The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-01-05
Buckeye Notes

IOuuSbIOHu.-AID hOullOnB d uO
gro, was shot to death while burglar.
izing the home Of Joseph Rosensteel
In this city.
Sandusky.-Prof Joseph M. os-
borne, 72, died suddenly of organic
heart disease while taking a bath in
Cottage Cameron, Ohio Soldiers and
Sailors home.
Cincinnati.-Benn Pitmpn, SO years
old, known throughout the world for
his activity in the development Of
system of photography, died here. He
had been i'll about a year. While
Benn Pitman always credited the in
vention of photography to his older
brother, Sir Isaac Pitman, there is no
doubt but that he was the preserver
of the original system and the father
Of shorthand writing in America.
Portsmouth. - Discovery Of the
charred bodies of Miner and Oil
yer Platt, brothers, in the ruins of
their home on the border of Adams
and Scioto counties, is believed to
have been preceded by double MUIR
der. Both were middle aged men and
being bachelors, they lived together,
seldom leaving their home, which was
in an isolated community. The the
ory is they were robbed and murdered.
Observation-Disclosures she gave the
house cat milk intended for her
children and threw away food the
neighbors brought for the little ones,
girl of eight and boy of three, Mrs
Theodore Redler, a Kirkland widow,
was arrested here by Deputy Sheriff
e. E. Graves and was brought into
probate court to answer to a charge
Of neglect.
Barberton.-Seven persons were in
jured, one probably fatally, when the
roof Of tabernacle nearing compile
ton here caved in.
ubenville-Statistic compiled
here show that 116 houses were built
in this city during the past year. Dur
ing II years covering a building boom
there have been built 1907 houses, be-
sides many business blocks and religi-
!ous and education edifices. The value
of the structures erected in that
period foot up over $1O,OOO,0OO in
value.
Steubenville-W. C. Maloney, an
oil we'll shooter, was blown to
pieces near this place while attempt
ing to thaw 20 quarts of nitroglycerin
His partner in business, Frank Nc
Cullough, was blown up on almost
the same spot year ago, when he
dropped can of nitro in magazine.
Bellefontaine-Guy Strickland Of
Harper, who had been recently mar
ried, claims that three men entered
his home and bound his wife to a
chair while they destroyed her photo
graph and the marriage license, which
was framed. Mrs. Strickland freed
herself and ran from the house but
has since been unable to tell who tied
her. Strickland says he knows his
wife's assailants and will cause ar
rests. Strickland states he got a
white cap" warning December 13 that
something would happen to him.
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Peoria, ILL.,, met her father, George
w. Hank of 221 Crystal ave-
nue., whom she had not seen in 80
years, and who had been mourned for
dead. Thirty years ago Mrs. Watson's
mother died, leaving her father and
nine children to care for themselves.
Mrs. Watson was IL and she was sent
to Potomac, ILL.,, from which place cor
respondence was carried on with her
father. Later the letters were return
ed and Mrs. Watson thought her
father dead. A brother was located in
Columbus, O., and recently he wrote
his sister their father was alive. Mrs.
Watson was to come to this city and
her father was to meet her, her iden-
tification mark being a piece of holly
in her muff, while the parent was to
wear red ribbon in the lapel of his
coat. They recognized one another
only in this manner.
Wellston.-Shot by policeman
while defying arrest after fatal
Iy stabbing his wife, Frank Buck
ley, a MINER was killed instantly. The
tragedy climaxed a Christmas drink.
ing bout at the home of Lewis E.
Boggs, Mr.. and Mrs. Buckley having
been among a number of Boggs' neigh.
bors who had been invited to partici
pate. After Buckley had drunk freely.
he jealously charged that his wife
vas paying too much attention to
| Stanley Slagel, a guest at Boggs'
home. The enraged husband followed
the verbal charge with an attack on
| Slagei, in which he knocked him down,
Canal Dover.-"Light the gas, Bert,
so we can see," said Raymond Ritten'
they awoke in the morning, and the
request revealed the fact he had
lost his sight. The young man, who
is 10, had an attack of scarlet fever
when seveL years old and his eyes
were left weakened. The physician
who examined him says the affliction
is due to hemorrhage of the retina.
Cleveland.-Dental experts an.
nounced they had cured girl of cross
eyes by extracting her eye teeth.
Drs. Varney A. Barnes, D. H. Sieglel
and G. D. Lovett believe they have
thus discovered a method by which
thousands afflicted with cross eyes
may be cured.
Cleveland-An armed man, sup
posed to be crazy and seeking
the life of John d. Rockefeller at his
summer estate, Forest Hill, exchanged
shots with Bert Knapp, the keeper
and Marshal Stamberger of East
Cleveland. The stranger, after empty.
ing his revolver at the marshal and
the keeper fed through the grounds
and escaped.
Gallipolis.-Dr. John M. Davis, for
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