The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-10-05

Coiumbus.-Ohio State college has
broken all former registration rec
ords, having passed last years total
by so. The Agricultural college has
fewer registrations than last year.
owing to the fact that many students
have to stay at home the first semester
because of lack of farm help.
Dayton. - Flood ConservanCy Di-
rectors Deeds, Rentschler and Allen
have filed an affidavit in local
courts against Judge H. T. Mathers Of
Shelby county, charging prejudice and
bias and asking that he be removed
from the conservancy court.
Tiffin.-The Seneca County Histor-
ical and Archaeological society is max
ing the initiatory plans for a great
Tiffin centennial celebration and
home coming to take place here next
summer upon the Tooth anniversary of
Tiffin's founding.
AshtabuIa.-The three-year-old son
Of Andrew Campacnal is dead and
the father is dying as the result of
eating fungi which they thought were
harmless mushrooms. Four others who
ate of the same mess are in a serious
condition.
Elyria. - Hog cholera, an epi-
demic which killed many hogs in
Lorain county several weeks ago,
has reappeared near Elyria, extermi-
mating an entire herd owned by Viii
liam Grills.
GAINESVILLE. - The Ohio Methodist
Episcopal conference, meeting in
Grace church here, has decided to
attempt to raise $25O,O00 endow-
ment fund to pension superannuated
ministers.
NorwaIk.-The 55th Ohio regiment
held it's 51st reunion in the state
armory here. Its ranks have been
sadly depleted the past year, many of
the old soldiers having died.
Cincinnati.-Sixty undertakers and
cab drivers are named in a suit filed
in common pleas court here charging
that they have formed an undertakers'
trust"
YoungstoWn.-Rev. l. N. Berger, 6S,
pastor of the Reformed church in Can
field near here, is dead at his home
in that village.
GaIIipoIis.-Louis Lawson, aged ?.
was scalded to death when a kettle of
apple butter was accidentlly tipped
over on her.
E;,lI,v uaDcOn II Nooro ,ro5
eighty-two, of McComb, in the news
paper business nearly all his life, is
dead.
Columbus.-OAio will receive $119,-
900 from the federal government for
agricultural extension purposes next
year.
Findlay. - The rural and village
school defense league has been
organized here to spread literature
over the state asking for uniform text
books to be furnished by the state at
cost.
Berlin Heights.-The Sd and 9th
Ohio Volunteer cavalry and the 7th,
101st and 103d regiments will hold
their annual reunion at Berlin Heights
this year.
Tiffin.-When James Hoffman, aged
fourteen, who was walking in his
sleep, shouted Fire" a neighbor
called the fire department. Hoffman
went back to bed.
Fostoria. = William D. Heckert,
aged A, former city and county
official and district inspector for the
Masonic grand lodge, is dead here as
a result of a fall from horse in Chi
cago in 1912, when he was an aid in a
Masonic parade.
Cambridge. - DR.. John McBurney,
aged eighty-two. last of the charter
members of the Eastern Ohio Teach
ers' association. is dead here. DR.. Nc
Burney was the first superintendent of
Cambridge schools.
Washington William H. Hammond
has been appointed postmaster at Bris.
tolville, Trumbull county, O,