The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-09
HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.
queer Events Caught and Chronfcled
By Newspapers All Over the Land.
New York SIM

Queer Events Caught and Chronfcled
by Newspapers All Over the Land.
New York San.
The meanest thief on earth has
turned up-or rather hasn't turned up
In Battle Crock, Mich. He broke
into tho house OF colored man who
had died during the day and stole
Inc suit or clothes he was to be buried
in. N
Little Johnnie Bixby, a three-year-
oio' OF jackson, Mich, swallowed a
slX,inch brass chain one day last week,
and got over it without any pathetic
OBITUARY poetry being written about
MIN. o"'
~ Chlcago woman, after eight at-
tcmpts at suicide by hanging, has 1T
| last succeeded.
The weather was so cold In Kansas
last week that negro who broke out
ol jail over night camo back to keen
from freezing.
| a Londoncr, who doesn't smoke hut
always takes Il cigar when he dines
out at dinner, has a collection of fiftv
years accumulation, all duly labeled
and dated.
Mrs. Lotto Bunker, Chicago wbee,
lauy, mas a record Of $4,000 miles for
last year and 1900 miles for the last
three years. She became Mrs. Bunker
before 5ho took TO wheeling.
j AN iceboat, going at the rate OF n
mile minute up In the Bar Harbor
nelgh oorhood, ran ashore among the
| rocks and didn't kill It's crow. Thew
picked up cord OF toothpicks, but no
iccbOat "
a Bailville (O.) school teacher has
becn asked to resign because he pun
ishcd his scholars by making them
hold their noses in q small ring which
he had drawn on the black board. The
punishment camo under the head of
| "cruel and unusual"
One firm In Kentucky has this sea-
son shipped out OF the State lbs, 900
turkeys, weighing 100000 pounds.
Most or the them went to Boston.
a slot machine concern In Younps-
town, O., says that It's profits last wear
on 200 machines was $15, ,00O
a Philadelphia man, pattorninp
aftera Now York woman, committed
suicide last week by locking himself in
trun k and taking poison.
III chopping down u hollow tree near
Covlngton, Ind, tho other day the
choppers noticed peculiar Odor of
gas, and tossing lighted paper into
the hollow, there was flash and a Jar,
and tho tree was DESTROYED by the
llamcs. 1t is thought root penetrated
u natural gas pocket.
About this time last year Alexander
Bailey, u little old Hoosier of SO sum
mcrs. living near Hillsboro, Ind, mar.
ried Hiss Jennie Scott, aged 81 wears.
and last week Mrs. Bailey became
the happy mother Of twins. it is need
less tC remark that Mr.. Bailey Ia the
proudest man in tho wild and woolv
west.
Sheriff Palm, of Oldham County.
KY, is thrifty. Ho has a sweetheart
In Jcllersonvillo, Ind, and having oc-
casion to go over there last week to
borrow scatfold to hang negro on
up In Oldham, he concluded he would
kill two birds with ono stone and save
an extra trip and expense, and married
the girl. He returned with his bride
and the scaffold.
An Atchison printer, back from the
army, In setting up musical program
Tor Kansas symphony show, got Mo-
zart's Twelfth Mass on the bill as Mo-
Zar.'C Twelfth Massachusetts.
In line with the discussion arising
frequently as to the changing OF the
In this latitude, It may be
stated that last week q maL died In
Newark, N. j., Of hydrophobia. and q
Louis7ille, KY, jury sent q man to the
lunatlc asylum as the result of sun
stroke.
An interesting young man of Lima.
o., last week shot his sweetheart. his
rival and himself In the order named.
His act would have been moro com
mcndable II he had begun at the other
end OF the list OF fatalities.
The February meeting of the Opti-
mist cub OF Cincinnati was presided
over by Its president, S. Nj. Felton, In
New York, over q long distance tele-
phone. he performed all the functions,
Of the office successfully, and several
responses to toasts were made by absent
members In the Same wav. Each
guest had telephone receiver by his
side at the table. The club was not
charged full rates for the service, hence
1t retains It's name.
The x-ray was tried on little girl
OF Paulsboro, N. j., who has been
treated two years for nasal catarrh,
and gutta.percha button was dis
covered In 'her nose. She Is better
now.
An octopus has appeared in Ksw VAL
Icy, kas., In the shape OF protective
combine OF farmers to hold up the
price Of potatoes.
"a. A Cleveland, O., jury has Just de-
young man should cit up counting his
girl. That jury is evidently comooaad
OF fathers with daughters.
A Kentucky farmer aged 20 vears
has announced himself as q candidate
for tho Legislature.
An order for 100000, 900 feet OF lum-
per has been received at the Vancou.
YER, Is. G., mills for railroad construo.
tion In China. 1t will take ak vears
Tor the mills to fill it.