Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-04-18
Buckeye Notes


Columbus - The Marine National
bank of Ashtabula has agreed to
settle with the state for alleged
illegal interest paid on funds
deposited in that bank by former
State Treasurer w. S. McKinnon.
Jacksonville, O.--John Sayer, AZ, was
instantly killed in Mine 207 of the
Sunday Creek Coal Co. Sayers neck
was broken by a fall of slate.
Bucyrus, O.-W. H. Iams, editor of
the Forum, suffered stroke of paraly-
sis at the supper table. He is uncon-
scious and his right side is paralyzed.
Columbus. - Some love letters
written by Robert Day to his
WIFE before their marriage furnished
a clew to identifying a large chest of
valuable articles at the salvage COM
missions headquarters.
Mansfield - Clinging to the pilot
of the engine with one hand
while she held her unconscious COM
panion with the other, Mary Farber,
| II, rode more than two miles from the
Park-av west crossing where their
horse and buggy had been struck by a
Baltimore & Ohio passenger train, to
the passenger station, where her
screams brought assistance. None of
the train crew knew that anything
had been struck until the station was
reached. Miss Farber escaped with
but few slight injuries, while her
companion, Fred LutZ, 18, is suffering
from two fractures of the skull.
Piqua. - The worsted mill of the
Orr Felt G Blanket Co. was destroyed
by fire. The owners of the plant had
just completed repairs of damages
suffered by the flood and the 200 en-
ployes were to have returned to work.
Columbus. = Caught on the Hook
ing Valley railway bridge northwest
of the penitentiary when trains
passed both ways, an unidentified
man, who was walking across on the
| tracks, leaped into the Scioto river
and was drowned.
New London, O.-Brooding over fam.
lily troubles, Henry Blockert, farm.
er living near here, tried to commit
| suicide by shooting in the head. He
was taken to Cleveland hospital and
may recover.
Steubenville. = Thirteen thousand
volts of electricity passed through
the body of Thomas Noah, 40, of To.
ronto, o., and he is alive.
andusky.-August Schmidt, jr., So
business man, died at his home here
| after an illness of several years
Mr.. Schmidt, who started out in
life poor boy at New Baltimore
Mich, was at the time of his death
president of the Third National Elk.
change bank, the A. Schmidt, Jr., &
Bros. and the DuRoy & Haines Wine
Co.'S, the Sandusky G. Islands Steam
boat Co., operating the steamer Ar.
row, and the B. P. Sexton Co., whole
sale wine and liquor concern.
East Liverpool. = The strike OF
retail clerks came to an end
Merchants won in that they will not
be asked to employ union help exclu
sively, but all other differences will
be settled by arbitration.
Columbus. = State treasury funds
ostentatiously displayed, were used
| in 1905 to stop a run on the
Columbus Savings & Trust Co.
according to testimony given in the
state investigation of the defunct
bank. zachariah R. Jackson, for many
years messenger of the state treasury
told of carrying $4,000 from the
state house. to the bank, where it was
showed through the cashiers cage
while long line of people stood wait
ing to withdraw their deposits.
East Liverpool.-Approximately 300
clerks employed in the retail stores
of the city struck, leaving none but
proprietors and accountants to wait
on customers. The clerks asked high
er wages and better working condi
tions.
Gallipolis. = Judge Charles w
White, prosecuting attorney of Gallis
county, Civil war veteran, died sud
denly. He was IA years of age.
Zanesville.-The government could
not give GAINESVILLE pontoon bridge
to string across the muskingum rivel
to Putnam, SO the county commission
ers ordered cables from Cleveland ant
will build one themselves.
st. Marys. Thomas ]. Scott
seventy, one of st. Marys' wealthies
citizens, died after brief illness. His
widow survives.
Elyria. = Fire, supposedly caused
by spontaneous combustion, destroyed
the Lake Shore r. r. loading and Goa
docks in East Elyria. The docks were
valued at $4,000 and are total loss
together with 900 tons of coal.
Cleveland.-The attention of the
coroner was called to the body o
Nick Labara, which lies at Hieber'l
morgue. An investigation of the cir
cumstances following his death may
follow. Labara was drowned in {
tank at the Central blast furnace
With another workman he was clean
| inp tha tank tIJic hartman turpa,