The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-10-05
RAINSBORO.

Ray Ferneau has gone to PauldiDs to
visit friends.
Mrs. Annie Oliver and son, William,
were guests at J. l. Taggarts Thursday
Alva Daniels was summoned to ILL
nois last week to attend the funeral Of
his uncle.
Frank Spargur spent part of last
week at Columbus combining business
with pleasure.
James Rittenhouse and wife, of Bow
ersville, were guests of his brother, J, A..
Rittenhouse and family last week.
Several persons from this vicinity at
tended the quarterly meeting at Mar
shall Saturday and Sunday.
H. L. Garrett, of Oovingtop, Va, is
enjoying visit with his mother and
other friends here who were greatly de
lighted to see him.
Mrs. Annie Boyer has returned from
Circleville, where she has been spend
ing several days with her brother, w.
o. Dewitt.
James Bryant, of sabina, who has
been visiting at the home of j. E Upp
since last Friday, was called home We'd
nesday by the dangerous illness OF his
wife.
Mre. Malinda Gossett went to Sugar
tree Ridge today to see her sister, who
is reported seriously ill.
Mrs. Ruth Pummill, aged 80 years,
died at her home near Barrett's Mill. on
the 9th inst, after a painful illness of
several weeks She was the widow of
Joshua Pummill, to hom she was mar
ried December3d, 1910, and with whom
she lived in happy union for 55 years.
They never had any children but became
the foster parents of Arthur Caplinger,
who grew to manhoods age in their
home. Mrs. Pummill was an excellent
woman, greatly beloved by her neigh
bors and had been an acceptable men,
ber of the U. B. Church for over 40
years.
Joseph johnson, prominent infiuen.
tisl citizen of the vicinity of Carmel,
died early Sunday morning of heart dis.
ease at the age of 54 years, month and
20 days. He was born near Chillicothe
and spent the early part of life in that
vicinity. On the 9th of June, 1870, he
was married to Miss Lydia E. Sans, Of
Carmel, after settled on the farm where
he died and where he has ever since
lived, meriting and holding the esteem
of his neighbors by his upright walk,
fair dealing and kindness of heart. He
was devoted member of the Christian
Union Church at Marshall; belonged to
the Masonic Fraternity at Hillsboro and
also to the Knights OF Pythias at Rains.
boro. He leaves wife to whom he was
devotedly attached, and two daughters,
one of whom is the wife of George Lei.
brock, OF Ecmansville, and the other is
the wife of Jesse Wise, of Carmel. Funer.
al services will be held at the @. u
Church at Marshall tomorrow and the
remains will be taken to Hillsboro fol
interment.
Mrs. Fittro, an aged lady, died at the
home of her son-in-law, James Bussey,
two miles north of here Saturday night
Funeral services today at the home.
Charles Wolfe died Saturday night al
the home of his father, Samuel Wolfe
three miles west of town. His funera
will take place today at the family resi-
dence. A more extended notice of eacl
of the above will appear next week.
Jacob Fittro, who has been making
his home with his sister, Mrs Tabithi
Summer, for some time, is dangerousl,
i'll with pulmonary trouble.
]. B Gossett visited his daughter, Mrs
Joha Larrick, at Frankfort Saturday an(
Sunday.
g. Y. Patton, of Now Petersburg, wa
nominated at the Republican convention
last Saturday for Land Appraiser.