The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-12-14

NOVELTIES OF THE NEWS.


: NOVELTIES or THE NEWS. !
Minneapoils.-A large. handsome dla.
mond OF the nrst water for ) cents. This
IN the bargain secured last night by some
body who purchased a sack OF popcorn M
lCiint wcbstcr's confectionery store. u
Central avenue. Mr.. Webster had an un.
usually busy evening. and just before the
rush began he took his diamond ring from
his finger. and placing II In n sack, laid n
AWAY on n shelf. lie paid no more attcn-
ton TO tho jewel until closing time. when
Inc discovered he had nlcd the bag with
popcorn and sold u.
81. Louis.-MrE. Alice o'Day. widow q
tho late Judge John O'Day, has transferred
her seoo. 90 homo 10 the 81. Dcchantei AGA
deny OF the Visitation Nuns. In which
order she will shortly retire from the
world. Judge o'Day was a millionaire sew.
eral times over. After n quarrel "a St
Louis about six years ago she attempted
suicide In the Lindcil hotel. She recovered
and aftcrward procured n divorce. lie
then married his stenographer.
San Francisco. CALI. Nakamura. Z
Ttrn Jnyh1neEF, WHO w the CNnnuATl OA
agent for northern japan. Is accused by
customs inspectors here Of Offering n bribo
In order 20 have his baggage. which con-
ta.cnd Ss.oco worth OF kimoaoa and costly
silks. passed. He offered n handful % g
gold pieces 20 Customs officer Kellogg
Nakamurn aid he had been told on ths
ship that SIS was the regular customs fee.
Cleveland, o.-Daigas IgnatE. n foreign
er, ~ insane as tho result OF taking his first
bath In i've years. lie was found In Wade
park in October, arrested for v~agrancy.
fined IS and costs. and sentenced TO thirty
lays In the workhousc. Arriving at the
prison, Ignatz was bathed. The shock was
SO great that he Immediately lost his mind
Gradually he grew worse. and. becoming q
ravlug maniac. was removed TO tho padded
cell In the county jail.
Philadelphia. Pa.-Mrs. Robert Crat1
Fell has brought suit for divorce. alleging
ms grounds that her husband became In
toxicated at a recent dinner party which
she gayo 20 tho elite. She In n cousin OF
the Countess Abcrcrombic n Princess dc
IlEuurl OF Italy. Mrs. Fcil Is n cousin OF
Prince w~ydish-Gratz. who married the
Archduchess Elizabeth OF Austria 3
Boston, Mass.-For the FIRST time In tho
legal annals OF the United States. tho
sound record OF n monograph was adj
mitfcd I'm evidence In the superior court
late yesterday In a noise damages suit
against the Boston Elevated railroad. Tbs
machlue gave N realistic fashion the char
actcristic clatscr and banE OF n passing
train.
Grand Rapids. ~MIch.-Cigarcts and bat
literature are aid 10 be responsible for
the assault by iT-ycar-oid Willard Bush ON
his father. Elmer T.. Bush. yesterday
morning. The father entered the room ia
punish his son for hiR shiftlcss habits and
thc son drew n revolver and fred. The
bullet entered the fathers shoulder.
Tcrrc Haute. Lnd.-Mrs. Elizabeth Cope
land. aged s.. II dead az New Lebanon.
Her llfe was ono OF intense bitterness on
account OF the dcscrtion OF her husband
nifty years ago. NJ every mca!,lmc during
the half century she has put n plate on
the table for the missing one In the hope
that some day he would return.
Bucyrus. Oft Is difficult, 70 get married.
in Crawford county. owing TO a peculiar
state OF Affairs which exists At the probate
office here. For n week there have been no
license blanks atttainablc because a new
supply which was ordered has not arrived
and the old supply Is exhausted.
Lancaster. Pa. The Columbia National
bank has been notified shat the United
States court OF claims has allowed its
damage claims against the government
for the burning by union troops OF the sus-
quchanna river bridge at Columbia In i01.
which prevented thu further advance
northward OF the confcderates.
Boston. Mass.-BoStonians are stiii true
TO the baked bean. Last year they spent
-. ,N.tr f..aaNIHg Hot fnn~g than the Gaaf
OF two batticShlps. or s6.GS9,22 According
TO wholesale dealers GS.T2 barrels were
consumed Ia that period and the demand 10
Increasing.
Columbus. o.-Caught for 10 cents In
what she held TO be n snidc. Mrs. T.. Il.
Payne came from Minnesota and secured
tho Indictment 81 George ". Bernhard. a
Chlllicothc druggist. sad TO be the origin
ntor OF unlqu methods for Destroying
bugs. on a charge of using the mails to-
icfraud.
New York.-Mary Jane Harris. believed
10 be the oldest woman in the state OF New
York. died at Now Rochelle in her il2th
gear. Her g-raudmothgr was u full blood
indian woman. Sh" said she WAS 4 de-
gryndlut % poClhuuiIH, although IL was
generally believed that she was a negro.
Oshkosh. WlF.='Tuy!'y that rendered
living en- tho Same house impossible and
conspiracy on the part OF the husband and
three daughters 20 place her iu an insane
asylum arr alleged On the divorce com
plalut u Mr.. Virginia rl"fson. Mrs. Pier
son - 20 years old and her husband Is ~.
Ducyrus. O-Whilc sitting A. his dinncr.'
lust after returning from SCHOOL ysater-,.
lay. raul Mcclellan complained OF n,
sharp pt..n 90 hts head. \ moment later
he fcll across ;hr table. dead. In hurrying
nomc from school he had broken a blood
vessel In his head.
CarIinvil'e. m-whiio they were kissina
each other rooL-by. Miss Josie Bcltz and
samuel AiiHri were shot by the girls faith
or Al shipman. ~. Nils BcliZ Is probably
fatally wounded. Britz had forbldden
Miller 20 call unon his daughter. who Is
only l. years old.
pV,tFhurs. pa.-Tar Eoc'ai ban on Will
tam Eils Corey bccaurc % his alleged
/ treatment. 81 hiss virr appears wen defined.
Mr.. q. 81. SehNlh. Vile u the former
, president 81 ,.c United States steel cor
/ Iara;ion. yauhl,i 'us"y when they met at
"a reception.
Nashua. lathe z-ycar-old daughter OF
/ Frank q. Wolfe and wife. living seven
mites north - Uv'n. JiU4 from burns re-
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