The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-07-25
THE NEws-HERALD HILLsBoRo THURSDAY, JULY Is 1901
RAINSBORO.

I1u Ouiy 90
We had a good rain last Wednes.
day.
Over 1900 bushels of wheat we're
threshed en- John Bechtel's farm last
week.
The first automobile ever seen by
many of our citizens passed through
yesterday.
Benjamin Baker, of Cynthiana, has
been the guest of Mrs. Louisa Baker
for several days.
William Miller will furnish the
carpenter work on w. T. Hodges
new house this week.
Miss Florence Millikan is enjoying
visit with her cousin, Mrs. Charles
Hatcher, on Clear Creek.
Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. William
Miller last Tuesday, a fine daughter.
In the obituary of Isaac. Kearns
last week the type made us say that
he came to this place ten years ago
when 1t should have been forty.
Mr.. and Mrs.. Charles Gossett and
son, Harry, of Greenfield, we're among
friends here yesterday.
The colored folks will hold a camp.
meeting in G. X. Rhoads' woods be-
tween this place and New Peters
burg beginning on the 5th of August.
A young man by the name of Sid
dons had a hearing before Squire
Ferguson last Thursday charged with
committing an assault and battery
on George Abbott near the Caves last
Sunday and he was bound over to the
court. Mr.. Whitney. of Bainbridge,
was attorney for the prosecution and
N. P. Clyborn, of Greenfield, for the
defense.
The U. B. Sunday School will hold a
Children's Day service next Sunday
evening, beginning at eight O'Clock
to which all are invited.
Rev. J. H. Davis acceptably filed
the pulpit at the M. E. Church yester-
day in the absence of the pastor.
James Chestnut and the kindred of
his deceased wife wish to express
their gratitude TO their friends for
their sympathy and aid in their late
affection and bereavement.
Ova Wisecup was considerably
shocked by bolt of lightning that
struck a tree near where he was
working in hay field last Wednes-
day. o..
Mrs. Nancy Kearns, who was
stricken with paralysis last Monday
week just after the death of her hus-
band, still fingers without much hope
of Improvement.
Mrs. D. M. Barrett, who has been
long afflicted has been so much worse
the past week that the children have
all been called home. Morgan, Of
Bainbridge, Mrs. Joseph Head, of
Hillsboro, and Richard, of Cincinnati,
came several days ago and Mrs.
Elizabeth Smith, of Colorado, ar
rived Saturday.
Our people are beginning to talk
electric road. again and in fact many
of them are more hopeful now that
the road will be built than they have
ever been. E. L. Warson and the
Chicago gentleman that accompan-
led him assured some of our leading
citizens with whom they had an in
terview a few days ago that the road
would positively be built, that the
necessary funds to build and equip
the roads were now safely in sight
and that work would begin on the
road as soon as some future prelimi-
nary steps could be taken and pushed
to completion as rapidly as possible.
That sounds well don't it. We have
confidence in the integrity of these
men but we have long since learned
that plans to build railroads though
apparently we'll laid sometimes fail.
The funeral of Mrs. Nancy Chest
nut, whose death we mentioned last
week, was held at the M. e. Church
on Tuesday. She was daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. James Myers, born
near Marshall August 16, 1872, and
spent the happy period of childhood
and youth in that vicinity. For
several years past she has lived in
this community and found a pleasant
home with the family of William
Lucas. Her kindness of heart and
cheerfullness of spirit won her many
friends among those that were favor
ed with her acquaintance. Several
years ago she accepted the plan of
Salvation a. revealed in the scripture
and united with the M. e. Church in
Rainsboro and continued a worthy
member of the same while she lived.
On the 30th day of last March was
united in marriage to James Chest
nut and started out with him on ife's
journey hopeful that the symptoms
of disease already manifested would
soon pass away and give place to
health and vigor, but in this she was
0vla