The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-06-15
Over the State

work of cutting away the underbrush.
Toungstown.-BeOaus he was
disturbed by a storm, John Zan.
ders, SO, went into a shed at the
rear of his son-in-law's home in Car
lyle street and hanged himself.
COlumbus.-The harvest prospect
for this year is not very en-.
couraging, according to the monthly
crop report just issued by the state
board of agriculture. Wheat and oats,
it is stated, show the serious effect Of
the long drouth.
Toledo.-Sought for years by
his relatives, the whereabouts Of
Sanford Rowland, former commander
of the Toledo battery of the Ohio Ma
tional Guard and Toledo school teach.
er, who mysteriously disappeared in
1905, after being indicted by the Lu.
cas- county grand jury for taking funds
of the battery, has just been revealed
through his death in the Philippines,
which occurred May IA.
Mansfield.-General Roeliff Brin-
kerhoff, one of the founders of
the Republican party, one of the
founders of the National prison con-
gress, first president of the Ohio Arch
Biological and Historical society and
member of the state board of char.
tiles for many years, is dead here. He
was an intimate friend of Salmon p.
Chase, and ex-Presidents Grant and
! Hayes.
| Zanesville.-Mrs. Mabelle Thomp
son Christy, wife of Artist How
ard Chandler Christy, from whom she
has been estranged for the past two
years, intimated that the estrange-
ment might be nearing an end. 81
do not know how long l small stay"
said Mrs. Christy. II came out here
to see our daughter Natalie and have
been made so very welcome that
may prolong my visit indefinitely"
Mrs. Christy has so far refused to
live in Ohio, and for that reason, we
have never been able to reach any
conclusions. She is very welcome
here" said Mr.. Christy.
Marion.-As a result of injuries
sustained by the premature ex
plosion of dynamite in the quarries
at Owens, c. w. Robinson, 80, Of
Owens, the father of two children,
is dead. Leonard Pine, 21, of Marion,
probably will be blind.
Berea-Daniel Sommers, 67, died
at the Middleburg township poor
house. When the officials of the
township examined his belongings
they found over $1,000 in cash secret,
ed about his clothes.
Youngstown.-On Sunday afternoon,
June 4, the cornerstone of the Young
| Women's Christian association
building was laid in this city. The
structure was made possible by pop.
ular subscriptions raised during the
two-week campaign last summer. The
building will be one of the finest of
the kind in the country.
Columbus.-Rev. David Mann, 81
years old, retired Methodist
Episcopal preacher, known through.
out Ohio, was killed in stepping off
moving street car, en- route from
the funeral of a lifelong friend.
misunderstanding that val
liable bird dog was about to be
killed, Charles d. Highly, well-to-do
farmer and storekeeper at Higbys sta.
ton, lost his own life under Nor.
folk & Western train
Kinsman.-The first gas we'll
ever discovered in TrumbulI county
has just been struck on the lot
owned by Fay D. Root, an elevator
and grain merchant. The find has
caused great excitement in the vii.
lage, and company is being pro.
posed to search for big deposits OF
gas believed to underlie the town.
Ashtabula.-Mrs. Ellen Callahan,
wife of Patrick Callahan, dropped
dead in st. Patrick's Catholic
church at Thompson, while attending
the funeral of her husbands brother,
Michael Callahan.
Cincinnati-In successful eff.
fort to save the lives of his two
young sons, William Daugherty sacri.
feed himself and was crushed to
d
locomotive.
Massillon.-Sent for his health
to farm near Navarro owned
by his grandfather, ]. L. Dietz, Lloyd
Dietz, ten, of Bedford, met death. The
boy was riding one of team of horses
pulling heavily loaded lumber
wagon, when he lost his balance, the
wheels of the wagon passing over his
waist. He died three hours later.
Canton.-Luitpold Sollmann, 81,
pioneer druggist of Canton,
died at his home here from can.
GER. Mr.. Sollmann left letter last
February with DR.. ]. H. While, in
which he directed the manner in
which his funeral service should be
conducted, the name of the pastor and
the kind of casket in which he was to
be buried. He specified simple serv.
ice and no singing.
Hamilton.-President Guy Potte.
Benton Of Miami university at
Oxford, received a formal call to
the presidency of the University OF
Vermont at Burlington. Doctor Ben
ton has accepted and will leave Miami
at the end of the present school term
Columbus.-The last hope of es
cape from the electric chair for
Cletus Willaman vanished when
the pardon board rejected his appeal
for Communication of sentence, and, II
the governor abides by the recon-
mendation of that board, the Canton
man will be electrocuted on the night
Of June 8. He is charged with killing
his wife's parents.
Chicago Junction.-Wor dig
ging cellars here have dug up
several caskets filled with human