The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-06-07
OUR NEIGHDoRS.
The DOines of Surrounding
Counties
As Culled from Their Local Pa
pers, with Occasional
Comment.

Manchester wants to build new town
hall.
Williamsburg will dig another gas
we'll.
Wheat Ridge Prcsbyterians will erect
a new church.
Williamsburg will build handsome
$4,000 city hall.
A band of Indians are camping in
Jefferson township, Adams county.
Williamsburg township, Clsrmont
county. voted on local option last satur-
day.
The commencement exercises OF the
Chillicothe high school occurred last
Tuesday evening.
The commencement exercises of
Kingston's public school were held last
Thursday evening.
Bournville voted on local option few
days ago. The result was a tie, 2s yot.
ing for and 2s against.
Ripley has organized Young Mems
Fair Company. The time for holding
the fair is Ausuat 90, 10 30.
The Batavia gas we'll will be dug to
depth Of 1000 feet II gas is not struck
before that depth is reached.
New Vienna wants town hall and
meeting to take steps toward securing it
was held last Friday evening.
Fayette county has twenty three can.
didates for the nomination of Sheriff.
The primary will be held in August.
The annual session OF Clinton county
teachers will be held at Wilmington,
commencing July 10 and continuing two
weeks.
The New Richmond Ne,cs and Cler-
mont Independent have been consolidated.
The paper will hereafter be the Iadepend.
ent NeUs.
Amelia, Clermont county, has not
over 300 inhabitants, yet has six secret
societies and expects to have another
one soon. They are all booming.
A cat which for the past eight years
has made its home in Babb & Lewis
grocery has had in that time seventy
one kittens, as proven by the record on
the wall which the firm has kept.-Wil-
mington Journal.
Wilmington will send representa-
tive to each of the three National Con.
ventions. Judge Doan will 60 to the
Republican Convention, Will Denver to
the Democratic and Mr.. A. Z. Clevenger
to the Prohibition.
In looking over the marriage records
of 'squires Shelton and Beasley, of Aber-
deem, we find that during q period of
fifty years Squire Shelton married 1000
couples, and during period of seven.
teen years Squire Beasley married $500
couples.-Manchester cor. West Union
Defender.
NeW Nenna Record: Mr.. Edwin
Shockey was presented with gold
headed cane, appropriately engraved, by
the teachers of the New Vienna schools
last Friday evening after commence.
ment. The presentation speech was
made by Mr.. L. p. West at his house,
where Eddie had been called on busi-
ness.
Mrs. Jennie johnson, OF this place, is
the possessor of "saw tooth" cactus, a
plant which bore this year thirty.seven
handsome flowers. This plant is ten
years old and last season had twenty.
seven blooms upon its branches. 1t and
its beautiful bearings have attracted the
attention and admiration OF many
NeW Vienna Record.
The post.office at Wheat Ridge was
burglarized last Monday night. Several
pairs of boots and shoes and some gro.
ceries were taken. An attempt was
made to crack the safe, small one, but
the burglars were frightened away before
this was accomplished. This is the
seventh post-ofiice that has been bur-
glarized in this. county in the past six
Union Scion.
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