The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1890-06-26
THINGS ABOUT TOWN.

observance Of resting from oil manusi
labor on Sunday, and yet the whirr OF
the lawn mower is heard cutting the
grass in the yard around their church
on Sunday morning. Hard to account
for some things.
An observant citizen was heard to ex.
press his opinion in reference to the
new pavement across the Court House
yard that IL was piece of id extrava-
gance, as the next administration would
place the post-office just where they
pleased, and all this fine work would go
for naught. Some men have weakness
for saying what they think.
Speaking Of things that are unseemly,
it is little mertifying to the average
citizen to see an attorney trying to be
sober in the court room when the fact
is apparent to every one that he is stag
gering drunk. We are strongly inclined
to The opinion that the Court should
maintain its dignity and not tolerate any
such flagrant breaches of what is 30 nm.
becoming iu the court room. This toler.
ance extends outside Of the court room.
It is humiliating to any one who believes
in justice and propriety to notice that
some men can and do reel along the
streets OF Hillsboro drunk while others
who are less under the influence of
liquor are locked up. Gentlemen, you
who are intrusted with the keeping of
the peace, treat all alike. II you arrest
a drunken "coon" (which is your dutv)
don't let drunken white man 60 free.
"What's sauce for the goose should be
sauce for the gander."
The NH. man was accosted on the
street this week with the inquiry, Well,
what are you going to do about standard
time? The reply was that we were not
stuck on standard time great deal, while
the sun was making things pretty hot
about the NH. Office. And this heat
grows apace as the day approaches when
we leave these summer quarters for as
yet an untried location. But if the ma
jority OF the people of Hillsboro are dis
satisfied with the change OF the hour in.
dicated by the time pieces from that of
standard time, they should make the
fact known to the Town Council. No
doubt it will be remedied right speedily,
as one OF the members of the present
Council said the matter was passed with
but little consideration, and that his
vote should be in conformity with the
majority of those interested. Now the
proper thing to do is for those who en-
ploy hands and who find that standard
time is not convenient to begin or quit
labor by, to present the Council with a
petition of this kind, and it no doubt
will be promptly acted upon.
The hot weather and the binding
dust will cause number OF the business
men to desire the bringing ABOUT of
something whereby the streets might be
sprinkled. The matter has been men,
toned again and again to us. The pro-
posal is now that which was mentioned
in the Gazette. That water tank be
erected somewhere near the center of
the town which could be filed from the
pond of @. S. Bell & Co. and by their
machinery. This certainly is a feasible
scheme and should at least receive some
investigation by the Council. II the
furnishing OF the water would not cost
too much it should be done, but if the
rental is considerable it should be borne
in mind that those who are situated
close to the corporation line will con.
slider it hardship to pay for the fur.
nishing Of water to sprinkle the streets
while they themselves have to endure
the dust. 1t certainly is great hard
ship to the business men of Hillsboro
particularly to those who have a line
of goods which become damaged by
dust, to witness year after year the
spelling Of quantities of their best goods
Something should be done.
Another difficult matter to reconcile
is the fact that the saloons of the towr
have twenty.four hours each day il
which to carry on their traffic, and tht
Council had the city clock stopped {
short time since, thereby giving then
thirty minutes longer each Saturday
evening in which to wait on theil
thirsty customers. A little money
judiciously expended by the Mayor t.
see whether there is any virtue IN tn,
old nine o'clock ordinance would Ger
tainly meet with the approval of mos
of the taxpayers. Any way the effort i
unsuccessful in convicting any one
might convict the Council OF negligence
in not having long ere this time takeI
this matter in hand and passed an ordin
ance regulating the time in which thes'
moral cesspools are to ply their trade
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