The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-04-28
LEESBURG,

April Oath, 1886.
Chas. Pensyl visited friends in Pike count,
AL Flesher made Blanchester a flying visi
last Friday.
Mr.. Moab Hardy visited the Hill City yester
day on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank King visited friends in
Westboro Sunday.
Miss Ida Huff was visiting friends in Cincin.
natl the past week.
Mrs. Chas. Dunn spent Saturday in Lexing.
ton visiting friends.
| Miss Tillie Horst of Cincinnati, visited rel
atives here this week.
Mrs. Chas. Corwin is visiting her parents at
Bantam, Clermont county.
Charley Ladd, accompanied by his sisters,
visited New Vienna to-day.
Mrs. Joseph Hallowell, Of the Hill City, WIS.,
tied friends here Thursday.
Rev. Jos. Wright, of New Vienna, preached
at Fairfield Church Sunday.
Mr.. Joshua Lazenby, of Careytown, spent
yesterday in town on business.
Rev. M. Redkey and wife spent last Sunday
in hainsDoro, the guests OF relatives.
Mrs. Noah Hardy, after two weeks visit in
Brown county, returned home yesterday.
Deacon Hilliard and County Surveyor Ladd
made business trip to the Hill City Tuesday.
The G. A. R. Band rendered some very fine
music in their street parade yesterday evening.
Mrs. Mac Sprinkle's little daughter is quite
sick at this writing, with no hopes of her re-
covery.
Mr.. Isaac VanPet, of Hillsboro, was paint
ing at W, W. H. Huf's and Addison Pushee's
this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Barrett are spending q
few DAYS with the formers parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Eli Barrett.
The Y. NJ. G. A. will hold their regular meet
ing in the room over Kings store. Quite an
interesting time is anticipated.
Four weddings are rumored to take place the
coming month. Now put on your studying
cap and guess who the parties are.
Mr.. Howard Allen, OF Roseville. Indiana,
who has been visiting his cousin, Mont Miner,
for two weeks. returned home Monday.
Our City Dads will finish up and pay for the
Town Haul, Notwithstanding the wall Of an
guish that ascendeth from the over-burdened
taxpayer.
James DePoy, J. NJ. Rizer's g,ntlemanly
clerk, moved his family into Lena Simpsons
property last Tuesday. Chss. Corwin will oc-
cupy the property vacated by Mr.. DePoy.
Mr.. Guthrie is in receipt Of 80 many letters
gins to look as though he would have to en-
ploy three or four clerks in order to answer
them.
The shoe factory hands all took lay-off
Thursday afternoon and went fishing. They
returned home late in the evening with fisher
mans luck depicted on their countenances, but
they say they had lots Of fun.
Mr.. 8. E. Hixson and family. of Lexington,
are occupying rooms in the Heimberger prop
erty on East Main street. He has opened up
harness shop in the building formerly occupied
by Syferd 4 Co. % meat shop.
Mr.. Will Leaverton, Of this place. formerly
Of Omaha, Neb., will start for that place next
Tuesday ON business trip, accompanied by
Oscar Patton, who will 60 with view Of
Of making Omaha his future home.
Ed Adams, Of Lexington, attended prayer
and put the colt he was riding in Mr.. Spencer's
stable. During the service some one turned
the colt out thus causing Ed to walk home.
Well bet money that Leesburg contains
more widows, old maids, widowers and bach
elors than any other town in the country of its
size We have 80 old maids, 10 widows, 7 grass
widows, 10 widowers, grass widowers and 20
bachelors.
Wanted.-Everybody in Lessburg and sur
rounding country who are not already regular
subscribers to the NEws-HERAI.p to subscribe st
once for the best paper published in Highland
county. Always spicy, neat and reliable, Civ
ing the latest and freshest news published.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Redkey spent Tuesday
last in the Hill city, Mr.. Redkey having been
cretia Cox, defendant, and Margaret Bentley,
plaintiff. concerning the right to stable which
was in controversy. The trial resulted in Mrs.
Bsntleys favor.
Your correspondent had the pleasure of talk
ing with old Aunt Sarah Rains yesterday after
noon. She is the Oldest person in Fairfield
township, being 70 years Of age, and has been
wards Of seventy years. She has committed .
good part Of the New Testament to memory
and is well posted in scripture, Is ready to 70
when the Master calls her to her reward