The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-08-21
Buckeye Notes

rection saved Upper Sandusky from =
serious fire. Children playing with
matches in a shed in rear of the BIZ
hardt block etarted a fire in some
kindling.
The flames invaded the Bower livery
stable and the warehouse OF w. A.
Gibson, which was destroyed. With
difficulty the Bilhardt block. in which
the Home telephone exchange is To-
Gated, was saved and also the garage
Of the Indian Motor Co. The Ameri-
can laundry was damaged. The fire
was extinguished finally by the ar
rival Of a part OF the Bucyrus depart
ment.
Columbus, o. Announcement
was made here by the trustees
of the Columbus Y. M. C. A. that Gen.
eral Secretary Harry NJ. Blair has re-
signed, and that his resignation has
been accepted. Mr.. Blair has been
the executive head Of the Columbus
association for eight years. He is now
In Phoenix, Ariz., where he had been
offered the general secretaryship Of
the Y. NJ. C. A. He resigned his Co
lumbus position to take up the work
there.
Toledo, o. - After a session Of
several hours, a jury composed of
five M. E. ministers suspended the
Rev. M. ]. Nash, pastor of the Meth
odlst church, at Cygnet, on charges Of
immortality. Rev. f. o. Crist of To-
ledo, district superintendent, presided
at the hearing, which was in the ma
ture Of a grand jury proceeding. al
though testimony for, as we'll as
against, the accused minister was
heard.
Tiffin, o. - A smash-up on the
Toledo division of the Pennsylva-
MIA line here delayed traffic several
hours. The Columbus merchandise
train crashed into a local freight in
the Tiftin yards. Engineer Dick Lavar
of Toledo, fireman, j. A. Breeze Of To
ledo, and head brakeman R. A. r. Muir
ply of Toledo escaped injury by leap
ing.
Newark, o. Frances Gillery,
1112 Summit-st, Columbus, after
placing her hat and purse under
tree, plunged into Buckeye lake, at
secluded spot Authorities say the
girl committed suicide but her sister,
Mrs. James Wilson, claims she tainted
and fell into the lake.
Steubenville, o. - Harry Finley,
three years old, owes his life
to the courage anG quick action of
pete" game cock. AS Pete" was
hMrying to greet his little chum, he
saw a coppernead snake prepare to
bury his fangs in the boys face The
big rooster attacked the reptile. Draw
ing the snake away from the child,
Pete" found an opening and drove
his spurs into the brain of the snake,
Cincinnati, o. Heart failure
after witnessing an accident in a
trotting race in which he was 2 driver,
was the cause of the death of H. f.
Farnum, 55, of this city. Farnum
was third in a race at the Hamilton
county fair and the preceding drivers
collided, throwing them to the ground
without injury. The race was called
off and Farnum collapsed at his stable.
Kenton, O.-WiIliam Cox, sixty-two,
is dead and his wife is in the hospi-
tai here seriously injured as result
of the auto in which they were riding
being struck by T. e o. c. freight
engine.
Akron. o. "A bullet baked Mas
sillon authorities when William
Schheffier, So shot himself. A Massil,
lon detective, with city detectives,
holding a warrant for Schefflers ar,
rest on the charge of burglary, arrived
at the home ten minutes after the shot
had been fired. Scheffler and his wife
I have been having trouble for several
weeks, and it was only recently that
she dismissed divorce petition when
he promised to support her. Mrs
Scheffler stated she believes the hus'
band returned to kill her, but fearing
the law decided to end his own life.
Salem, D. c. E. Trotter, pro-
prietor of the Metzgar hotel, has
complained to Police Chief Cook be-
cause meetings of the Mems Personal
Work league, incident to a, religious
revival here, hurt business at the
hotel bar. He threatens to establish a
hot wiener stand with barker to com
pete with the evangelist who breaches
in tent.
Hamilton, o. - The Red Cross
filed a final report Monday Oh
flood relief work done in Hamilton
showing that 1904 families had re
ceived assistance. The total receipts
and expenditures were $125,375. Ot
this sum $37,745 was given in cash anC
the balance spent in the purchase Of
furniture and supplies and the re
building of homes.
Columbus, o. AS a result oil
further differences experienced since
their first divorce proceedings was
dismissed several months ago
Helen Tallmadge Lindenberg, through
her attorney, has just filed a SECOND
suit for divorce against her husband
Paul Lindenberg, member Of a prom
inent and wealthy Columbus family
Extreme cruelty is alleged.
Lima, o. - William and Edward
Korn, brothers, were injured wher
they fell 200 feet with a biplant
operated by Edward Korn, recently
licensed as an air pilot. William Korn
who was passenger, was crushed be
meath the machine and probably will
die. The men were making a tria
fight in AugaliZe county.
Ashtabula. O. Police raidal