Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1912-12-05
STATE NEWS ITEMS.
Interesting Happenings Over
Tennessee.

Au WouuiHS III olfolul rlluay
when six persons were present,
five of the number, it is stated,
had artificial limbs. The off,
ciating magistrate aud all others
resent, excepting the bride
alone, had experienced the loss
Of q leg, and each wore an arti-
fetal limb.
A man giving his name as j.
O. Porter and endeavoring to pass
as piano aud pipe organ tuner
and fixer working under an al
legged guarantee of Kilger &
Son, organ makers, OF Cincinnati,
was arrested Sunday in Paris on
a warrant sworn out by the
piano makers, as an alleged i'm
postor.
Worming his way through q
small hole, twelve inches square,
Charles Daniels, 14-year-old
boy, made his escape from the
police station at Nashville Sun
day afternoon about 3 o'clock,
and although he was closely pur-
sued, he made his getaway after
an exciting chase of several
blocks.
The Soliciting Committee for
the Nashville q Woodbury. Inter-
uroan Railway stock met at
Woodbury. recently to report the
progress of the work of taking
subscriptions. A splendid show
ing was made and considerably
over half the amounA has already
been taken. The report showed
something near $4,000 subscrib-
ed in Cannon County.
Believing that VIM. johnson,
25, constable, of Someryille, had
been robbed and murdered in
Memphis and his body hidden
away to avoid detection, w. A.
johnson, father of the young
man, went to Memphis Tuesday
and called upon the police sta
tion for assistance. Johnson said
his son left home on Nov. /. He
went to Memphis with over 800
in his pockets. He said he was
going to see an uncle, who at
that time was q patient in the
Baptist hospital.
A magnificent specimen of
the Tennessee golden eagle was
received by A. 2. Foster, of the
industrial bureau, from A. II.
Dalton of Hartsyille, Tuesday, as
the first contribution tc the
Nashville zoo. The bird was
young one, measuring Z feet
from tip to tip. 1t was captured
in Trousdale county several days
ago after hard fight. Mr.. Fos-
ter wrote to its captor asking
particulars about the bird, and
Mr.. Dalton generously Gagged it
and shipped it by express to the
industrial bureau.
At 7 o'clock Thursday morning
on a vacant lot at Murfreesboro
there was piled a lot of building
material. As the factory whistles
sounded throughout the city at
exactly 7 o'clock an assemblage
of thirty eight carpenters and
other workmen Of Murfreesboro
broke dirt for the foundation of
the Thanksgiving Mission church,
and at 7 80 O'Clock at night ser
vices were announced to take
place in the completed building,
The building is by no means
shack, but q substantial, COM
modious and well-built structure.
As abe result of an extended
honeymoon through the middle
west, following a mock marriage,
V. @. Mckenzie, of Chattanooga,
Will face trial for violating the
Mann white slave act. The wo-
man in the case is Miss Eta
Long, also of that city, being for
merly telephone girl. McKen-
zie is married and has g wife and
three children there. He met
the Long girl year ago. Not
knowing he was married, it is al
legged, she agreed to become his
wife. A mock marriage was ro-
nantIcally held on street cor
ner, followed by the honeymoon.