The Ordway new era., 1911-12-15
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with headquarters at Salida, has been
in seventeen wrecks. including one on
the 5th inst. Frank will fool around
until his wife collects his life insur'
ance.
While waiting to be taken to the
penitentiary at Canon City, Ralph
Fish OF Pueblo amused himself by
robbing the desk CT the sheriff. He
was detected, but didn't seem to care
whOop.
The auto OF Benjamin A. Marshall,
a Wichita, Kan, real estate dealer,
passed safely over the network OF
Santa Fe tracks in that city while
the owners dead hands grasped the
steering wheel.
While Greeley is a prohibition town,
denizens of that district declare that
on the night OF the 5th inst. meteor
was seen in the heavens that exploded
with noise that awakened people for
forty miles around.
Thirteen years after its destruction
in the harbor OF Havana. an official
board of the United States declares
that the battleship Maine was blown
up by an outside and therefore pre-
sumably Spanish mine.
Mrs. John Hayes Of Grand Junction
was thrown out OF "A buggy last week
and while not seriously injured has
hn nf
John is only kicking because it didn't
happen before Thanksgiving day.
A national campaign against the
tipping evil, so prevalent in this cOun-
try and Europe, is In progress. The
walters themselves have Joined the
movement, insisting upon a living
wage and the abolishmcnt OF tips.
Harden, ILL.,. having just gone dry.
A. D Fowler Of that place enjoyed a
hair cut and shave for the first time
In Thirty years. He took an oath
when Harden voted In saloons never
to have barber touch him till it re.
versed its action.
By the will OF Henry Stong OF Lake
Geneva. the principal OF his estate is
entailed until twenty one years after
the death OF his youngest grandchild.
at present 2 years old. 1t Is estimated
that by that time the estate will
amount to $50, 900 900.
Captain Besser, an alleged German
spy, has been captured at Portsmouth,
Eng charged with making sketches
Of forts and Qualifications. Only u
triile seems to hold these two cOun-
tries apart from an armed clash which
may involve all Europe.
The Boston telephone authorities
this year determined to give the girl
operators a cash present, TO be devel.
oped later into n pension, the amount
to be graded according to age. Even
with such allurements. the girls re-
fused to disclose their ages.
Professor r. D. George OF the State
estimates that there are
IL, 600, 600, 900 TONS Of coal In the Den
yer basin. The amount in the state
is estimated at 81, 1900, 900 tons,
enough to last $4,000 years at the pre-
sent rate OF consumption.
Regarding spoony couple that
made its appearance at Il social event
In Cheraw recently, Bro. Stewart
breaks forth into "puetry' as follows:
"Come now, honey, Rev. Rose wants
the money, to buy Christmas presents
for his little sonnie." The poet is still
at large.
After dying In the poor house in
Canadian county. Oklahoma, and will.
ing his wooden leg to Il friend in that
institution 1t was found the timber
limb contained in a cavity u roll Of
bills amounting to $4,000. The spirit
of Col. Tom Ochiltree will please sit
up and take notice.
Henry E. Youtsey, serving a life
sentence in the Kentucky peniten.
tiary for the murder of Governor
william Goebel, and Curt Jewett,
serving a similar term for a double
murder, are in the midst Of a heated
campaign for the presidency Of the
Prison Christian Endeavor society.
Mrs. Girina Martins, who has just
died at Yeiser, Colo. was married
when she was II, her first child was
born when she was not yet l3, she was
a grandmother at the age OF 90. and
had at the time of her death ten grand
children, twenty-seven great-grand.
children and seven great.great. grand
children.
Driving through Colorado and Utah
on their honeymoon, Mr.. and Mrs.
John L. Hadden of Cambridge, Mass.
pere caught in a blizzard in southern