The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-06-06
RAINsBORO.
June Sd, 1895.

in the Spargur district, Saturday.
James Rowe visited his son James
and family, at Sugartree Ridge, last
week.
DR.. John Mercer returned Wednes-
day, from pleasant visit at his fathers,
Rev. Mercer, of Adams county.
Mrs. John Roger and son Earl, of
Bainbridge, have been among friends
here for several days.
Much complaint is made in regard to
the Hessian fly in the wheat and we
think there is cause for it, as many
fields look as though they would not
pay for the cutting.
Rev. ]. F. Trout attended the funeral
of Mrs. Elizabeth Martin, at Paint
Chapel, Thursday.
John Turner and wife, of Dallas, wish
to return their sincere thanks to their
neighbors and friends for their generous
aid since their loss by fire.
Mrs. Phidelia Smith is enjoying visit
from her father, Mr.. Brietonbach, Of
Waverly, o.
DR.. and Mrs. T. H. Pearne and daugh'
ter, Miss Virginia, were royalty enter.
tanned by J. F. Brown and wife and
Mrs. Ellen Redkey and daughter, Miss
Della, on Decoration day.
Rev. J. W. Willis, presiding elder in
the U. B. Church, attended the memo
rial services here, Thursday, and was
the guest of W. J. Redkey.
Mrs. Phillip Roads is havingth the house
recently purchased of James Rowe, re-
paired and made more attractive and
comfortable.
Chaplain Winget has our thanks for a
copy of the o. P. News, in which there
is column of good reading matter from
his facile pen.
J.P. Washburn found human skel.
eton in gravel bank on his farm near
Barrett's Mill, last week. 1t doubtless
belonged to some pre-. historic race, and
yet many of the bones and especially
the teeth were we'll preserved.
DR.. Glenn and wife, James Carlisle
and wife, Misses Minnie Greed, Rose
Shepherd, Hettie Lyle, Blanche She p
herd, Ettie Shepherd, Harry Miller and
John Creed, of Hillsboro; Miss Olive
williams and Mrs. John Grabill, of Mar.
shall; Mrs. Emma and Edith Lucas, T.
F. McCoppin and wife, and Miss Olive
Patton, of Carmel; G. L. Countryma n,
of Fort Hill; Frank Bellison, of Sink.
ing Spring; DR.. L. T. Glenn and wife, Of
New Petersburg, and j. I. Taggart and
wife, of Rainsboro, attended the mar
riage of Miss Martha Lucas. Besides
these, there were host of others from
the vicinity OF her home.
One of the most interesting events of
the season occurred at the delightful
rural home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Elijah Lucas,
Tuesday, May %, 1895, in the marriage
of their daughter, Miss Martha F. Lucas
and Mr.. Will H. Shepherd, of Hillsboro.
At II m. the happy pair entered the par
lor amid the sweet strains OF the wedding
march, rendered by Miss Edith Lucas,
and in the presence of more than forty
delighted expectant friends took the
marriage vows and were pronounced
husband and wife by Rev. j. I. Taggart,
after which came bountiful repast, fol.
lowed by time of pleasant intercourse.
The bridal presents were beautiful and
costly, and adapted to the needs of new
beginners, but too numerous to men.
ton in detail.
Decoration Day was observed here
with the spirit of enthusiastic loyalty
that has always characterized our peo.
pie. The graves were marked with
flags and strewn with flowers in the diff.
ferent cemeteries in the forenoon, and al
2:30 p. M, a vast crowd of people as
sembled at the hall and listened with
marked attention to an eloquent and
patriotic address by DR.. Pearne, the
force and beauty of which could not be
conveyed by any description that we
could give. Everybody seemed thrilled
and delighted with it. Rev.. H. Dixon
followed with stirring speech full oi
fire and patriotism, in which he sustain
ed his reputation as an eloquent and
forcible speaker. The music was appro
pirate and well rendered, which con
tributed largely to the interest of the
occasion. Miss Mary Gossett recited 9
poem entitled, Home, Sweet Home, into
which was interviewer touching scene
during the war, and which made fine
impression and elicited hearty applause
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