The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-09-28
BUCKEYE NOTES
News From an Sections Of the Stats

OF print paper. The Peninsula News.
weekly Of Lakeside and Marblehead,
is first to announce a raise in price,
which will be $3.50 4; year after Jan. l.
The present price is 81 year. II In
expected other papers will follow in
price increases.
Gallon. - Rev. DR.. A. SeyrinB.
the pastor at St Barnard, was
elected president Of the central synod
Of the Reformed Church of America
He is 20, and the only charter MEM
Der in the synod still in active work,
having been connected with the or
ganiZation when it was instituted here
35 years ago.
chardon. - The third death in
the family of Wyatt Spriggs with
in a week as the result of eating
poisoned fruit has occurred. The fruit
trees are sprayed yearly. Because OF
lack Of rain it is believed some Of the
mixture may have remained on the
fruit and been eaten by the children.
LoraIn.-TeIephone service in Lo-
rain, which was crippled by the strike
of a number OF telephone girls, has
been partly restored by the importa-
tion of operators to take the place OF
the strikers. Girls wereObrOught here
by the telephone company from CleVe-
land, Amherst and Elyria.
Columbus. - Six thousand students
are expected to attend Ohio State uni
Versity the coming year, over 1900
already being enrolled. Students are
coming from nearly every state in the
union and there are many coming
| from foreign countries.
| Bucyrus.-The curfew bell, which
has been ringing in Bucyrus at
| $3.50 D. IN. in the winter and 900
D. m. in the summer, warning all chill
dren under Is unaccompanied by their
parents to go home, has been abol-
! ished by city council.
Akron.-W. H. Douglas. superinten-
dent of the Northern Ohio Traction
company, has received a check fer
500 from a former street car con-
ductor to repay the company for
money knocked down" while in its
employ.
Newark. - The officials of Lick
gate the destruction of more than 100
milk cans of western Licking county
producers who have refused to join
other producers in boosting the price
Of milk sold to Columbus dealers.
st. Marys.-A new oil well pro-
ducing .1O5 barrels per day and anoth-
er with 700 feet Of oil in the hole have
sharpened interest in the Mendon,
| Mercer county, district beyond any
thing in years.
! Cleveland. - Merchants National
Federation and Protective Co. incor-
porates here. the purpose being to
bring closer relation between buy
er and merchant.
| nIoomdaIe.-Mi Milton Fisher, farmer
here, raised cucumber weighing two
pounds eight ounces, and Is inches
long, 10 inches in diameter.
PoFtsmouth.-Fifty coke ovens haV
ing a capacity of from 1,500 to 1900
tons daily, costing $4,000, 900, are to be
erected at New Boston, near here.
YounastoWn.-Ben E. Merwin, man
ager of the Howe hotel, Akron, has
been named manager of the new Tod
house to be opened here about Oct. Is.
| Bloomington. - Prompt settlement
on the part of the Chicago & Alton Co.
here averted a strike which would
have thrown 1000 men out of work.
CoIumbus.-This city may receive
the governmental armor plant for
which $11, 900, 900 has been apprO
priated. It will employ 5000 men.
ToIedo.-Several 33d degree Ma
sons from this city and vicinity are
attending the 104th annual session of
the supreme council in Pittsburgh.
CoIumbus-Jacob 8. Coxey of Mas
silon has filed papers with the secre-
tary of state as an independent candi-
date for United States senator.
CoIumbus.-One million, three hun
dred and FIVE thousand, three hundred
and ninety-two school students are en-
rolled throughout the state.
CleVeIand.-Fire of an unknown ORR
gin destroyed the HOugh Avenue Con-
gregational church building, causing
an estimated loss of $4,000.
Fremont.-The village of Woodville,
town of 1000 population, in this
Jan II this year.
Toledo.-Councn may propose put
ting $3,50O,O0O bond issue before
people for the channel method of food
protection.
FindIay.-The Commerce club of
this city wants to buy three aban-
doned school houses for factory sites.
Sldney.--John Williamson, aged "a.
Civil war veteran, died at his home in
Palestine of heart failure.
Tifffn.-Mourned as dead nine years,
Jay Loose, Tiffin boy, has been located
at Atlantic City.
Dayton.-Oscar NJ. Gottschall. aged
so, for so years member of the
Montgomery county bar. is dead here.
CrestIine. - The limited on the
Southwestern electric struck the bug
gy of William Cole, aged 40, at the
Bucyrus street crossing here. Cole
and his horse we're killed and his bug
gy demolished. The car hurled the
horse clear through waiting room at
the crossing. completely wrecking IT,
CoIumbus.-The third frost of the
season made its appearance in Co
lumbus. 1t was noticeable about the
city as well as in the country How
ever, no damage has been reported.
At the weather bureau the minimum
) temperature was reported at 40 de-
grees.
Dayton, - Fourth Assistant Post
master General ]. |, Blakesless urged
the third and fourth class postmasters
in national convention here to greater
efficiency. Other speakers were for