The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-01-17
SINKING SPRING.
January f4th. 1889.

| January f4th, 1889.
Mrs. Anna Zuck has been on the sich
list for the past few days, but is at pres
ent improving.
Grandmother Williams has been very
poorly indeed, but notwithstanding her
age and feebleness, is some better.
The health OF Mrs. Fannie Hite ID
slightly improved the past week.
DR.. Rogers and wife, who have been
staying with Mr.. East since the death OF
Mrs. East, received intelligence from
Wellston, O., that on the morning oil
the 9TH of January their home and
everything they had, with but little ex-
ception, had been destroyed by fire.
Among the rest two valuable cases of
instruments and medical library. DR..
Rogers is fitting up an office and expects
to practice medicine at this place. They
have sincere sympathy in this double
trouble.
Mr.. Nelson Yankie and Mr.. Edwin
Butler have sold their farms in
this neighborhood. Mr.. Butler sold to
Mr.. Armstrong and Mr.. Yankie to Mr..
Setty.
Mc. Joseph Hiestand came down to
visit his aunt, Mrs. Nancy East, the day
before her death, and he and his son
Samuel attended her funeral.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Arthur, of Clear
Greek, attended the funeral of Mrs. East.
Mrs. Arthur had been at the bedside of
Mrs. East for more than a week assisting
in nursing her and striving with tender
care to relieve her sufferings.
Mr.. Dimes Copeland, of Bainbridge,
came over to the burial of Mrs. Nancy
East.
Squire Watts and his son, Joseph, of
Carmel, and Mr.. P. N. Wickerham and
Miss Jennie, of PEBBLES, were present to
pay the last tribute of respect to Mrs.
East.
Mr.. James Copeland. Of Chillicothe, is
here this week assisting in invoicing the
goods at the store of J. T. Yankie.
Died-At her home in this village on
Friday evening, January 4th, at half.
past six, Mrs. Isaac East, after an illness
OF two weeks from typhoid pneumonia,
aged sixty-four years. Her sufferings
were overwhelmingly severe, but borne
without murmur of impatience. In
the death OF Mrs. East not only the
husband and family suffer an unfavora.
BILE loss, but the church and community
in which she has spent so many useful
years will sadly miss the wise counsel
and helpful hands which were ever so
ready to minister to the sick and dying,
the poor and needy. Mrs. East was
true in her domestic rela-
tions, faithful, devoted wife and affec.
tionate sister and mother, whose like is
seldom met and whose place can never
be filled. A neighbor and friend that
will long be missed is gone from among
us. She leaves stricken husband who
is almost crushed by this unexpected
blow and two sorrowing daughters. Her
and children have the heart
felt sympathy Of wide circle Of friends,
who will ever keep her memory green.
Mrs. Russell Wolfe, Of Hillsboro, ia
visiting Mrs. Addison Hite.
Mr.. T. J. McKeehan has been on the
sick list, but Is now able to be out.
Mr.. James sulter has returned home
from visit to Indiana and reports his
friends there all we'll and doing we'll.
Mr.. w. @. Byrd has been quite sick.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Fields, Of Colum-
bus, are visiting friends here.
Rev. E. L. Knox reports two conver-
sions and one accession at Cynthiana.
He began meeting at Carmel on Sum
day.
oARD OF THANKS,
We desire to return our sincere thanks
to the physicians and friends at Sinking
Spring who so kindly miuistered to our
beloved wife and mother during her
fatal affliction; also to our minister for
his tender sympathy in our bereave'
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