The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-07-04
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snip, was among friends here Satur
day.
| w. 8. Ferguson has been employed
to teach the Boston school the com
ing year.
Miss Eva Taggart, of Jeffersonville
is enjoying visit with her grand
parents here.
Samuel Coleman and son, Roy, re
Gently returned from a prospecting
tour in Tennessee.
T. s. Kearns, of Greenfield, Mrs
Henry w. Spargur and Rely Kearns
of cambridge, have been here help
ing to care for their father since hi
was hurt.
W.. Redkey and wife, A. J. Sans
and wife, J. A. w. Spargur and wife
and ]. Rittenhouse and wife have
been attending the Pan-Americar
Exposition at Buffalo.
Little Roberta, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Lucas was caught by
vicious hog few days since and
would have been devoured except fol
the timely arrival of her father.
Mrs. Brown is making preparation
to greatly improve her residence.
Miss Beatrice Davis is having the
pleasure of entertaining Miss Mary
Byrd, of Sinking Spring.
G. A. Gossett and sister, Mrs. Frank
Pommert, of Greenfield, visited their
mother, Mrs. Malinda Gossett here
yesterday.
Rev. Gillespie a Universalist minis
ter of some note, preached at the X.
of P. Hall Sunday at 1880 a. m.
An ice cream festival that was
fairly well patronized was given at
the hall Saturday evening for the
benefit of Miss Alice Mccoy and her
brother John, who have been long
and deeply afflicted.
The wheat crop in this vicinity is a
week late in ripening. nearly one
half short in acreage and will be be-
low the average in yield we think.
Newton Keelor and wife, of Hills
boro, were guests of his mother, Mrs.
Mahala Keelor. yesterday.
The NEws-HERALD correspondent
and wife received card announcing
the marriage on the 26th, of Miss
Loretta Carey Middleton and Charles
G. Redkey, of Leesburg.
The officiary Of Rainsboro charge
at the recent Quarterly Conference
unanimously requested Presiding
Elder Brown to use his influence in
having Rev. h. G. Curless returned
to this charge another year.
J.I. Taggart and wife were invited
to attend the marriage of Miss Bess
Parker and Harold Ekard at
Savannah, Mo-, last Wednesday,, but
were hindered from going.
Your correspondent returned last
Thursday from Evansville, Ind,
where he had spent several days.
Enroute from Evansville to Vincen-
mes distance of IS miles he was
surprised to see SO many fields devot-
ed to the culture of watermelons.
We were informed that much larger
acreage was given to their culture a
little further south.
The remains of Mrs. Parmelia For
aker, wife of James Foraker, who died
at their home in New Petersburg last
week we're brought to this place
where she resided the larger part of
her life and were taken to the. M. E.
Church, where she had held her men,
bership for more than thirty years,
for funeral services. Her body was
laid to rest in the Hartman cemetery
beside those of her daughters, Eva
and Susan, who 30 recently passed
away. Mr.. Foraker and family have
the sy mpathy of many friends in their
sad and unexpected bereavement.
Isaac Kerns met with a serious &C.
cident last Wednesday that came
near costing him his life. He was re-
turning from his farm just west of
town and when near the residence Of
John Shipton his horse took fright
and upset the vehicle upon him, and
after dragging him short distance,
ran into fence and left the stranded
vehicle with the bruised and bleeding
body Of Mr.. Kearns tangled in the
wreck. Mr.. Finch who was passing
and John Shipton and wife who wit
messed the accident soon released the
body add carried it to the shade of a
tree from whence it was removed as
soon as possible to his home where he
lay unconcious for many hours with
apparently no prosbect of surviving
the shock. But under the skillful
treatment of DR.. Mcbride and Mercer
and careful nursing he has been
brought to condition so favorable
that all are hopeful for complete
recovery. A badly bruised face, a
lacerated ear, a cut on the forehead
and two or three scalp wound are nov
among the apparently worst results
of the accident as no serious internal
injury as at first was feared has de-
velOped.