The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-08-24
NEWS OF OHIO

DarKe, rreDle anu CLner counties in
1894 will be permanently marked. if
the efforts Of several organizations
now pushing the matter are success
full. Some localities have already
marked the trail by monuments, and
in other places the matter is being
taken up.
Cleveland. Stirred to deeds of
bloody violence by reading sensa.
tional novels, by cigarets and by the
desire to emulate noted robbers and
bandits, three boys were surprised
while robbing the grocery store OF
Otto Sell A patrolman and one of the
young desperadoes will probably die
as a result of the encounter.
Urbana.-Mrs. Mary Moss is dead
here, aged 9S. She was born in Vir-
ginia and moved to Ohio rs years ago.
Cleveland After pitching big
league baseball for % years, Cy
Young, the most famous pitcher the
game of baseball has ever known, one
of the two modern players who had
the honor of pitching game in which
not one of his opponents reached first
base, has been granted his uncondi-
tional release by the Cleveland club.
Warren. - Two men were killed
south of here and a third was
killed south of here and a third was
injured when an automobile was
struck by freight train. The dead:
c. W. Waggar, As. lumber contractor
of Newton Falls. driver of the auto
mobile; Frederick Allen, so, of New
ton Falls. employed by Mr.. Waggar.
Elyria. Because, it is alleged,
he tore up 81 watermelon vines
in the patch on the farm Of his
brother-in-law, Rev. Mr.. English, re-
tired minister, DR.. George Quigley, a
physician of Amherst, was drought to
the county Jail on charge of malici-
Gus destruction of property, valued at
more than $S5, a penitentiary Offense.
Columbus. - Practically unlimited
power is restored to county bud
get commissioners by the supreme
Guilt IL IuO
entry in the tax limit law test case
and removed the restriction that re-
ductions in local rates must be pro
portionate" when necessary to bring
the total within the ten mills limit.
Sandusky.-Paul Ritzenthaler, 20
months, son of George Ritzen-
thaler, died after great suffering
from eating cathartic pills said to con-
tain strychnine and bella donna. The
pills were in a box dropped by a Wis.
itor.
Lorain.-h was announced that
the rivers and harbors commit
tee of congress will come to this
city immediately after the close of
the present session of congress and
make a complete inspection of Black
river from it's mouth to the National
Tube Co.'s docks. This action is taken
at the request of Congressman w. G
Sharp who, with the Lorain board OF
commerce, has been urging the gov.
ernmant to assist in the improvement
of the harbor here by eliminating sew
eral bends in the river.
Zanesviiie.-Bert Offord, 81, loco
motive engineer, was found dead
at a fishing camp five miles north
of this city. The top of his head
had been shot off. 1t is supposed
that he was murdered by two men
who were seen to board car on the
| Ohio Electric road. The men had a
shotgun. Offord was formerly stal
pitcher with the Tom, Dick & Harry
baseball team of GAINESVILLE in the
early SOS.
Kenton.-A $4,000 loss by fire
occurred on the Fred Wolf farm
south of Kenton, the dwelling house
barn, granary, some stock, number
of sheds and the entire years crop be
ing destroyed. The fire originated II
straw stack.
ToIedo.-Fighi to remove Rev
Elias D. Whitlock of Fremont O..
father of Mayor Whitlock, from the
pastorate of the Fremont Methodist
church will be renewed when the Cen
trail Ohio conference meets in Marion
next month. Twenty wealthy oppO
nents of Rev. Mr.. Whitlock have lait
their bcase efore Bishop Moore, who
will preside at the Marion conference
Friends of Rev. Mr.. Whitlock will
fight hard to have him retained. Those
opposed to Mr.. Whitlock declare hi!
age prevents his doing the work the'
think necessary for the increase o
church membership.
Hamilton.-Peter Hayes, 25, colored
was arrested with four other negroes
and is held at the county Jail here OF
the charge of setting fire to Abraham
Haskins, aged II, white, who lives nea
Glendale.
A crowd of people collected abou
the Jail and some threatened to lyncl
the negroes. However, the officer
guarding the men were reinforced AM
two policemen circulated through tn
crowd telling the men to let the Law
take it's course.
Haskins was asleep in his hom,
when the men went in, poured gasolin
over his clothes and set fire to him
He was found unconscious by neigh
bors who saw the blaze. He is no
expected to recover
Cincinnati-Harlow Farrell, 35, a
attorney employed by title guarant
company, committed suicide here b
shooting. After firing the shot h
rushed to his wife and expired in he
arms. Farrell had been ill for tw
weeks, his sickness at times causin
him to be delirious.
New Philadelphia.-After buyin
coffin, naming his pallbearers
selecting the text of his funera
sermon and the songs he wanted
A. R. Howell, 65, a Panhandle raj