The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-01-16
Buckeye Notes

there. The leg will be saved.
Chardon. w. d. Sterrett, assist
ant forester of the United States
department of agriculture, in this
county to inspect oyster shell scale,
which is destroying much ash timber.
says no feasible method of exterminat-
ing the oyster scale has ever been
conceived. 1t is said the scale comes
out of a shell the first warm days of
the spring, spreads out on limbs and
sucks the sap, which kills the trees.
Birds carry the scale from one tree to
another, and also from one piece Of
woods to another.
Martins Ferry. - January 7 has
been the most fateful day in the
calendar throughout the life of Mrs.
Amanda Mcfarland, who died here on
that day aged 81 years. Mrs. McFar-
land was born in Iowa, Jan. Z, 1852.
On Jan. 7, 1873, her only child, now
Mrs. Herman Griffith, was born, and
on Jan. Z, 1896, her husband, John
Mcfarland, died.
Cincinnati. = Mayor Hunt has just
announced that he is In favor Of
municipal ownership Of street car
service, gas and electric light and tele-
phone service.
Akron. Crazed with jealousy,
E. A. Stuhldreher fired a charge
of buckshot into the body of his
xrtsf4 1n1 AhA
left the house and when a short dis
tance from home tried to blow off the
top of his head. The shot tore away
his jaw and right cheek. Policemen
sent Stuhldreher and his wife to
hospital. Their conditions are critical.
Wellston. 1t required fifteen
years for Charley Townsend, a
blind broom maker, to make up his
mind to wed the woman of his choice
after he had obtained the marriage
license. His fiancee has remained
loyal through this lapse of time. Her
devotion was rewarded when Squire
G. v. Laoher married the couple,
using the license issued Is years ago.
Columbus. - Savings deposits in
Ohio banks and trust companies,
other than national banks, have
increased $13,275,612 in the last
year, according to a report made by
F. e. Baxter, superintendent of the
state banking department.
Cincinnati. - The Carlisle build
ing, situated at the southwest cor
ner of 4th-av and Walnutst, with
in 100 feet of the ruins of the Gibson
house, was destroyed by fire. A
heavy snow storm hamperd the fire.
men. In the building were the Provi-
dent Savings & Trust Co., the Mis-
souri, Pacific Office, the Rendigs-Loth-
man Co.'s temporary quarters, and
the Norfolk & Western offices.
Sandusky. - Paul Leroy, glass
worker, died of heart disease in
the Royal theater, a moving pic
ture house, while trying to answer
questions concerning the film story,
put to him in rapid succession by his
two little children who were sitting
by his side. Leroy told an acquaint-
ance who was sitting behind him that
he was "all in" gasped and fell for
ward. Leroy until recently lived at
Findlay.
Steubenville. - Capel L. Weems,
congressman from the Sixteenth
Ohio district from 1904 to 1909,
died suddenly here of valvular heart
trouble. He was born in Noble coun-
ty, July 7, 1860. He taught school and
later removed to St. Clairsville, where
he served as prosecuting attorney of
Belmont county. He had been attor-
ney for the Pennsylvania lines in
eastern Ohio in late years.
Newton Falls. Fire destroyed
an entire business building and
caused a loss of $4,000 to mer-
chants. The fire started among some
rags in Halls tin shop. The towns
chemical engine blew up, not being
strong enough to withstand the pres
sure. The buildings destroyed were:
Grocery of Bailey Bros, Henry Paul's
store, First National bank, hardware
store of Grinnell & Boland, Halls tin
shop and the l. o. 0. F. building.
Columbus. - Charles A. Thatcher,
attorney Of Toledo, who was dis.
barred by the supreme court two
years ago, and who has been vainly
trying to get back his right to prac-
tice, is to file in the supreme court a
motion to be reinstated, it is reported.
Sandusky. - Attorney A. H. Hill,
and H. v. Miller, railroad man,
both of Cleveland, and w. L.
Douglas, a farmer living in eastern
Erie county, near Vermillion, en-
tered pleas Of not guilty to charges
of hunting rabbits out of season. The
charges were made by F. W. Clarke,
a Cleveland deputy game warden. The
men were released on their promises
to appear for trial when wantd.
Bowling Green. - Lying cold in
death within half a mile of his
own home, the body of Charles
Schumacher, 95, farmer, living near
here, was found by M. R. Burlis, mail
carrier. Schumacher's automobile had
overturned in a ditch, crushing him
and pinning him under the water.
Columbus. = DR.. A. s. Cooley OF
Cleveland was unanimously elect.
ed president of the Ohio State
Veterinary association at the annual
session held here. He was advanced
from the Office of vice president.
Painesvile. - Mayor w. S. Smith
has removed from Office Director
of Safety E. E. Murphy, who in
sisted upon filling vacancy on the