The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-11-03
Buckeye Notes


Of age, Of Rootstown township went
to bed in possession of his eyesight.
When he awoke he was totally blind.
Paralysis of the optic nerve is sup
posed to have been the cause. Par
sons was a business man of Ravenna
for many years, but retired to his
farm several years ago.
Springheld.-The city of Sandusky
was chosen as the meeting place for
the 1911 convention Of the Ohio D. A.
r. 1t will begin October 13 and the
delegates will be entertained by
Martha Pittman chapter. The follow.
ing officers were elected: Regent
Mrs. Clayton r. Truesdall, Fremont;
vice regent, Mrs. Charles Dana, Mari.
eta; secretary, Miss Cornella Cast,
Fremont; treasurer, Miss Allis B. Gill,
Columbus; registrar. Mrs. William r.
Hale, Wilmington.
Columbus.-The convention of the
Order of the Eastern Star, in
session here, advanced the three
head officers in order. This makes
Ella e. Shearer, Marysville, grand ma.
tron; ]. s. May, Sharonsville, associ.
ate grand matron. and J. E. Teare.
grand patron. The next meeting will
be held in Cleveland.
Canton.-The Canton health de-
partment has just been notified that
nine Italians, who were held in quar-.
antine at Philadelphia, after landing
in this country on a cholera infected
ship, had escaped and had started for
Ohio. One went to Canton, one to Gin,
cinnati, three to Youngstown, three to
Waynesburg and one to Lowellville.
The authorities were advised to keep
watch on the Italians. Handicapped
by having no description of the men,
the health department is doing the
best it can to find them, with view
to OBTAINING them until all fear of in
fection is passed.
Urbana.-Capt jeremiah Cain, 65
residing four miles southeast of Ur
bana, was instantly killed by being
run over by a northbound limited Ohio
Electric traction car Mr.. Cain and
his daughter were driving to Urbana
when his horse became frightened at
the traction car and backed into it.
Dayton.-David Clemmer, "a, a
wealthy farmer, was run down and
killed by traction car near his home
Recently he and his wife celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary.
Ada.-Fillmore Beery, one of Ada:
best known citizens, fell from the roo
of his business block and met instant
death.
Zanesville.-Live chickens hoped
around the parlors of the exclusive
zanes club when Mrs. o. T. Marshal
received Zanesville's elite at the frs
chantecler party given here. The
chantecler idea was followed through
out in the decorations.
Delaware.-Miss Cora Jeffries, e
cousin of the prize fighter, James J
Jeffries, and DR.. c. Hodge Wilson o.
Sunbury were quietly married here
by DR.. A. D. Hawn. The bride is the
only daughter of A. H. Jeffries o.
Sunbury, an uncle of the fighter.
Lima.-William M. Melville, ageC
65, banker, druggist and thirty
second degree Mason, is dead from
heart failure. He was brother o.
former Postmaster James Melville
Sandusky.
Cleveland.-A letter has just beer
sent from the city auditors of
flee to J. B. Tanner former city de
partmental examiner under the John
son administration, stating that an in
vestigation of vouchers for October
and November, 1909, shows that he
had been overpaid to the extent o
$29.12 for the first half of November
and that for the last half of October
he had been overpaid to the extent O.
$41.66. The demand is made in the
letter that he return $7O.78 to the city
Cincinnati-Within a stones throw
of the place where Miss Anna
Lloyd was murdered last New Year.
eve, Mrs. Mary Hackney, 26, wife o1
Harley w. Hackney, laborer, wa:
found murdered in her home on Cana
bridge, Cumminsville. Her throat wa!
cut from ear to ear, her skull crushed
and her body badly bruised. Near b!
there lay an axe with which the mur
derer had done his work. The discov
cry was made by her husband and ;
boarder, Charles Reckert. The mur
derer is supposed to have fed.
Fremont.-Just because he took ou
a bottle whisky on the street of DIR.
Clyde and treated several thirst.
friends, Toby Tuttle was arrested ant
fined $50 and costs for violation o
local option law.
Springfeld.-Crazed by drink, Allel
Smith shot four times at his wife, on
shot taking effect in her arm. Be
lieving he had killed her, he CON
mitted suicide by shooting.
! Cincinnati.-Cincinn city cour
Gil has directed the city solicitor t.
join in the litigation instituted by tn
Chicago Association of Commerce ant
the Receivers and Shippers associa
tion of Cincinnati for lower freigh
rates to Chattanooga over the South
ern railway. The case has reached
the United States Circuit court. 1t i
believed to be the first instance il
which municipal corporation ha
| iOiOnd in raCa Orima riIv for tb