The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-12-01
Buckeye Notes

.lstIcs OF the thirteenth census made pub
tic by Director Durand. This is an In
crease Of 6o9,576 or 14.7 per cent. over
h157,S45 In 1900. The Increase from 1890
10 1900 was 4s5, ,229, or 1872 per cent. The
population by counties follows: Adams,
s4,755; Allen, 56,7so; Ashland, 22,s75; Ash
tabuIa, 5e,547i Athens, 47,79s; Auplalze,
s1,246; Belmont, 1886; Brown, 24,s32i
Butler, 7o,271; Carroll, 15,76tj Champaign,
2e,s51; Clark, 66,435; clermont, 2e,551;
| Clinton, 23,6so; coIumbiana, 1859; CO.
Ehocton, 3o,t21; Crawford, 34,o36; cuya-
hoga, 637,425i Darke, 1898; Defiance,
24,4ss; Delaware, 27,1s2; Erie, SO, 1875
lin, 221,567; Fulton, 23,914; Gallla, 25,745;
Geagua, 1850; Greene, 2e,733; Guernsey,
f2,716i Hamilton, 46o,7s2; Hancock, 1880;
Hardin, 3o,4o7; Harrison, 1905; Henry,
25,119; Highland, 2s,711i Hooking, 23,65o;
Holmes, 1900; Huron, 34,2o6; jackson,
so,7e1; Jefferson, 65,423; Knox, 3o,1s1 ;
Lake, 22,e27; Lawrence, 3e,4ss; Licking,
$3.50; Logan, 3o,os4; Loraln, 76,o37;
Lucas, 1e2,72s; Madlr~1, 1e,eo2; MahonIns,
116, ISL; Marion, 1881; Medina, 23,
Melgs, 25,594; Mercer, 1855; Miami, 49,
o47; Monroe, 24,244; Montgomery, 3,763;
Morgan, 16,o97; Morrow, 1886; MuskIn-
gum, 81 ,4ss; Noble, 1s,6o1; ottawa, 22,36o;
PauldIng, 22,73oi Perry, s5,396; Piekaway,
26, 1853; Pike, 1928; Portage, 3o,3o7;
PrebIe, 1884; Putnam, 2e,e72; RIchland,
47,667; Ross, 4o,os9; SandusI<y, 35,171; Sci
oto, 4s,463; Seneca, 42,421; Shelby, 24,6e3;
Stark, 122, 1887; Summit, 1os,253; ThumbuIl,
52,766; TuscaraWas, 57,o35; Union, 21,s71 I;
Van Vert, 2e,119; Vlnton, 1906; Warren,
"a, 4e7; Washington, 45,422; Wayne, 3s,o5s;
Williams, 25,1ss; Wood, 1885, Wyan-
dotte, 2o,76o.
Akron.-The Big Falls hotel at Guy
ahoga Falls, widely known for it's
chicken dinners, was burned to the
ground.
Fostoria. = Suffering from melan-
cholia, to frequent attacks of which
she had long been subject, Mrs. ]. P.
Mourer, wife Of an attorney, took car
bolic acid and died from the effects of
the drug.
Ravenna.-Martin Mower, 65, once
a prominent Ravenna jeweler, burned
to death in a rooming house of which
he was the keeper and in which he
conducted small jewelry repair shop.
Columbus.-Dr. H. N. Kinsman, 76
thirty-third degree Mason, and one
of the best known members of the fra
ternity in the United States, died here
of heart disease.
Cleveland.-Charging swindling op-
erations in which, it is claimed, 900
victims have been defrauded of ap-
proximately 100000 postotfice in
spectors raided the offices of Sandals,
Griffin & Co. here.
Galion.-Patrick M. Daily, IS, prom
inent business man, ex-president of
the city council and a member of the
board of review, is dead.
Chillicothe.-It is officially an
nounced that George F. Hess, master
mechanic of the B. e o. shops at Lo-
rain, will succeed Philip H. Reeves
here at the railroad shops of the same
road.
Marysville.-I. H. Battenberg of
Canton was arrested and fined $40
and costs by Justice Garrard on a
charge of selling tea and coffee in
Marysville in violation of city ordi-
nance. Battenberg Immediately gave
notice of appeal and proposes to carry
the case through the higher courts
to test the legality of the ordinance.
Ashland.-Lorain Shopbell, 45, and
married, received burns from an eX-
plosion of natural gas at his residence
from the results of which he died.
Massillon.-After causing the ar
rest and conviction Of Walter
McFarren on a charge of beating
h ~, ont of etc n u Coporoar . Drouu
ster boarding house keeper, paid Nc
Farren's fine and saved him from the
workhouse. McFarren, when arraign-
ed, pleaded not guilty. His hearing
was set. When the hour arrived
Farren Momiey announced that Nc
Farren had changed his plea to guilty
and had been fined S. and costs.
Knowing that the man he had prose-
cuted would be compelled to go to
the workhouse, inasmuch as he had
cue.
Newark-The jury has just found
William Mckinley and Lemuel
Smith guilty of assault and battery
in the Etherington case wherein de-
PENDANTS were charged with assaulting
the dry" detective at the fair
grounds. It was this assault that re-
suited in the shooting of ex-Police
Captain William Howard by Carl
Etherington and the lynching of the
young man the same evening. These
we're the first cases to be tried in
court.
Wooster.-Another big gas well was
drilled two miles northwest of the
city. The drillers say the well will
flow three or four million feet per
day. The gas was struck at a depth
of 5000 feet.
Cleveland. - Carelessness in han
ding gasoline, with which she was
cleaning gloves, cost Mrs. Margaret
Parker 65, her life. Mrs. Bertha Mil
Ter, %, who was in the basement of
the house when the gasoline exploded,
saved herself from suffocation only by
climbing through a basement window.
From evidence left it is thought that
Mrs. Parker was standing near bowl
filled with the gasoline cleaning
gloves. She set the bowl near the
stove. The heat ignited the gasoline,
and blazing fluid was thrown about
the room.
Ashtabula.-Richard Cane, 70, of
Andover, county i1firmary director,
died, following exposure. Cane visi.
ted neighbor and on returning home
was stricken with naraIvsie Ha Low