The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-01-20
BUCKEYE NOTES
News From All Sections of
the State

I
excited early one morning by the
falling of meteor about two and one
half miles from Wauton, KY. The fall
was followed by terrible rumble and
flash that could be seen for miles.
1t was at first thought the, powder
mills at Verona, KY, or Kings Mills,
O., had been blown up.
Upper andusky.-Wyandot county
authorities are diligently searching
for Delmar Rummel, a barber at
Wharton. Rummel disappeared from
his shop Nov. IT, saying he would re-
turn in a few minutes. He has not
1een seen since. His clothes still hang
n his room and sum of money re-
mains to his credit in bank
ungstown,-Strikers at the mills
of the Republic Iron G Steel
Co. have Just ratified the terms
of the wage agreement reached at a
conference between a committee of
strike leaders and representatives of
the company. The men voted to re-
turn to work.
East LiVerpooI.-John McElroy. 62,
car inspector, was found dead be.
tween the c. & P. railroad tracks in
Wellsville, west of here. AS there
were no marks on the body, it is
thought he died from heart disease.
Delaware.-Mrs. Mary Poppleton,
65, widow of Early F. Poppleton, for
mer congressman and United States
senator from Ohio, died at her home
here. Two sons, VIM. NJ. and E. S.
Poppleton, reside in Detroit.
Lorain.-The Lorain County Farm
ers' Institute association has just
announced an institute at Elyria
Jan. 21 to %, one at Pittsfield Center
10 to % and third at North Ridge
vile Feb. Is and 16.
Sandusky.-Former Representative
Cyrus B. Winters is critically i'll at
his home in Castalia.
Akron.-Forty thousand dollars for
the loss Of both hands in an ac-
cident Dec. 27 in the Electric
Rubber Co.'s plant, Barberton, has
been asked by Lawrence Duma, 2S,
in suit filed in common pleas court.
Duma alleges his hands were drawn
into the machinery of the factory by
the failure of the company to provide
safety guards.
| Lancaster. - Quartermaster L. F.
Eschbaugh, guard at the Lancaster
Boys Industrial school, has been ex-
| or fOr fhn ch
of John Hirtz and Lawrence Darrow,
inmates. He only shot to scare and
the boys were not hurt.
Lorain. - Alvin Kobe, aged 21.
member of prominent Amherst fam
lily, mysteriously disappeared in Los
Angles, according to a telegram re,
ceived by his father, Henry Kobe.
Cincinnati. - Mack McCary, aged
40, was instantly killed when large
water main dropped on him when II
fell from a rigging that was lifting il
out of ditch.
Xenia. - Harry Baker, aged 20
was fatally burned when a lamp ex
ploded, throwing burning oil on him
and firing his clothing.
Fremont.-The corridors and Offices
in the courthouse were flooded and
records damaged when someone en-
tered the building and turned water
into pipes and radiators of the heating
plant after shutting off the gas under
the boilers. Officials believe it was an
attempt to ruin the old structure, thus
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Columbus. At the Ohio State
university from Jan. 81 to Feb.
4, inclusive, 1876 boys who have
taken part in county contests con.
Quoted by the agricultural extension
department will contest in state
stock judging contest, for which prizes
are offered by the agricultural col
leges.
EIyra.-Common pleas court here
has just decided the contested
mayoralty of Lorain in favor Of
Mayor Leonard Moore, Republican,
who took office Jan. /. Moore was
elected by 13 votes over H. P. Nelson
Democrat, who contested.
Akron.-Dominick Sandow, 25, who
says he is a brother of Eugene San
dow, physical culturist, was fatally
shot here in brawl. Sandow was
taken to City hospital with two bull
let's in his abdomen. His assailant
escaped.
cIeveIand.-John c. Bissell, former
deputy county treasurer, fell dead al
the home of his son-in-law. Hear
disease was the cause of death. Mr.
Bissell was rs years old.
Kenton.-Frank Scott, 25, died at &
hospital here from injuries suffered
when he leaped from speeding au
tomobile, thinking the driver had lost
control of the machine.
Akron.-Three footpads held W
and robbed Marshal Harry Roam
Cuyahoga Falls night police force
taking away his night stick, revolver
and badge.
Port cInton.-Clyde Beggs, aged so
died of apoplexy at his home in Gyp
sum.
cleveland. - Church members o.
all denominations in this city
soon will be asked to devote the en-
tire month of March to daily and
nightly services, presided over by
leading preachers, as part of ma
tional campaign to bring about world
peace at the close of the present war
Columbus.-Dr. S. R. Best, chic
statistician in the state bureau
of vital statistics, is seriously ill in &
Columbus hospital. He is suffering
from an attack of gall stones. DR.
Best's home is in Centerburg, Knoy
county. He has charge of reports o
local registrars.
Dayton.-Edwin J. Brown, Al, fol
the last seven years superintendent
of the public schools, is dead o.
Bright's disease. He was regarded a:
one of the foremost educators of the