The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-11-26
Buckeye Notes

1 WdF, QleQ at heT nome IN IHt
southern part of Belmont county al
the age Of 113. Her youngest son
Evan Brandon, with whom she made
her home, asserts she was born
April Is, 1901. The oldest residents
Of the community in which she lived
remember her as a married women
with many children when they were
boys and girls.
Mrs. Brandon was the mother of %
children, % Of whom we're boys. Six
teen of these saw service in the Civil
war, IA on the Union side and two
with the Confederacy. Most of them
never returned home. One son, a.
not the first born, is living here.
Mrs. Brandon smoked and drank in.
toxicants in moderation. Even though
reaching an age which gave her the
distinction Of being one of the Oldest
women in the country, she was not
given to die because of her years, her
death resulting from injuries suffered
in fall recently.
Warren. - The tearing down of
the Office of Gen. Simon Perkins
because of the plotting into city
lots part of the property of his son,
the late Henry B. Perkins, removes
one of the oldest buildings in Warren
and Trumbull county. Gen. Perkins
was one of Warren's early settlers,
and in this Office thousands of acres of
land in northeastern Ohio were bought
and sold. He was appointed postmas-
ter in 1901, serving % years. He was
one of the incOrporators of the first
banks chartered on Western Reserve.
Massillon. The new Washing
ton high school building is in need
of a piano and when Clerk Will
liam Fielberth of the board of educa-
ton entered the school Office he got
into heated discussion as to the abil-
ity of Instructor William Snavely to
stand on his head on new table just
purchased. Mr.. Snavely bet Mr.. Fiel-
berth IS that he could do the feat, the
understanding being that the loser pay
the money to the piano fund. Mr..
Snavely entertained the spectators by
standing on his head. Mr.. Fielberth
paid and the school is S. nearer the
piano.
Toledo. - Huddled together in a
little boat covered with ice, Will
liam M. Bleschke, East Side gro
Ger, and A. A. Peters, David Gould
and Samuel Fought, all of To-
ledo, were found Tuesday near Kings
vile, Ont, on Lake Erie, according to
information received here. The men
had been without food since Sunday
noon. The four men left here last
Friday on hunting expedition.
Akron. - Alexander George, aged
rs years, died of injuries suffered
several days ago when he fell on a
pointed stick, which penetrated his alb
domen.
Sandusky. - John Schwanger, Jr.,
aged seven years, son of John
Schwanger, Sr., was seriously injured
when blasting cap which he held in
his right hand was touched off with a
match by a schoolmate. When the
cap exploded the boys thumb and fore
finger were torn away and small frag
ments of metal were buried deep in
his face and scalp.
Akron. Henry Schernosti,, aged
IL years, will lose the sight of his
right eye as a result of playing Indian
with a number of companions. An
arrow fired from bow in the hands
of one of his companions pierced
Schernosti's eye.
Findlay. - Miss Helen Parlette,
a teacher in the Carey schools,
owes her life to C. H. Eller, a.
conductor on the Findlay- Carey run on
the Big Four. Miss Parlette was stand
ing on one of the Big Four tracks at
Carey to let through train go by,
when the Findlay car was backing
down its track Conductor Eller saw
the woman and called to her, but she
did not hear Grasping one hand on
the railing of the coach he swung out
and knocked the young lady from the
track, the backing train just missing
her.
ST. Marys. - George Vanoose, Sr.,
former cashier of the Citizens
bank of Minister, indicted by the
last grand jury on charge of perjury,
swearing to false report of the con-
dition of the bank on Oct 13, 1914, en-
tered plea of guilty and was SEN
fenced to the penitentiary for an inde-
terminate period. Vanoose was for
years the foremost resident of Minister
and was cashier of the old Citizens
bank of that town, which was sue
ceeded by the Minister State bank last |
winter, when disclosures we're made |
that necessitated the state banking |
department taking over the institution |
temporarily.
Columbus. = There will be another |
state wide wet and dry fight in |
Ohio next year. Trustees of the |
Ohio Anti-Saloon League, at a meeting
here, voted unanimously to submit to |
the people another statewide prohibi- |
tion amendment to the constitution in |
the 1915 municipal and township elec-
tion. What the trustees termed a dec |
laration of principles for the coming |
year was adopted. The declaration |
follows:
Ashtabula. - Jay Martin of Paines-
vile, while looking for work, was
held up and robbed of $1.65 in full
view of passengers of a Nickel Plate
passenger train. He was walking past
a dark alley opposite the railroad
tracks when two men jumped on him
from the rear. struck him over the
head with heavy instrument and /
stripped him of all the cash he had.