The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-03-07

the big plant of the Kishman Fish
company at Huron, entailing a loss
estimated at $4,000. The packing
house is in ruins and the freezing
plant and ice houses adjacent so
badly damaged that they will have
to be rebuilt About $4,000 gill nets,
several hundred eight-pound nets
and few trap nets we're burned.
The inability of the company to re-
place the equipment before the fish,
ing season opens means an additional
loss. The flames were fought by vol
unteers
tsmouth.-Damage suits az
gregating $4,000 have been filed in
the United States district court
against Rev. John w. Dunning of the
First Presbyterian church, F. l..
Durtman of Columbus, the Scioto
County Option league and two local
daily newspapers by Rev. Jacob
Meeker of st. Louis. Alleged defama-
tion of character is charged. Mr..
Meeker spoke for the vets in the To-
cal option campaign in this county
last fall
resden.-Dresden has voted dry
by 55 majority. The vets cast 1853
and the drys 208 votes. Dresden has
voted four times under the Beal law.
May 6, 1907, the town voted dry by
or
by IS votes and two years later by
SO, then in two years came the re-
versal to the dry column.
Newark Richard Winchell was in
stantly killed and A. E. Richardson
was seriously injured when they fell
25 feet from the roof on which they
were working here. Winchell slipped
and was rolling off the roof when he
grabbed Richardson, dragging him
down.
Toledo-Mrs. Helena Madge, an
aged shopkeeper, was killed here
last night when robbers entered her
shop, tore a money belt from her
body, bound her to a chair and ran
sacked the little shop for the fortune
the woman was popularity supposed
to keep hidden in the place.
Canton.-Canton ministers who
brought impeachment charges against
Mayor A. r. Turnbull after his re-
election for fourth term last No
vember and which rests now with
Governor Harmon, may drop them as
result of the mayors reported con-
version by an evangelist.
Bucyrus.-Miss Elizabeth McCreck-
en-, who was arrested by humane
officer on the charge that she had de-
prived her cattle of proper susten-
ance, was fined 500 and costs today,
which was paid.
Troy-A wet petition signed by
over 5000 names has been handed to
Judge W. D. Jones, and he will fix
the date of the election in a few
days.
Mariun.-The breaking of a high
tension feed wire supplying Marion
with light and operating two interur-
ban lines, beside the local street rail.
way system, plunged the city into
utter darkness and caused great in
convenience
Ironton.-Homer Kirk, telegraph op-
orator, who shot and killed William
Thomas, a fellow operator, in the C.
& o. tower at Russell, has been con
victed of manslaughter at Greenup.
Youngstown. - Momentarily dazed
when he got a particle of dust
in his eye, Bruny Fansota, en-
ployed as a furnaceman at the Ohio
plant of the Carnegie Steel company,
fell from a platform at the top of
furnace to his death, more than 80
feet below.
Marion. - Mrs. James Wilson
told a coroners jury that she
had twitted her 60-year-old husband
with being too old for her, and that it
was only few hours afterward that
she had found his body hanging in the
coal shed. Mrs. Wilson is 80. The
cause of the suicide was no. known
until the widow made her confession,
Wooster. - Mrs. Lizzie Forden
wald HartzIer, aged 20, who, three
weeks ago, married Fred Martzler.
aged 70, of Garden City, Mo-, is dead
here. They were childhood sweet.
hearts.
Wooster-Sewer bonds aggregat
ing $500, bearing 4 IL per cent in.
terest, average life three years, we're
sold here today to M. S. Pond of Som,
erset, premium $5.40. The Wayne
County National of Wooster bid 81
premium, and the Citizens Natnonal
$3.50 premium.
Upper Sandusky.-It was announced
here that Representative Harry l..
Goodbread, chairman of the house
finance committee, will be candidate
for the Democratic nomination for
state treasurer.
Marion.-Caledonia the second larg
est corporation in Marion county, vot.
ed wet in the Beal law election by
the close margin of 10 majority. In
the Rose law local option election last
November when the county voted
wetu Caledonia returned dry maioN
lty Of rs.