
# building must be under roof by January