The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-05-17
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Nav 14th, lS!

May 14th, 1888.
Miss Ida Huff is spending this week
in Cincinnati.
w. T. Davis visited his father near
Careytown Sunday.
Mr.. Fremont Patton was visiting near
| Roxabelle over Sunday.
Mrs. Myers, of Greenfield, visited Mrs.
Teter one day last week.
Mrs.Teter is still quite ill. Her daugh-
ter, Miss Mary, is also sick.
Miss Maggie Matthews is at home from
Greenfield for short time.
| Mrs. Argeline Johnson is confined to
her bed by very severe cold.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Cox and children
were visiting at New Vienna Sunday.
Quarterly meeting at the NJ. E. Church
at East Monroe next Saturday and Sun.
day.
Several of the Lexington ladies at
tended Miss Fishers lecture Thursday
evening.
Mr.. Benoni Anders and family attend
ed surprise party at Antioch Thursday
evening.
Miss Carrie Holmes, who is teaching
near Hillsboro, was visiting the home
folks Sunday.
Mr.. John Griffith is adding greatly to
the appearance of his hotel by large
and handsome veranda.
Miss Fisher, of Fouchow, China, was
entertained during her brief stay at this
Mr.. George Henderson's new house on
Railroad street will soon be ready for
occupancy. 1t makes very nice appo~.--
ance.
MIR. Charles Morrow, of Greenfield,
was the guest of his sister, Mrs. Jo
Spencer Thursday and Friday of last
week.
The viewers have been at work the
past week on the prospective pike be-
tween this place and the Fayette county
line near Olive Chapel.
Rev. J. S. Humphrey went to Green
field Sunday evening to assist Rev.
Wells, of Rainsboro, in conducting
missionary meeting at that place.
Miss Lenna Simpson, Miss Paulina
Horst, Messrs. Alfred McVey, Charles
Hardy and D. S. Ferguson attended the
Teachers Association at Hillsboro Sat-
urday.
The fifth annual commencement will
be held at the Town Hall Thursday
evening, June 7th. The graduating class
consists OF five members, three ladies'
and two gentlemen.
Miss Lena Pearce, of Centerville, has
.. been visiting her brother, Mr.. L. M.
Syfred, the past week. She returned
home Sunday, Mr.. and Mrs. Syfred and
Miss Name Galvan accompanying her.
Dr. A. A. Patton returned from Will
mington Sunday. His health is greatly
improved. He will spend short time
visiting friends in this vicinity and then
go to Marshall to visit his daughter, Mrs.
Ella Dick.
Mr. and Mrs. Adam Griffith returned
from their wedding tour Monday after
, noon and that night the tin-pan brigade
!, made night hideous by one of the most
fearful serenades that has ever fallen
= upon our enraptured ear. Mr.. and Mrs.
:. Griffith survived however and are now
boarding at Mr.. Glib Pavey's.
At the meeting of the G. L. s. G. Fri
day evening the program for the next
meeting was arranged as follows: Each
), member in response to roll call will re-
cite an original rhyme about May. Mrs.
Pumphrey will conduct the recitation in
German literature. A debate ON the
/, labor question will be opened by DIR.
Ireland and Alfred McVey. Other things
are also promised. Let each member be
ON hands Friday evening, May 25th, and
n court the muses. diligently in the mean
IS time. We expect something rich from
g our embryonic poets.
Miss Lizzie Fisher, a returned mission
ary from China, addressed large audi
ence at the NJ. L. Church Thursday even
ing. Her lecture was full OF interest
o which was greatly increased by th'
curiesities she exhibited, consisting o
:. heathen gods, Chinese coins, chop stick
and the tiny shoes the high-toned ladie
wear on their poor little tortured fee(
She mentioned'as proof Of the progrss
> the gospel is making in China. the III
u 4 that the Chinese delegate to the seners
u conference now in session, votsd for Il
ID admission Of the lady delesstss slecte
TO seats In that BODY. s 6 IS i