The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-10-12
Ohio Happenings

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Lucco, charged with killing Louis
Szucs ten days ago, have been indict-
ed for manslaughter by the grand jury.
Portsmouth.-James McGaw, aged
AZ, one of the wealthiest farmers in
Pike county, committed suicide by
placing the muzzle of a shotgun
against his temple, the butt against
the foot of his bed and pulling the
trigger with his toe. No cause for
bis act is given. McGaw was the
owner Of more than 1000 acres Of
land in Pike county alone.
Canal DOVer.-While crossing a
street, Chief of Police Jacob Maurer
was struck by fire team and badly
trampled The horses and hook and
ladder truck passed over his body.
He was picked up unconscious and
has internal injuries, but physicians
say he may live.
Upper Sandusky.-For over ten
years this city has been without a
depot building at the Pennsylvania
station and the council decided to
take the matter up with the state rail-
way commission and passed a resolu-
ton to that effect.
Ashtabula. .-Wallowing in a pool
of blood, her throat cut from
ear to ear, Amelia Petite, 20, wife of
Peter Petite, "a, lay dead at home, %
Ann street, while her husband walked
one-half mile to the police station and
gave himself up as the murderer Jeal-
ousy was the cause.
Bellefontaine.-The port of miss
ing men" harbors one less vic
tim and a mystery of 80 years dura-
ton has been cleared. Rufus Heisler,
who mysteriously disappeared from
West Mansfield, Logan county, 30
years ago, and about whom nobody at
home has had the slightest informa.
ton since then, has been located. He
is now at Corning, Cal, and owns a
large poultry farm. Heisler was a
school teacher at 20 and lived with
his widowed mother. One Friday even
ing in the fall of the year he appeared
at his mothers home and gave her
the greeting that was his custom. He
went out of the house and borrowed
a gun of Caleb Smith to go hunting,
and the rest of his life became a blank
to his friends until October 3. The
Monday following his disappearance
when he did not appear at school,
searching parties were organized. The
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weeks.
Recently Spain I. Southard of this
city, who finished the school term af
ter Heisler's departure, heard that a
man named Rufus Heisler was located
at Corning, Cal He wrote him. An
answer has just brought the informa
ton that the rancher is the same Ru
fus Heisler who so mysteriously dis
appeared from this, county 80 years
ago. In the meantime his mother had
died of a broken heart.
I Circleville.--John English, William
H. Dotter, Frank Loudner, Denny
Pickens and Albert Dodd have filed
injunction suit against the county
treasurer to restrain him from collect
ing the Akin tax assessed against
them by order of the state auditor.
Uppen Sandusky.-Misses Virginia
Bowers, Nettie Stecher and Clara
Beinbrich received tempting Offer
from a New York film concern to re
produce their feat of last weeks tag
day, when they accepted farmers
banter and rove from his farm to the
Public square yearling steer, which
they auctioned off to large crowd
They are considering the offer.
Marysville. Mary Anna Young
who has been a teacher in the
Kwassui 10 Gakko school for girls, al
Nagaski, Japan, for several years, has
arrived home for an extended visit
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. AL
phonzo Young, in Taylor township.
Findlay.-George w. Carpenter, 9
well known carpenter, while returning
home, fell on the sidewalk, and wher
he was picked up he was dead.
Coshocton. of six cases ot
diphtheria, one of the city schoo
buildings has been closed by the
board of education in fear of an epi
demic.
Coshocton. White, an emf
grant, bound for the west on Pal
Handle train, suffered the loss Of ;
twenty-dollar bill from the roll
which she fondled as her trail
whizZed through the village of Adams
Mills, west of here, the bill blowing
out of the window. Train officials nc
titled the next station, Trinway, Of th'
loss and the agent telephoned t.
Adams Mills asking that search b
made. The money was found and thu
: agent. wired Columbus to reimburse
the woman and charge to the TrinwaI
Office. Katie found her money wait
ing for her when she reached Colum
= bus and declares America a wonder
full country.
Coshocton.--In doing slide for lif'
: down a wire from the top of tele
phone pole, Dean Davis, aged 8, fell
crushing his left arm at the elbow 81
that amputation was necessary.
Yellow Springs.-Edward Currie,
wealth farmer and assessor of thi
village, committed suicide by swallow
ing poison.
Canal Dover--The village o
Shanesville has adopted an unusua
lighting system, its street lights hav
ing been burning day and night sine
: they were installed about year age
Natural gas obtained from fields sey
eral miles away from the town is useD
for lighting and the village authorize
found it cheaper to have the gas bur-
all the time than to employ man t
turn it out in the morning and light
/. again at night.
Chillicnthe -Mrs Isaac Cnnk sr