The Alaska citizen., 1911-07-24
ODD BITS OF news

NEWTON. y. J. Snake clubs
are being organized ictween here
and Cranberry lake to lid thT sec
ten of rattlesuakes
NEW YORK - TO prove - he
court that she had obeyed its order
10 destroy her three roost crS. the
crying of which annoyed neiehho.s.
Mrs. Eliza Crimmins displayed iLei
severed heads to the judge.
CHICAGO - Charles Blanchctii
paid $50 for the original map drawn
by the ghost OF train robber who
buried Sl.U0O00o near Chicago" He
failed TO find the money and wants
the GHOSTS agent locked up.
WILMINGTON. Del Max Heb
Ter, Jr. three weeks cd. has been
named as correspondent in the di.
vorce suit instituted 10y John Ban
croft. Jr., against Madeline Dupont
Bancroft. Bancroft denies the pat,r
nifty of the child.
GREELEY. Colo. Several ranch.
ers near here have pet coyotes which
they claim catch more hys than a
dozen reams Of fly paper would,
ALBANY. y. Y - The bill maxi
ing 10 months the limit for Keeping
things in cold storage, except In,
ter, which may go II, has been
signed by Governor Din
HAVANA The house of repre-
senjatives has passed a bill abolish
ing the teaching of English in the
public schools The min lity called
il ingralitude toward the United
States.
NEW YORK - The engagements
of Charles S. FaIlows, son of Bishop
Fallows OF Chicago, and Miss Eda
Bruna. an actress. has been aHuouuc-
ed
ATLANTIC CITY - Governor VIII
son told he New York State Bar
association that lawyers were no
longer regarded as legal guides on ac.
count Of the commercialian of the
profession.
CRONSTADT - The car Of Rus
STA entelcd The list Of baseball fans
by presenting a cup to the crew +
the Kansas for its victory over the
baseball team Of the New EEamp-
shire
CHICAGO - Chief McWconey an.
nounced his willingness to have pu-
icemen act as escorts for unprOttCt-
ed women. The police are nightly
swamped with requests which are
sent by jokers, and the "cops' are
sore
MlNNEAPOLlS, kas. - a swarm
of thousands of grasshoppers passed
through Minneapolis, without stop
ping. The multitude moved north
ward. 1t took half an hour Tor The
hoppers to pass.
JEFFERSON CITY - When Sena-
tor Stone challenged Governor Had
ley on the reciprocity issue the gov
einor advised the sensator to beat
up another Pullman porter.
FORT COLLINS, Colo - Superin-
ttndent j. A Mcllwee has offered
$3.50 to the young man in his EN-
ploy who will be married at the
point where the two headings Of
the Laramie Poudre tunnel are to
meet
PATTERSON. y. j. Rev
Charles Brandt. Of St. Johns Evan
gelical church, is suing Charles F.
Printer for $500 for libel because
Printer accused him OF wanting Il
rake-otf on memorial window con
tract.
NEW YORK - Mayor Gaynor is
opposed to selling water by meter
as he thinks it would cut down the
number of baths.
ALBANY, n Y. - Governor Dix
has signed bill prohibiting the
presentation i'll any theatrical per
Torrance of "a living character rep
resenting the Divine Person"
CLEVELAND, o. - To decide the
ownership of a pair OF suede shoes
which two women claimed, Justice
of the Peace Levine put one over ON
solomon by awarding them to the
one they came nearest to fitting.
CHICAGO - Three hundred par
entS on the north shore have form
ed an organization for furnishing
chaperons for lovesick children who
want to visit the bathing beaches.
INDIANAPOLIS - When his fan
Gee Tilted him, Guy Murphy Of kok
ono, deaf and dumb mute and Il
cripple, shook dice with himself, lost
and sent bullet through his brains.
GRAND JUNCTION - In d divorce