The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-04-11
RAINSBORO.
April 8, 1901

Spring.
Hugh Vance, the County Surveyor,
moved from the Point to Hillsboro
last Saturday.
J. H. Wickersham, of Greenfield,
was the guest of J. B. Gossett and
VIM. Bashore Sunday.
Miss Bessie Roads friends here will
be pleased to learn that she is now
teaching school in Oklahoma.
Dempsey Redkey took his little son,
Joseph, to Cincinnati last week to be
examined by a specialist in regard to
some trouble in his head.
John Curry and wife will leave this
week for Arlington, ILL.,, carrying
with them the best wishes of many
friends.
Phillip Roads,, who has been atflict-
ed, has been much worse for several
days.
VIM. Pensyl and wife, of Bainbridge,
were guests of his mother and J. L.
Gessett and family yesterday.
Miss Mae Davis is at home from
Lexington to spend few days with
her friends here.
Miss Many Barker, of Greenfield,
was the guest of her mother, Mrs.
Louisa Baker, Sunday. Her sister,
Ada. returned with her, and will prob
ably be absent several weeks.
Mrs. Bell George has been quite sick
with pleurisy at her home on East
Main street.
Mrs. HI. S. Foraker has sufficiently
recovered from the injury sustained
from a fall some months since, to be
able to be out again.
Mrs. r. B. Barrett, of Norwood,
came yeste: day in answer to tele-
phone informing her of the death of
her father, u. G. Miller Her husband
and son, Percy, will come today.
Rev. j. H. Davis and wife went to
Buford Saturday to visit their friends
in that region.
DR.. j. A. Mercer went to Cincinnati
on Tuesday of last week to see his
brother-in-law, who underwent an op-
Grafton for appendicitis that day.
Aunt Evaline Brown, now far up in
the nineties and probably the oldest
woman in Paint township except
Aunt Mary Lucas, is now quite poorly
at the home of her niece, Mrs. T. M.
Ferguson.
DR.. Mcbride, who was called to Gin
cinnati last Monday by the serious
condition of his son. John, returned on
Friday and reports that he stood the
operation remarkably we'll and has
since been doing as we'll as could be
expected, which is good news to his
anxious friends here.
Frank Weller, who died in Green
field last Wednesday, was here for a
short time on the morning of that
day apparently in his usual health.
The Easter services at the M. E.
Church in charge of the ladies of J. E.
Upp's class we're unusually interesting
and reflect credit on those who plan
ned and participated in them. The
thankoffering collection amounted to
Sl5.
Our citizens were greatly surprised
and shocked last Saturday evening
when the news came that Mrs. Susan
Snodgrass had died about noon that
day at the home of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. James Foraker, in New Pet
ersburg. In February of last year
she was married to Charles Snodgrass,
and some weeks later they became
citizens of our village, but after a
time moved to New Petersburg, but
returned here in January, where he
has been engaged in the business OF
blacksmithing. One week ago last
Saturday they went to New Peters.
burg to visit their friends, and while
there she was attacked with con.
gestion of the lungs that resulted in
her death. She was born In this vi
cinity, and the larger part of hel
brief life was spent here, where, by
her amiable disposition, she won many
friends who mourn her departure and
deeply sympathize with the young
husband, the two sisters'and the broth
er in their sad bereavement. Hei
remains will be brought here to the
M. E. Church at 2 p. N. today for fu
neral services in charge of Rev. H. g
Curless, after which they will be laid
to rest in the Hartman cemetery.
Postmaster Zachariah Miller diei
at s,eleek Sunday. after an III
ness of two weeks with lang fever
aged 10 years. He was prominent
citizen, a member of the U. b. Church
a veteran of the Civil War and mem
Der Of the g. A. R., under whose aus
pices the funeral will be held tomor
row at 10 O'Clock =. n. at the family
residence. A more extenAed noticl
! ~ill appear later.