The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-10-20
State News

girl were found asleep in q box
in the rear of building in the busi-
ness section. They are Maggie, 8, and
Walter, 6, children of Moffet Brown, q
laborer. The advent of a baby into
the Brown household was displeasing
to the children. When they started
for school they decided to seek .
home elsewhere. When they were
awakened by a policeman they were
frightened and cried, telling the story
of their absence. The father took
them home and introduced them to
the new brother they had stunned.
Lorain.-The census bureau has
Just announced the 1910 popula-
ton of Lorain. 1t is 2S,S89, an In
crease of 1856 or 802 per cent. over
16,O2S in 1900. The population in 1890
was 1853. The population of Ham
ilton, o., is 35,279, an increase of
1885, or AIS per cent. over 1884
in 1900.
Wapakoneta.-Fred H. Quelhorst, 81
years of age, of New Bremen was ad-
Judged insane and committed to the
Toledo asylum. His system is believed
to have been poisoned by wool, which
he handled as q worker in the New
Bremen woolen mills, and his health
impaired as a result that his mind
became affected.
Bellaire.-Thig city has decided
to quit using gas for fuel in
all city departments and Martins
Ferry and Bridgeport will follow suit
owing to the big advance in rates by
the Standard Oil interests. 1t is fig
ured that the three towns will save
$4,000 annually by using coal instead
of gas, and in addition will give en-
ployment to many more miners.
st. Clairsville-Mrs. Anton Ham
mer has sued for divorce and also to
! recover from her husband 1925
loaned him on their honeymoon, SIS
Of which, she says, was spent for
drinks
st. CIairsville.-Largest apple crop
in history of Belmont county is being
gathered; one firm has already
shipped over 800 barrels to be placed
in cold storage to await rise in price.
Conneaut-Fire destroyed the Gill
lett block at Monroe Center The
building is said to have been over 100
years old.
Columbus. - Considerable mystery
is attached to a burglary at
the home of Mrs. H. c. Rutter.
About $1OO worth of jewelry was
stolen, but the burglars passed by a
lot of solid silver and other valuables.
The house was ransacked from top
to bottom. Mrs. Rutter, visiting in
Bellefontaine, was called home when
the burglary was discovered. Her
husband, DR.. H. c. Rutter, committed
suicide in Cleveland September II.
Conneaut. - Mrs. Harriet True
Bates, the author of 1.-TWO Men
of the World" has made application
to the court to have her name
changed to that Of the heroine in her
book. She has been married twice
and forsakes the names of both her
husbands to take that of sister who
died in infancy. The name she would
assume is Mrs. Hilda Helen Vernon
True. Her case is under considera-
ton.
Cleveland.-One man was instantly
killed and another badly injured while
walking along the Big Four tracks.
Charles Mclean, SS, saloonkeeper of
this city, was ground to pieces by the
train, while his companion, Howard
| Crosse, 27, of Akron, was struck and
thrown 80 feet to one side He was
taken to Lakeside hospital in Hogan's
ambulance. The two men were walk
ing on the tracks and deafened by the
roar of traffic on the viaduct did not
hear the approaching train.
Steubenville.-The silver jubilee of
Holy Name parish and the tenth an
! niversary of the conservation of Holy
Name church were celebrated here.
Especial honor was paid Bishop ]. ].
Hartley of the Columbus diocese, who
organized the parish and built the
church, work that earned for him
the bishopric. Many visiting clergy
men were present.
Hamden.-An army of corncutters
is invading the fields along the Scioto
bottoms between Portsmouth and Chill
licothe, working from sunup to sun
set. Many are demanding and getting
10 cents shock, which is two cents
more than the ruling price last year.
Marysville.-Two alleged profess
sional women shoplifters, Mrs. Tillie
Hastings and Mrs. c. L. Wilson, each
about AZ years of age, claiming Mar
! ion oc hSf
here. They visited nearly every store
in this city and are said to have stolen
pocketbooks, skirts, laces, shoes,
sweaters, petticoats, silks, ETC., hav-
ing basket full when arrested.
Lima.-Harmon NJ. Colvin, very
wealthy real estate dealer, died
here following an operation for strang-
ulated hernia. Mr.. Colvin weighed
over 400 pounds and was the largest
Elk in the United States.
Canton.-Judge H. w. Harter of
common pleas court set December 5
as the time for beginning the trial of
Miss Kate MANI, indicted for murder
on the charge of poisoning her sister
at Massillon.
l Columbus.-By overruling the ex-
ceptions of the state of Ohio in
the case of the State VS.. Jeanette
Whiting, Summit county, the supreme
court affirmed the inherent right of a
court to suspend execution of it's judg-
ment. The woman had been found
guilty of cutting to kill and sentenced.
but the court suspended the execu-
ton of the sentence. The woman will
retain her liberty
Observation-Disclosures blasted the