The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-10-17
RAINSBORO.
October IA, 1895,

his own premises, near the dry cave,
and Tommie Ladd has moved to Jas. w.
Georges farm.
Prof. D. s. Ferguson and wife, Of Lex.
ington, were here the fore part of last
week to see his sister, who is sick with
fever.
Joseph Lewis has moved to T. s.
Kerns' property, in the East End.
Squire Kearns is at Logan, attending
the U. B. conference as a delegate of
the Cynthiana charge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burch Lucas and Mr..
and Mrs. Horace Roads are each rejoic.
ing in the recent addition to their
respective families Of a prospective voter.
Quite number of our citizens attend.
ed the Mckinley meeting, at Hillsboro,
on the 10th, and report lage, enthusi.
astic gathering.
Some one has recently stolen several
feeces of wool from John Hulitt's barn,
on what is known as the Candy farm.
Leslie Curry fell from a tree while
gathering hickory nuts, last Wednesday
evening, and broke his left arm near
the wrist. Drs. Mcbride and Mercer
set the broken bone, and he is doing
we'll.
Mrs. DR.. Mcbride recently received
the sad intelligence Of the death Of her
father, Samuel Dryden, of Montezuma,
Iowa. He formerly resided in this
State, but has lived in Iowa for many
years. He was about eighty.one years
of age.
A good sized audience listened with
marked attention to Prof. w. A. Rogers
paper on Hygiene, at the Farmers In.
stitute, last Saturday. It was carefully
and thoughtfully prepared and we'll
read, and reflected credit on the young
professor.
Paint Township Sunday School Union
held an interesting meeting at the
Friends Church, last Sunday afternoon.
Joseph Karnes and NJ. F. Wallace con.
Quoted blackboard exercises pertaining
to the lesson, and several persons from
the different schools took an active part
in the meeting.
Little Hoyt, the infant babe of Mr..
and Mrs. ]. G. Ferguson, died last Friday
night, after an illness of only few
days. The funeral services, in charge of
Rev. ]. I. Taggart, were held at the
family residence, Sunday morning, and
we're attended by large number OF
sympathizing friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. G. Ferguson wish TO
express their gratitude to their many
friends for their sympathy and kindness
in their recent affliction and bereave-
ment.
The Rainsboro Epworth League has
chosen Mrs. Thomas Costello, Miss Josie
Spargur and Roy Coleman as delegates
and Thomas Costello, Miss Lille Roads
and Miss Elsie Sans as alternates, to
attend the Epworth Convention at Pros.
pect, on the 25th.
Rev. j. H. Davis and family have re.
moved to Bethel, carrying with them
the best wishes of their numerous
friends in this vicinity.
John Mcbride, father of our towns.
man, DR.. D. N. Mcbride, was born in
Ross county, O., March I'd, 1909. In
early life his parents removed to Pike
county, near the village of Cynthiana,
where he grew to manhood. On the
9TH of June, 1887, he was married to
Charlotte Q. Spohn, of near West Union,
o. In 1889 he removed to farm he
had previously purchased, near Belfast,
and there lived and reared bis family
OF six children, all of whom arrived at
maturity. But three of them are now
dead. In January, 1873, occurred the
first death in his family. His youngest
son, W. c., followed in a few weeks, by
that of his wife. Two daughters have
since died. The last few years he has
lived with his children, and, but few
weeks ago, he sold his farm, that he had
owned for sixty, two years, and disposed
of all his property, and sweetly fell
asleep on the morning Of October 4th,
1895, at the residence of his daughter
Mrs. Yowell, near Allensburg, in this
county. He was buried in the cemetery
at Hillsboro, on the evening of the 5th
He was diligent Bible student, and
lived an exemplary life. He united
with the New Market Baptist Church 9
few years before his death, and when
death came he was ready.
Ed. Roads children have nearly re-
covered from scarlet fever, and George
Sans youngest daughter is out of dan
ger, but the oldest daughter is still in d
critical condition, and their mother il
now sick and threatened with some
kind of fever. All the rest of the fever