The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-04-30
LYNCHBURa.
April 9th, 1891.

Join the Doctor who has been there for
some time engaged in the practice Of his
profession.
Mr.. @. G. Peal, who has been studying
medicine during the past two years,
successfully passed an examination be-
fore Drs. Brown, Nelson and Shepherd,
of Hillsboro, last Thursday for admission
to practice medicine.
Charles Henderson left last week for
Marion, Ind, where he has accepted
position as q musician with dramatic
company.
George Pfster, who had his leg ampu-
tated about four weeks ago, had to suffer
similar operation last Friday. BY
reason of the poisonous condition of his
blood at the time of the amputation it
did not heal up properly, but the flesh
sloughed off and left the bone protrud.
ing so that it became necessary to am
putate about one and one.half inches of
the bone again. The operation was
skillfully performed by Drs. Brown and
Nelson, of Hillsboro, and Scott and
Srofe of this place. The Doctors seem
to think that Mr.. Pfster will recover
now without any further trouble.
The l. o. o. F. anniversary exercises
we're held in the NJ. E. Church Saturday
evening and also a banquet was given in
the City Hail. Both the exercises and
banquet were on very elaborate scale.
1t was the grandest and most enjoyable
event that has taken place here for
some time and was considered to be the
grandest event that ever took place
under the auspices of the order at this
place.
Arbor Day was duly observed here
Friday by the schools. Supt. Williams
had announced during the week that
each department would plant tree on
Arbor Day and also that they would
ballot upon the kind of tree that should
be planted, and also tree in honor of
the class of '91. Each tree was to be
planted on the school lot and named in
honor of some person, and one scholar of
each department was to prepare and
read on this OCCASION biographical
sketch of the person in whose honor
the tree was named. Quite lively
time was had in balloting for the kind
of trees to be planted, but when the
polls we're closed and ballots counted
the sugar maple was victorious in each
department. After assembling at the
school-house at the usual hour in the
afternoon the schools repaired to the
City Hall where very appropriate litera-
ry exercises were held. After the con.
cluding of the exercises at the hall each
department was marshaled and marched
to the school park where the ceremonies
and planting of the trees were to be
performed. Each department assembled
at their selected places and planted their
tree and also read the biographical
sketch at this juncture. The trees were
planted in honor of and named for the
following persens: l. Primary selected
the name of Louisa M. Alcott. 2. Pri.
mary, Alice Carey; intermediate, Charles
Dickens; Grammar department, Henry
w. Longfellow; High school, Frances E.
Williams. Each of these names was
selected in the same manner and form
as the trees were, but when it came to
the selection of the person in whose
honor the tree for the class of 81 was
to be planted the class announced to the
superintendent that balloting was not
necessary that they had unanimously
agreed upon the name of Supt. Henry
G. Williams. He modestly declined
the honor and jestingly remarked, "You
know not my biography and how will
you get it? I will not give it to you"
But the assiduity of the class was not to
be baffled by such nugatory matter as
that. So clandestinely seeking. Mrs. w.
they emplored her to give them the re-
quired information, and she willingly
acquiesced and the biography was pre-.
pared and read by Miss Roser, greatly
to the astonishment and yet with great
pleasure Of the superintendent for their
appreciation of him and his excellencies.
The day was one long to be remembered
by the school and was indeed very
pleasant event, both socially and intel.
lectually. The school has been in a
very prosperous condition during the
past year, especially the high school, as
there has been sixteen students from
neighboring districts enrolled during
the past year, and as an appreciation of
the excellency of the superintendent he
has been re-employed for the coming
year at an advance of SIS per month on
his wages. The same corps of teachers
has been re.employed also with the ex.
ception of Miss Vada Murphy who, after
eleven years OF service in the primary
department, has resigned much to the
regret of the community, as she is a
very efficient instructor. Miss Lille