The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-19
RAINSBORO.
April 16, 1900.

Mrs. Malinda Gossett's house.
H. s. Foraker has been making some
needed repairs to his dwelling house
which adds to the appearance and
comfort.
/ Miss Ethel Fenner was taken sud-
denly ill the fore part of last week
and is still confined to her home.
w. T. Hodge was elected Director
and William Miller sub Director at
the school election last week.
Miss Effie Rowe and brother, who
have been spending the winter with
their grandmother here, returned to
their home at Sugartree Ridge.
George Pensyl, of Bainbridge, is
visiting his grandparents. John Pen
syl and wife, of this place.
Mrs. John Bruce has been deeply
afflicted with heart trouble for sew
eral days.
Miss Bee Davis and youngest sister,
of Sinking Spring, are guests of their
aunt, Jane Davis.
Clifford Badgley, of Greenfield, Wis.,
tied his father, G. w. Badgley, and
Prof. and Mrs. H. b. Galliett Satur-
day and Sunday.
Born-To Elmer Post and wife last
Friday night, two prospective voters.
Mother and children doing well.
Mrs. w. J. Redkey is soliciting
funds for the famine stricken people
of Iudia, and is meeting with success.
Undertaken Wright and w. B.
Roads went to Carmel Sunday to bury
Mrs. Rachel Washburn, who died
near that place.
Prof. E. M. Roberts, of the Center
field school, spent Sunday here. He
was accompanied by Prof. John Nc
Kinney, of the East Monroe schools.
Mrs. Elmira Russell became too in
firm to care for home and has moved
to the home of her son-in.law, VIM.
Bashore.
V. r. Garrett, J. B. Cowgirl and J.
J. Dwyer, substantial citizens of Paint
township, have been drawn as jurors
in the special venire to try the case
of Val Dye, of Greenfield, indicted for
murder.
Austin Sans team became fright
ened at the smoke stack of an engine
that he was loading on wagon near
Costello's Mill last Thursday and
plunged through barbed wire fence
twice, upset the wagon, broke saw
that had been loaded on the wagon,
and made general scatterment. The
horses escaped serious injury.
The newspaper articles recently
published in regard to the proposed
electric road from Chillicothe to Hills
boro are being read with a degree of
interest here, but they fail to create
much enthusiasm from the fact that
our people have come to believe that
we are destined to remain disconnect-
ed with the outside world except by
the telephone lines with which we are
already favored. There is certainly
no point along the line that so badly
needs the road and the benefits it
would bring as we do. l think if our
people could be made to believe that
the road would be built they would
wake up at once to their opportunity
and responsibility in the matter as
we'll, and would take hold of the en-
terprise with zeal and help to push it
to successful completion. Let us
aggitate the matter, talk it up, and
should it all end in talk we may have
the satisfaction of knowing that we
have spent our breath in favor of a
much needed improvement.
John Fletcher has torn down what
is supposed to be the first house ever
built in this village and is preparing
to erect a new one on the same site.
The house stood near the center of
the village just west of W. J. Red
keys store, and is said to have been
erected in the early part of the eight
eenth century by Aaron Raines from
whom the town took its name. 1t was
substantial structure built of hewn
logs and doubtless when erected was
the pride of the architect and made
a handsome appearance in contrast
with many of the ruder structures of
the times. Itwas subsequently wealth
erboarded and served Mr.. Raines for
dwelling and store room until he
grew old and feeble when he reluct-
antly gave up the old home and went
to Marshall to be cared for by rela-
tives and soon after died.
DR.. and Mrs. Mcbride are at Mar
shall today attending the funeral of
his sister, Mrs. Alvin Smith, who died
early Saturday morning.
Among the beautiful floral decora-
tions at the M. E. and U. B. Churches
at the Easter services yesterday were
punches Of wild flowers that had been
plucked by the fair hand of Miss Jes-
sic Ferguson from the praries of Ok
lahoma and sent to Mrs. Lizzie Blown
and Miss Jennie Miller to be used for
the purposes named. Many thanks to
Miss Jessie.
PULSE.
April l6. 1900.