The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-09-27

NOVELTIES IN THE NEWS.

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Baltimore, has sent to the White House al
official explanation of the action Of tn,
Baltimore postofice III forwarding t.
, President Roosevelt the covers of a pack
, age from which the contents were missing
) The postmaster says that the package
which was found on top of a letter-box IL
: North Howard street, contained a ten.
pound block Of ice, which melted before
the first mail train left for Washington.
Administered displays of the lates,
styles of women's hosiery were relegateG
to the shop windows by the action of tho
Street railway association In banishinp
the high car step. 1t took combined ac.
ton OF the state railroad commission. the
Street Railway association and a com
mittee of that organization that has been
struggling with the problem for several
months to effect the reform in protecting
OF modesty.
Kenosha, visa monkeys union ma
not be a possibility, but in the future
monkeys who come to kenosha with va
grant organ grinders will not be allowed
to work more than four hours n day. Two
italians were in the city and kept two
monkeys dancing on the streets until thew
fell from exhaustion. The agent of the
humane society is now seeking to arrest
the Italians.
~Logansport. indian advertisement was
inserted in the local papers by the father
Of Freddie Gallon that the boy was lost
Police and relatives secured the city
throughout the night, and early in the
morning they found the boy asleep under
as bed. The boy had taken tobacco from
his fathers pouch, and, fearing complica-
tons, retired under the bed,
Mahoney City, Pain Attempting to re-
rover his cap which a gust of wind blew
from his head, Harry Barry, 4 Reading
railway brakeman. fell from his train as
1t was passing over a viaduct and landed
In a sulphur stream seventy-fve fest be-
low. Beyond a few bruises and a thor,
ough wettins he escaped unhurt.
New York, N. Y.-Under the VIII of Can
tain Nathan Appleton, who died in Bos-
ton August 25, his divorced wife, Mrs,
jeanette Ovington Appleton, receives one
dollar. The residence is bcqucathed to
Miss Edith Russell Wills, of Newburyport,
who was the testator's nancee. The will
was filed Monday fer probate.
Trenton, N. J.-While ishing from n
rowboat on Ford's pond, at Troy Hills
near Madison. N. j., Patrick T. Healey
and Andrew Healey, brothers, of Mont
clair, were own According to the Of
fciaIs of Morris county, the boat was M
set accidentally by Patrick while in the
act Of sneezing.
Seattle.-Mrs. William Raymond. think
ms hat her husband was out on a lark
In an automobile she had given to him.
hired another motor car and went in
search of him. Her car went through a,
drawbridge and she was drowned. The
authorities found Raymond at home wait
ing for his wife.
Chicago.-Albert N. Roughton and Her
man Digon returned today from a 1000
mile trip around the world On stills. They
started from Chicago February IS, 1902. on
a wager. Their stills were nine feet long,
at the start, but are now only four and a,
half feet. The men are six months ahead
OF schedule.
Wilkesbarre, Pa.-Deland. son of en-
SHERIFF Harry Jacobs, of this county. who
found a purse containing $4,000 in money,
and valuable papers worth $2,ooO, was re-,
Warded by the owner who gave him 50
!Out of this he has to pay for the adyer-,
tisement he inserted in the paper renort-
Ing the find.
b New York.-From the time William 7
Bryan enters Indian Territory until he,
leaves he will be chaperoned by Indian
chiefs of the five nations, the Choctaws !.
Creeks, C~herokees, Chickasaws and semi,
noles. All five chiefs have announced their
to the democratic faith.
Salyersv.lle. Ky.-Jackson Arnett 20,
years old, having buried three wives. who
left him seven children, and Mrs Add;o
Burkes, who has a family of five. children
two by her first husband and three bv her
second, have combined their families ana
residence on her farm.
Bordentown, N. J.-Stephen Birdsau .
farmer. IS years old, living near GEORGE
TOWN, Chesterheld township. near here,
committed suicide by hanging himself nv
winding a rope around his neck and tho
other end around a tall cornstalk in a field
at his home.
Chicago.-Henry SCHUYLER, a poor mo
chanic who had long desired to ride In an
automobile and had been working n model
of the poor mans auto2hobile," had his
wish granted after death, his coffin being
borne to the cemetery in an automobile.
New York.-suffering from a rare die
ease, the most marked symptoms of which
Is a decay or crumbling of certain of tha
of the spinal column. John F.
Miller of Washington avenue is Interest,"
the surgeons of Fordham hospital
NOTWITHSTANDING Edward has directed a
kaleidoscope compan to take =
set OF moving pictures, embracing scenes
from Newfoundland to Vancouver for
presentation ut the Christmas entertain
rient at buckingham palace.
Atlantic City.-Stricken with blood nois-
CHING as a result of scratching a MOSQUITO
on his arm, John Bowers, a veteran
of the civil war, died in agony at a board
Ing house here. The arm had swollen to
enormous size.
st. Joseph.-TNo lawyers fought n
court. The judge Interrupted oniy long
enough to say: Gentlemen, fight all YOU
please. and I hope you both get killed
There are too many LAWYERS in the word
anyway.
Roanoke, Va.-The French poodle he'll
to Miss Grace Bryan. daughter of
j. Bryan. has been denied cd
mission 10 Hollins institute where Miss
Bryan has entered as a student.
&Wilkesbarre. Pa.-John zotocatz has re-
turned to this city from Shamokin. where
he sold his wife to Michael Anaokoski for
800. He Is well satisfied with his BAR
and SO is I.ndOkoSki Eb