The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-07-06
NEWS OF OHIO


Bellefontaine.-Osc Snyder, son
Of A. M. Snyder of this city,
was killed in the Mexican revolu.
tion May 8, according to official ad
vices received here. He was a captain
in the revolutionary army.
Wellston.-The bank of Wellston
has been closed by the state bank
ing department. w. o. Defferman
of Cleveland is in charge of the liqui-
dation., The bank says it will pay
dollar for dollar.
Washington c. H.-Prof. William
w. Davies, instructor OF Ger
man in the Ohio Wesleyan uni.
versity, Delaware, and Mrs. Madeline
Sharp, wealthy widow of the late Nor
ris Sharp, were married here at the
Sharp home, Rev. T. w. Locke oficia-
ting. They will make their future
home here.
Massillon.-"Dear Ethel: love
you. Forgive me. Take good care
of our little Jennie. Goodby.
Charles" This is the contents of the
letter Charles Parnacott, %, collect.
or, addressed to his wife, with whom
he had quarreled few minutes be-
fore he shot himself, infiicting a
wound which proved fatal. Parnaoott
in a letter to his father said his ac-
counts were straight and his employ
ers certified his statement.
East Liverpool.-Jay Wilson, 81,
married but an hour to Miss
May Reynold, pretty young New
Cumberland, w. Va, lass, is now
a fugitive, wanted on a charge of big
amy. Scarcely had Rev. F. w. Per-
kins, Methodist pastor pronounced the
two one, ere information came from
Paulsville, KY, declaring him q hus.
band with a wife living there. The
girls father was notified and he or
dered the groom to leave as he entered
the house to begin brief honeymoon.
He seized the opportunity and rushed
across the Ohio river before the
charge was filed against him in JUS
tice court.
Toledo.-With an ounce bottle
containing a few drops of car
bolic acid, lying on the floor, w. w.
Gillian, 40, of Ann Arbor, Mich, was
found dead in bed at the Wayne hotel.
Gillian was travelling for Lagora To-
bacco Co. of Detroit. Coroner Henzler
rendered verdict of suicide.
Sandusky.-The long anticipated
abolition of the nominating CON-
mittee, composed of past presi-
dents, was the feature of the
opening session of the sixty-fourth an
nual convention of the Ohio Teachers
association at Cedar Point. The So
called insurgents" responsible for the
downfall of the House of Presidents"
as the nominating committee was
known, captured all of the offices in
the annual election resulting as fol.
lows: President, Prof. E. D. Lyon,
Cincinnati; first vice president, c. G..
Maurer, New Philadelphia; second
vice president, A. j. Mcdowell, Ash,
land; third vice president, Mary
Sutherland, Columbus The secretary.
treasurer, w. E. Kershner of Colum'
bus, was elected last year for five
year term.
| Wooster.-Torn from bed, strip,
ped of clothing and coated with
tar and feathers, Michael He'll,
man, 2S, Wayne county man, suf.
fered injuries which may result in his
death. 1t was learned that Hellman's 8
condition was the result of violent
treatment at the hands of masked
men in the village of Trail, Holmes
county. Hellman, it seems, offended
the people Of Trail, an Amish settle.
ment, by alleged misconduct with a
married woman. Late at night he was
seized by party of masked men, who
beat him, treated him to a coat of
tar and then threw pepper on his head
and in his face. Hellman was then
led to the outskirts of the hamlet
and told to leave.
Delaware.-An interesting develop,
ment in the Henkle poisoning case
in the statement that there ia
some doubt regarding the first
analysis of the matter removed from
the stomach of Miss Merle Henkle,
the young woman alleged to have
been poisoned by her stepmother
Mrs. Jessie Way Henkle. The exami
nation which it was stated showed the
presence of arsenic, was made by Will
liam Davies, an Ohio Wesleyan stu
dent. Davies, it is stated, will not
swear that all possibility of arsenic
in previous tests had been removed
before the instruments were utilized
for the test in the Henkle case. Pro
fessor Higley of Ohio Wesleyan, how
ever, will make another test, to de
termine this point clearly.
Cincinnati.-The remarkable vital
ity of Henry Meyers, a laborel
in Glendale, o., amazes the sur
geons at the city hospital. Meyers
attempted suicide and fired one barrel
of a shotgun into his head. The
charge tore out his left eye and a
great part of the skull of the left side
of his head, leaving the brain exposed
1t was some time before he was found
and removed to the hospital. The
wound ordinarily is instantly fatal
but attending physicians say that
Meyers has a good chance to recover
New Philadelphia.-John w. Kin
sey, 81, auditor of Tuscarawas
county for three terms and connected
with the East Ohio Gas Co., died here
of Bright's disease.
Wellston.-Parting company with
the ancient molars that nature
provided him with has had nc
terrors for Frank Forbis, who il
rounding out his ninetieth year. He
has lost but three teeth, and the miss
ing ones have been replaced with
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