The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-12-12
Buckeye Notes


tain essentials for wines which even
the famed vinelands Of Europe can
not excel
Dayton. - For committing bur-
glary and stealing 81 cents, Ber
Vincent, negro, was sent to the
penitentiarS for 20 years. This is his
fourth prison term.
Kenton. - I've been shot," cried
Mrs. John McGinnis, ~, as she
staggered into her home where
her husband and three sons were seat
ed at supper. The identity OF her as
sailant has not been established. Re-
turning to her home, ten miles south
west Of here, from her mothers house,
shortly after dark, she was fired upon
while passing a lonely spot and was
so seriously injured that death is prob
able.
Cleveland. - Search by telegraph
that reached from coast to coast
and back again, flashing from Los An
geles and San Francisco to Antwerp
and Watertown. N. Y, brought out the
identity of the woman who killed her.
self by poison while sitting on a bench
in Wade park in this city. She was
Mrs. o. N. Kleppel, 3S, whose home
Is in Antwerp, N. Y, and who had
lived for years with her husband in
California.
Greenville. - Fred Amspaugh, for
mer county commissioner, plead
ed guilty to 13 indictments of
misdemeanor and misconduct in office.
He was fined S. and costs in each of
the 13 cases, or a total of $3.50. Har-
vey Manning, contractor, pleaded
guilty of misdemeanor and was fined
$25 and costs. William Hayes, for
mer janitor of the court house, plead
ed guilty to two charges of present
ing false and fraudulent vouchers and
was fined $50 and costs in each case
and given a ten-day Jail sentence.
He'll stand committed until fine and
costs, a total of $120, are paid.
Piqua. - It's baptism of death
and Troy speedway when Homer
Whitlock, 1S, and Ora Wilhelm, %,
were killed in head-on motorcycle
collision. A mile below town Whit
lock attempted to pass the approach
ing automobile Of w. H. McClusky of
Sidney. Wilhelm also tried to pass.
Their machines came together and the
necks of both were broken.
Columbus. - State Treasurer-elect
John P. Brennan has just an
announced that present state treasur-
er, D. S. Creamer, has accepted the
position Of cashier under the incom.
ing administration.
Kenton. - The failure Of a re-
volver cartridge to explode when
Steve Smith, to whom she had re-
fused a drink, attempted to fire the
weapon while pointing it at her head,
saved the life Of Mrs. Carrie Barlow,
who conducts a soft drink establish
ment here.
Columbus.-Eight persons were in
jured when Columbus, Delaware &
Marion interurban car jumped the
track on a curve and crashed into a
Columbus street railway car Several
dozen passengers were frightened and
shaken up
Bellefontaine. - Mrs. Harriet KEEP
hart Campbell, the mother of five
newspaper editors, died at Ripley,
O., her home, in her Tooth year. Her
husband also was an editor.
Mineral City. - With three dead,
doctors think they have entire
ly checked an odd epidemic in
this village, which for few days
threatened to reach alarming proper
tions. The disease resembled mem
braneous Group, but affected adults as
we'll as children, although the older
persons attacked did not succumb to
the disease, the fatalities being among
young children.
New Philadelphia. - Sherman Bar
tholomew was found guilty of
manslaughter in common pleas
court for the Staying of Frank
Fantini, an Italian, at Roswell, on the
night of Sept. %. Bartholomew near
ly broke down when the verdict was
read. He was indicted for second de-
gree murder but pleaded self-defenss
and had expected acquittal. He will
be sentenced by Judge Healea on
Dec. 6.
OberIin. - Ralph Griffith, 10, and
Howard Thompson, II, are under
arrest in the county Jail at Elyria
on a charge of having for two
months conducted a systematic loot
ing of girls boarding houses here
Dozens of co-eds of Oberlin college
have been victims. Money, jewelry
and watches have been taken. The
total loss will aggregate $3.50 or $4OO.
Hamilton. William Macdonald,
engineer of Lima, O., was killed
and Howard Harvey, fireman, was
injured in a head-on collision of
two freight trains on the Cincinnati,
Hamilton & Dayton railroad near
Glendale. The boiler of one locomo-
tive exploded after the collision, bury
ing Macdonald.
Mantua. - The farmers of Sha-
lersville township are organizing
to prevent the destruction of skunks.
Skunks are great destroyers of grubs.
Grubs have nearly ruined this years
potato crop in this section.
Findlay. - In a letter received
from President-elect Wilson by Mr..
and Mrs. Robert J. Wilson, the
governor congratulates them because
of the birth of a son Nov. 1. The
baby was named Robert Woodrow
Wilson. The president-elect adds that
he hopes no future act of his will
cause the parents to regret the high
com nlimnnt thnv hauA maid him