The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-03-14
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March II, 1901.


John waddel has taken possession
of William Ferguson's blacksmith
shop.
Charles Keelor has moved to Mrs.
Mamie Upp's house on East Main
Street.
Louis Ladd, chief clerk of the I'm
perial Hotel of Stubenville, Ohio, is
here to spend a short vacation with
his parents.
DR.. Mcbride sold one of his vacant
lots near the public school grounds to
MIR. and Mrs. Frank Sloanaker, who
will proceed at once to erect a house
on it.
Judging from the fine samples OF
wall paper on exhibition by Mrs. G. A.
West, she is well prepared to meet
ali demands in that line.
Agentleman by the name of Kisling,
of Sinking Spring, has been looking
after property here with the view OF
engaging in the butchering business
we understand.
The precipitation both in snow and
rain has been so meager during the
winter that many cisterns are dry,
and the wells that ran low during the
fall months have not filed up.
Mrs. y. A. West will move down to
their farm this spring and is planning
to engage in poultry raising on an
extensive scale.
DR.. Mercer has SO far recovered
from his severe attack of pneumonia
as to be able to be out on the streets,
but has not resumed his practices ex-
cept in a limited way.
L G. Gossett, of Waukomis, Okla.
homa, after an absence of 10 years,
is here visiting his parents and re-
newing acquaintances. He looks as
though the western country agreed
with him. He brings favorable re-
port from the many Ohio folks that
went from Highland County and
settled in his vicinity.
Prof. John Larrick, wife and little
son, of Frankfort, were guests of Mr..
and Mrs. J. B. Gossett Saturday and
Sunday.
Alonzo Redkey, of Missouri, who
was called here by the serious illness
and death of his father, J. L. Redkey.
has retuned home.
William Keelor and sister. of Car
mel. spent Sunday at the home of
their grandmother.
Misses George Davis, Ruth Britter,
Marry Spargur, Bessie Harrington,
Beatrice Davis and Emel Epperson;
Archie Taggart, Clearance West, Ray
Mcbride and Joseph Taggart, pupils
of Prof. Galliett, attended the Box
we'll Examination at Hillsboro last
Saturday.
The Republican primary last Sat
urday nominated the following ticket
to be voted at the spring election: For
Trustees, T. r. Fletcher and George
Grim: for Treasurer, s. D. West; for
Assessor, S. P, David Groves; for
Assessor. NJ p, Dick S. Hiatt; for Con-
stable, J. Vinegar. The Democrats
will hold their primary on the l4th
inst.
DR.. Mcbride will take Miss Annie
Keelor to Cincinnati this week to con-
suit with DR.. Edmond Ricket in re.
gard to her case..
Rev. ]. B. Matthias, of Cynthiana,
will begin series of meetings at the
U. B. Church in this place next Sum-
day evening, to which all are cordially
invited.
One of the peculiar things connected
with the history of our village during
the IS years that your correspondent
has been a resident of it is that while
we have built IL new houses and re-
modelen % more, our population has
gradually decreased in number. Ir
our efforts to ascertain the cause OF
such a result we find that SO of oul
citizens have died during that time
a few large families have moved away
and smaller families have taken theil
places, and most of our young men
upon reaching their majority, have
been compelled to leave US in order to
secure remunerative fields of labor
and the hearts of number of our
bright eyed lassies have been won by
nonresident young men and they were
taken from us, but we have the con
ISOLATION of knowing that we. have
largely contributed to the benefit OF
other communities by the many noble
young men and women that have gone
out from our midst.
PIU ST