The people's recorder. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1893-1925, 1909-09-11
SNAPPY And BRIEF:
items Gathered and Told While
You Hold Your Breath.
SOME EVERY DAY HAPPENINGS
Lively and Crisp as They Are Gar
nered From the Fields of Action
at Home and Abroad.

cations III Manchuria.
New Jersey is considered Il mos
quito state hut Prof. Smith. who has
put his theories TO Il practical tost,
has rid much of the mosquito terri
tory Of the pest by drainage. Hc
finds that tic eggs arc laid in soft
mud and if the mud is dried they
cannot hatch.
Near Butte, Montana, Tuesday,
grizzly bear carried off a little child
of Mr.. Doolittlc. lie pursued with
dogs and gun. The bear dropped the
child little hurt, killed one dog and
put the other to flight. NJ, Doolittlc
was thrown from the horse lie was
riding and had leg broken, Which
put him at the mercy Of the grizzly
which mortally wounded him before
rescurcrs killed the bear
In Costa Rico in the late prcsi-
Dental election the fight turned from
ballots to bullets.
y lone bandit held up an express
train Tuesday near Lewistown, Pa,
and robbed it of bags Of money.
When he sent the train away he
picked up bag Of Lincoln pennies
mlstaking it for gold and the gold
was recovered. lie GOT very little.
Washington, New York, Chicago
and st. Louis are bidding" for the
world S aviation cont cst in 1910.
Mrs. Frcdrica lTcrnshcim died III
New Orleans the last day of August,
lacking only IL few months Of 100
years old.
The President of France and Nine.
Fr1linrrc nri ol Mus
welt and daughter Miss Ethel, last
Tuesday.
A Reading. Pa, dispatch says the
present drought is the worst for 80
years.
ST. NTichael's Home for Children
in New York. was partially destroyed
i by fire Tuesday and seven children
under five years old perishcd in the
flames.
Disciples Of the "Unknown Ton
que" are disappointed at the cxis.
tencc of Tampa, Florida, which ac-
cording to their prophet, was to
have been wiped off the face Of the
earth on September 1st.
William Mitchell, wealthy and
prominent citizen Of ThorasvilLe,
Ga, committed the great criminal
folly Of assault on pure woman. He
did not succeed and his punishment
was fixed at one years service on the
chain gang. All efforts for commuta-
| tion of sentence to service on pcni-
tertiary farm have been rejected by
Gov. Brown. He must undergo the
penalty.
The Nashville. Tenn, police are
worried over many cases of "drunk'
| from which there is no odor. They
can't find out "IIowcnmc you so.'
Ten deaths from cholera have oc-
Cured recently in Rotterdam. There
are II cases and "a suspects.
Two masked men robbed the Mills
County German Bank of $1,000 at
day.
The steamer I.ucania of the Cum
ard line. which was burned and sunk
near Liverpool last week. will prob
ably not be repaired at all.
Mrs. Sutton has obtained perlnis-
sion to have the remains OF her son,
Lieut.. James Sutton. exhumed but
she abhors The presence Of the Of
ficcrs that she thinks are responsible
for her SONS death.
Seven deaths from cholera are re-
ported from ST. Petersburg and 33
new cases within ~ hours.
Count Zeppelin made successful
sail in his airship Sunday from
Fredcrichshafen to Berlin. lie was
enthusiastically applauslcd.
The total number of victims of the
explosion at Boca Chica, near Key
West, Fla, was 20. III dead and 10
injured. All the injured are in
fair way to recovery except James
! Gallagher, whose condition is serious.
His back is broken and his ribs and
chest terribly crushed.
Dispcnsnrics are again open in
South Carolina except several coun-
ties in dispute. In the counties
where the dspensarics were voted
out they will remain open till the pc
riod allowed for closing out the
stock.
The international cup of aviation,
known also as the Gordon Bcnnet
trophy, was won Saturday at Rcims,
France by Glenn II. Curtiss. the
American aviator, in the fastest
aerial journey of 20 kilometres
! 12.42 miles, ever accomplished by
man. His time, 15 minutes so 3.5
seconds WIS only 5 3-5 seconds faster
than that made by Bleriot over the
! same cOnrSe.
The cavc-in of an old mine did
, great damage to two blocks of the