The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1898-04-07
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The fruit has been damaged by the
late freezes but to what extent cannot
be determined at present.
Mrs. Sylyanus Ross has been on the
sick list for two weeks but is improving
at this time.
John Mcbride, who has been attend.
ing medical college in Cincinnati during
the winter, is at home on vacation.
Miss Mary Ross, of Hillsboro, is visit.
ing at the home of her uncle, Thomas
Costello.
X. NJ. Ferguson, who has been in the
employ of a Chicago firm as travelling
salesman for some time, spent Sunday
here with his parents.
DR.. Mercer's little daughter, Oleta,
who has been sick for several weeks is
still quite poorly.
Miss Jessie Ferneau spent a part OF
last week the guest of her sister beyond
Rocky Fork.
Bert Mercer, of Wheat Ridge, Adams
county, visited his brother, DR.. Mercer,
of this place, during the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs J. A. Head, of Hillsboro,
were guests of relatives in this vicinity
last Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. A F. Williamson, of B Hast, was
the guest Of her sister, Mrs. Mary Clark,
at the hotel several days of last week.
A merchant taylor whose name l
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place from Locust Grove and occupies
the Penrod House in the east end
Miss Carrie Brown and Mrs. E. B.
Roads and son, Fay, visited friends at
Lexington last Friday and Saturday.
Mrs. J. A. Beavers returned Yesterday
from brief visit among relatives at Bel.
fast.
Percy Roads has been employed to
carry the mail from this place to Lodore.
The mail will leave this place about 5 p.
m. each day in the week except Sunday.
William and HELEN Barrett came
home last week from Hamden where
they have been in school for several
months They were accompanied by
their grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Mutt.
The NJ. E. Sunday School was organ.
lied yesterday by electing the following
officers: Pres, J. B. Davis; Vice Pres,
W. A. Browning; Sec, Miss Ollie Roads;
Treas, Mrs. J. F. Brown; Librarian,
E. B. Roads; Organist, Miss Gertrude
West Assistant Organist, Miss Josie
spargur; Choirster, Thomas Costello.
The Modern Woodman revival still
continues. DR.. Mercer informs me that
20 have united with the order here since
the first of January and still they come.
The woman's Foreign Missionary So.
ciety had we'll attended and interest
ing meeting last night. The thank offer.
ing amounted to So 90. and the contents
of the mite boxes to$ 5.S3. Cecil, the
five year old son of Thomas Harrington,
requested that the contents of his box
be sent to the starving children of Cuba
and the society voted unanimously to
carry out his wishes.
Mrs. William Miller is slowly improv.
ing. Her mother, Mrs. Chapline Winget,
of Columbus, is still at her bedsie.
John Owens, jr., who resided in this
vicinity for about two years but removed
to Fayette county last fall and subse.
quently to Greene county came back
among his old neighbors last Wednesday
night evidently for the purpose of pilfer.
ing. He came in one horse wagon
and was accompanied by colored man
who I understand has since given his
name as johnson and his place of resi-.
dence at Wilmington. Some time in
the night they entered the barn of
Thomas Barrett, broke the fastening on
his wheat bin and filed seven sacks
which they had evidently brought with
them as the sacks bore the names OF mil
ling firms in Greene county. After load.
ing up they started in the direction of
Greenfield but finding the mud to deep
for their heavy load they turned their
course and came by the way of James
Upp's and struck the Hillsboro road two
miles east of this place. They stuck in
mud on the Plum Run hill and called
A. L. Evans up at o'clock who helped
them to the top of the hill. Mr.. Evans
did not recognize Owens in the dark.
They stuck in the mud again on the hill
east of town. This time they called on
Dempsey Redkey who helped them up
to the top of the grade west of town.
Mr. Redkey knew Owens and wondered
where he had been and why he was out
80 late in the night but Owens said he
had been 10 Chillicothe after seed oats
and had been delayed and was driving at
night in order to reach home at the
time he had promised to be there. By
the time they had reached Boston the