The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-03-14

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ers of Lucas county have offered a
reward of $500 for information lead.
Ing to the identity of the slayer OF
Mrs. Helena Madge, who was found
strangled to death and robbed in her
little notion store early last Satur-
Gay morning.
Steubenville. In the woods
Aear Mt. Pleasant last evening
boys found the body of murdered
man. Coroner Foster, who was
called, found no identification marks.
A club had been used in beating the
man to death. The crime is believed
to have been committed in the last
two days.
eubenville-James Stones Sons
general store at Empire was
broken into and the safe was
blown open. Twenty-Five collars in
money and 500 worth of jewelry was
secured. The doors and windows are
fitted with burglar alarms and, evil
wently knowing this fact, hole was
dug through the side of the building.
Newark.-Carl and Walter Spick-
Ter, brothers, and Earl Rouse,
ranging in age from Is to 18
years, were arrested here on the
charge of having robbed Panhandle
and Hooking Valley railroad cars Of
several hundred dollars worth Of
merchandise. Some of the plunder
was found at the Spickler home, it is
said.
Fremont-City council last night
passed an ordinance which abol-
ishes screens and window OBJ
structions from local saloons, also
closes the saloons at 10 o'clock each
night except Saturday, when they
remain open until 1870. The open
ing hour is placed at o'clock. Since
the county voted wet two weeks ago,
80 saloons have opened for business.
ST. Marys.-When the buggy in
which they were riding was struck
by an interurban car, Henry Wueb-
benhorst, farmer, Was killed, his A.
year-old daughter was fatally in
jured and his wife was seriously
hurt. The child was in a dying con-
dition when picked up by those who
rushed to the assistance of the in
jured ones.
Lima.-P. J. Hutchins, aged 26,
of Alliance, was instantly killed
and his companion, Howard Baker,
80 years of age, Of Sharon, Pa,
was probably fatally injured here
when they were run down by an en-.
CINE switching in the railroad yards.
Both men had quit their work at the
Ohio Steel Foundry company here
and we're to board freight train to
10 to Muncie, Ind.
Toledo.-Imprisonm at hard Ia
Dor for three months and fine Of
$3.50 is the penalty for the sale of
any drug or preparation containing
morphineby the druggists of Toledo
without a prescription from regis
tered physician, in an ordinance ap-
proved by the city council here. The
ordinance is the outcome of a recent
crusade started when it was discov-
cred that hundreds of high school
students had become slaves to the
drug.
Portsmouth.-Da suits ag-
gregating $4,000 have been filed in
the United States district court
against Rev. John w. Dunning of the
Tirst 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-
ticn of character is charged. Mr..
Meeker spoke for the vets in the To-
cal option campaign in this county
last fall.
Gallipolis. Milton Smith, col
,red, confessed in the county
ail to Sheriff Jones that he
md his brother Elias murdered
Peter Serierre on the night of Feb. "a
and afterward burned Serierre's body
and home near this city. The broth,
ers first stunned Serierre with club
The motive was robbery. Mob vio
lence is feared, as feeling against
negroes is very strong. Serierre was
an eccentric old man, who lived
alone.
Napoleon.-Flood danger from the
Maumee river here is increasing
hourly, and Mayor Mullen ISSUED
warning to the factories and res
idents along the banks. Along the fla
it is within three feet of the bank
TIE ice is broken from five miles III
the river to near Florida, nine miles
west, where a fifteen-foot gorge ha!
formed below and an eight-foot gorge
above the village.
Bucyrus, o., March "a school
house bond election carried here to
day by vote of STA to 325.
RUBBER FACTORY BURNS.
Akron destroyed the Sunni
Rubber company, causing loss 0
$4,000, partly insured. 1t is sup