The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-09-17

comprehensive speeches ever listened to
here, conceded so by both Republicans
and Democrats, though some of the
calamity shriekers claim that it was
very fiat and weak.
At the conclusion of the Majors
speech Auditor of State Poe addressed
the audience for short time as did also
Col. Bob Doane, of Wilmington. The
meeting was a great success in every
particular, and did great good for the
Republican cause, as several who have
been on the fence have come boldly out
and said they expected to vote for Nc:
Kinley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cyrus Noble, in response
to telegram received from Baltimore
Thursday, announcing the death OF Mr..
Mobiles brother, left for that place on
the evening train.
The Peoples party undertook to hold
a mass meeting here last Thursday night,
but it came very nearly being failure.
The crowd was very small and not en-
thusiastic, being composed mostly OF
curious Republicans, Democrats and
women and children. All display and
demonstration, usually so characteristic
of political meetings, was dispensed
with, they having no music or anything
of the kind, and it would have been
better for the party if they had not had
a speaker, or at least such as they had.
The speakers were their nominee for
Governor, Seitz, and Mrs. Diggs, OF Kan
sas. Morgan Tedrick acted as Chairman
of the meeting and introduced Mrs.
Diggs first. She spoke of the awful con-
dition of the farmers and laboring class.
es and thought she would tell the peo-
pie of Lynchburg something about the
distilling business, which she knew very
little about, stating that the government
builds all these great warehouses for the
distilling companies free of charge, and
a lot of such stuff like that. The people
OF this town are little too well posted
on the distilling business to believe any
such talk as that. 1t may do well to tell
some places but not here. Seitz was
then introduced and talks d for about an
hour and half but the people became
so disgusted at such arguments as he put
up, IT you can call it such, that they
kept leaving until there was not more
than 100 people there when he closed.
We think it would have been for the
good of the party if they had had their
speech some place else. Even one OF
the party leaders expressed himself that
they had better speakers in their ranks
than Seitz. We think if they have got
better men they had better trot them
out and let the poor old man have some
rest and not shorten his days by dragging
him over the country trying to make
political speeches.
The most excitement and comment
that the Peoples meeting created here
was over little occurrence that happen
ed in the morning when Seitz and Mr..
and Mrs. Diggs arrived enroute for
Pricetown, where they were to speak
that afternoon. They arrived on the 8
o'clock train from Hillsboro and were
met at the train by the candidate for
Representative, who had come over for
the purpose of taking Seitz to Pricetown,
but not expecting Mr.. and Mrs. Diggs
he had made no arrangement for their
conveyance. So after great deal of
deliberation they came to the conclusion
that they would have to go over in the
hack. So the candidate informed them
that they could just 60 up street little
distance and find hotel and they could
wait there till the hack came, that it
would not cost them much and that he
and Seitz would 60 on and tell the peo-
pie that they would come over on the
hack, which, by the way, leaves here at
IL o'clock and gets to Pricetown at 3.
So the expectant Representative and
Seitz started off in high spirits; but no
sooner had they started, however, till
one Republican and one Democrat start.
ed out and soon made up pony purse,
hired a carriage and driver and sent the
speakers over to Prlcetown, where they
arrived at about the same time as Seitz
and greatly to the surprise of all present.
Miss Tamesis Fields, one Of the most
highly respected and esteemed ladies of
our village, died last Thursday about
10 o'clock, after an illness of only few
weeks. The deceased was a consistent
member of the M. E. Church and leader
of the choir, and the esteem in which
she was held among the people of the
community was plainly and forcibly
shown at the fun eral services. That
part of the church occupied by the choir
and pulpit was heavily draped in mourn
ing and the place she usually occupied
in the choir was left vacant and draped
in deep mourning. The deceased was
SO years, 2 months and 27 days of age.