Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1911-03-17

'ROUNDABOUTTHE STATE.
Cleaned from Exchanges--Madeb by the Shears,
the Pencil end the Paste Pot--Some Origi-
nal. Some Credited. and Some Stolen.
but Nearly All Interesting Reading.
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Of sale Of his shop to Milan
narhle cutter to insure the erec.
ion Of q iaonument 10 her memory.
To save the life Of Fred W.
81 years old, suffering
from cancer, physicians at the
oity hospital, 81. Louis, decided
It would be necessary to remove
his toneae. When the patient
was told he must choose between !
his tongue and his life, he said,
$50 ahead, the tongue isn'tworth
tG me-" Maune WAS
placed under the Influence Of an
and a few minutes
later the doctors burned out his
tongue, The physicians an
nounced that the patient Is re.
from the operation, and
with the exception Of the loss OF
speech and the sense OF taste is
none the worse. The tongue was
removed at the root with red.
hot point of a surgical instrument
known asthe "Paquelin cautery."
To reach the root the doctors bad
to slit the chin and the throat
from the lower lip to the "apple,"
and it was necessary to saw
through the lower jawbone. |
A distressing accident hap
pened at Beesville, in this county,
last Monday. Mr.. W. A. Welker,
a former student of Marvin COL
iege, and who had recently mar.
ried at Charleston to Miss Myrtle
Hewlett, was at home with his
bride visiting his parents, and
reports have it that Mr.. Welker
shot at dog and the bullet,
which was a brass one, glanced
end struck the 4-year-old son OF
Mr.. Dan McLane in the forehead,
killing him instantly. The little
fellow was standing at a window
in his fathers residence at the
I me the bullet killed him. Mr..
McLare formerly lived at Mar.
quand and was the section fore
man at Beesville. Mr.. Welker's
brother, who is attending Marvin,
went down to Beesville to meet
his brother and wife. 1t was GER
tainly sad accident.-Freder-
icktown Democrat News.
The big wildcat which was cap
tured by Lee Douglass on Black
island a few weeks ago, and
which was purchased ny Commo-
dore Nation and placed in a cage
near his place of business, is at
tracting much attention. A COM
mon house cat was put in the
cage q few days ago but the Wild
cat did not offer to harm it. The
cat finally crswled through hole
in the cage and escaped.-Ca'
ruthsrsyille Democrat.
Says a contributor to the Monet
Star: "We had quite a little ex'
citement at the new church Sun
, day night. The singing had jus
|, begun when come boards and al
old coat that had been throw
lover a register over the furnace
a caught fire. There was no dam
age done, only one woman VIII
had q severe toothache lost 1t b.
t the scare and did not have tn
d toothache any more that night.
Il Rev. Father Richard Madiga
: died Wednesday afternoon, age
: 90 years. Mr.. Madigan was
: member Of the staff at ST. Win
n cents college for sixty.fye year
n Requiem mass was said for hi
n at 3 am. yesterday morning
70 Funeral services were held at tt
3. Catholic church, thence to u
ID college cemetery where the bod
was laid TO rest.--Cape Girardes
n Republican.
{, Between drinks Of water, u