Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-11-26

THE TOPICS
OF A WEEK

are two new and unusual industries
inst started at San Antonio, Tex.
The ostrich ranch has gotten under
way on the banks Of the San Antonio
river. south Of the city. 1t has Is
or Is of the big birds on its pre-
serves. The snake farm is just be-
inc started. 1t will be conducted
BY George Ellis, a veteran Snowman,
formerly OF Detroit, assisted by Lulu
Ieeman, who was a snake charmer
for many years with circus. They
propose to raise and propagate all
varieties of snakes that have COM
mercial value. Already San Antonio
has the largest snake broker in the
United States. The promoters of
the snake farm expect to supply
skins to manufacturers, circuses, etc.
Their farm will stocked with
1900 different varieties.
Fighting Bob Evans is to be-
come a builder Of railroads and a
developer of harbor waterways. This
became known Thursday when it
was announced that he had been
chosen chairman of the directorate
Of the Los Angles Harbor Company,
which is building a railway system
from San Pedro harbor to points
in southern California. Lieut.. Gen.
Chafee, now a city official of Los
Angeles, and other army and naval
friends of Admiral Evans urged
him to 90 to California after his
retirement from active service. Of
fcials for the harbor company state
that Admiral Evans is expected there
to assume his duties before April /.
Riding ahead Of an angry crowd
Of people, bent on violence at Mem
phis Thursday, an unknown man,
standing with a rifle to his shoulder,
while negro driver urged his horse
to greater speed, took deliberate aim
and killed Rainey Hill, one-armed
negro, and generally known as "a
bad man." who had Just shot and
fatally wounded Gertrude Robinson,
a negroes. Who fired the shot that
killed Hill is not known, as the
stranger calmly replaced his gun in
the buggy and drove away.
The feeling entertained by the late
George d. Wolff Of Sommerdale,
Pa, toward Charles w. Wenzell, his
Son-ln-law, is shown in the follow
ing paragraph in his will, which was
admitted to probate Wednesday,:
Fifty cents to be paid to my SON
ln-law, Charles w. Wenzell, native
OF Huntingdon, Pa, to enable him
10 buy a good stout rope with which
to hang himself" The deceased left
an estate valued at $10,500.
The newspapers Of st. Petersburg
thursday announced the institution
OF a special railroad passenger ira
lie Tor Jews emigrating to America
VI other countries not in Europe as
Iaoorers. On the railroads of Asiatic
Hussla this new fare is approximate
y halt the existing third-class rate.
The National Grange, Patrons of
husbandry, which has been in ses-
sion at Washington for week, ad-
Joufned Thursday to meet next year
at a place and time to be desig-
mated by the Executive Committee.
An official census of Berlin and
us suburbs show that there are today
IN tins territory 40,124 persons with
out employment. OF this number
only 1,716 are women.
W. L. Reed of Clay Center, Kas.,
holds the record thus for for the
yea from single apple tree. He
picked Al bushels of Geneton apples
from one tree, and says there were
ok OF seven bushels Of windfalls.
The first divorce suit since the
event of statehood by negro appli-
cants has been filed at Cnickasaw,
Okla. The plaintiff, Sarah Finks, al
ieSes that her husband, H. Finks,
deserted her several months ago.
State Auditor f. j. Smith sent to
tne counties of Mississippi warrants
10 LOT distribution of the pension fund.
Inc amount this year is 100000.
an increase of $4,000. The total
number Of pensioners is 1928.