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

. July lOth, 1856.
Miss Ada Hixon is visiting friends in Green.
field.
J. H. Roads, Of Chiicothe, was here We'd
nesday and Thursday.
Daniel Ward has removed to the land Of
James W. Roads, on Puncheon Run.
Prof. 8. NJ. Taggart, wife and little son, Of
New Vienna, are guests OF his parents on West
Main street.
Prof. R. B. Barrett and family, Of New Lex.
ington, were the guests Of friends here Thurs
day and Friday.
Jacob SayloI and l.. Detwiler, Of Hillsboro,
and their families took in the caves the early
part Of the past week.
Misses Carrie and Lizzie Martin, of WASH
ington G. H.. were the guests Of Misses Nellie
| and Fannie Miller last Thursday.
J. B. W. Spargur and wife, of cambridge,
but stopping for . time at Hillsboro, came
down Wednesday tO visit his parents.
| Uncle Joe Spargur was in town several days
OF last week, probably planning for the Spar
CUR Reunion which usually occurs in August.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Sans royalty entertained
| number Of their friends from town last Tues
day ct their cozy country home near Newells
mill.
The blackberry crop is unusually large and
| the price will probably be low. A few are now
coming In and are selling for fifteen cents per
gallon.
Frank Wickersham and sister, Miss Stella, Of
| the week and called upon friends here on their
return.
On Wednesday last we saw a field Of wheat
that was being cut in which there stood in
shocks, the corn that grew on the same field
last year.
Matthew Rucker and wife, Of Sinking
Spring; and Noah Newland and two daughters,
OF PEBBLES, were the guests Of Harvey Harter
Saturday and Sunday.
J. W. Bundy and Elmer Greenfield have
pitched their tent on the land of d. NJ. Bar
rett, beyond the mill, and will give their atten-
tion to the berry trade for the next thirty days.
| Hon. d. M. Barrett is arranging to go to the
National Reunion Of the G. A. r., that meets
at San Francisco, CAL, the Sd Of August. He
expects to visit . sister at Portland, Oregon,
before he returns.
Two boys, whose names we withhold, engag-
ed in street fight near the center Of town
last Saturday evening. We fear they were en-
couraged In the disgraceful act by those who
ought to have been more profitably employed.
| George Pauley passed through here . few
days since. hauling the camp equipments Of
caves for time. It Is all right for boys to
visit the caves but they looked rather young to
run . ranch Of that kind.
| Last Sunday while James W. Spargur and
wife, Of the East End, were in the country
things generally, evidently in search OF money
as nothing else was taken or at least up to this
time nothing else has been missed. Only .
small amount Of money WAS secured.
In the after part Of Tuesday night as Will
Miller was passing the residence Of George X.
Roads, on Main street, he heard the click of
the door latch and turning saw the front door
standing ajar and heard retreating footsteps
and supposed some member Of the family was
up but II now turns out that no one belonging
to the house was up and that the door was &C.
curely locked on retiring and found open the
following morning. As to who the intruder
was remains o mystery.
Some scalawag visited several houses on
West Main street Thursday night but was
overheard in his attempt to gain an entrance
and was frightened away, but finally went to ].
ed he walked in, unobserved, right past the
foot Of the bed where Mr.. Gossett and wife
were sleeping and it was not until he had gone
into the upper part Of the house where the two
eldest sons, Glib and Ed were sleeping, that his
presence was known. They heard some one
cred that he was carrying dark lantern that
only threw very shadowy light upon objects
with which he came In contact and their first
and probably correct thought was that pro-
fessionA burglar was in the house, and that
the safest thing to do would te to lie still and
let him complete his search and retire at his
own time, which, in their estimation, was long
In coming. He finally quit the preniesis with
out making known the object Of his visit ONLY
10 far as his conduct suggested it, II thu
search was for money it was fruitless. On th,
following morning very large track could b,
seen In the dust, leading to the window wher,
he entered the house and also where he left tn,
house and started West, on the Hillsboro pike
Should the scoundrel return to our villag'
and go prowling around as he did before HI
will be likely to have different reception.