The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-23
NEWS OF OHIO

during the height of the northwest
gale threatened the entire busines.
district. causing total loss in build
ings and to business firms of $4,000.
Findlay.-Domestic science girls
in the Findlay high school did
turn that made glad the hearts
of dozen or so night sleepers at the
city police station. Instead of trying
the result of their cooking expert.
ments on the proverbial dog the way.
farers were fed and pronounced the
fare excellent. The pretty young
ladies served the meal in courses, de-
void, however, Of wine, silverwars
and linen.
Columbus.-State Examiner F. A.
Jackson in the examination of
Dayton funds found $2,9SO for re-
covery. Of this amount S1,O64.1S is
charged against w. H. Burroughs, for
mer clerk in the board of public serv-
ice. Suits has been brought against
him and judgment recovered. Con-
tracts amounting to $4,000 were let
illegally.
Cincinnati.-In sensational ut
terance, Judge Frank German, of
the court of common pleas, dismissed
the contempt charges against George
B. Cox, banker and political leader. He
declared the utterances of Cox, which
were published after the latter's in
dictment for perjury, were "insolent
and false" In dismissing the charges,
Judge German followed the finding of
a majority of the committee of three
attorneys appointed to investigate the
circumstances of the interview.
Akron.-E. L. Brooks, represent.
ing the Bryant Paper Co. OF
Cincinnati, bought in the Paul E. Wer
ner Publishing Co.'s plant, machinery
fixtures and books, for $275,OO0. The
bid was the highest of a number sub
mitted.
Steubenville.-Ex-Sheriff Richard
Gibson, we'll known Republican poll
| tician, did an unusual thing for an
eX-official, when he addressed letter
to the prosecuting attorney, asking to
be sued for illegal fees which state
examination in 1906 said he should
pay back. He holds he only took sta
tutory fees and says he will not claim
exemption under the statute of limi.
tation.
Fremont.-Joseph Rothgary, S2,
pioneer resident with many rels.
tives in Cleveland, died here. Mr..
Rothgary was the father of IS chill
dren, II of whom are living.
Oberlin.--President King announc.
ed four gifts to Oberlin college
amounting to $4,000. OF this
account $4,000 will be for an admins
tration building, $4,000 for a new
dormitory for women and $4,000 for
general uses. The name of the donor
of the $4,000 for the administration
building was not announced, it be-
ing his wish that his name should be
withheld for the present.
| Lorain.-Mike Smith, an EIyria
cobbler, was the victim here of
a swindling game which cost him
| $400
Lorain.-There was fearful
scene in police court when Oliver
Van Orman, %, and Caroline Les
cher, IA, faced their parents. The
girl, attired in her street clothes,
hidden under her'nightgown, left her
home late at night and after remov-
ing the nightgown met young Van
| Orman at the electric waiting room.
They intended to take car for Cleve.
| land and then go to Cincinnati. Tine
| girls parents discovered her absence,
notified the police and the would-be
elopers were arrested. The girl was
sent home and young Van Orman was
lodged in Jail. He has been released
Tiffin.-Rev. H. G. Snyder, pres.
ident of Wittenberg synod of the
Lutheran church, rendered his res
ignation as pastor Of the English
Lutheran church here. He has ac.
cepted call to the Lutheran church
in Vandegrift, Pa.
Dayton.-A searching party is
engaged in an attempt to locate
the body of an unidentified man
who ran into the river at Miamisburg
to escape posse of schoolboys. The
stranger provoked the school children
at Miamisburg and the boys set upon
him. He ran into a nearby house
! procured shotgun and attempted to
fire on them. The gun was not loaded
| rI TsOu Ouir1o IL In fhn I,a CT, I'D
toward the river, pursued by the boys
He plunged into the river and was lost
to view.
Painesville.--Pills found on a
shelf by little Susie Bell, 18-month
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Louis T. Bell, Fairport, and eaten by
the child, caused her death after sew
eral hours of terrible agony. The pills
contained strychnine and had been
left on shelf by the child's mother
At Lorain, Emma, the 19-month-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Nicholas
Molaner of Florida avenue, while on q
visit with her parents at the home oi
friend, toddled into another room
and picked up some strychnine cap
sules, which she ate. The child was
found in commissions and died before
medical aid could be rendered. ,
WOoster.--The most brilliant wed
ding that has taken place here in re
cent years was that of Miss Adelif
Annat, one of the twin daughters O.
Mr.. and Mrs. Annat, and Mr.. Edward
p. Shupe, eldest son of Ny. and Mrs
Albert Shupe, and cashier OF the Com
mercial bank.
Medina. "A disagreement was the
best the jury could do in the McCray
embezzlement case, after deliberatint
on the evidence and charge of thu
court for 81 hours. The blacksmith
nrnsanntn1 will bring MnCran To trim