Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-10-03
Buckeye Notes
(Western Newspaper Union, Special
News Service,)

GAINESVILLE. - In one of the races
of the GAINESVILLE Motorcycle club
here Will Williams of this city
was nearing the home stretch when
his machine skidded and he fell, in
juring himself and John Ponti, another
racer.
Canton. - Masons from every Sec
ton of Ohio are gathering at
Canton for the grand council, r. & S.
NJ, and the grand chapter r. A. M,
which will begin Tuesday in the Audi
torium and continue three days.
Sidney. = Suit has been entered
in this county by Prosecuting
Attorney G. c. Hall against Barney
Trimpe, former county treasurer, for
$721.51 fees which it is alleged Trimpe
collected and failed to turn over to
the county.
Fremont. = Mauro Provinsiale, for
three years a fugitive from JUS
tice, was apprehended by Sheriff
Shannahan Friday, entered plea of
guilty to the charge of assault upon
George Ryeson in fight at Bellevue,
was given 10 days in Jail and fined $50.
Wellston. = Mayor ]. W. Nixon has
suspended Chief of Police Allen
d. Ware on charges preferred
by c. L. Alleger, the editor of q
Wellston weekly paper. The charges
are gross neglect of duty and an at
tack upon Mrs. Alleger while the de-
posed chief was levying upon some
goods.
Alliance. - Joseph Beuterro, a gro
Ger, was attacked for the sixth
time. He and some friends were
playing cards after his store was
closed, when someone outside fired a
shotgun and revolver through the
window. The shot took effect in the
victims left shoulder. Beuterro says
he Joined the Blackhand in Europe,
but left the order when he came to
Americs, and that the members mean
to kill him.
GAINESVILLE. = Perry county thinks
it has the best babies in the
United States. A better baby
contest was given at the county fair
at New Lexington than has been held
anywhere, say all in the county. Ted
Mcdonald of New Lexington, a two
year-old, scored 99S points, and Ro-
sella Hunt of Crooksville, one year
old, scored 99.5 points.
Toledo. - After shooting and kill
ing his stepfather, Otto Gumpert,
Wheeling & Lake Erie switch
man, Clark Martille gave himself up
to the police here.
The shooting was done in the pres
ence of the boys mother, who was ill.
Family troubles are said to have been
the cause.
A few minutes after the young man
had fired the shot he helped his
mother to the office of a physician,
then notified the police.
Dayton. - Pretend that you caught
me cheating" suggested Byron
Collins, aged IS, to Russell French,
II, at the Collins home, six miles
north Of Dayton, when the boys en-
gagged in wild west card game.
Russell had revolver, which he
didn't know was loaded. The scheme
| of entertainment was carried out, but
| Coroner ]. w. McKemy was called
about II a. m. to investigate the death
| of Collins, who sustained a bullet in
| lio nCdil. IhC pOyo HStC 3.
Wooster. - Continuous banquets
may be served in offices of pro-
bate judges in Ohio if a suggestion
made by Judge w. e. Weygandt is
carried out. The Judge had heard
evidence in the divorce case of Ada
Lawrence against Shilo Lawrence,
and the testimony indicated that the
young wife was not as expert a cook
as the bridegroom's mother. Law
renee, after year of married life,
sent his wife home to her parents.
IF / were a probate Judge, believe
would issue an order compelling
brides who expect to keep house to
bring samples of their cooking with
them when they apply for marriage
licenses" the court told the woman in
granting the decree.
Marion. Ohio's Oldest goose,
which was taken from Marion by
Wesley H. Gouldin to the Califor-
MIA gold fields in 1849, is dead. When
Wesley Gouldin and his family left
Marion county for the Pacific coast,
driving oxen, they took with them the
best specimens of their barnyard
fowls. The only bird which survived
their journey was white goose. So
attached did the family become to it
that it was always regarded as a
household pet.
Sandusky. school teach
ers are displeased because ]. T.
Begg, formerly of Ironton, Ohio,
new superintendent of the city
schools, has let IT be known that,
within the year. they must visit every
home represented within their respec.
tive class rooms.
You'll have to figure it out some
how" is Begg's answer to the ques-
ton. "How are we to find timer"
Sandusky. - Richard Fischer, aged
35, one of the seven occupants
of the automobile driven into Penn.
sylvania passenger train at Venice