The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-05-06
BUCKEYE NOTES

ice court MIS-. Carrie Berry, DO,
was stricken and died Mrs. Berry
had been convicted of converting
mortgaged property to her own use.
She was arrested a week ago and had
been in police substation ever since.
A Toledo installment house had filed
charges against her. After hearing
the evidence, Judge Austin asked Mrs.
Berry to stand up. When he declared
he found her guilty, Mrs. Berry
dropped to the floor. 1t was seen she
was dead. Coroner Henzler says heart
disease, superinduced by the shock Of
the verdict, was the cause.
Kenton. j. S. Livingston, head
of the Wharton schools, was res
cued from death at Forest by
Miss Ella Fink, one of his teachers.
The two we're driving across the
Pennsylvania railroad tracks when
the horse stumbled and fell on the
rails. An approaching train whistled
as the professor tried to assist the
horse to its feet. The horse in fall
ing the second time pinned Living
ston to the tracks. Mrs. Fink man
aged to drag the dazed professor
from beneath the horse just as the
train whizzed by. The horse was
killed.
Van Vert. - The grand jury re-
turned a manslaughter indictment
against Miss Lulu Wilson, former
ly a southern school teacher, but
for eight years housekeeper for Attor-
ney Levi X. Jacobs and his three chill
dreR, charging that she shot and killed
him at his home in this city the eve
ming of March 26. Miss Wilson, upon
being arraigned before Judge Hay,
waived the reading Of the Indictment
and entered plea of not guilty. She
claims she shot in self-defense. Her
trial is set for May II.
GAINESVILLE. - MusBingum county's
good roads day Wednesday resulted
in 225 miles of roads being improved,
or Is per cent of the total unimproVed
roads in the county.
Nearly 1000 city and county people
Joined forces and worked on the bad
places in the roads from early morn
ing until dark.
The workers will go out again and
complete the campaign, which was
started by the good roads board of the
chamber of commerce and the Rotary
club.
Lorain. - Fish soup, a new ap-
petizer, recommended by fishermen
as a sure relief for jaded appe-
tites, has taken Lorain by storm. In
many homes fish soup is served for
breakfast, dinner and supper, and oc-
casionally is warmed up for the mid.
night lunch. The new appetizer was
originated by Charles Johnson, a vet
eran fisherman and famous for his
dinners on his shanty boat
Hillsboro. - A. e. IIough, post
master of Hillsboro and editor and
publisher of the Hillsboro Gazette,
died suddenly here from hemorrhage
Of the throat. For more than 30 years
Mr.. Hough was editor of the Gazette
and prominent figure in political
circles here. In 1908 he was one of
the Democratic nominees for presiden-
tial elector He had served one year
as postmaster.
Toledo. - B. F. Streifing, pri-
vate detective, and George Sim
mons, real estate agent, found guilty
Of contempt of court for trying
to fix jury, as charged by Prosecutor
Dalton, were each sentenced to six
months in jail. Judge Brough scored
the prisoners severely in passing SEN
tence. They asked for an appeal and
bond in each case was placed at $2,5O0.
Fostorio. - Kickers about the
high cost of living received a
jolt here when it was learned that
half of the section hands employed on
the Fostoria & Fremont electric rail-
way are owners of automobiles. Two
section hands own motorcycles. The
men have made these purchases be-
sides having families to keep.
East Liverpool The theft of
1000 one-fourth grain morphine tab
let's, valued at 500, from the A.
H. Bulger pharmacy was reported
to the police. They were taken from
the prescription case. This is the third
robbery of drug store here since the
Harrison law became effective.
Cleveland. - On no one day since
the oversee conflict burst on the
world has there been announced such
an aggregate of war orders for United
States factories as were made known
Friday. They exceeded $1OO00O,OO0
Sandusky. = Burglars blew the
safe in Lupus & Fowler's gen
eral store at Berlin Heights, 20
miles east of here and got away with
500 in cash and $1OO worth of mer-
chandise.
Canton. - Gov. Willis is here at.
tending the conference of opera
tors and miners, which he called
with view to trying to settle the
Eastern Ohio coal strike. The gov
ernor urged both sides to get together.
Columbus. - Major John Cummins.
aged 81, of Galloway, is believed to be
dying at his home of injuries suffered
when he was run into by pig.
Berea. - James Smith, aged 40
yOoAS' AohO L Vi CoIB III, was IuSLdukIy
killed here when he stepped from
Lake Shore freight train in the path
of passenger train. IBIS body was
taken to the Eckert Bros. morgue. Ac-
cording to three companions with him.
Smith had been in Port Clinton, where
he recently was employed to guard
smallpox patients.
Sandusky. - County Hqucr License
Commissioner Herman Reuter- has
resigned The salaries of commits
sioners here were cut by the state
commission recently from $50 mont5
to $45.
Sandusky. Charles d. Watson
of Greenwich, Huron county, for
mer mayor of Findlay, Ohio, is out of
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