Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-02-28
Buckeye Notes

Sandusky. - Philip j. Rey, So
cialist candidate for sheriff last
fall, issued a statement in which
he declared he had disowned his
daughter, Marcella, 18, who, without
his consent, was married to Herman
A. Brushaber, by Squire Philip Die
trich. The fathers principle objection
to Brushaber, it is said, was owing to
his being Protestant.
Canton. - Slot machines in Ca
nal Fulton candy stores got the
pennies that were given the children
for the Sunday school plate, and as
result Sheriff Oberlin and his depu-
ties raided the village offenders and
confiscated the machines. While he
was at it the sheriff decided to make
a general cleanup in the county, so
he extended the. raid to Harmon and
Brewster, Wheeling &c Lake Erie rail-
road towns. The raid netted II ma
chimes, which will be destroyed.
Canton. = For the second time
in ten days hypnotism was en-
ployed as tho chief aid in robbery
here, according to the latest victim,
Mrs. William M. Blocker, wife of a
former steel mill superintendent.
Mrs. Blocker declares a woman gained
entrance to her house by represent
ing herself as a vender of laces and
that, after s.ltting her under spell,
she compelled her to hand over $25
Akron Striking rubber work
ers more than doubled their num-
bers Monday and were accumu-
lating strength so rapidly last night
that, If the same gains continue day
or two longer, nearly every factory
in this center of the country's rubber
making must stop production. 1t is
estimated 10000 have struck.
Wellston. Despondent because
her sweetheart did not write at
the appointed time, Edith Kelly,
10, committed suicide by drinking
four ounces of carbolic acid.
Columbus. = With his thirteen
months-old baby, Lillian Fay, in his
arms, Ray Innis pitched head first
down the stairs at his home. y The
child's neck was broken. Innis had
nearly reached the bottom of the
stairway when he tripped. In trying
to save the child he fell on her.
Lima. = Three drink crazed Ia
borers, who boarded a Chicago C
Erie passenger train at Kenton,
drew their revolvers shortly be-
fore the train arrived at Harrod Post,
office, IL miles east of here, and fired
a volley of shots in the car. Con-
ductor A. H. Thompson of Marion,
o., narrowly escaped when the trio
directed it's fire at him. Other pass
engers had close calls. After the bel
ligerents had been subdued Conduc-
tor Thompson took charge of the
highwaymen and turned them over
to Marshall Leatherman of Harrod.
Cincinnati. The will of the
late Mrs. Caroline E. Addy, widow
of Matthew Addy, founder of big
iron and steel foundry, was filed for
probate and divides an estate esti
mated at more than S1,O0O,OO0O. With
the exception of a number of small
donations, the estate is awarded
equally to two daughters, Mrs. Louise
Addy Kinney and Mrs. Ruth Addy
Neave.
Medina. = Lyman oatman, one
of Medina's oldest merchants, died
at his residence here. Mr.. Oat
man had been in the hardware
business over 40 years in one place
and was widely known among whole
sale men all over the state.
st. Marys. - Announcement was
made of the engagement of Miss
Jessie Neely, Wellesley, graduate
and daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. L
G. Neely of st. Marys, to Freeman T
Eagleson of Cambridge, ex-speaker o
the Ohio general assembly.
Elyria. = A four-year search fo
Earl Carpenter, twenty-seven, Of Mt
Morris, N. Y, ended here when Car
penter was arrested on charge o
abandoning his wife and child. Car
penter the police We're told, elope'
with Mrs. Mabel Washburn four year
ago and since that time has beel
known as William Washburn. Th
couple, with Mrs. Washburn's 12-yeaI
old son, came to Elyria from Cleve
land several months ago.
Steubenville.-Two children foun
along the river the body of a
unidentified man crushed into
barrel with such force that almos
every bone was broken. Around tn
neck Of the corpse was a rope whic
apparently had strangled the man an
broken his neck. There were a hal
dozen stab wounds on the body an
the skull was crushed.
Cincinnati. -. Four marked on
dollar bills, said to have bee
placed in the mails by postoffice il
spectors and said to have been foun
in the possession of William \
Hinkle. aged As, railway mail clerl
of Chattanooga, led to his arrest
Cincinnati on the charge of ritlin
the mail.
Fostoria. = Fostoria's Liberal Meai
ure club, composed of non-churcl
goers, marched to the Baptis