The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-09-07
HIGHLAND.
September 4, 1899

L 0CPtOnuoh LOO" .
Miss Sadie Johnson, of Athens, is
home for few weeks vacation.
Miss Dora Haines returned Saturday
to her work in the Elizabeth Gamble
Home, Cincinnati, after spending most
of the summer at the home Of her par
ents, Enos Haines and wife.
Mrs. j. 8 Cadmy is visiting relatives
in Dayton, o.
Miss Allie Swanger returned to her
position in the Athens Asylum Monday.
Rev. D. 8. Ferguson attended the con
ference at Dayton two or three days last
week.
Mrs. John Campbell, of Cincinnati, is
the guest Of ]. J. Harris family.
Ed Shannon, from near Belfast, was
visiting Sam and Alison Clark Sunday.
Miss Stella Hoskins returned Friday
from weeks visit with friends in Gin
cinnati.
Rev. Edward Sherwood and wife, OF
Kingston, O., made a short visit with
the family of ]. W. Redkey last week.
V. M. Smith, who has spent most OF
the summer in North Dakota, arrived
home last week.
The little daughter of Chas. Cook, a
few days oyer twelve months of age,
died of spinal meningitis Tuesday, Au
gust 29.
The werkmen began laying off the
foundation of P. T. Ladd's newidwelling
Monday morning.
Ray Woodmansee is visiting friends in
Dayton, o.
Mrs Ed Fuller and daughter, from
near Chillicothe, spent few days last
week with Frank Woodmansee's family.
VIM. Riley started few days since for
a visit with relatives in Illinois and In
diana.
Mrs. Nose Cohn is visiting her mother
and sisters in Cincinnati.
j. F. Larkin and wife left on the ex-
cursion Friday evening for Philadelphis,
where they will visit their daug also
relatives and friends in other places in
Pennsylvania. Mrs. VIM. Carey, VIM.
Conard, Fred Brsbson and Mrs. 8 T
Thsyer and daughter, Ruth, joined them
at the Highland depot.
Emma Francis Gallagher was born in
Woodlyn, Pickaway county, o, Septem.
Der l3, 1869. The greater part of her
school years were spent in Mt. Sterling,
Madison county, where she graduated
from the high school in 1889. She
taught for some time after graduating,
but wishing to have the advantage of
training that would qualify her for cue
cess as a woman of the business world,
she entered the Office OF the Mt. Sterling
Voice Later she accepted q position on
the staff of the Circleville Democrat.and
Watchman. This position she accepts
bly, filed until August of 1898, when she
resigned to take work in the Boys In.
dustrial Home at Lancaster, O., as sup
erintendent of printing. In the winter
OF 1884 she united with the Christian
Church under the pastorate of Rev. s
I. Morris. September 23, 1894, she was
married to J. B. Swsnger, who, after five
brief years of her happy companionship,
is left to mourn her departure. In April
of this year Mr.. and Mrs Swanger came
to this village for their summer vacation
and to enjoy the rest and quiet the frail
wife 80 much needed. Even then 1t was
apparent to her friends that she stood
very near the border land. But while
the body failed the soul was strong. She
was anxious to live for the sake of her
husband, and often spoke OF her plans
for the winter when he should return to
his school work. All through the long
summer days the struggle with diseas Q
was maintained with hopeful, patient
and brave spirit. Tuesday OF last week
she suffered an unusually severe attack,
attended by great prostrstion. After
rallying again she seemed to realize the
hopelessness OF her case and calmly
made all arrangements for her burial
August 81, 1899, she fell asleep, aged 30
years, II month and Is days. The fu.
neral service was conducted at the home
Friday afternoon by Rev. Joel Wright,
and the body taken on Saturday to Mt.
Sterling for iuterment
Ryan Vanpelt, an old and much re.
spected resident of Clinton county, three
miles north of this place. died at his
home Saturday evening, September 2
He was afflicted some years since by
partial stroke Of paralysis, which for the
last four years has rendered him almost
entirely helpless. Funeral services were
held at the homa Mondav aftornoon