Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-11-15
Buckeye Notes

Tuesdays election.
Kenton.-John Swallow was fatally
hurt in a runaway here.
Bellefontaine.-Jam Callahan has
brought ripe raspberries to this city.
He has picked second crop on his
farm.
Dennison.-Fearing Calamity was to
follow the election of Woodrow Will
son, Francisco Bandaducio, an Italian
laborer, went into a telegraph office
and presented cable to be sent to his
brother in Italy warning him not to
come to America. Arguments proved
futile, in spite Of the fact that the
cost was SIS.
Wilmington.-Th proposition to Is
sue bonds in the sum of $4,000 for
the purpose of establishing an expert
mental farm in Clinton county, by
vote of nearly two to one, was defeat.
ed last Tuesday. People favorable to
new court house opposed the expert
mental farm project.
Washington. Republicans and
one Democrat were in the race for
probate judge last Tuesday. The win
ner was former Mayor Rell G. Allen,
who attracted attention throughout
the state as the reform mayor of
Washington c. H., who, during his
last term, exiled 142 undesirable citi-
Zens. He was defeated for reelection
as mayor a year ago by 400 majority,
and now he is elected probate judge
by plurality Of 164.
Sandusky. William. Mallen, 20
years old, held for forgery, escaped
from the city prison here by crawling
through ventilating pipe and drop
ping to the roof of a barn from which
he jumped to a shed and then to the
ground. Mallen was charged with
forging the name of local merchant
to two checks.
Ironton.-The strike in the Law
renee county. coal mine district, which
has affected nearly 1000 men, due to
dispute in wages, has been settled
on the Pomeroy scale. The miners
were represented by John Moore,
president of the miners union. The
settlement was compromise.
Cleveland.-Out of work and de-
spondent, James w. Smith, aged 20,
mechanic, sent his mother to see
moving picture show. On her return
home she found him dead. He had
taken carbolic acid.
Dennison-John Robinson, aged 81,
railroad workman, was struck in
the left side by piece of flying brass
from drop hammer and probably fa-
tally hurt.
Marysville.-Samuel Jackson, aged
TO- Civil war veteran of Redwood,
this county, was instantly. killed by
passenger train on the Erie rail-
road.
Elyria-voters approved of $780,
900 bond issue for new schools.
Wooster.-Forest Stahl has grown
193 bushels of corn on an acre.
Benton Ridge.-Burley B. Clymer
husked 1O2 bushels of corn between
sunrise and sunset.
Canton.-Linemen and groundmen
of the Stark Telephone Co. have
voted to strike for more pay.
Gallon, GA Southwestern Cleve-
land & Columbus limited car from
Cleveland was wrecked in this city
and the car overturned.
Cleveland-When fellow employe,
concerned because nothing had been
seen of Robert Gravatt, an electrician,
for some time, climbed into the cage
of the crane controller at the Perfec-
tion Spring Co.'s plant, he found Ora
watt dead at his post. The electri-
clan had been electrocuted. Five
years ago a brother of Grayatt was
electrocuted at the plant.
Findlay.-David Creighton, a we'll
known farmer, fell down the elevator
shaft in a local department store here
and sustained injuries from which he
died.
Port Clinton.-Steve Clutches, aged
so, was killed by Lake Shore train
here, while walking on the tracks.
His head was crushed and his body
cut in many pieces.
Crestline.-Orange Baker of Mans
field was found sitting upright in his
buggy on road near here, dead; with
bullet hole through his head.
Dayton.-Booth Harrington, the au-
thor, was married to Mrs. Temple
Robinson, divorced wife of Temple
Robinson, English writer.
Massillon.-After firemen had ex-
tinguished a lodging house fire they
found two roomers still asleep.
Ashtabula.-The Oldest pair of twins
In Ohio are John and Hosea Camp
bell of Kingsyille, who last week cele-
brated their eightieth birthday ami
versary Their sister, Debble Nash,
aged 8S. helped them in the celebra-
ton, and the 78-year-old wife of Ho-
sea Campbell made a speech that was
remarkable for its clearness and wit.
The twins are IN perfect health and
there seems to be no reason why they
should not live to be 100. The Camp
bell brothers have IA children, 40
grandchildren and 20 great-grandchil-
dren. A feature of their birthday
celebration was the marriage of
granddaughter Lodemia Johnson, to
Thomas Miller.