The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1894-08-02

Seven miles south of this city, Mrs.
Elizabeth Howell sent her fourteen
year old daughter out to PICK blackber.
ries. She stepped on hornets nest.
She was stung fully a hundred times
over her entire body. When discovered
she was in an unconscious condition
and has since remained go. Her body
and limbs are swollen to nearly double
their natural size. 1t is feared she can.
not recover.
IRoNToNIAN.
Our local attorneys, contractors, dem
lists, and other professional men should
have clause inserted in the ordinance
introduced in council, Friday night,
taxing foreign physicians $25 per day,
providing for the same kind of tax on
every foreign member of their profession
coming to the city to practice for a short
time. If such an ordinance had been
in effect month ago local contractor
would have secured the new school
building instead of nonresident. The
home papers should also be given pro.
lection against foreign papers.
WEST UNION NEW ERA.
Joe Sophert is working at the Parker
House at Hillsboro.
Mrs. General Enochs has left Ironton
for Washington City, where she will re-
side permanently, she having been ten
dered place as stenographer in one of
the Departments. Mrs. Enochs took up
the study of short hand since the death
of her distinguished husband and has
fitted herself for the position in that
short time.
Mrs. Stanley Hopkins, who has .been
visiting at Winchester andi Sardinia,
has returned to Hillsboro.
Ellis Pence, he of gigantic girt, monu:
mental cheek, jolly disposition and
hustling business qualities, wasi in town,
Thursday. Mr.. Pence is the man who
sold the Wilson Soldiers Monument.
He is now with the Harsha Marble Co.,
of Hillsboro, and his visit here was in
their interest.
PORTSMOUTH TRIBUNE.
The Scioto county Democracy will not
nominate county ticket according to
present indications. In the last two
years the party has completely disinte-
grated and there is not enough left to
hold decent ward caucus.
At Greenup now the river is fordable
and the use OF ferryboats for the present
is discarded. The water at that point
is trifle over two feet deep, and great
sport is had by the fishermen of that
section by gigging.
LEEsBURG BUCKEYE.
Out at John Leaverton's, one day last
week, while the engineer was in the act
of coupling traction engine to the
threshing machine, preparatory to NOV
ing to another farm, John Rector, OF
Hardins Greek, was accidently caught
between the engine and the thresher
and at the time was thought to be seri.
ously if not fatally injured. DR.. Fulton,
of Samantha, was summoned and Mr..
Rector was found to be less seriously in
jured than was supposed, and is now
out OF danger.
NEW VIENNA REPORTER.
C. Santee, the clothier, was in the
Fill City few days ago.
WASHINGTON c. H. HERALD.
There are now seven prisoners in oul
county Jail, one OF them belonging to
Highland county, who is here by con
tract with the County Commissioners tc
keep the Highland county prisoners
while they are building new Jail OF
the site of the old one at Hillsboro
There was another prisoner sent up her,
from that county 10 serve short sen
tence but his time has expired.
GEORGETOWN CORRESPONDENT COM. GAz
A very novel turn of affairs occurred
in the Jones trial today. The state OF
| ferred in evidence the wagon in which
Jones shot his boy, and the attorney
for the defense insisted that if it was t.
be offered in evidence it should b,
brought into court.
AS result, great big platform sprini
wagon sits in front OF the Judges desk
just inside the bar, almost hiding tn,
Court from the view OF the audience
Mrs. Jones, the wife of the defendant
was seated beside him this morning
when the court opened. This is hel
first appearance at any OF the trials ia
this county. She engaged in an earnes,
conversation most of the time with the
defendant. Testimony for the State ID
| al in, and the defense will beuin IN