The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-05-07
Buckeye Notes, !,


revolver and fred a shot at Mrs.
Lantz.
Lantz then attacked his wife's
niece, Miss Lottie Persin, 25, who ran
to her aunt's assistance. After knock
ing the young woman down with the
butt of his revolver, the man shot
Miss Persin twice, and then ended his
life by firing two bullets into his head.
Mss Persin was shot once through
the right arm near the shoulder and
the other bullet grazed the right side
of her head The bullet Lantz fired at
his wife passed through the sleeve of
the womans night gown and grazed
her left arm.
Washington. - Arrangements have
been completed by A. P. Sandles,
secretary of the Ohio agricultural
commission, and DR.. Paul Fischer,
state veterinarian, for the expen-
diture of federal funds for the sup
preston of hog cholera under the
Pomerene bill. The money will be
expended in parts of Richland, Van
Vert, Auglaize and Putnam counties.
1t was originally planned to confine
the work of the federal government to
one county, but Mr.. Sandles and DR..
Fischer convinced agricultural depart
ment authorities this would not be
effective. The work is to be done un-
der the supervision of department of
agriculture experts, assisted by Ohio
inspectors.
Canton. = Seeking wild flowers,
James Benfer, aged five, fell into
Sugar creek, near Waynesburg, and
was drowned. The boy was one of
party, but he wandered away from his
companions.
Marion. - By a majority of ten
Agosta voted dry in Beal law elec-
ton. Last month LaRue voted dry.
New Lexington-Somerset, a town
of 1900 inhabitants, voted to retain
its two saloons by a majority of SO.
Canton. - Fire, declared by Chief
Mesnar to have been of incendiary
origin, destroyed the second story of
the ]. H. McLain Co.'s plant, with a
loss estimated at 100000.
Bellefontaine. - Mrs. Belle Dickin-
son has been appointed postmis-
tress at Harper, succeeding her hus-
band, o. G. Dickinson. Mr.. Dick
inson did not contest the appointment,
his wife having been his assistant
during his incumbency.
Jackson-A destructive fire broke
out in the Buckeye Lumber company
plant and before it could be brought
under control destroyed the entire
plant.
Ashtabula. - Frank PEBBLES, As, an
employe of a sawmill company at
Windsor, was instantly killed when a
buzz saw let go. The saw was hurled
from it's track directly on to PEBBLES
neck, severing his head
Youngstown.-John Johnson is dead
and Ed Enoch, street car employe,
is probably fatally injured as the re-
suit of shooting affray on Wilson
avenue.
Enoch had accompanied a young
woman home from a theater and John
son followed.
Later they quarreled and after John
son had shot once at Enoch, the bullet
penetrating his left side two inches
below the heart, Enoch wrenched the
gun from Johnson's hand and shot
him three times.
Wooster - Attempting to drive
across the Pennsylvania tracks at
Orrville, Charles Hodges, aged 60,
farmer, was killed. A freight
train struck his buggy, wrecking it
and hurting Hodges body many feet
The horse escaped injury.
Painesville. - Perry Rand, aged |
81 years, hanged himself in the barn
at his home on Westinghouse. Des-
pondency over ill health the cause.
Painesville.-Charles, aged 2 years,
and William, aged two months, chill
dren of William Smith, Grand river
fisherman, were burned to death in a
ire that destroyed the Smith home.
Cincinnati.-Worry over the safe
~ of his son, who was in Mex
leo City, is believed to have hastened
The death of Herbert Jenney, ST., an
attorney, who dropped dead in his
oftice here. Hardening of the arteries
was given as the cause of death. Her.
bert Jenney, jr., son of the attorney,
was a representative of a Cincinnati |
firm in Mexico City. message was
'eceived recently that he had escaped
rom Mexico City to Vera Cruz.
Bowling Green.-Lucian Swartz, so
7ears old, farmer of Wood county,
vas killed at the railroad crossing
lear Stony Bridge when a Big Four
rain hit his wagon. One horse was
llso killed.
Gallon. - While in the act of
closing, a window at the TOP of a
tairway. Mrs. Harriet Weidemaier,
IS, made misstep and fell to the bot.
ON of the stairs. Her skull was frac.
ured and she died soon after.
observation-disclosures G. McAllister.
a, was instantly killed and S. Davis,
6, was fatally injured in the mines
# the National Fireproofng Co. at
Portsmouth. = Tracked to their
lome in the country by Lexing-
on, KY, bloodhounds, two sisters,
PEARL and Lizzie Stephenson, 1S and
Il, confessed to officers to having bur-
'larized the general store Of o. w.
hampton at Wamsley, few miles east
# here. Most of the stolen plunder,
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