The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-01-24

, HILLSBORO, o.
We have had weather with all the va.
riaties during the past week. The wind
storm that passed over this city Monday
night, was one of the heaviest ever
known here. But no serious damage
is reported.
James Mcfarland, another wife beat
er, was sentenced by the Mayor, Friday,
to 80 days in the work house, and $50
and costs. The cowardly brute was i'm.
mediately escorted to Cincinnati by
Marshal Lyle.
Mr.. and Mrs. O. B. Greenfield, Of
Berryville, rejoice in the arrival of
young lad who bears very striking re-
to @. B. The laugh of
"Grandpa Joe" has .merrier, more far.
reaching tone than ever.
The city town town clock runs slow at
the rate Of about one minute week. It
needs cleaning. 1t has shown an eccen.
tricity In striking, some times sounding
the hour fifteen to twenty minutes late.
These unsteady habits call for an inves.
tigation.
There is a protracted meeting in prog.
ress at the NJ. E. Church, under the sup.
ervision of Evangelist Talbot, who is
doing good work. There have been
quite number of accessions, and the
religious feeling is growing more earnest
and general.
The Farmers Institute on the 4th and
9th proximo, should be an occasion of
interest to all. We doubt not our citi-
zens will give the Institute sincere and
cordial welcome. This is the way to &c.
cure continuance OF such pleasureable
and profitable occasions in our city. q"
Judge Newly says his wife writes him
that, while we we're shivering in the
recent blizz ards, their little ones were
playing among the flowers and in the
orange groves, with an atmosphere a.
bslmy as May. They are enjoying
splendid health, at Riverside, in the
glorious climate of Southern California.
It was thought leak had occurred in
the water main on High street, near
Capt. Dawson's. But the workingmen
found nothing wrong with the main.
Surface water soaking down through the
soft earth of the trench had formed q
current under the pipe for a short
distance and came to the top again, on
its way down the hill.
B. Hirsch, of the O. P. G. H., found
sheep in his back yard Sunday morn.
ing. It had evidently been wedged in
between two out builines for severa
days., It's fine sheep, all wool and {
yard wide. Why it went to Hirsch'l
clothing store is hard to explain, except
upon the principle that "Birds Of I
feather flock together" It wants tn
society of wool.
On our desk is copy of the Aagasin
of Poetry, a, monthly review published
by Charles Wells Moulton, at Buffalo
N. Y. It is filed with poetic gems iron
American authors, and among them W
notice poem on Pueblo, by our towns
man, Hon. q. H. Collins. 1t is one Q
the best among his many splendid pro
ductions, and will appear in his ne,
volume, "The New Year Comes, M
Lady,"
w. G. Overman received fine mack
intosh ove-ooat, Monday, from Cincir
natl, with the compliments of the trave
ing agents of the Mccormick Reaper O.
Mr.. Overman is deservedly popular wit
the representatives of that establishme1
with whom he is thrown into contact b
constant business association. He
proud of the coat, not only for it's il
trinsic worth but for the good will it b.
tokens.
The ladies of the Baptist Church al
packing boxes of clothing for the NJ
braska sufferers. Letters from Higl
land county people in that State, 81
the suffering is actually terrible. Hun
reds are starving and freezing to deaf
Whole families have for weeks h.
nothing but bran to eat, and in son
cases no fuel to boil that. There is !
exaggeration in the reports. The hs
has not been told.
Many seemed to think that Col. Ga
was venturing into lions den witt