The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1883-06-20

for Vermont last Thursday on a visit to Mr.
/ Pushee's aged father, whom he has not seen
for many years
The W. O. r. Union at the regular meeting
last Thursday, elected Mrs. f. r. Beeson and
Mrs. w. S. Hough as delegates to the State
| convention of that body, which meets at Belle
| fountaine next week.
The Friends intended holding basket meet
] ing at Fall Creek meeting house yesterday
] Sunday, but owing to the unfavorable wealth
/ er the basket part of it fell through with prn-
cipally. good meeting however is reported.
The Friends Sunday school at Fairfield is in
a fourishing condition this summer under the
| slillIul management of the following officers
! Flavius j. Hodson, Supt. Calvin Andrews Asst
Supti Maggie HUFF, Sec'y; William Gilbert
| Treas. and Librarian.
/ II. II. Baton editor of the ThOrnville News
/ Of lhOrnyillo Perry county, viii start a weekly
newspaper here in a short time The Office
will be shipped this next week and the first
paper will be issued as soon as practical Mr..
| Baton is a young man and comes highly rec
/ commended, and is himself practical printer
as well as q good local editor and It is sincere
| ly to be hoped that he may find his paper q
Success at this point
1he Acme base ball club Of this village play
ed the Logans os Chillicothe ON the grounds of
/ the latter last Friday. The game was very
close and at the end Of the ninth inning the
score was nine to nine, Another inning was
/ played and the score was then 10 to 9 i'm favor
| Of the Acme. Twenty-sgyen persons went
/ from this place to witness the game The r.
Il, Co. furnished round trip tickets at 81, just
half fare.
On Saturday and Sunday, 10th and 18th
inst, was held at the NJ. E. Church the fourth
quarterly meeting Of this year. Rev. J.. L.
! NanCleye, ID. D., was present on Saturday until
! 2 p. m, when he was compelled to go to Mar
tinsville to hold quarterly meeting there.
Rev. A. U. Beall, Of Greenfield, was present
over Sunday and conducted the meetings and
preached three excellent sermons, as he usually
does.
There seems to be growing disposition ON
the part of the mob of urChins that infest the
streets to pilfcr anything they can get and use.
Just now their attention is directed towards
cherries, and the only possible chance for the
owner to obtain his fruit is to stand guard or
station good dog in the vicinity. One Of our
most respected citizens, whose loss in this line
amounts to several dollars worth of fruit an
nualy, set an example a few days since which
if well followed would be a capital way Of deal
ing with these vGgrants, viz he caught the
young vag. and gave him sound thrashing;
and the community soand back and say "amen,
do it again"
Mrs. Emma Florence Coyan, the highly es-
teemed wife of Peter OOvan, died at the family
residence on East Main street last Saturday
morning after an illness Of three weeks, of
typhoid fever and a complication of other dis
eases Deceased was daughter of Louis and
b Martha y. Hodsop, and was born May 10, 1854,
and at the time Of her death was aged 20 years,
month and days. She was married Deem
ber 20, 1877, to p, s. COvan, who with four
year old daughter survives her. At the age of
ZIG she was converted and joined the NJ. L.
Church at Greenfield under the labors of Rev
, S. d. Clayton. The funeral will take place al
p. m, to-day, Rev. NJ. Rediey officiating
The family have the entire sympathy OF tile
community in this hour Of trial
LeeSbuTg Market.
, Corrected weekly for the News by Elias
Johnson, grain dealer; Charles Turner, stocl
dealer; j. A. Harcum, dealer in groceries
Wheat, per bushel ..........,.... / O69
Corn, ..................... 40CD0O
Oats, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 500
Wool medium, per pound......... 2SG3O
Eggs, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, lZla
Flour, per wt.................... 7OG3 Oh
Hay per ton. On.................,..,. OOaS OO
Potatoes, Irish per bushel. ......... 75G9O
Sweet " .....,.. SO81 Oh
Apples, per bushel. 1 5000 o.
Hogs, per wJ..................... OOal q
Cattle. e......................... OOG6 q
Sheep. OO05 81
Lambs OO@5 OF
Poultry, per dOz........,,.,,..,,, 4Ola3 o.