The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-12-12
A RARE OCCURRENCE.

A RARE OCCURRENCE.
Quite rare and pretty combina-
tion of stars is visible in the heavens
near the southwest horizon these
evenings. The planets Saturn, Jupi-
ter and Venus are in conjunction in
practically straight line and the
moon is close to them. This is the
first time this phenomenon has occur
ed for 200 years. 1t will not occur
again for the same time. Then they
will be in conjunction overhead and
consequently invisible.-Circlevi lie
Union Herald.
THE MODERN WAY.
Drink and the gang drinks with
you; swear of and you 60 it alone;
for the barroom bum who drinks your
rum has querulous thirst of his own.
Feast, and your friends are many !;
fast and they cut you dead; they'll
not get mad If you treat them bad, so
long as their stomaches are fed.
Steal, If you get a million, for then
you furnish bail: it's the great big
thief who gets out on leaf, while the
little one goes to jail. Advertise, and
the dollars will come, stop, and they
fail to arrive; for how are men who
have money to spend going to know
that vO,i are alive p
KNEW HIS RIGHTS.
The trial of s. s. Puckett for cut
ting down the poles of the Clinton
County Telephone Company, which
that company had set along the pike
in front of his farm without his con-
sent and against his written orders,
came off at Wilmington Wed nesday,
before Judge Scroggy, of Xenia, and
jury. The Telephone Company tried
to make out that Mr.. Pickett had
violated law in disturbing and mo-
testing a working telephone system,
but the court decided that the tele-
phone company being tresspassers on
Mr.. Pucket's property was not a legal
system and the jury after being out a
short time brought in verdict of
not guilty.-Yellow Springs News.
PROTECT THE HIGHWAYS
Electric railway lines are a great
benefit to a large number of people
and should be encouraged rather than
discouraged, but they should never be
made to feel that they are thing 80
absolutely necessary that all other
rights and privileges should be made
to give way to them. Our public
highways for the use of travel in any
reasonable manner the people may
see fit, are of much more importance
to the whole country than any system
of railways can be, and the County
Commissioners nor the abutting pro-
perty owners have no right to give to
any private corporation or company
any right of use that will in the least
detract from the utility as public
thoroughfares. Let them pay a rea-
sonable consideration for these privi-
leges and with the understanding
that they may be withdrawn at any
time when they fail to comply with
the conditions of their grant.-Ex.
THE RIGHT RING.
There Is no reasonable excuse for a
man to live in town If he doesn',
like it. If you have no word of com
mendation to say of your town, emf
CRATE. The Church bells will have
the same musical ring, the little dogi
will play just the same and as briskly
and our hunters will 60 out each day
and tell of the great sport they had
The town will move along alright
Lebanon Republican.
MAD COW.
A COW on the farm of William Busl
was shot last Saturday, while suffer
ing with hydrophobia. Two cows ant
a hog were bitten on Mr.. Bush's place
some fifty-four days previous to th'
development of hydrophobia in thu
\ COW that was shot on Saturday. Th'
hog died in convulsions at the expira
tion of twenty-fonr days. The Gov
that was shot was extremely violent
but was prevented from inhicting in
jury by being boarded up in her stall
and her suffering were terrible to SCI
and her bellowings frightful and pain
full to the ear. She snapped at every
thing in reach, and chewed off thu
heavy boards in her manger with a
much apparent ease as she would ca
cornstalks.-Cle Clermont Courier.
WHO IS LYING
Some weeks ago the Lebanon Sta
published the statement that ther
were ten vacant business rooms IL
Lebanon, and the Journal, as well a
several other neighboring exchanges