The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-10-19
Ohio Happenings

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and wounded Conrad Schroeder.
West Jefferson = Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Armstrong were killed here
when their auto was struck by pas.
senger train at a crossing. Arm.
strong was a farmer of near London.
Youngstown.-Earl Reese, charged
with cashing forged American Ex-
press money orders, which he is al.
legged to have stolen from a local
drug store, was bound over to the
grand jury under $1,000 bond. 1t is
said he cashed the orders in Pitts.
burg, Cleveland, Wheeling and Cam.
bridge Springs.
Columbus.-Agreement has been
reached between the officials and em.
ployees of the Kanawha and Mich.
igan Railroad and the threatened
strike averted, according to the an.
nouncement made by Secretary d. K.
Sullivan of the state hoard of arbi.
| tration.
Akron.-A masked burglar got
away with a roll of bills containing
$570 at the home of DR.. F. c. Reed.
Miss Josephine Reed, daughter, was
awakened by the burglar, but was too
frightened to give the alarm.
Toledo.--The king of the hoboes,
as he terms himself, and who gives
his name as James J. Corbett of Chi
cago, was sentenced to the work.
house here for 80 days on vagrancy
charge.
Bellefontaine.-Henry Vaulner, Big
Four locomotive fireman, was blown
from his engine cab south of this city
and badly scalded when one of the
engine f1ues blew out. The train was
running alta high rate of speed. In
addition to serious burns, his
shoulder was dislocated.
Steubenville.-Victo 3-year-old son
of Peter Monti, was killed by trac-
tion car when he ran out into the
street in front of the car.
Massillon.-Charles H. Miller, aged
20, is dead at his home, southwest of
this city, as the result of kick of a
horse. Miller was working in the stall
when the animal kicked, the hoofs
striking the young mans head and
fracturing his skull. He died in a
short time.
Akron.-With crash that could be
heard all over the city the reinforced
concrete viaduct over the Cleveland,
Akron and Cincinnati Railroad col
lapsed, crushing the railroad COM
pany's freight house like pasteboard.
The structure was a wing from the
Mill street viaduct, erected only few
years ago at a cost of $250,000.
Butler.-Perrysville is the only town
in the state that will not have any
school this year. Several months ago
deputy school inspectors of buildings
condemned the school building, which
was erected 25 years ago, of being un-
safe. An effort was made to have the
! order rescinded, but up to this time
nothing has been accomplished. The
matter has been referred to the county
commissioners.
| Mansfield.-Ninew women were hurt,
two seriously, when natural gas ex.
ploded in the basement of Risch &
McCoy's millinery establishment. The
store was wrecked and the building
gutted by fire. Lydia Blumunschenkel
an employe, and Mrs. George w. Coles
worthy, at first thought fatally burned,
will recover. Police carried out the in
jured women while firemen fought
flames that did $4,000 damage
Athens.-Judge J. NJ. Wood of the
common pleas court has set Oct. % as
the date of the local option election
in Athens county. The wet" petition,
filed two days after it was started,
contained the names of 5,728 voters,
over 72 per cent of the last county
vote.
Cincinnati-A permit costing SAT-
has been issued by the city for the
erection of skyscraper on the ruina
of the chamber of commerce here,
The building, which will be the larg.
est in the state, will be twenty-seven
stories high.
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Barberton city hospital at midnight
it was necessary to carry eight pa
tients outside to safety. Damage to
the extent of $1,000 was done. A
poorly insulated electric wire started
the blaze.
Dayton.--A remarkable case in
which similarity of names and ma
tionality figured was heard in police
court here when August Petschaullet,
living in one section of the city, and
August Petschaullet, living in anothe
section, were both arraigned on
charges of petit larcency. They said
they were not relatives and each de-
MED he was guilty.
anesville.-Pressure of creditors
and failure to secure capital by sub
scriptions to the capital stock are
given as the causes for the receiver
ship of the Art Manufacturing Com
pany, Zanesville's newest concern. F.
w. Thomas, head of the local COM
pany, and Frank B. Selby of Coshocton
were appointed receivers.
Lima.-Henry Richards, aged At, a
bartender, has been hiccoughing con.
tinually for 100 hours. He is uncon-
scious and suffers hemmorrhages
every few minutes. He cannot live
more than a few hours longer.
| Cincinnati-Despite the fact that he
paid back $500 which he was charged
with taking from the Fifth-Third Ma.
tional bank, Wallace X. Davis, former
paying teller, has been indicted by the
United States grand jury on charge
of embezzlement. When Davis was
arrested several months ago, he made
a signed confession in which he said
he lost the money playing the races.
Wapakoneta.-E Elmer S. Baker, Ed.