The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-06-05
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After puzzlfng the, authorit es 81
Bloomington, Ill, for twenty year, q
murder mystery has been cleared. up
lby the death.bed confession OF j. W.
Lee, at Wichita FAILS, Texas. Lee.
then a hack driver at Bloomington,
KILLED passenger In a quarrel and
then hauled. the body to q eornaeld,
where 1T was atterward discovered.
The victims identity was ever re-
yealed.
Cutting of all tis relatives, Ellis,
worth B. Cooper. afarmer, OF Ham
den. Mass, has left his estate Of 49,
900 to humane society for the care
and comfort Of horses. In order that
the will could not be broken Cooper
had two physicians examine him as to
his sanity on the day the will was
drawn up. II .E
When Charles Lucas, a farmer, Of
Jackson, Tenn; wen to his hen house
recently, he discovered that thirteen
| OF his hens had been stolen. Under.
the roost lay gold watch, which q
city jeweler has pronounced to be one
fof the finest he ever saw; worth $3.50,
DR.. Lesplnasse, of the medical stan
OF the Northwestern University Of
EChicago, says. II confidently expect
the grating OF arms and legs on hui
Imam beings within the next few years.
The fact that his wife allowed red
ants to swim in his soup, poured beer
Into the milk pitcher before hrst
washing the milk out, and forced him
| to. eat from tinwashed dishes, caused
Andrew Benz to enter suit for divorce
at Cleveland, Ohio. But the court.
said. NAY, nay, Andrew and grant
led his wife,s cross petition charging
Enon,support. - -
Suit for 100000 damages has been
iiied in the Supreme Court at New.
lark, N. j., by John A. Hetzel Of
Bloomfield, against Bloomfield camp,
Modern Woodmen Of America. Hets
eel alleges he was injured during an
limitation into the order 4
va 13.year-old boy tried to commit
Esuicide in New, York last week be-
Ecause his playmates refused to asso-
Eciate with him. He taught himself 70
sew and cook, and the nelg hborhood
boys derided him about Il, and whom
they found that he had a doll which
he dressed and undressed and made
clothes for, they refused to have any
thing more to do with him.
The town Of Boylestop, Mason colirl.
\ tY Washington, is unique IN history.
John Boyles Is mayor, and Z. "A. Boyles
rs marshall The only grocery store IS
Eowned by Thomas Boyles, who is also
POSTMASTER. Harriet E, Boyles is the
Teacher in the public school and her
leleven pupils are. all named Boyles.
1.-THE buyer at the elevator Is George
IBoyles, and Edwin Boyles Is manager,
OF the creamery. In fact, Boyleston is
Just a big family Of brothers, sisters,
luncles, aunts, cousins and second
cousins. There are four OF. i've good
looking manageable girls in the
bunch, and that number OF husky
young farmers in the ileighborhood
Threaten to break in and change the
universal Boyles name to something
else.
Chester, Ill, claims to have the
champion Ice cream eater. On a bet
Henry j; Helne, owner of a hack line,
ate one gallon Of ice cream In elgh-
teen minutes. He then went about
Ibis business without feeling any bad
effects.
! Seyen.year-old Lille Weaver is the
youngest Farmland In Ohio, only she
j, doesn't call It work to help her father,
She says It is fun to drive the horses
land be with the mon in the fields,
IlTier father has put In forty acrssrol
4 sprlng crops and OF this Lille piowed
Twenty acres. riding on a suiky pillow