The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-03-28

OHIO NEWS NOTES
Wilmington.-Prof. Albert ]. Brown,
an educator of Wilmington college,
has rendered his resignation to take
effect June !.
Uhrichsville. - The Steubenville |
presbytery will meet April Is and 16
at the Presbyterian church here. |
There are 81 ministers in the body.
Akron.-The Goodrich Rubber COM
pany plant will increase its cap
ital soon from $2O,OOO,OO0 to S45,0O0,-
600. Part of the proceeds will be de-
voted to the building and equipment
of fabric mill.
Xenia. - Aided by timely
friend from the outside, Harry Lee,
alias John Walker, under indictment
here for horse stealing, escaped from
the Greene county jail Lees friends
broke into the sheriff's residence, en-
tered the dollhouse and unlocked the
door to Lees cell.
Akron.-Called to a house TO quell
battle among foreigners, Sheriff
Ferguson and his deputies arrested
five men and walked them to the jail,
one mile distant. On reaching the
jail it was discovered that John
Blenda had walked the distance with
broken leg, of which he made no
complaint.
Bellefontaine-For the first time
in the history of Shelby county a
woman has been drawn from the jury
wheel for petit jury duty. Her name
is Mrs. NJ. A. Gilfillen, and Sheriff
Gearhart is in a quandary as to
whether he should require her to re-
port for duty.
Marion.-After being struck by
freight carried through the busiest
portion of the city on the pilot and
rushed to a hospital, William Will
hanson farmer, is locked up in city
prison instead of occupy ing a morgue
slab or hospital cot. He was unhurt
and became so obstreperous at the
hospital that he had to be jailed.
MaysvlIe.-The strike of the coal
miners in Great Britain is beginning
to be felt here. A local dealer who
had an order in at the mines for 20
carloads of coal received letter
stating that his order had been can.
celed as the mines were shipping all
their coal now to the seaboard to coal
ships for the Atlantic.
GAINESVILLE. - William Tharp, q
years old, married, son of Mayor
Tharp Of South GAINESVILLE, was fined
$1,000 and sentenced to one year in
the workhouse this afternoon by
Judge Smith in juvenile court for
contributing to the delinquency of
Iva Thomas, aged IA, also of South
GAINESVILLE.
Zanesville.-Just as soon as her
two-year-old son toppled from the
second story window of her home at
New Concord, Mrs. John E. Anderson,
who was in the room, leaped through
the window after him. The child es-
capped uninjured, but his mother re-
ceived broken arm and internal in.
juries which are serious.
Uhrichsville-Mrs. Charles Fagley
is reported dangerously i'll at her home
in New Philadelphia as the result OF
swallowing a corrosive sublimate pill.
1t is not known whether the woman
took the poison with suicidal intent
or by mistake. Members of the fam.
lily refuse to discuss the affair. She
Is IS years old and has family.
Ironton.-Robert Riley, aged 35
years, wealthy stock buyer, was
found dead beside the road &C Ar
gelite. KY. He had been shot with a
shotgun as he was riding a horse
home from Greenup. The sheriff and
posse are searching for the murderer
with bloodhounds. Riley's death is
supposed to be due to feud of sew
eral years standing.
Bellefontaine. Frank Comelia,
aged years, strolled into DR.. Carrie
Richeson's office and watched the
gold fish swimming in a glass case.
The little fish looked good enough to
eat, SO little Frank lifted one out of
the water and ate it whole. 1t tasted
good and he ate another. There was
another in the bowl. He did not eat
that one because the services of DIR.
Richeson, who happened in, became
Immediately necessary for Frank.