The Jones County news. (Ellisville, Miss.) 1909-1924, 1913-10-02
State and General News~
>Reduced to PARAGRAPHS


ties.
A Judge at Alexandria, La, fined
a gun-toter 5000.
The case against Attorney Barber,
at Gulfport, goes over to the next
term.
At Montreal, five person in q car
riage was struck and killed by an ex-
press train.
The new building of the Hatties-
burg Traction Coz has been formally
opened
A New York State boy made twelve
bushels from single Irish potatoes
he planted.
Over 300, 600 w. c, II. q. women
gathered last week in Chicago and
denounced the split skirts.
A little child in Buffalo had its
tongue cut of, but ii was sewed
back is and doing nicely.
A New Orleans woman used gaso-
line TO clean bed and $50 fire was
the result.
Mrs. G. A. Carlisle, of Shreveport,
La, is in jail accused Of completely
in plot TO murder her husband
John Mcleod, of aattiesburg, has
sued the Gulf and Ship Island rail-
road for $1,000 damages for being
knocked down and injured.
A new aeroplane speed record was
made by Nedrines when he few 81 l-2
miles over a measured course at the
rate of lls miles an hour.
| A Chicago woman has secured a
divorce on the grounds that her
husband sold her for SO cents to a
Buffalo man.
Lieutenant Governor Bilbo and
Speaker Quin are both mentioned as
probable candidates for Governor of
Mississippi.
The skeleton of a child, in home
made coffin, was found built into the
wall In tearing down an old house
at Bloomington, Ill.
A Wisconsin farmer was killed by
his wife's tombstone which fell upon
and crushed him while he was load
ing it on a wagon.
The gunboat Yorktown, after a trip
to Central America and Mexico. has
the distinction OF being the first war
vessel to be in the Panama canal.
The Tennessee Legislature adjourn;
- y aistiii' 81 sssfsy Gov HonnsT;s
bills. The Governor ;s enraged and
threatens to convene an extra ses.
| sion. sos
T..
IN Minnesota little child crawled
under house to see litter of nm
| pies, when the bitch bit off its ear.
uingurlng the child for life.
Two little girls we're drowned in a
barrel of rain water at Marmatb
n. y. They were found heads down
and arms entwined around each
other. e"on
At La Port, Ind, a little child 3.
months old wandered away from
nome and was found dead at the
bottom of ditch, into which il had
fallen. - i'"N
Claiming that he had mistaken a
gray cap worn by G.. G. Meuse of
West Virginia, for a SOUR II M
Sreese emptied a shotgun into the
head OF Mouse, who was watching a
tree in which there were souirrois
A negro near Yazoo CITY made
three attempts to enter a house Occur
pied by young girls, but the int ruder
was driven awayby heroic youro
lady, who got a Winchester and fred
two shots at the negro.
A man who murdered sixteen nor.
asylum de said he did the killing
70 make the world shudder and had
no other motive for the crimes.
A st. Louis boy was sent bv b,s
father into brick clay grinder ~
make some repairs, when he tbonoh1
lessly started up the machinery and
the boy was ground to death.
Smith Fair will be held Oct All :.
sne regular grounds, located about
~ miles south OF Montrose and about |
Two miles north on the N. O. M. & q
Railroad
Abe Conn, a prominent LAWYER
was arrested at Hazelhurst. Mis-
and confessed to robbinR a bank
The amount taken is about Az 600
and l,225 has been recovered.
Frank Burge, prominent planter
of Forrest Miss, was hit on tba
head by negro aud seriously hurt
The trouble started over a debt he
aegro owed Burge. W
Col. Larry Taylor, for six years a
member OF the state prison board If
rustees, has resigned. Gov. Brewer
las appointed p. S. Matthews, Of
oxford, to the vacancy.
The suns rays set fire to a house /
n San Diego, Cal, and it was corr {
'letely destroyed. The rays of the I
un struck window pane Of a house {
Icross the street and the reflection !