The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-02-15
BUCKEYE NOTES
News FINN All Sections Of the Stats


U. S. army at expiration Of his time
Of enlistment. and joined a Canadian
regiment now in London.
Columbus. - The total loss from
fires in Ohio for 1916 was 1885,.
443, compared with S5.547,7S6 for 1916,
according to a report by Fire Marshall
| Buckley.
Port Clinton.-A nail nearly three
inches long was found in the heart Of
P. X. Tadsen's COW, which died after
being sick for several days.
Toledo.--Following the arrest of two
grocers and the issuance of warrants
for three others, state authorities are
obtaining evidence against many
others suspected of selling potatoes in
short weights.
Dayton.-The annual convention Of
hardware dealers of Otio will be held
in this city Feb. 90 to %.
Middletown.-Elmer Litsch of Gin
cinnati, Robert Yant of this city
and r. Matthews OF Cincinnati are
under arrest charged with a $7,0S5
iewelry robbery here. The stolen
goods were the property of H. G. Bow.
en-, superintendent of construction of
The Yawger Co. at the American roll.
ing mill.
Akron-Former Mayor Frank w.
Rockwell, 64, is dead of valvular heart
trouble.
Gallipolis. - The boarding dOrlni-
tory of Rio Grande college, ten
miles from this city, burned to the
ground. Five hundred students. many
Of them young women, were asleep in
he building. Several jumped from
windows into binding snowstorm,
losing clothing, books and other eff
fects.
Findlay. - Mrs. Harriet Kelley,
aged 70, was found dead in her one
room house here. She had been dead
for several days. In the woman's will
she left $500 to the First NJ. E. church
In this city; $500 to the First Presby-
terian church at Troy, O., and 500 to
the First Church of Christ, of this
city.
Elyria. - Because of the severe
cold weather and the coal famine, the
quarries of the Cleveland Stone Co.
and of the Ohio Quarries Co., located
at Amherst and employing approx
mately LOO men, have indefinitely
closed.
AllianCe.-As precautionary meas
ure against spies, officials of the Amer
ican Steel Foundry Co. have increased
the number of watchmen at it's plant.
The plant is making shell tubes for
the allies.
Steubenville. "A severe attack of
pneumonia prompted James E. Jen-
kins. 43, tin worker, to slash his throat
with butcher knife. He gashed him.
self three times before he was dis.
armed and taken to hospital.
Steubenville. - James A. Gillespie
rs years old, Jefferson county farmer
and Civil war veteran, committed sui,
eide at his home at Empire, near here,
by shooting himself with a revolver
He had been in i'll health.
East Liverpool.-Fire in the plant
of the Potteries Mining & Milling Co
destroyed that plant. The loss is es'
timated at $4,000.
Columbus. - The executive board
of the Ohio mine workers at a
meeting here decided to circulate peti
tions to have referendum vote this
fall on proposed constitutional
amendment for a statewide system of
old age pensions.
Marion. - Homer G. Ryan, aged
29, of Cardington, was stricken with
acute indigestion while operating a
drill press at the Osgood Shovel plant
here and died Is minutes later.
East verpool-Patrolman Charles
was converted by Billy Sunday in
1912, has resigned as a member OF
the police force to jump into the Ohio
dry" fight.
Cincinnati. The United States
circuit court of appeals has just
decided the treasurer of Cuyahoga
county cannot collect taxes on $311,
100000 worth of bonds and other prop
erty of John D. Rockefeller.
Elyria. - AS a precuution against
it's two bridges over Black river il
this city being destroyed during the
present crisis with Germany, the New
York Central has placed guards at the
bridges.
Portsmouth. - While brooding ovel
the death of his wife and their TIVE
children, who lost their lives in ;
fire one year ago, Arthur J. Martin
35, pipeftter, hanged himself to bed
post.
Marion.-Burnt gas fumes over
came former Prosecuting Attor
ney Homer E. Johnson and Mr.
and Mrs. Jesse Barger at the johnson
home here. Mr.. Barger regained con
sciousness and crawled to the porcl
and managed to call physician resid
ing next door. All will recover.
Ashtabula.-Mrs Eliza Chapman
aged SO, is dead here of pneum'
MIA. She was said, to be the oldes
woman in Ashtabula county.
Port Clinton. - Elmer Hathawa.
had his right leg crushed above tht
ankle when a motor car, on which h
was riding on the New York Centra
tracks, jumped a switch.
Marion.--A daughter with two ey
teeth was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Free
Morrison.
Ravenna.-Fire drove the Palmyrt
High school pupils from the tow
hall, which was used temporaI
lily as a school. All escaped. The los
was about $4,000.
Findlay.-The Farmers at Williams
town got together and organized