Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-01-31
Buckeye Notes

ted suicide by blowing the top of his
head off with a shotgun. The aged
man had become respondent because
of ill health.
Alliance.-Solomon p. Lilley, eighty
seven, died here He, was born
in Washington county, Pa, and was
Lilley was a pioneer of Lexington
township and was noted abolitionist
in antebellum days.
Sandusky. - While the fourth an
nual conference of the Evangeli-
cal Lutheran synod of Ohio was
formally opened here Jan. 26, the pro-
cedure was of religious nature ex-
clusively.
Amherst. - Mrs. John Groicivitz
went to Calvary cemetery, three
miles east of Amherst, to place
a wreath of flowers on the grave of
her husband, who was killed week
ago by 1S0-foot fall at the Ohio
quarries. Her visit resulted in the
discovery that ghouls had stolen the
corpse.
Cleveland. - Signed by James c.
Fargo, it's president, the Ameri-
can Express Co. has issued cir
cular to all its offices, instructing
officials and employees to refrain from
any attitude unfriendly to the parcel
post system of the government. The
circular states that this country is
large enough for both express COM
panies and the parcel post 1t states
the company has not and will not op-
pose the parcel post system.
Toledo. = Reorganization of the
Toledo Life Insurance Company, ef-
fected at the annual meeting of the
stockholders, resulted in an entirely
new list of officers, an enlarged and
almost completely changed board of
directors and restoration of harmony.
Cincinnati. = The suit for $780,
600 damages for alleged libel
brought by Edgar S. Cooke of Chi
cago against the Big Four railroad
and l.. j. Hackney, general counsel
for the road, was brought to sudden
close when Judge Dickson of the COM
mon pleas court granted motion of
the defense for the dismissal of the
railroad company on the ground that
it could not be held liable There
upon the attorneys for Cooke with
drew the suit against Hackney.
Chardon. The withdrawal of
Paul E. Denton, editor of the
Geauga County Record, Democrat
ic. from the contest for the post
mastership at Chardon leaves but one
man in the field, ]. d. Turner, who
will be recommended by Congressman
Bathrick.
Canfield.-Curtis Shafer, thirty-five,
his daughter effiie, IA, dead; Mrs.
Curtis Shafer, 33, daughter Evelyn,
12, fatally burned; William Shafer,
10, son. painfully burned-this is the
toll Of fire which destroyed the Cur
tbs farmhouse, two miles north of this
town.
Ashtabula. = A series of mys.
terious fires and depredations at
the home Of James Fox, drayman,
have been cleared up, the police say,
by the arrest of Samuel Beer, IA, and
George Jackson here. The authori.
ties say Jackson admitted he set all
the fires.
Cincinnati. - Shantytown, the pic
turesque squatter settlement below
the southern bridge on the bank
of the Ohio river, which by many has
been termed blight on the city's pro-
gress. was destroyed by order of city
officials.
Ada = Rev. John Wesley Hill,
ST., pioneer resident, retired Meth
odist minister and father of John
Wesley Hill, ID. d., president of the
International Peace conference, died
at New York following an apparently
successful operation for removal of
cancer of the eye.
GAINESVILLE. = Licking county raises
the best apples in the state, Lucas
next and Fairfield third. according to
the prizes at the state apple show.
Columbus. = Three girls jumped
from the fifth floor of the burn
ing factory building of the Burdell
Sweat Pad Co. into tho Scioto river,
and then swan to shore and safety.
The factory building was practically
destroyed.
dent of schools at Amherst, o.,
mas been nelu 10 the grand Jury
by Justice, J. F. Strenick of Lorain, on
a charge of assault and battery upon
: Harvey Ludwig, 14-year-old pupil.
The boys father, Henry Ludwig,
charges the superintendent used un-
due severity in furnishing the boy.
Chardon. Frank Darran, an
employe of the pail factory in
MiddIefield. was seriously injured
while applying belt dressing. His
arm was caught in a wheel and was
broken near the elbow and almost
jerked from its socket.
Massillon. - Michael Griffin, twen-
ty-one, of Elkins, w. Va, whose leg
was sheared off by sheet steel which
fell in Baltimore &c Ohio freight car
on which he was stealing ride. died
here.