The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-08-04
GREENFIELD.
July S1st, 1886.

July Slst, 1855.
The Greenfield public schools will open on
MOndsy. September 9Th
@. W. Heed has returned from u weeks visit
In the State u MSrylsnd.
Mr. Edwin Waddell spent last Monday in
lIillsboro, visiting his brother.
Watermelons by the chr load are coming
from Cincinnati to this market.
Mr.. T.. II. Picrson, Of Flillsboro. was prone.
nading our streets last Monday.
Quite numb,r of our citizens attended the
Loveland camp meeting this week.
Miss Maggie Fox. OF Dayton, KY, is visiting
her parents Oh East Church street.
Miss Viola Stuckey has gone on a visit to
Michigan, on account Of failing health.
The Greenfield Alumni met ut the public
school building on last Thursday afternoon.
Sixteen yonpg people re eceived the ordinance
Of baptism ut the NJ. @. Church last Sunday.
Mr.. Charles Harper, who has been quite sick
for some two weeks past, ia now reported much
better.
Mr.. John Schum, OF Washington, spent last
Tuesday here, circulating round among old
| friends.
Misses Hulda and Kate Lefevre, OF Hillsboro
were the guests Of Miss Minerva Blain last
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. G. Roberts, Of Cincinnati,
spent last Sunday here, visiting the family OF
G. W. Kelley.
Charles Parrett left last Monday morning for
| pleasure trip to several different points in
this and other States.
New wheat Is rolling into town by tho hun.
dreds Of bushels, and selling at from sixty-five
| ~ seventy-fve cents per bushel.
Rev. Clemnens. Of Leesburg, will preach In
| the grove near the Creamer schOOlhOuse on
Sunday, Aug. 18th. Everybody invited.
| Mr.. A. T. Mcwilliams left last Wednesday
on few weeks visit to Mulvane, Kansas.
Mrs. Ed johnson left the same day for the
same place, to visit her daughter, Mrs. Philip
McWilliams.
The young man who one evening last week
had quite Q sum OF money stolen from his
pocket, st certain house OH the east side,
will probably leave his money at home and stay
there with 1t, hereafter.
Rev. John F. Spence, President OF Memorial
College at Athens, Tennessee, spent last week
in this vicinity, visiting hi. mother, Mrs. Sam
uel Hitchcock. Mr.. Spence preached ut the NJ
E. Church in this place last Sunday, at the
morning service.
Miss Emma Kahn was arrested and arraiSncd
before Mayor Irwin last Friday, charged witt,
keeping . house Of prostitution. The charge
was sustained and Emma bound over to court
in the sum Of five hundred dollars. Bail was
procured and che WAS rcl' ssed.
Miss Mary Smith (colrtd), died OF cOnsump.
| tion last Mondsy morning. the 26th, at her
home Q short distance north OF town. In the
2Sd year Of her age. The funeral took place
from the house on Tuesday, and the remains
were inter red in the Greenfield cemetery.
Mr.. Joseph Spooler, German, living in
Ross county, in the vicinity Of South Salem,
was bitten by poisonous snake the forepart
OF last week. For u few days his suffering was
intense. and the bite came near ending his
earthly career, and once it was reported he
was dead, but this report proved untrue. Joe
| is now better and will recover.
Mr. Harvey Patton, I'LL old citizen Of Paint
township, about rs years OF age, died on last
Friday morning at six o'clock, from old age
| and general inirmities He was fine man,
good neighbor, and highly respected by all
The funeral took place from the residence last
Saturday at one O'Clock p. m. The remains
were inferred in the Fall creek cemetery.
Mr.. William L. Ghormly, an old and highly
respected citizen living short distance north
Of town, in Fayette county, died ON last
Thursday night. Mr.. Ghormly was an in
fuential member Of the First Presbyterian
Church at this place, and was held in high es-
TEEN by all who knew him. The funeral SER
vices took place from the home this morning,
at ten o'clock.
The Park & Orton Uncle Toms Cabin Co.,
that exhibited here Oh last Thursday evening
under canvas was beyond doubt the greatest
fraud that ever Travelled the road. Not only in
one point was it snide, but from begin ming
to end. A large crowd was in attendance on
Thursday evening. and on Friday morning
| scarcely one could be found who was willing to
acknowledge that they were there. To say IL
was poor thing does not half express it. II
was perfect fraud.