The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-07-11
Buckeye Notes


owning an electric lighting plant and
hot.water heating plant here, was Sold
to the American Gas & Electric Co., a
New York corporation owning plants
iu various cities of the country.
Bellefontaine. - Frank Wooley of
Rushsylvania was sentenced to serve
year at hard labor in the state pen
itentiary. He was convicted of the
charge Of stealing an old set of har-
ness.
Port Clinton,-The motor boat De-
troit, in which Thomas Fleming Day
will cross the Atlantic ocean, was CIV
en- a trial on Lake Erie. A speed Of
over seven miles an hour was made
by the boat.
arysville.-James Waldron, aged
81, Union countys Oldest citizen, died
here.
Cleveland.--J. P. Mullen, president
Of motor car company, who was in
jured two weeks ago when his car
collided with a telegraph pole, died
in a hospital here.
Toledo.-Playing with frecrackers
near her home in Ironville, Esther,
5, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Dun
berger, was so terribly burned she
died after several hours of agony. The
girls clothing became ignited and her
garments were nearly burned from
her body before her cries and those
of her playmates brought relief.
Massillon.-Massillon boys plan to
earn enough selling fly traps this sum-
mer to build pier at the reservoir Of
the Massillon Water Supply Co., their
favorite swimming hole. The boys
have been trying to raise the money
by popular subscription, but failed.
Bellefontaine. - Heirs of William
Tarbutton have just received word Of
the passage of a special bill in con-
gress for their benefit. During the
civil war Mr.. Tarbutton boarded a
regiment of soldiers at his hotel in
West Liberty, and his heirs are to re-
ceive pay from the government for
those meals.
Sandusky.--The engine hauling Bal.
timore & Ohio passenger train No.
from this city to Newark collided
with a traction engine that had be-
come stalled on the track near Mon
roeville. Fireman Frank Clark of
Newark jumped, but got under the
wheels of the locomotive. Both legs
were mangled. He is in a hospital
here.
Newark.-The body of Joseph An
derson, aged 55, an ex-policeman, was
found in the haymow of an abandoned
livery barn. The body was badly de-
composed.
Dayton.-Mrs. Sarah Short, aged 81,
and Marshall E. Brigham, aged 4, a
colored lad, are dead here, victims OF
automobile accidents.
Youngstown.-Harry NJ Campbell
aged AZ, who was struck on the head
by flying piece of iron at the Ohio
plant of the Carnegie Steel Co.. died
at the city hospital.
Dayton.-Rev. Frank Garland, min
lister of the English Lutheran church
of this city, will leave on European
trip to study and gather data on va.
rious economic subjects.
Sandusky-Stephen Dougher, rs, a
printer, from Scranton, Pa, according
to the union card found in his pocket
fell from a Lake Shore freight train
and was cut to pieces.
Akron.-A woman was saved from
suicide when Roy Miller, bartender
snatched away glass Of beer into
which she had poured two ounces OF
poison.
Amherst.-Mayor Wakefield and the
Vermillion council were in Amherst
inspecting the local sewage ssytem
which Vermillion expects to duplicate
Orrville.-The plant of the OrrVillt
Electric Lighting Co. was completely
destroyed by fire. The estimated loss
is $25,OOO.
Cincinnati.-B. H. Kroger, who own:
a spring OF popular-price grocery
stores and is president of a savings
bank, has entered the race for the
Republican nomination for governor.
Youngstown. - To adjust watel
rates, the director of service appoint
ed a committee to investigate thu
amount of water consumed.
Cleveland.-When Paul, Larsen, 20
told Judge Keeler he wouldn't ever
give his wife "a pleasant SMILE" she
was granted an immediate divorce
She is Is and lives on the West Side
The two married as the elimination
of a camping romance near Paines
vile.
Canton. - William r. Shaver wa
sentenced to five years in th
Ohio penitentiary for forging tn
name of partner in the Golden Rul
Coupon Co. to a $3.50 note. Judg
Harter, in pronouncing sentence, toll
Shaver he deserved every day of tn,
term, not so much for the forgery a
for deserting his wife and two chi
dren and eloping to Canada with hi
wife's first cousin, Ethel Wynn. TIL
court pronounced sentence after re
fusing motion for new trial.
Cleveland.-Suit against the Penn
sylvania Railroad Co. for $4,000 dam
ages was begun in federal court b.
Sevisitiano Barbata, section han
formerly employed at Ashtabula. TIL
plaintiff charges that his spine wa
permanently injured when he wa
struck by switch engine in tn
yards.
Columbus. IT. R. Anderson, Uni
ted States consul at Hamburg
Germany, under President Lincoll
and United States internal reve
nue. collector at Mansfield, o., unde
President Johnson, died at his hom
here.
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