The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-11-19

Ind, month ago, was found in the
St Joseph river. with his skull
crushed.
Handsome and lavishly gowned
Maud Daily twenty-four years old
tearfully pleaded guilty in police court
at Toledo. o.. Of shoplifting. and was
given an aggregate sentence Of i'm.
prisonment and fines. which. If fully
enforced. will require her to serve
nearly two years in the county Jail
here.
Friday, November ~.
Lucian Pickett. the convicted biga
mist. was sentenced in Cleveland. o.
to three years in the penitentiary and
fined $500
Fire destroyed a building in the stock
yards in Chicago owned by Armour &
Co.. and used for storing fertilizer
The loss is estimated at 100000.
A spondence school for minis
terial students is an innovation which
is TO be started in Chicago in connec
ton with the Chicago Theological sem
mary by the Congregational church.
Negroes of the United States will
celebrate the fftieth anniversary OF
the Emancipation Proclamation in
1913 with a mammoth exposition al
Macon, Ga. if a movement launched
by the Georgia State Agricultural and
Industrial association is carried out.
Saturday. November 10.
The Bank of Norden S. D.. was rob
bed Of 1884 the safe and building be
ing wrecked completely.
Three Italian track laborers were
struck and killed by a train on the
Erie railroad near Guynard. n. Y
Mrs. Ann Coker shot and fatally
wounded James Cocker. her husband
at Knoxville. Tenn, whom she met IL
company of his first wife. divorced IF
teen years ago.
An attempt to burn alive Professor
James Payne. a colored Spiritnalist Of
Chicago and his family. was made by
persons who poured kerosene over the
porch of the Paynehome and In the
hallway and then set fire to the place.
Monday, November IS.
The Massachusetts supreme court
denied a now trial to Chester s. Jor
dan. convicted Of numbering his wife
In September 1908.
Because Indians are threatening ar
outbreak I'm Manitoba women and chill
dren are being sent in canoes from
Hazelton TO Prince Rupert
The seventeen anniversary Of the
birth of President Joseph F. Smith. of
the Mormon church, was informally
observed at Salt Lake City
Convicted of embezzlement, George
O. Lamprecht. a Cleveland. broker
whose firm failed for s15OO.OO0, was
given three years In the pententiary
The general committee of foreign
missions Of the Methodist Episcopa.
church. meeting at Albany n. Y. ap
portioned over SS25.OOO for next years
work.
Tuesday. November 10.
John r. Mofitt the inventor Of the
threshing machine. died at his home
at Denver, Colo. aged eighty-four.
S. c. Hackley. seyenty-two years OF
age. was shot and killed at Abilene
Tex. by Ruby PAXTON. his brotherin
law. aged sixty-two years.
Jacob Long. of Coles Summit. neal
Huntingdon Pa. eighty-four years old
started ont alone 10 hunt. when he
was seized with apoplexy and died.
The monument erected in memory
OF the Massachusetts soldiers who
were buried at Baton Rouge, La. dur
ing the war between the states, was
unveiled Monday.
James Mckee was fatally wounded
in a fight on a Louisville & Nashville
train near Paris. Ky. and in a panic
which followed among the passengers
several were trampled
Wednesday. November II.
Henry l.. Fisher. the oldest member
OF the York county. Pa. bar, died at
his home in York. aged eighty-seve1
years.
John Frost nineteen years old and
Lester Clements. five years old botf
negroes. were burned TO death in Their
home in Baltimore
Mrs. Sarah McWilliams. living on 2
farm four miles outside OF Mansfield
O.. was shot and seriously hurt bJ
hunters on her place.
The common councils Of Albany. Y
Y. passed an ordinance which. If ap
proved. will limit the Fourth Of july
celebration In that city to the use Of
small frecrackers.