The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-05-03
RAINSBORO.

RAINSBORO.
May LIST. 1883.
George Hodson and Miss Fannie John
son, of Leesburg, were guests of Miss
Alice Taggart Sunday.
Aunt Jane Davis was called to Mar.
tinsville last week on account of sickness
in the family of her son, Rev. J. H. Davis,
and has not yet returned.
r. L. Watts and daughter, Miss Anna,
of Marshall, attended church here last
Sunday and were guests of ]. H. Davis.
Miss Mary Upp is quite sick with
malarial fe YER. She was engaged in
teaching at Rattlesnake bridge when the
attack began.
Miss Abbie Upp, Of Hoagland's, is
teaching the Snake Corner school.
Rev. E. Burdsall, wife and daughter
and Rev. ]. s. Pumphrey and wife at
tended the missionary meeting at this
place last Sunday. The former we're
guests of Mrs. Ellen Redkey and the lat
ter Of J. I. Taggart and family.
R. B. Barrett, of New Lexington, Sun
dayed with friends in this vicinity.
Miss Minnie Brown has been employed
to teach the intermediate department in
our schools the coming year and Miss
Ella Hixson the primary. We wish we
could report that H. L. Garrett was en-
ployed as principal, but up to this time
he has not consented to remain with us.
We very much regret to have him leave
the school and community.
Geo. w. Binegar, of Martinsburg, re.
visited this vicinity last week in the in
terest OF the Chicago Library Associa-
ton.
J. w. B. and Harry W. Spargur, of the
Hill City, came down to see their aged
parents the first Of the week.
A few Of our farmers are through plant
ing corn and a number will finish this
week should the weather continue
favorable.
John Mackerley, Of Hillsboro, came
down sunday morning and accompanied
his mother to South Salem to the funeral
of one of their relatives.
Rev. G. ]. Wells is attending the
Ministerial Association at New Vienna
to-day.
Mrs. Laura Dewitt, of Washington @.
H., has been visiting friends in this
neighborhood since Thursday last.
We were interested few days since
while listening to conversation between
John Redkey, of this place, and Barney
Weyer, OF Allen county, who was born
near here. They each referred to the
days of puncheon floors and wooden
mould boards and related incidents Of
pioneer life when log cabin or two con.
suited the town and creased paper was
substituted for glass in the school.houss
windows, etc.
Henry Spargur, of Bainbridge, was the
guest of Isaac Kerns last Sunday.
Mrs. Abraham Smith went to Cincin.
natl last Saturday to see her brother who
is very sick.
Rev. Edward McHugh, of Bethany,
has been engaged by the G. A. X. Post
to preach the memorial sermon in the
M. E. Church at this place three weeks
from next Sunday.
James Knisley and wife were calling
on friends in the vicinity of Carmel Sat-
urday and Sunday last.
]. NJ. Grim and wife, of New Peters
burg, we're calling on friends here Satur-
day.
Mrs. Jennie Miller returned the fore
part of the week from visit Of several
weeks with the family of r. B. Barrett
at New Lexington.
The missionary meeting at this place
last Sunday was decided success. The
addresses bristled with pertinent facts
and were listened to by large appreci.
ative audience. The collection amount
ed to nearly fifty dollars, which with the
Sabbath school collections will swell the
missionary collections for Rainsboro 10.
ciety this year to about eighty dollars.
Edward Davis lost . ten dollar bill thil
morning either in town or ON the road
- he returned home. He has since
gone over the road several times In