The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-11-10
Ohio Happenings

in the right temple at his store here
and died without regaining conscious
ness. Stahler was a former treasurer
of the Ohio Hardware Mems associa-
ton.
Oberlin.-With the statement DE
mocracy is the essence of the
spirit of Christian religion" DR.. Henry
Churchill King, president of Oberlin
college, struck heavy blow at frater-
mites in colleges, in an address before
the student body. He strengthened his
remarks by saying the "selfishnesS
and the exclusive spirit is so deep.
seated in fraternal organizations that
the perpetuator does not see the imph
cations, and herein lies the danger Of
secret societies."
Elyria.-Mrs. Louise Howell, aged
%, wife of Arthur C. Howell,
conductor on the c., S. w. & c. cleo
trio railway, committed suicide by
hanging herself with rope suspended
from joist in the cellar of her home,
Just outside the city in Carlisle town.
ship. Mrs. Howell left a note explain.
ing her deed. 81 never can love you
again." she wrote, addressing her hus-
band. Forgive me for doing this, but
it's the best thing for me-"
Xenia.-Charles Justice, 16 years
old, the ex-convict who shot John F.
Shoup, farmer, to death last Septem.
ber II, was convicted of murder in
the first degree by jury. There was
no recommendation of mercy. The
trial lasted three days, and the jury
deliberated 80 minutes. Justice killed
Shoup and seriously injured his
brother, William, of Augusta, ILL.,,
when he was surprised while raiding
the Shoup chicken house.
Crooksville.-With the head sitting
in an upright position in the center
Of the track and the body lying over
the embankment nearly IL feet away,
the body of Edward James, SO, local
contractor, was found along the a. &
w. railway in the southern end of
the city.
Xenia.-Fire partially destroyed the
large department store of r. c. Hood
Cedarville, entailing loss of $4,000.
st. Clairsville-While milking COW
at his home near Black Oak, Andy
3ersack, Pole, was stabbed to death
by an unknown foreigner, who es.
capped.
Toledo.-As the result of an old
quarrel, William Fitzgerald, 40, wild
over, was shot and instantly killed
in a saloon by Gottlieb Kingbiel.
Kenton.-John Y. Thompson, clerk
of the courts of Hardin county, died
here after several months illness from
tuberculosis.
Painesville.-A. G. Draper, So years
old, of Perry, former Clevelander,
died at the hospital here of blood
poisoning. Draper fell from silo a
month ago and sustained a serious
fracture of leg, from which infection
resulted.
Lancaster.-The church census COM
mittee of this city has completed it's
can 'as and finds that Lancaster has
a population of 1922. OF that num-
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1851 adults do not, the remainder be-
ing children.
ungstown.-Robert Wonwood, a
colored man living in the coun.
try south of this city, is said to
be turning white. Several spots on his
body are spreading with remarkable
rapidity and bid fair in time to en-
velop all traces of his dark skin. 1t is
claimed that Wonwood worked in a
fertiliZeI plant at Chicago and that
constant breathing of the dust therein
generated has had a peculiar effect
on his system. White spots on his
face recently appeared and are grow,
ing larger daily.
Warren.-Contracts have Just been
signed by the Warren board of trade
and the General Foundry Co. of Brad
ford, Pa, whereby the company will
remove it's plant to Warren. The COM
pany receives from the board Of trade
3O-acre site. The company agrees
to expend $4,000 in building and ma
chinery, and employ $50 men for 300
days year for five years.
Canal Dover.-Three unknown yegg-
men broke into the State bank at
Bolivar, eight miles northeast, and
with three charges of nitroglycerin
tried to blow open the heavy safe hold
ing $2S,000. They failed, fed, and have
not been captured. They failed, ap-
parently, because they ran out of
| nitroglycerine Three successive blasts
each tore off respective door of the
safe but the safe crackers found them
selves still two doors away from their
goal. So terrific were the explosions
that the interior of the bank was we'll
nigh wrecked.
Jamestown.-A distressing accident
resulted in the death of Elizabeth, the
1S.months-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Carey Wilmington of near this
city. The child was playing with a
brother three years old, running with
locked hands toward a tub contain
ing boiling water containing lye. AS
the child reached the tub her hold
broke and she fell into the water, be-
ing literally boiled. She lived only
one day after the accident.
Youngstown.-Garbed in the male
attire in which as a Halloween
reveler she was one of the merri-
est of the merry, Bertha ziegler,
also known as Grace Moore, was
found dying by the side of railroad
track in the rear of the Commerce
street dwelling in which she made her
home. She had taken carbolic acid.
Death ended her sufferings shortly
after she was admitted to the city hos
pital. Dressed as a man and wearing
mask the girl, it is said, was able
to get liquor at various saloons after
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