The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-08-01
racts and FancIes.

Facts and Fancles.
Next Saturday is stock sale day. III
Next week is the time for the big fair.
Click k.chug, click k-chug, click
k-chug, that is the music at the public
square.
There is going to be a big crowd at the
Hillsboro fair, for nearly everybody is
going II the weather permits.
That pavementin front Of McKeehan's
& Co., is not finished It. How long, oh
how long3
The improvement on the McKibben
property on North High street is pro.
crossing rapidly. This improvement
will add greatly TO the beauty Of appear.
ance Of that portion Of High street.
New streetcrossing at Pleasant and
High streets.
The free show on South High street
still goes.
At the time Of issuing this paper les
week che fact was mentioned that tho
case OF the State OF Ohio W. Ed Blair
was in progress. The testimony WAS all
in Wednesday and the argument Of coun.
sci concluded on Thursday forenoon.
In fact the jury had the case decided be.
fore noon, 1t only requiring one ballot to
reach verdict. This was quick work,
when it is remembered that the jury,
before which the case was tried the first
time, failed to agree. The verdict seems
to give very general satisfaction to the
people Of East Monroe. The prisoner,
Blair, has not yet been sentenced, and
we leave that matter to Judge Higgins.
But Whatever the sentence Of the Judge
may be, It is not likely to balance the
account, for on last Saturday Ed Blair
was taken before the authorities in
Fairfield township to answer the charge
OF shooting at James Cummings. He
wasfound guilty in the Justice Court and
bound over to the Grand Jury in the
sum of $500. He is also q suspect OF be.
ing one Of the parties who committed
the robbery at Albert Johnson's. The
other pals who took part in the Johnson
robbery and who are now keeping COM
pany with Blair in jail on bonds of $500,
are James Robinson and Chas. Leaver-
on, whose cases were tried in Leesburg
last Saturday. But the end is not yet.
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The Blair case was followed by an
other State case, although this case
seemed to have more local interest than
is usually accorded to cases OF assault and
battery. This was the case of the State
of Ohio VS.. John Gregg, charged with
assault with intent to kill. Johns coun-
sci offered to plead guilty to the charge
of assault and battery, but this was re-.
fused, and the case went to trial with
H. d. Davis for prisoner against the
"whole field" The counsel for defense
expressed his astonishmenti in open court
at the unusual array of legal advisors
for the State, but "High" made it inter-
esting to both court and jury. As by
stander remarked, "Judge Higgins has
not had so much fun with case for many
a day." The case would be better un.
derstood if it was said that it was John
Gregg's divorced wife against John
Gregg. John said he would come out
first best, but he missed it one. AL.
though his counsel scored one peint in
securing verdict from the jury for as.
sault only, whereas in the opening OF
the case the offer was to plead guilty oi
assault and battery. Report says that
some fine moral deductions were draw
in the pleading of this case. The moral
part certainly belonged to the pleadings,
as it could scarcely be drawn from the
testimony.
The above would seem to be a suffi.
cient amount to record as to criminal
proceedings for one week, but Penn
township also lent helping hand and
sent up some of their Sunday schoo
workers, not for Sunday school work
but for work done and words expressed
at Sunday school. The Gest settlement
takes the bakery. The particular indi
viduals were Carrie Burton, Hester Pealt
and Joseph Turner. Joseph was finet
the costs for trying to superintend tn,
school, while Carrie and Hester were
each fined $40 and costs for unscriptura
language. Carries only regret was tina
SO much money had to be paid out with
out any head being cracked.
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