The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-08-25
Over the State

brief illness. He was suffering with
quinsy and died of strangulation
while asleep.
Chardon.-Rev. Charles W. Car
roll, formerly the pastor Of the
Hough Avenue Congregational church
in Cleveland, and now head of the
Anti-Saloon league in Pennsylvania,
in addressing his old pupils of the
public schools here, predicted that
the lynching in Newark, o., would be
repeated in Pennsylvania. when
we get the liquor men in a corner"
he declared, they will fight more
viciously. What happened in New
are will happen in Pennsylvania.
New Philadelphia. - Many Live
stock butcheries in the fields
after night have aroused farmers
near Midvale. The first butchery
was reported by George Riker, a
well-to-do farmer, who found the hide
and head of a sheep that had been
shot Many other depredations of
the same nature have followed. Mid
vale is mining town, and the mines
in the district have been shut down
by strike for over two months. The
farmers believe depredations work of
men in destitute circumstances.
Norwalk.-A remarkable cure, by
the laying on of hands, of an
ailment that long had baffled
he skill of local physicians, has just
been announced by L. E. Doane of
this city, former director of public
service. The patient in the case is
Mr.. Doane, and the healer is Jacob
| FOeller, a German about 60 years of
age, who is employed as a wood,
worker in a local factory. Foeller
does not claim to be a physician,
and he collects no fees for the cures
he effects. He ascribes his strange
powers of healing to the fact that he
is the seventh son CT a seventh
son."
leveland.-Findley Reeves, Lima,
was arrested here by federal authori-
ties charged with being implicated
with Charles Smith and Nicholas
Helm charged with rifing mail bags
Reeves was taken to Toledo.
wark.-Thirty-fi additional wit
nesses have been summoned by the
special grand jury investigating the
recent Etherington lynching. A final
report is expected to be made within
a few days.
Kenton.-All the Italian laborers en-
ployed as section men on the Big -Four
here have struck because their sleep
ing quarters were robbed.
Warren. - Vernia Champlin OF
Weathersfield township was commit
ted to the State hospital at Gallipolis
after wandering away from home and
on the tracks of the Pennsylvania rail
road near Niles. She narrowly es
capped being run down by train, and
it took the combined efforts of q
whole section gang to get her off the
track.
Canton.-Roy Penrose, six years
old, was killed by an automobile
driven by c. w. Keplinger, cashier oi
the Isaac Harter & Sons bank. The
lad, who was playing in the roadway
three miles north of Canton, saw a
playmate across tha road and rar
around wagon in front of the auto
mobile. Keplinger crashed into g
bridge in an effort to save the boy
and smashed his machine.
Steubenville.-A masked and bold
robber shot and killed Lee Yung, 9
Chinese laundryman, and escaped
with $500. A man now believed to be
the robber was lettering near Fol
lansbee bank when the Chinamar
withdrew the money and took it tc
his laundry. The robber entered the
laundry and demanded the money
The Chinaman hurled hot flatiror
at the robbers head. The man drew
his revolver and fired three times
the Chinaman falling dead. The rob
Der rifled the money drawer.
Amherst.-James Mccain, assistan
roadmaster of the Cleveland-ToledC
division of the Lake Shore & Mich
gan Southern, was crushed to deatl
while engaged in constructing ;
track. He was so years old.
Kenton.-While playing with som'
matches the four-year-old son o
John Hanna started a fire which
burned three barns and other build
ings with valuable contents on thu
Hanna farm south of Kenton.
Cleveland.-Flames completely de
stroyed ten buildings at the summe
home of E. A. Merritt, secretary ant
treasurer of the Cleveland Stone CO
Horses and other live stock were res
cued by workmen about the home
which is located near Chagrin Falls
The loss is between $4,000 and 500,
900. The fire is supposed to have
originated from spark from thresh
ing machine. The flames spread 81
rapidly through the granary that tn,
workmen there could do nothing t,
check their progress. The live stocl
was hurried to safety.
Akron. - Authorities in Wayne
Stark, Summit and Medina cou1
ties are securing the country dis
trictB for yeggmen who blew opel
the safe of the postoffice at Doyles
town with nitroglycerin. The cracks
men got only $40 in stamps, watcl
and chain, SIS gold piece and
pocketbook full of old coins.
Cincinnati.-What appeared abou
ten years ago to be an insig
nificant bruise has just caused tn
death of Frank M. Conant, young al
torney of Madisonville, O., suburb
of this city. The bruise was infiicte,
in a high school football game.
East Liverpool.-Van Horn Ely
former president of traction an,
, lighting interests between her