The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-07-14
GREENFIELD.

July 10th, 1886.
Mr.. II. H. Miller is now on q business and
pleasure trip through Tennessee.
The Thermometer registered from 55 to 30
degrees In the shade, the greater part of this
week.
Miss Clara Briggs spent last week at Sugar.
tree Ridge, visiting her brother, Rev. Charles
Briggs and wife.
Misses Addie and Nettie Hsnnis, of Love-
land, spent the forepart Of last week here.
visiting their home.
Rev. W. E. Lloyd preached At the Baptist
Church in this place last Sunday. at both the
morning and evening services.
Misses Ada Pearson and Bertha Cutter, Of
Chillicothe. spent last week here visiting Miss
Lizzie Adams on Church street.
Mr.. Shannon Mckee and wife, of Columbus,
formerly residents Of this place, spent last
Monday here visiting their old friends.
Walter Bush accidentally had his little finger
on the right hand badly mashed by the excur-
sion train at Washington @. h. last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Heiskell, Of Lincoln,
Neb., arrived here last Thursday on . visit to
Mrs. HeiskelIs parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. L.
Dickey.
Ground was broken last Friday for the cellar
OF Mr.. T. M. Elliott's large new hotel on the
northeast corner Of Church and Washington
streets.
Our Street Commissioner is going his
rounds serving notice on men Of the proper
age, to perform their usual two days work on
the roads.
Mr.. Robert Taylor (colored), is lying quite
seriously sick with consumption at his home
| on the north end of Fourth street, near the
| Fair Grounds.
A movement is in motion here among our
business men to close tn ,ir places Of business
every evening except Saturdays, at seven and
o half o'clock.
The time for holding the Greenfield Alumni
is the second Thursday in August. Extensive
preparations are being made to make IL On in
teresting occasion.
| Mr.. Walker Keener's farm, . few miles south
Of town, in Ross county, was sold on last
Tuesday by Sheriff Clark to W. w. Caldwell,
Of this place, for $3,001.
| Mrs. D. G. Marshall and two little daughters,
Mabel and Maggie, Of Chillicothe, spent the
latter part Of this week in this city, visiting
the family Of Mr.. Samuel Caldwell, on West
Main street.
| The Band of Willing Workers Of the NJ. E.
Church, held q fair and festival on the NJ. E.
parsonage lawn last Tuesday afternoon and
| evening. Ice cream and cake was served up
in fine style by the little folks.
| Judge r. NJ. Dittey, Of Hillsboro, was in
town last Wednesday in attendance at the
Democratic Congressional and Judicial Com
among the boys generally. Wonder IL there
are any broken rails in his political fence.
Mr.. George Long, an aged citizen living
| near this place in Ross county, died on last
Tuesday, the 9Th inst, over 81 years Of age,
from cancer on the right side Of the face. The
at three and . half o'clock. The remains
were inferred in the Greenfield cemetery.
Mr.. Thomas Blain, an aged citizen of Ross
county, near this place, about eighty-nine
years old, met with quite serious mishap last
Friday. He was climbing up tree by the aid
Of ladder to hive swarm Of bees. As he
neared the top the ladder gave way, and he
were quite serious for an old man, although
no bones were broken.
A boy by the name Of Spot Whaley was ar.
rested on last Thursday for going in swim
ming in daylight last Sunday, near the foot of
the cemetery. He was brought before Squire
This is move in the right direction, and it ID
to be hoped that the good work will go on un-
til the practice Of daylight swimming among
the boys is entirely broken up.
Jimmy Crockett (colored), has got his foot
in it again, or rather his nose this time.
Jimmy was making little too free use Of fire
Mrs. G. ". Reeds feet as she wasp was passing sim,
along the street. The thing exploded and set
her dress on fire in one or two places. When
G. W. Reed heard Of 1t. he hunted Jimmy up
and slapped him all over in minute.
The Democratic Congressional and Judicial
District Committees Of this district, met here
J last Wednesday to select . place to hold the
Democratic Congressional Convention. Chill
licothe was chosen as the place, and the It'll
OF August the date. But please keep an eyt
on the Hillsboro Gdzette's report Of the pro-
ceedings here last Wednesday, and note par
ticularly il it reports the room where they met
to decide on place for their convention. Al
far as we were capable Of seeing they met in q
certain business room on East Main street
They were all seen to 60 in there and remain
about one hour, then came out, and in few
minutes it was noised about the streets thai
Chillicothe had been chosen as the place. and
the 18th Of August the date. Now the sbovt
may not be true, but il it is not, it looked that
heard of any other place where they held I
meeting. But maybe the Gazette will make al
things plain.