The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-01-25
Ohio Happenings

Lima.-Mayor Shook, Socialist, per-
formed his first public act in vetoing
a salary grab for a deputy auditor,
contained in the appropriation ordi-
nance as passed by the city council.
"1f the deputy auditor Is entitled to
extra compensation" wrote Shook
across the paragraph, "in assisting the
city treasurer while he is locking after
other business, then the treasurer
should foot the bill"
observation-disclosures q. z. Gebest,
aged so, father Of Charles Gebest, or
chestra leader, and composer of the
RED Widow" which he had been d.
recting with Cohan's Little Million
aire" in New York, died suddenly
from an acute attack Of bright's dis
ease. He was a violinist of consid.
cradle reputation.
Findlay.-The Buckeye Match COM
pany, at North Baltimore, is to be
reorganized and the name changed to
the Pan.American Match company.
The new company has been incorpo-
rated with capital stock Of $4,000.
The enlarged plant will have a daily
capacity of 100OOO,0O0 matches.
Findlay.-Mrs. Mary Heine, domes-
tic in Findlay families for many years,
will sail for Germany February 8,
there to rewed her first husband,
whom she married many years ago.
She has tried two other men in mar
riage, but the first one, she says, an
swers to the requirements of dutiful
hubby better than the other two CON-
bined. Divorce and death separated
her from Nos. 2 and 8.
Cleveland.-Walter e. King, a trav-
cling salesman, was frozen to death
in a vacant lot near his home in this
city. His body was found by police
man. 1t is thought that King, be-
numbed by the cold, lost his way. He
was unmarried.
Lancaster.-The first move by the
defense of Mrs. Nancy Hall, accused
Of killing her daughter, Ruth, IL, with
arsenic administered in pancakes,
came to naught when Chemist o. s.
Marckworth reported finding no poi
son in second sack of the same kind
of -four, which Clinton Boerstler and
wife believed made them sick. The
defense is seeking to establish that
Mrs. Hall could not have put arsenic
in the -four which made four mem.
bers of her family i'll. The chemists
report was made to the grand jury
investigating the case.
Toledo. - The Farmers Savings
bank at Haskins, Wood county, was
closed by order of F. E. Baxter, state
bank superintendent. State Examiner
w. B. Hopkins was placed in charge.
Failure to improve loan securities is
responsible.
Youngstown.-A FIRE in N. ]. Sta
wairsky's butcher shop from an over
heated stove destroyed the building.
The family jumped from the second
story windows.
Upper Sandusky.-Upper Sandusky
is to have, each night of the winter,
tramp fire department Heretofore
it has been the custom to five shell
ter in the city prison to all persons
applying there during unfavorable
weather. These sleepers number from
six to 20 each night. Cleanliness not
being one Of their characteristics,
their continual habitation of the city
prison made the small room a most
insanitary place. So it was decided to
heat the large room of the city build
ing, used as room for fire fighting
apparatus, and give them lodging
there, in return for which they will
be expected to assist the local depart
ment in fighting fires.
Toledo.-When Mrs. Frances Near.
thur of Eau Claire, Mich, burst open
the door of the house here where her
sister, Miss Daisy Palmer, was ar
ranging for her future home, she
found the lifeless bodies Of her sister
and the latter's intended husband, Jo-
seph Manochio, an Italian, 80 yearT
old. Both had been asphyxiated from
burned fumes from a gas jet and an
open stove. The Palmer girl and Ma
nochio were to have been married this
week and were arranging furniture in
the house they we're to occupy as
their home when they met death.
Port Clinton.-B. w. Weller Of Gin
cinnat, accompanied by Frank ].
Leonhardt, proprietor Of the Island
house here, and Captain Ezra Bickford
of the Oliver H. Perry, drove an auto
mobile from here across the ice to
Put-in-Bay. The distance from here
to the island is IL miles, but 20 miles
were covered over the ice. People
here became alarmed after two hours,
as they had not heard from the party,
and had the fire whistle sounded at
intervals as the driver of the car car
ried no compass.
Toledo. Guy G. Major, former
mayor of this city, who is i'll at a
club in New York City, is much i'm.
proved in condition, according to a
telegram received by his daughter.
Mrs. Major is at the bedside of her
husband.
Cincinnati.-Christia Frederick, 46,
baker, was found dead on his bed,
and in the coat which he wore Sun
day was letter from his bosom
friend, Joseph Burger, baker, who
killed himself two weeks ago. Grief
is believed to have caused Frederick's
death.
Youngstown.-A consolidation of
the Briar Hill Iron and Coal COM
pany, the Youngstown Steel company
and the Thomas Steel company of
Niles has been announced. The COM
pany will be capitalized at $15,O0O,O00
and will be known as the ,Briar Hill
Steel company.
Akron.-With 1000 signatures at
tached, petitions were filed with the