Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-07-25
STATE SIFTINGS

NOlerS OF DeSTdH dppTONeu uOuu |
issue OF $120.OO0 to erect new school
building.
Thieves broke into a garage at To
iedo and stole 55 cases Of whisky,
valued at $4,000.
safeblowers obtained $1,000 at the
office of the Kroger Grocery and Bak-
ing company at Hamilton,
Edith Clarice Smith. aged 8, Bucy-
rus. swallowed some tablets contain
Ing poison and died in commissions.
Professor J. ]. Phillips of Gallon de-
clined the proffered superintendency
OF Bucyrus schools at an annual sal
AIRY Of $4,000.
Price Russell is preparing to retire
from the state board of clemency to
resume practice of law at Craston,
Wayne county.
Despondent because of i'll health,
Mrs. George Pershing of Sugar Creek.
Tuscarawas county, committed SUI
eide by shooting.
Preparations are completed at Tiff
fin for the Ohio mission conference
of the Reformed church. to be held at
Heidelberg college.
Charles Polling, residing near Falls
Mill Logan county, died from frac-
tured skull received when he jumped
from a runaway automobile.
Corn and oats were laid fiat by
terrific wind and rain storm that
swept Marion county. Much damage
was done also in Union county.
Oxford has abandoned its attempt
to operate a municipal light plant,
which has been sold to the Ohio Gas
and Electric company of Middletown.
After quarrel over a 50-cent chain,
James Ewing was taken to the hos
pital at Kent with his skull crushed.
John Nelson was held by the police.
Railroad administration was urged
to reduce freight rates on gravel and
sand 10 cents per ton by the Ohio
Sand and Gravel Producers associa-
tion.
Mrs. Della Dilman, 35, charged at
Dayton with killing John F. Cunning
ham by shooting him and then cut
ting his THROAT, is expected to plead
insanity
Ray TomplSins, electric lineman,
Elyria, is living despite the fact that
$4,000 volts ! Of electricity passed
through his body when he touched q
live wire.
Frederick p. Bergen, SO. one of the
best-known orchardists in the United
States, died at Delaware of old age.
He came from France when he was
years old.
Canton chamber of commerce de-
cided to buy several car Ioads of the
governments surplus food supply, to
be offered to residents of Canton at
cost.
Richard Hughes, IA, son OF a Co
lumbus contractor, was trampled to
death when a team of horses he was
driving became unmanageable and
ran away.
A large stock barn on the farm OF
Henry Berning, near Sidney, was fired
by lightning and destroyed during ar
electrical storm, burning up II cattle,
one horse and farm implements.
Or. William Hunt, 6S. founder oi
the first Y. M. c. A. west of the Allie
gheny mountains and pastor of the
Coshocton Presbyterian church for Al
years, is dead at his home in Coshoc
ton.
State Industrial commission EN-
ployes organization, which is threat
ening to strike unless salaries are in
creased, win expand until it include
every state employe," leaders pre-
dicted.
Near Medina, freight car strucl
an automobile containing Mr.. ant
Mrs. ]. M. Steel and two small chill
dren and Mrs. Charles Baird of Tall
madge All we're more OF less seri
ously injured.
Five buildings, including a larg,
barn. we're burned on the George
vogel farm at Colfax, Fairfield coun
ty, when sparks from threshing ma
chine, got in the straw stack. Tn,
machine also burned.
j. F. Davis, 67. of westerville, wa
instantly killed at Columbus whe
run over by his own automobile
When the motor stopped Davis aligh
ed from his auto and, neglecting I
disconnect the gears, started to Gran
the machine. He was run down.
Figures compiled by DR.. John l
Monger, state registrar OF vital stati
tics, show that of 66S persons kille
by autos during 1918 in Ohio, 1C
were between and 8. The ne1
highest number, based on five-year az
periods, was SO for persons betwee
50 and 80.
George f. Miles, head of the en-
ployment agency division Of the stat
industrial commission, reports ths
Ohio's employment situation is pro-
ably the best of any state in tn
Union. Industrial concerns and farm
ers are unable to get as many en-
ployes as they desire.
Entire plant Of the Hamilton OF
Coke company, north of Hamilto
was ordered sold by creditors at pu
lie auction The sale will take pla,
Sept II.
Charles Lebeau. 21, and anothe
member of the crew of the barge Dul
durn we're drowned when the vess,
foundered and sank off Ashtabula
heavy storm.
Following the discovery of a1leg
discrepancies in his accounts, CT
Treasurer Josiah y. Jones of Lin
has been recommended for remov
from office by State Examiner Fral
b. Thomas.
Salem. Lisbon, Leetonia, Colu
biana, sebring and Damascus W
join forces in resisting, before I
state public utilities commission, I
recent increase in the price of natur
gas from 43 cents to 81 cents a tho
sand feet
A posse of farmers engaged in
hunt for chicken thieves near BroC
Vile, Montgomery county, becar
lost in the darkness. The separat,
sections Of the posse mistook ca
other for thieves and began blazi