The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-05-31
OUR NEIGHBONS.
The DOines Of Surrounding
Counties
As Culled from Their Local Pa.
pers, with Occasional
Comment.


Wilmington has twelve practicing
physicians.
Wilmington is agitating the question
OF water works.
The New Vienna band has purchased
new instruments.
June 7th will be celebrated as Pioneer
Day at Williamsburg.
A postoffice has been established at
Hodgesville, Adams county, with Ezra
Hodge as postmaster.
The New Vienna Record says "unless
a new company can be organized sabina
will have no fair this year"
The graduating exercises of the West
Union schools will take place in the
Presbyterian Church June 22d.
The First National Bank, Of Batavia,
although established as late as 1865, is
the oldest bank in Clermont county.
The commencement exercises OF the
Washington q. H. high school will take
place June 9Th. The graduating class
numbers ten, seven girls and three boys.
Arrangements are on foot to build a
large straw barn at Washington G. H.,
in which straw for use in the Circleville
Straw Board Works will be bought and
stored.
The Chillicothe Elks will compete for
the handsome banner offered by the
Enquirer to the best appearing lodge at
the reunion at Cincinnati on June 7th
and 8th.
The number of. school children in
Clermont county by the last enumera-
ton are {: White-boys, $500; girls,
1858. Colored-boys, 1870; girls, 93
total, 1861.
The Biennial State Convention of the
Ancient Order of Hibernians is to meet
at Chillicothe June 9Th, and will contin.
ue in session for three days. It is ex.
pected that from 800 to 1900 delegates
and members will be present.
The Ohio Southern Railroad Company
is seriously contemplating the removal
of their turntables and coal bins from
Bainbridge to Storms Station. This is
owing to the fact that so much of theil
coal is being stolen at Bainbridge.
The Sixteenth Annual Convention o
the Clermont M. E. Sunday School wei
held at Owensville May 18th and 18th
Sixty.six Sunday schools were repre-
sented, and the convention was the larg
est and most enthusiastic ever held b,
that society.
Jesse Holiday, while at work at thu
saw mill on Murray's farm Monday, le
three fingers come in contact with tn
saw, resulting in severe mutilation o
these members. 1t will be some tim
before Mr.. H. will be able to attend t.
his duties.-New Nisnna Record.
G. H. Giberin, of New Boston, Gle,
mont county, claims to own the bes
COW in that county. For ten days end
ing May 18th she gave an average of 4
quarts of milk per day, and of thi
amount "a quarts per day were saved fo
churning, yielding in seven days 10
pounds of butter. The COW is Durham
nine years old.
Some thirty-two Coroner's inquest
(including the one over Arthur Ward
have been held in this county sine
March, 1885, or about one a montf
This does not include the victims of tn
Batavia bridge or Nine Mile trestle hol
rors, but does include the three unfol
, tunates drowned at Stonelick bridge i
November, 1SS5.-Clermont Courier.
The family of Clinton county farme
was afflicted with diphtheria, two sor
! having died. The work got so far b.
hind that they were threatened wit
the loss OF crop. The other day frient
of the family gathered in force an
> plowed. narrowed and planted thirt.
five acres of corn land. All honor I
Clinton county farmers.-Ohio Sta
Journal.
The body OF Anthony Minch, who's
mysterious drowning we noted last weel
was found on last Thursday evening, a
most mile below the point of drownin
1t was discovered by farmer, Mr.. A
fred Emmel, who saw it floating on tt
!. surface and notified Coroner Kram'
. and undertaken Bonner, who secure
: the remains and inferred them in Il
!, Station graveyard the next day.-ChA
cothe Advertiser.
The Legislature passed special a
authorizing the construction OF tur
! pike on the incomplete portion of Il
. road between Carlisle and South FL
, castle, on the Ripley and Hillsboro pix
The distance is about three miles. I'll
, Brown county Commissioners and vie'
ers, consisting of James Cross, Ellis He
ton and Cornelious Wilson are employt
this week inspecting the proposed rout
Winehester Dispatch.
, Georgetown wants circus and wan