The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-10-26
Ohio Happenings

ana contained considerable machin'
cry. The loss was more than $1,000,
with partial insurance.
Oxford.-Lucille Osborne, aged 16,
daughter of Mrs. Maggie Osborne. a
widow, shot herself in the right
breast. She is a high school student
and it is believed a youthful love af
fair is responsible for her act. Her
condition is critical
Marysville.-Mrs. Joseph Miller
placed strychnine on pieces of bread
under the cupboard to kill mice and
her little daughter, Virginia, aged 2,
ate portion of the bread. There is
little hope for the child's recovery.
Findlay.--More than half of the
pupils of the Detweller school in this
city have been Quarantined because of
an epidemic of scarlet fever, and the
schools have been closed. The Or
phans' Home, where two cases are
confined, is under quarantine.
Findlay.-WOrd came here Of the
death at Las Vegas, N. NJ. of Merle
Myers, a young man of this city, who
went south for his health few weeks
ago.
Ottawa.-The foundation for the OF.
tawa Sugar factory is to be pushed
Nov. 10, and the steel work is to be
completed by Jan. l. Work on the
former is progressing rapidly, the
steel is being shipped, and the ma
chinery will arrive late in January.
Wapakoneta. - George Stringbam,
aged II, while sitting with other boys
at the kitchen table in his home in
this city, was accidentally shot and
seriously wounded by John Harroff,
one of the boys. The boys had been
tampering with the gun, which they
thought was not loaded.
Martins Ferry.-John Halg, while
hunting groundhogs, shot of most of
his left hand when his gun was &C.
Cidentally discharged as he was cross.
ing a fence.
Lorain.-The heavy apple crop has
enabled one cider mill near here tc
turn out $500 gallons of cider a day.
That record is expected to be main.
tanned for two months.
Cincinnati - The charge against
President T. c. Mcclure of the sus-
pended Metropolitan Bank and Trust
Company of having received deposits
contrary to law was formally present
ed to the grand jury for investigation
by Common Pleas Judge Dixon. The
courts part in the matter, however,
was entirely formal and as required
by law, Mcclure having been bound
over to the grand jury by Squire
StrattOn. 1t is presumed that the
grand jury investigation will be start.
ed some time next week.
PainesVille. - Farmers living in
school district number six, gainesville
township, have started an opposition
school in the residence Of D. A. Wagar
because the board of education closed
their school and tried to compel them
TO send their scholars into another
district. The farmers claim they have
been Disseminated against. The
board of education says the school
was closed for lack of attendance and
teachers.
Cincinnati. - Morris Levine will
serve Is months in the Leavenworth
federal prison for his partner, Charles
Rosen, so that Rosen can support his
wife and two children.
Zanesville.-When q skiff which
they had entered in an attempt to row
across the Muskingum river at Cedar
Rock sprung a leak and began to sink
Iona Berry and Goldie Agin, aged II
and II, became panic-stricken and
tainted. Ethel Bell and Nettie Mad
dox, on the bank, saw their predica
ment and succeeded in throwing q
rope over the end of the sinking boat
and dragging it to shore.
Barnesville.-The death Of Harry E
Dement,, editor of the Barnesville Re
publican, occurred in Wheeling hos
pital, after an operation for enlarge
ment of the liver. He was As years
old.
Akron.-In a collision between two
large traction cars on the East Mar
ket Street line William Pfeiffer, {
motorman, was badly injured. The
dense fog prevented Pfeiffer seeing
the car in front of him.
Marysville.-A serious explosion oc
Cured here when the carbide tank al
Kimmell & Rausch.s garage let loose
All of the window glass and frames
were blown out Of the rear of tht
building and glass was also blown ou
of residences near by. The partition
separating the large room from the
repair room was blown down. ThC
workmen anticipated the explosion
and all were either out of the building
or in the front part and escaped death
Steubenville.-The trial of Stani anC
John Wisniski for stabbing Waltel
and Peter Klowis to death near Adent
six months ago developed that tht
spot of the murder is marked in (;
unique way. Rev. Father Wiercinsk
has set up there white cross in
scribed, Thou shalt not KILL" thu
keeping, he says. the divine warning
before any who wander that way, nea
the forks of the two roads.
Toledo.--Within few minutes aft
er he had selected the text Of the ser
mon to be preached at his funeral
Rev. ]. w. Harwood, pastor of TIL
United Brethren church at Oakwood
passed away.
Columbus.-Three Italian laborer
were killed and ten others seriousl,
injured Ia a collision between Penn
,ylvania work train and freight a
Sperry's curve, west of this city. Th
work train. with "a Italian laborer
on board, was moving slowly when tn
freight train, at a speed of probabl,