The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-08-22
Buckeye Notes

| tired business man ana foTmer di-
rector of safety OF Columbus, while
/ riding a motorcycle crashed into an
automobile ambulance here and was
killed.
GAINESVILLE. - Isaac T. Williams,
So, was instantly killed at the
Brush-McCoy pottery at Roseville by
an elevator. Williams attempted to
step from a moving elevator and was
caught between the floor Of the eleya-
tor and the door. -
Upper Sandusky. - Mrs. Charles
Sans, week-old bride, in attempt
Ing to sit on a couch missed the
couch and broke three ribs.
Dayton. - For the express pur.
pose Of fighting for the elimina-
ton and abandonment of the habit
of idle gossip, women Of Oakwood, the
aristocratic and exclusive village
south of this city, have perfected the
organization of the Oakwood Eficien-
cy league. Miss Frances Parrott, Sec
retary of the organization, says: 'The
name is somewhat misleading. Al
though We aim at utility among wom-
en-, we really organized to fight the
idle gossipers."
Dayton. - Tony Rocolo, 80, EN-.
ployed on the Dayton-Greenville di'
vision of the Ohio Electric railway at
Dodson, stepped in front of a car
there and was killed.
Columbus. - William V. Goshorn
of Gallon has been appointed chair
man of the speakers bureau OF
the Democratic state executive com
mittee, and Ben B. Bartlow Of Hamil'
ton, chairman Of the Bureau of Col.
lege Democratic clubs.
Elyria. - Mrs. Elsie Light, II,
was shot through the abdomen
and probably fatally injured by
her husband, Curtiss Light, also II,
during fight between him and George
Young, his brother-in-law. Light gave
himself up and is held pending an in
veStigation.
Lancaster. - In committing sui
eide by connecting rubber tube to
a gas jet and inhaling the gas, David
Black badly damaged his home and his
wife was badly burned.
Bridgeport. The Standard Oil
gas trust again has raised the
price of gas 3 cents thousand feet
in Ohio valley towns. This is the Sec
ond Scent raise in a year, and the
fourth increase in eight years. The
price now demanded Is 80 cents. In a
notice to consumers, in 20 towns, the
company says it regrets to be com
PEELED to notify consumers of another
advance, but the increased cost oil
securing gas makes the raise neces.
sary."
Conneaut. - William Thomas, con.
fessed boy pyromaniac, was bound
over to the grand jury at JEFF
ferson. Thomas told of sitting in the
Cleveland union depot reading news
paper account of fire there. "It was
all l could do to keep from rushing
out and setting fire to something" said
the boy. He has confessed to firing
three buildings in Conneaut.
Dayton. - Hayden, Miller & Co
of Cleveland and Rhoades & Co
of New York took over the bonds
of the Friend. Paper Co. of West Car
rolIton, about seven miles south oi
this city today and purchased the
plant for 100000
Bellefontaine. - The annual re
union of the Forty-fifth o. v.
was held here with large attendance
of members. Officers elected are:
President, Charles H. Durfey, Colum
bus; vice president, Samuel E. All
mon, Bellefontaine; treasurer, r. B
Keller, Bellefontaine; secretary, Mis-:
Rebecca Wommer, Springfield. The
regiment will meet here next year.
Columbus. - Lying In a silver
handled casket in local hotel
with his body properly embalmed, il
Tige, the dog who saved several live
in local hotel fire three years ago
The canine corpse was carried to {
cemetery in real hearse and loweret
into a grave by mourners.
Ashtabula. - County Humane Agen
W. A. Cain is trying to put
stop to the practice of parent
locking their children in the hous,
at night and going to moving pictur,
shows or other entertainments. Cali
says such practice comes under tn
law against cruelty to children,
violation of which means heavy fin
and Imprisonment.
Delaware. That Edna Trout
.. man, Is, whose dead body wa
found on the Pennsylvania railroa,
tracks near here, was murdered an
did not commit suicide, is the belle
of Coroner Buck, who conducted al
investigation.
Mansfield. Four laborers wer
instantly killed and a fifth is dy
ing in the Emergency hospital her
as a result of the handcar on whicl
they were returning to their construc
ton camp north of Mansfield beini
struck by returning excursion train
Lisbon. -. DR.. E. w. Yost, der
tist, is held to answer to an insar
ity charge, following an alleged al
tempt on his part to kill Henry Hold
niger, city engineer. Yost charge
Holdinger and another with stealinI
his wife's affections.
Bucyrus. - Frank Rolf, 35, in
gang of floating railroad employees
was shot and killed in qual
rel over drink of water at CarrotE
ers, o. Two men had gone 10 wei
for drink. Rolf came up and grabbe
the cup, then one of them shot hin
The murderer escaped.
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