Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-05-21
CULLED IN BUCKEYE STATE
News from Different Towns Narrated
in Few Words for Our Busy
Readers.

Warren.-Because they thought that
the man was fooling them, companions
of Herbert Dunkerton of Bloomfield
allowed him to drown in the Grand
river while swimming there.
Hamilton.-The Central high school
seniors and juniors held their annual
flag rush at the fair grounds and boys
and girls mixed in an indiscriminate
battle in which five were seriously
hurt.
Standardization H. Kirkpatrick,
the negro hostler who was convicted of
first degree murder for the killing of
Wholesale Druggist C. H. Steele, has
been sentenced by Judge Richards to
be electrocuted on August 81.
-Newark.-The dead body of little
Johnnie Altmyer, thought to have been
kidnapped, was found at the juncture
of an abandoned feeder and the canal,
about half mile from his home The
body bore slight bruise on the head
and side.
Newark.-The buggy of DR.. and Mrs.
H. E. Hunt was struck by a limited
Interurban Ohio electric car and cut
squarely in two. The doctor saved
himself by jumping. Mrs. Hunt was
terribly injured and is still uncon-
scious. She will probably die
Cleveland.-W the statement that
in three days he will have news that
will make the world stand aghast, John
Salvador, the aged Painesville machin-
ist, who stoutly affirms he is cousin to
Eronric Tncnnh Of
Hungary and prince of the house of
Hapsburg, reached Cleveland. He went
direct to Painesville.
Cincinnati.-W. H. Stanage has paid
$525 for the assets of e. l.. Harper
that remain in court custody as a re-
suit of failure of Harpers Fidelity
National bank, Cincinnati, some 20
years ago. The sale was conducted
by MAJOR ]. B. Wallace, on order of
Receiver ]. c. Rankin of Washington,
representing the United States treas
ury department. Harper's failure was
caused by the collapse of a wheat
corner" he was attempting to carry
out on the Chicago board of trade.
Delaware.-Can a man drink be-
tween eight and nine gallons of beer
day for II days and still live to tell the
story? This is the question which is
bothering Delaware officers in charge
of the prosecution of the case against
Patsy Mccarthy, a former saloon man,
charged with selling beer in dry"
town. The records of the Big Four
railroad, produced in court, showed
that Mccarthy had had shipped to him
144 gallons of beer between the 1st and
18th of April at which time raid was
made on his place and no beer found.
In court Mccarthy testified that he
had personally consumed all this beer,
and it is up to Judge Humes to decide
whether he did or not.
Gallipolis.-T Camden Clay Co.,
manufacturers of tiling, located at
Spillman, w. Va, has made an assign
ment, with M. G. Tyler as trustee. The
assets and liabilities are not given.
The plant employees 275 hands.
Canton.-If the report on church
officers is adopted, there will be seven
bishops instead of five In the United
Brethren church. The report made to
the quadrennial conference recon-
mends that, in addition to the five bish-
oprics now established, there be a
bishop in charge of the work in China,
Japan and the Philippines. and another
in charge of the work in West Africa.