The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-12-05
RAINSBORO.
December Sd, 1889.

A small child of Jack Gray's was
buried last Wednesday.
Miss Blanche Jones, of Hillsboro, is
visiting her sisters and other friends in
this vicinity.
Miss America Nolder, of Charleston,
w. Va, has been the guest of Mrs. Dol
lie Farley during the past few days.
Morgan Barrett has entered into part
nership with his brother, Harry, at the
Barrett Mills.
The Garrett brothers, OF Hillsboro,
attended their brothers wedding here
on Thanksgiving evening"
The Township Trustees appointed p.
B. Harrington Constable last Saturday to
fill the place made vacant by the resig-
nation of ]. S. Williamson.
Miss Stella Doster, of Martinsburg,
was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Ellsworth
McCoppin from Wednesday till Friday
of last week.
Morgan Caudy, whose sickness we
have previously mentioned, still fingers
with but little signs of improvement up
to this date.
The series OF meetings at the M. E.
Church will continue over next Sunday.
The pastor is preaching excellent SER
mons and the interest in the meeting is
increasing.
v. B. Garrett, the youngest son of DR..
Garrett, and Miss Ella Hixson, daughter
of f. G. Hixson, were married at the
Andes House on Thursday evening by
Rev. G. L. Winget. A reception was
given them at the home of the groom on
Friday. The NEws.HERALD man ex-
tends congratulations.
H. w. Roads has traded his hotel here
to John Lovett, of PEBBLES, for farm
near the Serpent Mound, in Adams
county, but may not give possession be-
fore the first of March.
Horace Roads was badly scratched
and bruised up last Friday morning by
being thrown from a horse that became
unmanageable and ran into wire and
paling fence.
j. +. Bumgarner and Miss Sallie
Geering, of Marshall township, were
united in marriage by Rev. J. H. Davis,
at bis home one mile south of town, on
Wednesday evening of last week.
Uncle Sammy Newell, who has been
sick for some time, was taken worse the
latter part OF last week and is still quite
poorly.
Rev. J. H. Middleton. of Sinking
Spring, attended church here Sunday
night and was a quest of your cores
pondent.
Miss Mary Upp has been employed as
primary teacher in our schools and
entered upon her work Monday morn
ing.
Report comes drom Paint postoffice
that one of Henry Hopes boys killed a
wild dog in the heavily timbered track of
land in Mackerley's bend of Paint Greek,
just above John Roads, and that three
others Ave been seen in that region.
Three men, evidently crooks, driving
a two-horse rig procured at Wilmington,
made q tour south and east OF this place,
and after working their games for all
they were worth finally turned up
at Bainbridge Thursday night, and while
there two of them feeced the third out
OF what money he had and leaving him
behind come to this place Friday morn
ing and ordered breakfast, but before
they got away the Marshal of Bainbridge
telephoned H. X. Roads to hold them
until he came as they had robbed man
there and were wanted. They were
promptly taken into custody, but when
the Marshal came With the injured
party he proved to be one Of the gang,
and after parleying awhile compromise
was affected. They paid back part OF
the money claimed, paid the costs
against them created by their arrest,
politely bowed themselves out Of court
and Left for more congenisl CLINE.