The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-07-03

Mr.. Miller was recently reappointed
superintendent Of public works.
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his family and make their life bur
den. MILAN was sc years old. 1t is
said that he killed his wife because
she refused to give him money with
which to buy liquor.
UnIucky Number for Miners.
Fifteen is an unlucky number for
Ohio miners. That many lives were
lost in each of the two mine disas-
ters that have occurred in the state
the one that happened at Belle Valley,
Noble county, several weeks ago, and
the one at Amsterdam, Jefferson coun-
ty, some two years ago. There were
exactly Is miners injured in the pow
der explosion that occurred in Bel.
mont county last week. This was a
peculiar accident" said State Mine
Inspector ]. c. Davies, who with his
district inspectors have just returned
from a series of conferences with
eastern Ohio operators called to de-
wise means for reducing mining fatal
tiles which have become unusually
frequent in that part of the state. "A
brace bit was thrown at a keg of
powder and one end penetrated the
keg and the other came in contact
with a charged electric wire, causing
the powder to explode. A man was
seated on the keg and was blown up.
While they were all badly hurt, it is
thought no deaths will result" In
spector Davies says that some danger
Gus practices were found in vogue in
the eastern Ohio mines and these will
be ordered discontinued. The oper-
will meet in Columbus Thursday to
decide on what should be done to re-
duce the number of mine accidents.
Forbids Sending Food to Prisoners.
Warden Thomas of the Ohio peni-
tentiary believes it is the families and
intimate friends of prisoners who
have been guilty Of smuggling dope"
behind the walls, and he has issued
an order absolutely forbidding the
practice of sending baskets of food to
the inmates of Ohio's big prison. The
immediate result of the order Is a
resounding wall, not only from the
prisoners who are addicted to the use
of drugs, but also from those who
have been receiving delicacies which
the prison fare does not afford. So
keen is the resentment that the war
den was Kissed by the prisoners when
he appeared at the chapel services
last Sunday. For years and years
the drug question has been troubling
the penitentiary officials. 1t has been
smuggled to the prisoners in spite of
every preCaution and in the SNUG
Cling some of the most ingenious
methods have been employed. Lus'
cious pies and tempting cakes have
been found with morphine tablets
carefully secreted within them. Often
drugs have been discovered imbedded
in innocent looking fruit. The interior
of sweetmeats often have revealed
the lurking pill or powders. And i'll
the ingenious and often desperate
methods used to smuggle that which
satisfies the cravings of the prison
dope" fiends, but nevertheless ulti'
mately skaters their nervous being,
there Is seen the peculiar traits OF
human nature A wife will spend her
Loot for drJIuo and many hours
Of time devising means of getting il
into the possession of her recreant
husband, in the blind knowledge that
he Graves it, and without thought OF
it's effects. "It's the only pleasure he
has," was the simple explanation
given years ago by an aged woman
who was caught "red-handed" in the
act OF smuggling cocaine to her i'm
, prisoned son. In the order placing
the ban on all baskets of food, War
den Jones believes he has finally
solved the drug question. There are
many indications now that very little
Is getting back of the walls and the
snllen attitude of some of the ole
time users is taken as an excellent
sign the warden's theory was correct
Job Hunters Are Again Busy.
With the return of Gov. Cox to his
Office after an absence Of nearly two
| weeks on speaking itinerary, the
rush Of applicants for jobs to the ex
!, ecutive chamber has been resumed.
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