The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-07-04
Buckeye Notes

on an engine al the plant OF the Mas
sillon Rolling Mil Co. exploded, doing
$4,000 worth Of damage.
Newark.-David NJ. Keller. aged -.
an attorney, died at local hospital
of pneumonia after brief illness. He
was for many years q member Of the
local school board.
Canton. - william r. Shaver was
sentenced to five years in the
Ohio penitentiary for forging the
name Of q partner in the Golden Ruls
Coupon Co. to $3.50 note. Judge
Harter. in pronouncing sentence, told
Shaver he deserved every day Of the
term, not so much for the forgery as
for deserving his wife and two chill
dren and clipping to Canada with his
Wife's first cousin, Ethel Wynn. The
court pronounced sentence after re-
fusing a motion for a new trial.
Steubenville-Richard ellison, local
Republican leader, ex-sherin and at
present city water works collector,
was notified that he would be appoint
ed postmaster for SteubenVille, to sue
ceed Mai. Alex. Sweeney, deceased.
Mansfield = Rather than run down
= woman and child who turned
in front of his speeding auto
mobile, Howard NayIor drove into a
ditch and escaped injury, although the
machine turned turtle and Hugh Hof-
fer, who was with him, was badly
hurt.
Columbus. IT. R. Anderson, Uni
ted States consul at Hamburg,
Germany, under President Lincoln
and United States internal reve-
nue. collector at Mansfield, o., under
President Johnson. died at his home
here.
Wellington. - Charles e. Tripp, for
great many years manager Of
the Auditorium hotel. Chicago, died
here after an illness of nearly two
years. He was 81 years of age and is
survived by his wife.
Canal Dover. In order to meet
the competition Of a private cleo
tric lighting company, council has
instructed the director of service to
reduce the municipal plants rates for
commercial lighting. When the city
plant went into the commercial light
ing field, the private concern began to
cut its rates, in some cases to one
half the prices formerly charged.
Steubenville.-Morgan Vandermeter,
81, a shoemaker, was forced to leave
building in which he had been To-
Gated in business for 81 consecutive
years, to make room for a skyscraper.
Jefferson, - Contractor William J.
Kunkle Of Ashtabula, who has $40,-
900 paving Job here, was fined for rid
ing on the sidewalk inside the bicycle
limits. He was taken before Mayor
Redmond ard pleaded guilty and
asked what his fine would be. The
mayor told him a fine was too good
for him, and said it was the sentence
of the court that Kunkle buy the ice
cream sodas for the crowd. Kunkle
was game and led the way to an ice
cream soda parlor.
Youngstown. = Walter Smith was
badly injured and two companions es-
capped with severe shaking up when
their automobile struck an obstruc-
tion in the Boardman road while go
ing 25 miles an hour.
Warren-Mrs. Betsie Storier, 81, be-
cause of ill-health, committed suicide
by hanging herself to bedpost.
Cleveland.-"TheL Loss of the I'll
tanic" is the title Of book written by
Lawrence Beesley of London, Eng, a
survivor of the Titanic disaster, visit.
ing in Cleveland.
Sandusky.-With the throat cut
from ear to ear and both wrists
slashed, the body OF Louis Rhein, go,
Kelleys island wine merchant, who
disappeared from this city last Sat.
1rday morning, was found in an old
barn near West Huron. Coroner Karl
r. Knoble, after viewing the remains
and questioning members of the dead
mans family, gave verdict Of suicide.
Rhein had long been in ill health ell
had amassed fortune dealing in Lake
Erie island wines. ..-
st. Marys.-John J. Grubb, West.
srn & Ohio motorman, received an
electric shock while changing the troll.
ley pole of his car, and fell from the
top of the car and sustained broken
neck. He died a few hours later.
Sandyville.-S. C. Shott, 'SandyvIlle
grocer, always knew when his delivery
horse was planning to kick, because
the animal previously swished its tail
but the other night he didn't get Gut
Of the way in time. The result was
that Mr.. Shott received four fractured
ribs besides internal injuries.
Canton. - William r. Shaver, for
mer president of the Golden Rule
Coupon Company and principal in
a sensational elopement with Ethel
Wynn, stenographer, his wife's cousin
was found guilty of forgery by jury
in common pleas court.
Upper Sandusky. - Annabelle,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Merle
SCHNEIDER of near Nevada, was
kicked in the head by horse and
died at hour later, She was riding
in little cart pulled by her dog
which ran under the horse.
Chardon.-The one hundredth aE
niVersary Of the founding of Chardor
viii be celebrated here July 25, 2t
and 27. Preparations are being made
to receive several thousand visitors.
st. Clairsyille.-Enraged over re
ports that Ed Guy, aged 25. had beer
devoting his attention to other wo
men in the little mining town of Stew
artsville, Mrs. Guy went to the mouth
Of the mine of the Big Five Coal Co
and, it is alleged, shot her husband
three times with a revolver, killing
him instantly. The woman had beer
SWay from her home for months. Sht