The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-03-23
BUCKEYE NOTES
NewS From All Sections Of
the State

truck and Brings skull was crushed.
Louis Renourd, driver Of the automO-
bile, escaped unhUrt
Lima.-John A. Chaplin, seventy.
three, one of Lima's leading archi.
tects and designer Of many buildings
in this section OF the country. is dead
after brief Illness. Mr.. Chaplin was
S2d degree Mason and was once vice
president Of the American Institute Of
Architects.
columbus.--Postmasters of first,
second and third class Offices in
Ohio will meet in Columbus April 8,
to effect a permanent organization.
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
John ]. Blakslee will deliver an ad-
| dress.
coiumbus~No male guards will be
employed at the new Marysville re-
formatory for women, Mrs. Louise NJ.
Mittendorf of Dayton, the superin-
tendent, said when she assumed
charge of the institution.
MarysVilIe.-A burglar, who at.
tempted to enter the home of Foster
Griffin in Mechanicsburg, dropped
dime at the door in escaping. Grif-
I'm says the owner can have the dime
by calling for it.
MarysVIle.-Former Probate Judge
Leonidas Piper, seventy-nine,
leading Republican politician for
many years and Union county's Oldest
attorney, dropped dead here from
stroke Of paralysis.
Findlay.-LaVerne Milligan, a clerk
in a local restaurant, was brought
back from Bowling Green on a charge
of looting the cash register, which
was found empty after he left.
East LiVerpool.-John Searight, 40,
farmer, was found frozen to death
on a public road here. He is believed
to have lost his way while en- route to
his home after visiting this city.
Tiffin.-Dr. Charles E. Kimmerline
has been appointed coroner of Craw.
ford county to fill the unexpired term
of DR.. c. D. Mcleod, late mayor of
Chatfield, who died last week.
RaVenna.-Peter Hentz, sixty-one,
business man and member of city
council, is dead here
NapoIeon.-The Heller Aller wind.
mill factory in this city, which
has been closed for a few days
because of a strike, has reopened with
the entire force at work. Under the
terms of new wage agreement, the
100 employees will receive an advance
ranging from 25 to so cents a day.
kenton.-Leo Metzger, twenty-five,
member of Pennsylvania train
crew, was electrocuted when he came
In contact with a high tension wire.
While waiting for his train to back
from siding Metzger climbed tree
near Forest. His body fell into the
Blanchard river.
Toledo.-Co-operatiOn among Ohio
farmers in the marketing of grain,
obtaining of equitable freight rates
and better facilities for storing grain,
were the objects which prompted 800
farmers here to form a cooperative
organization.
Kenton.-J. L. Puchta of Carey, a
Big Four brakeman, was seriously in
jured here when he fell from a Big
Four trestle to the ground, forty feet
below. Both his arms were broken.
Newark.-James Werts, 10, arrested
following the fatal shooting of his
brother-in-law, George Stevens, 25,
was arraigned on a first degree muir.
der charge and pleaded not guilty.
Lorain.-Harry Hirschf1eld, founder
of Hirschfield park and Hirschfield
street in Chicago, and for many years
prominent in Lorain mercantile
circles, died at his home here.
Gallon.-Soon after falling from
car in the Big Four yards, William
Ryan, 35, yard switchman, died of his
injuries.
Observation-Disclosures postoffice in.
spectors have been notified of the rob-
berry of the Amelia State bank in Cler-
mont county. Stamps valued at $712
were stolen.
East verpool.-Following four
weeks illness of pneumonia, Mayor
Merrill M. Swearingen, 35, Republic.
an, of Chester, w. Va, near here, is
| dead.
Youngstown.-James Erskine. aged
ninety-one years, for the last 40 years
resident of Lowellville, this county, is
dead at his home in that village.
Youngstown.-Vasil Makar, who
was struck by an Erie train, died in
st. Elizabeth hospital without regain.
ing consciousness.
Eiyria.-William, the six-year-old
son of Norman c. Upp, died of lock-
jaw.
Mt. Vernon. - William Malloy, an
old soldier, was found in his
house with the back of his head
crushed in He died two hours after.
ward at the Mt. Vernon hospital. Po-
lice are holding William Jones, junk
dealer pending investigation.
Akron. - The body of Elias Di-
kotos, aged 35, was found floating in
the Ohio canal, near Summit lake. Di-
kotos disappeared from his boarding
house, 35 Crozier-st., Jan. 80. Po-
lice have been seeking him since They
believe he was Respondent over inabil-
ity to find work here and committed
suicide.
COshocton. - Rev. A. B. Markley,
pastor of the Evangelical Luther
an church of this city, is named
defendant in a $500 damage suit filed
in court by w. H. H. Adams, who was
injured when struck by the defend
ants automobile.
Bridgeport. - A party of gypsies
travelling de luxe arrived here
and pitched their tents just north
of this city. The gypsies are travelling
in three automobiles, all completely
outf1tted for camping purposes.
Youngstown. - Edward Welton of
Ashtnbula, conductor on the