The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-09-17
LYNCHBURG.
September 18th, 1S9.

September 18th, 1891.
Lewis Shaaer, while engaged in hoist
ing barrels at the distillery with rope
and pulley Thursday, by some means
got his hand caught in the rope. The
rope was going with such rapidity and
momentum that he could not stop it and
the flesh was torn off of his hand to the
bones and the leaders very badly burned.
He is suffering very much pain at the
present time.
Messrs. John Roser and Hamer Pitzer,
formerly of this place but now of Gin
cinnati, were the guests of friends and
relatives here Saturday and Sunday.
One of the greatest, most enthusiastic
and satisfactory political meetings ever
held here was the Mckinley meeting
Tuesday. Lynchburg has had many big
political meetings and has a reputation OF
being one of the best centers to get a
large and interesting crowd together at
q political meeting of any town of its
size in the State, which assertion is
surely not far. fetched, for the town was
completely packed with enthusiastic Re-
publicans and some few Democrats and
Peoples party men Tuesday afternoon
to hear and see the next Governor. The
town was decorated in grand style with
flags, bunting and Mckinley tin and
all business was suspended in the after
noon except that of going and listening
to the mastery speech and the enter
tainmeht of the Major.
The Major arrived on the 10 o'clock
train in company with Auditor of State
E. w. Poe and representatives of the
press, James Boyle, OF the Commercial
Gazette, w. H. Miner, OF the Times,Star,
L. White Busby, OF the Chicago Inter
Ocean, and were driven directly to the
Miller House where the best room had
been prepared for his reception, and
where the people Immediately began to
gather to pay their respects to the great
protectionist and grasp his hand, and
wheie he was kept busy receiving guests
until the special train from HilIsboro
came at l:30, which was the signal for
the start for the City Park where the
meeting was to be held. The special
from Hillsboro brought tremendous
crowd, there being about 800 or 400
me mbers Of the Lincoln Club, each hav-
ing tin plate suspended to their coats,
and made charming music by beating on
them with their canes. The delegation
as they marched from the depot was
headed by the Jacksonville and Hillsboro
bands and made brilliant display. A
handsomely decorated stand had been
prepared in the City Park and seats con-
structed in front of it, but long before
the Major arrived the seats were all
taken and hundreds standing around the
uttered. So intensely interested in the
speech were they that the chairs pro-
vided for the representatives OF the
press had been taken and it was with
great difficulty that they secured. them
again. When the distinguished gentle
man arrived and stepped into the stand
hearty cheers rent the air, and it was
several minutes before they stopped
sufficiently to begin the meeting. When
the cheering had subsidized sufficiently
ID. NJ. Barrett, Chairman of the High
land Republican Executive Committee,
and President of the meeting, in a very
: appropriate and neat little speech pre-
ssented the Major, who began speaking at
about quarter till 2 o'clock by first re-
: fering to the necessity of political parties
: in country like ours. He then took
mp the silver question and clearly and
? 'exhaustively discussed that question in
very argumentative, plain and forcible
manner. The speaker then took up the
great subject ofthe tariff and discussed
1T at quite length, showing the benefits
II . protective tariff to all classes He
then spoke on the subject of the tin
industry and several other minor ques-