The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-07-28
Over the State

With his wife, son and daughter
Brennies was member OF a party Of
16 Cievelanders camping near Crysta
Beach park. Brenneis with his daugh
ter, went to Vermilion for a boat ride
on the river. The father chose q
canoe. the daughter a rowboat. Bren
neis led the way and all went well un
til the whirlpool near the Nickel
Plate railroad bridge, the scene oi
several previous drownings, was
reached. Here the father turned hall
way around to warn his daughter and
the canoe capsized. Miss Brenneis
saw her parent struggling in the
water and attempted to reach him
but failed.
Youngstown.-The bar iron scale
settled between the Amalgamated
association and the Republic Iron
& Steel Co. at Pittsburg means
that $4,000 men throughout the coun.
try, affected either directly or indi.
rectly, will return to work within a
week or so. The settlement gives
men directly affected an increase of
five per cent over last year. The
rollers, who fought against a cut in
wages ard threatened secession
from the amalgamated, will be
benefited. Although the Republic
settlement govern only four mills, the
Western Bar Iron association, with 16
mills, and the majority of the indie.
pendents, as well as the eastern mills,
will accept It as a standard. The Re-
public mills here have just opened.
Youngstow n.-Tony Luchi of East
Youngstown is in the county
Jail, charged with inflicting a
Black Hand cut on the face of Vim
cent Marion. Both are Italians. Ma
rion staggered into the office of
Mayor Hamilton with cash on his
left cheek. He said he had been
called to the door by Luchi, who,
without warning, slashed his cheek
from the left ear to his mouth, the
regular Black Hand wound. Luchi
then made for the woods. Officers
gave chase and when they fired sew.
eral shots at the fleeing man he sur
rendered. Luchi says he cut Marion
to avenge a friend.
Oberlin.--Leiton Potter, rs years of
age, of this town, book agent, shot
himself in park at Decatur, Ind.
Clutched tightly in one hand was a
photograph of his sweetheart. FIe had
said his heart was broken because
he had been disappointed in love. Pot
ter went to the Oberlin conservatory
for two years. He was we'll known
here, where he lived with relatives.
His friends at Oberln knew nothing
about the love affair which evidently
was the cause of his suicide.
Akron.-Secretary G. B. Raymond
of the B. F. Goodrich Co. has
called a meeting of the share.
holders of the company for August "a
for the purpose of authorizing the is.
sue of $10,090,00O preferred stock,
making the total capitalization $780,
100000.
Columbus.-Anton Wagner, who is
known to officials of the peniten.
tiary as the grouchiest man they ever
had to deal with, has been dis
charged. Wagner has the reputation
of not speaking a word for almost two
years.
Youngstown. The Cooper Gea.
works at Struthers will be dis
mantled and removed to St. Louis.
where the company will concentrate
it's plants. The company has operated
a gear works in Struthers "a years.
Cleveland.-Fumes, believed to have
been from deadly gas, generated to
kill reaches in the Eliza apartment
house here, were inhaled by two men,
killing both.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS county is en-
joying the greatest honey year
in it's history. Clover has been
plentiful and of exceptional quality.
The long, uninterrupted dry season has
given the bees a chance to work with
out handicap. Consequently they have
broken all records on the amount and
luality of the honey brought in.
oumbus.-LickIng county school
and township officials do not
new close to the line of the
aw. State Examiner ]. C. Fowler,
n report on these officials filed with
he accounting bureau, finds that they
made illegal payments of $93S.86 and
1rew $148.27 too much in fees. In
,onOrt IN Noppoout ECvo ,o;ror DoIooa
Marfield says that City Treasurer w.
). Wood will have to give another
bond of $4,000 because the one he
las On file is signed as surety by the
Jonneaut National Loan & Trust Co,
ind its charter does not give it au.
hority to act as surety. [ sause of
his the bond is invalidatedS
allipolis.-Judge P. j. Bradbury
# the common pleas court has
appointed Cyrus Hulling of Columbus
eceiver for the Gallipolis Telephone
20. The receivership plan was adopted
S a means of adjusting the business
f the company. Receiver Hulling will
ell the plant.
Steubenville.-Mayor Frank Liole
f Mingo is dead of fatty degen-
ration of the heart. His weight
vas $50 pounds, and he was known
s the heaviest mayor in the state.
Cleveland.-John d. Rockefeller's
axes on his Forest Hill estate
ave been increased five hundred per
ent and it is expected he will make
big fight for gigantic reduction be.
ore the county board of equalization.
he new valuation placed upon the
il kings property is $1,415, $50 where
S in 1900 it was only $252,220.
Lorain.-W. A. Davies has been
ppointed cashier of the City bank
} succeed Herbert G. Crisp, who
hot himself recently while in an old