Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-07-01

NJ he was about to again trample the
prostrnte man.
Triumphant over their victory in
the election upder the Beal local op-
tion law which means the closing of
/ the seventynve saloons in East Liver
pool. o.. for at feast year, hundreds
I oi church people. the leaders in the
/ "dry party. paraded tho streets sing
ing hymns The saloonkeepers spent
thousands OF dollars In an effort to
win ont with the wet party.
/ oliver Anderson. a negro, was mur-
iored ln a quarrel over crap game
at Columbus o. Anderson claimed he
hnd been cheated. and was knocked
unconscious with beer bottle. While
1 be- was lying on the floor one of his
assallnnts' who, the police say. was
Harry Lewis. negro. secured a razor
and. rolling Anderson on his back,
/ practically severed the head from the
body Lewis and half dozen other
! men We're placed under arrest.
horde of locusta has settled among
1 The trees OF Hop Hollow" popular
picnic ground near Alton. ILL.,. and has
driven every song bird out of the
woods. Tho hollow has been remark.
able for Its song birds. but all have
disappeared under the onslaughts of
the insects. Crows were the first
victims OF the locuBts, and all were
Ikliled the FIRST day. Blueiays resisted
the attack for time, but eyeually
| even the harder birds were driven
awnN The locusts are OF tho variety
hnown as Seventeen year locusts,"
and more arc coming every day. Peo-
pla have ceased using the hollow for
pionles ana the loousts are in undls.
pntod possession OF the field
With s20,0OO mostly in gold pieces
concealed about their clothing band
ni four gypsy men and women and
their children were taken Into custody
by deputy aherlns at Springfield, H..
90 charge Of stealing chickens. The
band had been encamped north of the
city for the last week Tho men gave
their names aa Peter and Martin Muir
ray. In one canvas sack alone there
was found $4,000 in i've and twenty
dollar gold pieces Another bag OF
mailer size contained several thousand
dollars In gold ana silver. The folds
Of tho women's dresses, and the pock-
els OF the meu's coats were lined with
tiils and gold and silver of all de.
nominations.
uieieorite struck wagonload of
hay driven by ELAN Masterson, who
resides four miles east OF jackson,
s.r an di strOy,d he ha, a d wag N.
Mnsterson was driving along the road
when he heard sharp explosion
Turning quickly. he found the hay in
aamcs. In leaping from the wagon
he severed injured his leg, but sue.
ceeded In unhitching the horses. The
meteorite WAS about the size of a
baseball
The lid ls on so tight at Sterling,
m. that q saloonkeeper was recently
fined Tor entering his place OF business
on Sunday.
An alderman Of st. Louis is having
an ordinance prepared. which he in
tends to introduce making attempt at
suicide a misdemeanor, punishable by
fine Of from $50 TO $500.
John Bello, the Italian who killed
q man aud wounded two women on a
Rock Island train near Goodland. Kas.,
declares he did the shooting while
asleep as the result OF dream. He
is Btlll In the county jail at Goodland.
On account Of the reduced consump-
ton of beer, due largely to the clos
ing OF saloons on Sunday. nine indie
pendent breweries OF st. Louis will
merge into an S8,O00,000 corporation,
with the object OF reducing expenses.
Mrs Charles Hockey, whose alleged
attempt to elope from Paris, H., last
week with James Sykes was prevented
by his arrest, kidnapped her 4-year.old
son from his father, whom she had
lett. She WAS chased in an automo-
bile to Sandiord near Terre Haute,
where the father again got the boy,
while the mother was temporarily
ont OF sight
Frank G.. Randfe OF Winnipauk,
Conn, jumped into mill pond and
drowned himself when he learned that
his father who died last week, had
lett him $4,000. The father had con
ducted little country store and been
postmaster oil Winnipauk for forty-fye
years. 1t was not thought that he had
ouy money. Grief over the death OF
mis- father had weakened Mr. Randle,
and it Is thought thst his mind gave
way.
a few days ago James Morgan,
we'll known citizen OF Dubois county,
ind. returned from his days work and
found the following note on the kitch-
en- table. Dear Jim-Good-bye. DO
not cry after me, for am gone. Give
me a divorce AS soon rs possible. Your
supper is IN the kitchen cupboard. and
YOU viii ind cents in the drawer.
don't love you, anyway" Morgan.
according to the wishes OF his wife.
has sued her Tor divorce.
The aldermen oil New York have
passed an ordnance to insure quiet
liz streets containing hospitals by es-
tablishlng quiet zones" and indicat-
ing them by signs at street corners.
reamsters and motorists must send