The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-09
BUCKEYE NOTES
News From All Sections Oi
the State

us aye, mas retained ACIlN6 COunSCr
tion with scores OF great business en-
terprises because he Is afraid to rust
out" Unexpectedly married again here.
taking as his wife his private secre-
tary Of IL years, Miss Mary F. Orr, 3S.
The marriage was solemnized at the
home of the bride, 139 Market-st. 1t
is said to have been the outcome Of q
romance that began Is years ago,
when Mr.. Barber, widower, met Miss
Orr and obtained for her a position
in the employ of the Diamond Match
Co., national corporation organized
by Mr.. Barber, and of which he was
president. Three years later the
young woman had attained a position
of responsibility from which Mr.. Bar
Der advanced her to become his prt.
vate secretary. Miss Orr long has
been rated as one Of Akron's most
beautiful women.
Toledo. - The legality Of prefer
ential voting In municipal elections
is to be questioned in the courts. Suit
by Republicans in the name of DR.. c.
S. MCGUIRE was filed In common pleas
court questioning the legality Of
Charles M. Milroy's election as mayor.
MCGUIRE, in the recent city cam.
paign, was chairman Of the Murphey
Booster club. Friends of Murphey have
investigated and filed the suit. The
petition alleges that second choice
votes are illegal and unconstitutional;
that only first choice votes are lawful;
that Murphey received a plurality Of
these and therefore was elected.
Youngstown. - What is believed
to be the largest gear wheel ever
manufactured is being completed at
the William Tod plant here. The
wheel is over IL feet in diameter and
weighs 10000 pounds. 1t is to become
part of the great sheet mill of the
Imperial Steel works. Twenty-three
men can be placed between spokes Of
the wheel.
FindIay. - The trial Of Miss Ada
Warner, charged with shooting Nor
ris Powell, Benton Ridge farmer, has
been set for Dec. Is.
CircIeviIIe. - We've got the gold
and the bills. Catch us if you
can" When o. w. Musselman re-
turned to his home at Duvall this
county, he found this note in his safe
from which $203 in gold and currency
had been stolen. There is no other
clew.
Lima. - A freak automobile ac-
cident occurred here when a ma
chine driven by R. c. Hansen, en-
ploye of a garage, skidded while turn
ing a corner and crashed into a tree.
One of the wheels flew from the ma
chine and crashed through the window
of the home of Charles Klein, striking
Klein, VINO was sitting in a chair
reading paper
st. ClairsViIIe. - Dan Cupid is play.
ing havoc with Belmont county
schools. Fifty teachers have quit their
posts to marry and the filling of vacan-
cies has more than exhausted the sup
ply of teachers in the county.
Cleveland. - Fourteen-year-old Fan
ME Smill was backward in school.
Try as she might, she could not
make the progress with her les
sons that other girls and boys Of her
age made. For this reason Fannie
threw herself under the wheels of a
New York Central passenger train as
it thundered by the E. 82-st crossing.
The child was ground to bits.
Fremont. - Mrs. Louise Ducat of
this city has received information to
the effect that she is heir to an estate
of nearly $4,000 left her by relatives
at Dinan, France.
MassIIon.-Pasquell SPANIEL, aged
80 years, coal miner, despondent
because of his failure to secure a job,
is in a critical condition as the result
of attempting suicide by shooting him
self in the mouth.
SteubenViIIe. - A probable murder
mystery appeared Wednesday when
the body of Miss Ann Cobb, aged So,
was found in the woods near Smith
field, this county. Authorities are in
vestigating to determine whether she
was killed, committed suicide or died
from exposure.
Sandusky. - More than 300 San
dusky business and professional men
and high school students Wednes-
day braved the inclement weather
to make a pilgrimage to the birth
place of Thomas A. Edison at Milan,
eleven miles south of here. A pro-
gram of speeches and music was car
ried out in front of the old homestead.
Upper Sandusky. - G. H. Lewis,
Republican, made official announce
ment he would be candidate for con-
gress from the Eighth district. He
has received the Endorsement of many
important Republicans.
PainesViIle.-D D. McMurray, aged
"A, an employe at the A. D. Baldwin
farm, Little Mountain, died after a
tree fell on him, crushing his skull.
Toledo.-Fire damaged the depart.
ment store of Joseph Mast here to the
extent of $4,000. Several smaller
stores suffered losses.
Columbus. - Mrs. Mary e. Lee of
Westerville will probably not at.
tend the session of the next general
assembly as legislative agent for the
grange. She has been defeated for
the position of head of the Pomona
grange of Franklin county, which or.
ganiZatiOn she has repreSented as leg.
islative agent for many years.
CleVeland.-The home of Salvatore
Dincia, 1922 E. 18th street, was bad.
ly damaged Tuesday by a dynamite
bomb explosion, his family and six
neighbors' families were driven to the
street and a score of windows in the
vicinity were broken.
observation-disclosures of pedestrians
on Kinsman road, near the Penn
sylvania railway crossing, were l.or
rified when they saw a man dart un