The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1898-08-18
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August IL. 1898.
Spargur Reunion next Saturday.
Chas. Corwin and wife, Of Leesburg,
were, visitors at the home Of VIM. Kerns
Sunday.
John, the eldest son Of Dempsey Red.
key, is seriously i'll with typhoid fever.
]. B. Davis and family spent Sunday
at cambridge.
L. s. Taggart, Of Warrington, w. Va,
was the guest of his uncle, J. Taggart,
last week.
Christian Cameron, of Oynthiana, was
the guest of his daughter, Mrs. w. J.
Redkey. yesterday.
Miss Lillian Parker, Of Savannah, Mo-,
is visitor at the home Of her uncle, J.
w. Dewitt, south of town.
Mrs. Miranda Skeen and daughter,
Cora, of Greenfield, are spending the
week here.
Lewis A. Wright and wife, Of Carey.
town, were entertained by his brother,
Carey Wright, and wife several days of
last week.
Frank Lucas and wife, of Marshall,
spent Saturday night with relatives in
this vicinity.
Mrs. Elizabeth Garrett enjoyed visit
with her sister, Mrs. Ruth Overman, at
Swisshelm.
benson Ladd has the contract for re
building the two bridges across Punch.
con creek, near his residence, which
were destroyed by the recent flood.
We are under obligations to Mr.. and
Mrs Isma Roads for basket of delic
ious fruit, consisting Of apples, peaches
and pears.
The q. B. quarterly meeting for Oyn'
thiana charge will be held at this place
next Saturday and Sunday. The first
service will begin at l:30 p. m. Saturday,
to be followed by the quarterly confer.
| ence.
D. F. Stalker's engine went through
the bridge on the pike just beyond the
residence Of g X. Rhoades last Saturday
but fortunately no one was hurt and no
serious damage done except to the bridge.
Amos Williams bought the Washburn
homestead sold by ]. 1. Taggart as exec
utor last Thursday, and will occupy it
in the near future, and L. 8. Taggart, of
Warrington, W. Va, bought the small
farm south of tawn. The two tracts sold
for 500 above the spprsisement.
Prof. Galliett and family have been
visiting friends at Mowrystown for sew.
eral days. His wife and children will
remain there this week while he attends
the Teachers Institute at Hillsboro.
| Mr.. VIM. Mutt and wife, of Hamden,
are guests of their son.in-lsw and daugh.
ter. N. r. Barrett and wife, at Barrett's
Mills.
L.O. Workman and'wife have had the
pleasure of entertaining John Workman
and Miss Myrtle Myers, of Jeffersonville,
for several days.
Miss Mary ]. Smith, whose serious i'll
ness We mentioned, died at the home of
her sister, Mrs. Chas. Satteraeld, last
Friday, and was buried at the Rocky
Spring cemetery Saturday.
Don't let the attractions of the Spar
CUR Reunion cause you to forget the dis
trict school entertainment at the hall at
night. The general admission fee has
been reduced to 20 cents and reserved
sests to 80 cents. The proceeds are to
60 to the M. E. Church repair fund.
Tickets on sale at Spargur & Thuroman's
store.
An amusing incident occurred in this
vicinity few evenings since, in which
three sprightly young ladies were nm.
willing participants. One OF them that
proved to be the heroine OF the hour re-
sides in Oklahoma, but has been attend
ing school in Washington, D. O.. and
has been spending her vacation here
with her relatives, and on the evening
referred to was visiting at the home of
her uncle short distance in the coun.
try. The other two reside here, and
went out to call on her, and In crossing
q large lawn in front of the house they
attracted the attention of large sheep
that was grazing on the lawn, whose
bump of combativeness was pretty large
ly developed, and he at once gave chase
and soon freed the two young ladies on
the top of stump, where their cries
for help soon brought to their rescue the
fair dsmsel of the far west, who seized
the offending animal by the nspe of the
neck and held him at bay till the i'm.
prisoned girls had made their escape.
and then she turned him with his head