The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-03-05
Buckeye Notes

Canton. - Joshua Jones, former
assistant to County Surveyor o.
w. Holl, has Just been acquitted Of
the charge of certifying false accounts
to a public official by jury in COM
mon pleas court.
THE case as It came out here was
very different from the one presented
In the grand jury ROOM" said Assistant
Prosecutor Sweitzer. THE story told
there made a clear case against Jones,
but when these same witnesses testi
fed here their stories were entirely
different"
Lima. - AS the result of a news.
paper deal just consummated here,
o. B. Selfridge, for three years
managing editor Of the Times.Demo-
crat, retires and is succeeded by John
w. Beall, for several years political
writer on the Daily News.
Emmett R. Curtin, bankers and we'll
known politician, is the new president
Of the company and Warren P. Nelly,
also of the Daily News staff, will be
the new business manager. The
Times-Democrat will continue to up
sold the administrations of Wilson
and Cox.
Mt. Vernon. - Mrs. Mabel Cha
pin, who walked to Fredericktown
scantily clothed during a blizzard
while asleep, has so far recovered that
she was able to go to New London,
where she is visiting relatives of her
husband.
Rev. H. L. Chaplin, who recently
brought suit for divorce, has effected
a reconciliation with his wife, it is re-
ported, and the divorce proceedings
will be dropped, according to his at.
torney.
Newark. - An infuriated bull which
he was leading from the stable
was paving to death Russell Nehls,
young farmer, when his pet
driving horse broke loose from its
stall and kicked the bull to death.
Mr.. Nehls was badly, though not fa-
tally, injured
Akron. - The Bank theater, the
largest moving picture show in Akron,
was burned by fire of unknown origin.
Dayton. - An engine and five pas
senger coaches of c., H. & D. train
No. l, southbound, went over a 25-foot
embankment at Peterson, two miles
south of Troy. The train hit a defec-
tive rail. Several of the passer gers
were slightly injured.
Lima. - Lawrence Dufresne, aged
20, was almost instantly killed at
the plant of the Lima Locomotive
Works when a locomotive firebcx top
pied and fell on him.
Greenwich. - Fire destroyed the
butcher store of Booth & Son and the
furnishing store of D. N. Calm. The
loss will aggregate $4,000.
Mt. Vernon. - Mrs. Sadie Green,
sixty-eight, who lived alone on her
188-acre farm east of here, and who is
thought to have been wealthy, was
found by Van G. Hogue, neighbor,
buried in snow so feet from her house.
Sheriff Wollson and Deputy Coroner
Deeley were unable to find any marks
of violence and are OF the opinion that
Mrs. Green froZe to death.
Ripley. - D. S. White, wealthy
banker of Ripley, and Louis Williams.
driver of transfer wagon, were
struck by c. & o. passenger train at
South Ripley and instantly killed.
Delphos. - Four operators at the,
Delphos telephone exchange, who
went on strike recently when ten
girls left their posts because their
demands were not met by the com.
pany, have returned to work. The
places of other striking operators
have been filled, though several appli.
cations have been made for positions
by former operators. The manage
ment offered compromise in the
wage scale and better working condi
tons have been provided.
East Liverpool. - Because he has
another choice for the post, May.
or V. A. Schreiber demanded the
resignation of Waterworks Clerk A.
G. Minehart, an appointee of ex
Mayor R. ]. Marshall. Minehart re-
fused to retire and says he will go to
court if necessary to hold the job. He
contends he is under civil service.
st. Marys.-William Dowty, aged 70,
prominent retired farmer, dropped
dead here. He was a large land
owner.
Washington.-Central electric light
and power stations in Ohio gained
1G9 per cent in income between
1902 and 1912, according to a census
bureau report.
Canton. - Three Italians, said to
be members Of an Italian society
in Alliance, Ohio, walked into
grocery store here and shot to death
Samuel Arch, 20, countryman whom
they found there. Ralph Villilla, pro.
prietor of the store, declared to the
police that each of the three men had
revolVers and that five shots were
fired. Only one bullet hit Arch, but it
pierced the center of his breast and he
died instantly.
THAT is the way we treat
traitor" one Of the three men is said
to have declared after the shooting, as
the trio rushed out of the store door
and escaped.
Akron. = For three hours six of
Akron's eight fire companies faced
the coolest weather in two years
to fight fire started ia the basement
of the H. L. Zimmerman grocery store
on S. Main-st and caused a loss of
$4,000 to stock and building.
Marysville. = While suffering with
delirium, Wyatt Lee, aged thirty, arose