The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-05-29

Buckeye Notes

Of children In the United States
who never heard of Christmas or
received a Yuletide gift. A mil.
lion never heard the Lords prayer"
Such is the declaration of Rev. DR..
Edgar Blake of Chicago, who Is here
to attend the Canton district confer
ence of the Methodist Episcopal
church.
Sandusky. - With her view cut
buggy, Mrs. Carl Gurtz Of Cas-
talia drove directly in front Of Lake
Shore electric car at Venice road be.
tween Sandusky and Castalia and was
almost instantly killed.
Alliance. - B. F. Stanton OF
Ashland, KY, has accepted the su-
perintendency OF the Alliance public
schools at salary Of $2,S00. He will
succeed H. L. Eby, who will be identi-
fed with the State Normal school at
Kent.
Columbus. Beating him ints
insensibility, thugs divested George
Cox of Greenville, Ohio, of all his
to river. The water revived Cox and
he saved himself from drowning Clad
in his underwear, he walked a quar-.
ter of a mile to find clothing. His
watch and SO were missing.
Xenia. Otis Hurley, "prison
demon" arrested at the peniten-
tiary gates recently and held here
on charges of horse stealing and
grand larceny, made an attempt to
escape from the county jail. Sheriff
w. B. McAllister found seven steel
bars between the turkeys room and
corridor sawed. Hurley, it is thought,
must have brought the saws from the
penitentiary.
Akron. The election of dep
uties to the triennial convention
of the American Episcopal church, to
be held in New York the first three
weeks in October, was the important
business Of the fifty-sixth annual con-
vention of the Ohio diocese at its
closing session here. Samuel Mather,
Cleveland, for the eighth consecu-
tive time was named a deputy.
Four priests and four laymen were
elected from the Ohio diocese as fol.
lows: Rev. Frank Du Moulin OF
Cleveland; w. S. Pierce, president of
Kenyon college; Rev. H. B. Jones.
Gambler; Rev. T. G. c. Mccall of
Cleveland; Samuel Mather of Cleve.
land, Judge Ensign Brown of Youngs-
town, Judge Thomas D. Sloan of San
dusky and David 2. Norton Of Cleve-
land.
Lima. - Refusing to recognize
Mayor Corbin N. Shook, So
cialist insurgent elected by the Lima
local nearly two years ago and after
wards read out of the party, Lima
Socialists in their annual convention
nominated E. c. McPherron candidate
for mayor. AS result of the con-
vention's choice, Mayor Shook de-
cided to be candidate on rump
Socialist ticket. He will run with a
ticket of his own selection.
Akron. Hattie Weatherly, thir-
ty, of Olean, N. Y, ended her
life at a local hotel by drinking car
bolic acid. A note which she left in
dicated that she had grown despond-
ent over love affair.
Cincinnati. - The strike of the
union street car employees in this city
came to an end following two days Of
conference between union leaders and
traction company officials. Every
thing has been settled and there re-
mains only the ratification by the
board of directors on one side and
the union employees on the other.
The street car mems union has been
recognized. Their demand for an in.
crease in wages and better working
conditions have also been met and
only a few minor details remain to
be worked out.
ing for 3-year old Rosa Del
Serio, who was abducted from tbs
home of her stepfather, Guisseppi
Alot, in West Marion. Four men,
wearing handkerchiefs over their
faces, after overpowering Alot and his
wife, carried the girl from her bed to
waiting carriage.
Canton. - Mildred Stuart, eight,
daughter of John Stuart, never will
see again, as the result Of being
accidentally shot by her brother Cor
don, 12, while playing wild west show
Many shots from a Flobert rife are
imbedded in her face and eyeballs.
The boy fired at a magazine thrown
in the air just as his sister appeared,
Most of the shot passed through the
magazine before hitting the child.
The victim refuses to give evidence
of the pain she is suffering After
the accident she said all she wanted
was a doll to play with.
Columbus. Nine hours in the
city prison for levity in police
court was the penalty imposed by Pc,
lice Judge Samuel Osborn upon E. S.
Williams, farmer living west Of
Georgesville. Williams yawned and
snickered when arraigned for being
drunk. "Do you think this is fupny?"
asked Judge Osborn. Yes, l think
it's pretty funny" replied Williams.
Nine hours in the city prison and
pay the COSTS" calmly remarked the
Judge as he called the next case.
Bridgeport. - While coming down
stairs to get breakfast, Miss Mag.
gle Duvall, forty, stumbled. She>car'
ried a lighted lamp and was SO badly
. burned that she died.
Manchester. - Mrs. Louise Frank.
lin, thirty, who is separated from
her husband, shot and killed George
Garrett, forty, in his home three