The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-09-19
Buckeye Notes

ton and Ralph Newmasters o.
Cleveland who were arrested up
on the charge Of having committed
several burglaries at Warwick and
Clinton, were bound over to the Sum
NIT county grand jury. Myers con.
fessed to the charge of burglary when
arraigned, but Newmasters pleaded
not guilty.
Cincinnati. - Leonard Rosenbaum
is. was accidentally shot and in
stantly killed here by Elmer Hamm,
Is. The two boys were shooting frogs
in a pond on the grounds of the city
infirmary.
East Liverpool. The Crucible
Steel Co. and the Plttsburg &
Lake Erie Railroad Co. plan a rail-
road from Pittsburg to Cleveland by
way of the P. & L. E. road to Beaver.
From there a single track will be
built to Lisbon, through Midland, Pa,
East Liverpool and Wellsville. The
Erie will be followed from Lisbon to
Niles and Cleveland.
Dayton. - Ira Willoughby, 80,
janitor at the Reibold Office build.
ing, jumped from the tenth floor when
accused of stealing willow plumes
from one of the Offices. He was
crushed almost beyond recognition.
Columbus. - There are now about
60,500 automobiles in Ohio, accord.
ing to State Registrar ]. H. Shearer.
He expects to issue at least 1000 more
tags this year.
Dayton. Joseph ]. Pater of
Hamilton was elected president Of
the Catholic Knights of Ohio for the
fourth time here Pater was the first
president of the society and practically
it's organizer. The only nominee for
the executive Office was George J. Mat
hauer of Cincinnati, who was state
trustee nine years. The vote stood 8
to rs. BY vote of 101 to 63, Herman
]. Sheckelhoff of Dayton was re-elect-
ed vice president, Peter Sadler Of To-
ledo being his competitor. c. ]. An.
thony of Cleveland was elected state
secretary.
Akron. John Gibney, Akron,
was killed, J. S. Moore and viii.
lam Juneau we're seriously injured
when a belt line railroad train struck
an automobile in which the men were
driving.
Cincinnati. Fire in the whole.
sale business district on lower
Walnut street, this city, caused
loss Of about $4,000. The firm that
suffered most was the Fred w. Muth
Co., dealers in bookkeepers' supplies.
Canton. - Chief of Police Smith,
believing that a gang of body
snatchers is operating here, went to
the cemetery and opened the grave Of
w. &. Fischer, business man who
died about a month ago. Smith thought
the body of Fischer had been stolen,
but found he was mistaken when the
casket was opened. Despite his fail
ure to verify his suspicious, Smith de-
clares he has positive evidence an
organized band is robbing graves and
selling the bodies to medical schools
throughout the country. He promises
| arrests.
| Nelsonville - John Robinette,
years old, while returning from a
| ball game, was run over by coal
train on the Hooking Valley railroad
ana fatally injured His legs were
cut off.
| GAINESVILLE. - Mrs. e. s. Keene, a
prominent society woman and sister
| of Attorney Frank A. Durham, was
found dead of apoplexy in her bath.
room.
Youngstown. - Seven houses were
struck by lightning in Youngstown.
The greatest loss was that of a barn
owned by Miller Bros, which was de.
stroyed with it's contents at loss Of
$4,000. The horses were saved.
Canton. A woman giving her
name as Riske Sturm, aged 35, was
captured near the infirmary, two miles
from here. She said she had been liV-
ing in fields for a week, subsisting on
| corn gnawed from ears plucked from
convenient grain patches. She re-
fused to explain from where she came
or why she had thus existed. She had
$50 in cash on her person and bank
book showing 5000 on deposit in New
York. She is not believed insane.
Canton, GA passenger train on
the Wheeling & Lake Erie road,
running between Wheeling and To
ledo, was wrecked two miles west
of Sherrodsville, when the engine left
the rails and after plowing up several
hundred feet Of track, turned on its
side. According to Chief Dispatcher
Morris, no one was injured.
Springfield, O.-Failing to hear a
Big Four train, William B. Mark,
So, stepped in front of it and was
killed at Dearborn avenue. Mark had
been away on his vacation and had
just returned home when he met
death.
Medina. d. w. Howard, IS years
old, a farmer, was found dead in the
public road in front of his place, four
miles south of here. There were no
marks of violence, and a physician
stated he had died from heart failure.
Findlay. - Earl Anthony, "a, an
expert swimmer, dove from a high
board and was drowned. 1t is
supposed heart disease caused his
death.
Toledo. - Upon the request of
City Solicitor Schneider the city
council unanimously repealed the hot
water heating franchise of the Toledo
Railways & Light Co. in an effort to
bring the company to terms in the dis
pute with the consumer over the ad-
vance in heating rates.
Cleveland. - A baby boy first
saw the light of day from sidewalk
on the East Side. The mother, who
gave her name as Mrs. Josie Mizls.
coWicz, collapsed as she was walking.