The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-01-30
Buckeye Notes


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,
900 damages for alleged libel
brought by Edgar s. Cooke Of Chi
cago against the Big Four railroad
and L. ]. Hackney, general counsel
for the road, was brought to a 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 f. Denton, editor of the
Geauga County Record, Democrat
ic, from tho contest for the post
mastership at Chardon leaves but one
man in the field, ]. D. Turner, who
will be recommended by Congressman
Bathrick.
Canfeld.-Curtis Shafer, thirty-fi
his daughter efTiie, IA, dead; Mrs.
Curtis Shafer, 33, daughter Evelyn,
IL, fatally burned; William Shafer,
10, son, painfully burned-this is the
toll of a 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, a 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
Sr., pioneer resident, retired Meth
odist minister and father of John
Wesley Hill, D. 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 tc
the prizes at the state apple show
Columbus. - Three girls jumped
from the fifth floor of the burn
ing factory building of the Burdel
Sweat Pad Co. into the Scioto river
and then swan to shore and safety
The factory building was practically
destroyed.
Lorain. - J. G. Bay, superinten
dent of schools at Amherst, o.
has been held to the grand jury
by Justice ]. F. Strenick of Lorain, or
charge of assault and battery upor
Harvey Ludwig, 14-year.old pupil
The boys father, Henry Ludwig
charges the superintendent used un
due severity in Furnishing the boy,
New London. - Several business
places were destroyed by fire ant
Dr. C. B. Weedman, physician
who was asleep in his office, was Sc
verely injured.
Chardon. Frank Darran, al
employe Of the pail factory il
Middlefeld, was seriously injured
while applying belt dressing. Hi
arm was caught in wheel and wal
broken near the elbow and almos
1erked from it's socket.
Massillon. - Michael Griffin, TWEEN
ty-one, of Elkins, w. Va, whose lei
was sheared off by sheet steel whicl
fell in a Baltimore & Ohio freight ca
on which he was stealing a ride, diet
here.
Youngstown. - J. ellison a brake
man residing in Haselton, was in
stantly killed and Buck Buchanan
conductor, was fatally injured in
wreck which occurred in the Haseltol
P. & l.. E. yards.
Steubenville.- and childrel
are boycotting the movies because th
| price was raised to ten cents.
Cincinnati. - F. D. Minyard, form
er Cincinnati broker, who witt
others was arrested in a raid con
Quoted by the government severa
months ago, pleaded guilty in tn
United States district court here to
charge of using the mails to defraud
Norwalk Edward Nagle, al
employe of the Meister piano fac
tory at Monroeville, was stunne,
by a bolt of lightning while a
work by an open window in
thunder storm. Nagle was rendere
unconscious and it took nearly al
hour to revive him.
Xenia. Four Cleveland deteC
tives, three preachers, half dozeI
students from the theological sem
mary here and the marshal O
Cedarville raided two crap games Il
the Atlas hotel and arrested 18 mer
BellefontainG.-While driving in
buggy across the Big Four railroa
tracks at Rushsylvania, Shepher
Paynter, a farmer, was struck by
passenger train and received fatal II
juries. His horse was killed and bug
gy demolished.
Sandusky. Philip Shirley Of tn