The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-08-31
Buckeye Notes


at West and Rayen avenues, some
person poured brandy down his back
and set fire to it. He was frightfully
burned and. at the City Hospital,
where he was taken, it was said his
recovery is doubtful.
East Liverpool-Joseph Peyton,
aged "a, an employe of a pottery here,
was thrown under the wheels of a
freight train here and received in
juries from which he died in the City
Hospital.
Dayton.-Under water for at least
five minutes and unconscious for half
an hour, Erhart Thiel 10, of Chicago,
still lives, after having been fished
out of the Miami river here. He was
swimming in the Miami when he sank.
His companion attracted the attention
of the Rev. Earl R. Bull, a mission
airy to Japan, who is visiting rela.
tives here. Rev. Mr.. Bull procured
hooks and boat and rescued Thiel.
Delaware.-The jewelry store of c.
D. Young was entered by burglars
and jewelry to the value of about $3.50
was stolen. Entrance was gained by
breaking the plate glass in the front
door.
Bellefontaine. = At the annual re-
union of the Forty-fifth o. V. l., held
at Urbana, S. L. Dow was elected
president and S. E. Allmor vice presi-
dent. Both are veterans from Belle
fontaine. The 1912 reunion will be
held in this city.
Wapakoneta.-Rev. Mr.. Rhoerle Of
Osgood suffered broken arm and Sc
we're cuts on the head and John Ra-
dina of Cincinnati, owner of the ma
chine, was seriously injured in an au-
tomobile accident at a sharp turn in
the road south of Fort Loramie. The
machine, which was badly wrecked,
went over a steep embankment and
rolled into a ditch. Rev. Mr.. Varley
of Wynant, another occupant, escaped
uninjured.
Upper Sandusky.-The program has
been arranged for the forty-fifth re-
union of the One Hundred and First
regiment, o. V. l., to be held here
August 30. Two hundred old soldiers
and their families are expected.
Canton. - Maude Meyers, aged 16,
who cut off her hair, dressed herself
in boys clothes and ran away with
Howard and Leo Griffith, spending a
week travelling in box cars, was SEN
fenced to the Girls Industrial school
by Probate Judge Dow. AS a result
of confession made by the girl,
Howard Griffith, aged 10, was bound
over to the grand jury. Leo, he
younger brother, was committed to
the Boys Industrial school. The girl
and her companions were arrested at
Napoleon and were returned to Can
ton.
Ottawa. .-Workmen on the roadbed
of the double track of the c., H. & ID.
south of Ottawa unearthed a snakes
nest. l.. ~ Welde, ex-auditor of Put
nam county lives at the point where
the nest was found. A blue racer had
it's head up and Mr.. Welde struck it
with spade. 1t came out of the
ground foot or so and he struck it
again. When all it's length was out
OF the hole it measured over four feet.
Mr.. Welde dug into the ground and
found a nest of snake eggs.
Akron.-Mayor Smith of Ken
more, o., four miles south of here,
has fined four persons 5000 each and
has sentenced each to six months in
the workhouse. The latest victims are
Lulu Williams, Akron, late of Bay
Bridge and Wadsworth, O., a half
breed Mohawk Indian; Charles Morse
and Walter Golf. The three were dis
covered in a secluded spot at Ken
more by children who notified Mrs.
Anna Barton. Mrs. Barton went to
| her home and procured a revolver
Leveling the gun on the Two men and
the girl she told the children to go for
an officer and the arrests followed.
Wilmington-William Hawkins, a
farmer, was killed by being run over
by team attached to hay press
| This was the second fatal accident
to farmers in four days.
st. Clairsville.-After having been
idle for seven months because of la.
Dor trouble the Glencoe mine of the
Belmont Coal Mining Company, re.
sumed operations, 500 men reutnring
to work.
Toledo.-John Peli was killed and
seven injured by an explosion of
dynamite at the White Rock plant
Of the Kelley Island Lime & Trans.
port Co., near Clay Center.
Bellefontaine-Ther is a country
butter famine in this city. 1t is al.
most impossible to purchase country.
made butter at any price and the
creameries are profting thereby.
Pomeroy.-A line fence difficulty
between Martin K Stobart and Will
liam Rasp, farmers in Sutton Town.
ship, this couny, eliminated in Rasp's
shooting Stobart in the face with
double-barre shotgun. The victims
eyes We're put out and he may die.
William Patterson,
so, was found on a country road near
Belle Center with his head crushed.
His team with a wagon load of gravel
was nearby. 1t is presumed that he
was stricken with heat or paralysis
and fell from his wagon, the wheels
crushing him to DEATH
WapakOneta.-Berlin Smith of
Waynesfeld, this county, pleaded
guilty in probate court here to traf-
ticking in liquor in dry territory and
was fined 5000 by Judge Koenig, $100
to be suspended during good be-
havior. Beer was sent from Lima to