The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-11-20
ODD BITS OI' NEWS

Philadelphia, p.-"iE poiiccman
recently matched coins to see who
would adopt an abandoned baby found
by az officer on q doorstep.
Bradford, n Pennsylvania
minister refuses TO marry any more
men who carrot show AN income Of
5000 or more Il year.
Boswell, Ind Wednesday, No;, 1
was pigeon day IA the several sur
rounding counties Every man and
hoy who could get a shotgun assisted
m the discriminating Of the pigeons.
which are said to he the chief car
ricrs Of the hog choiera germ.
South Bend, Ncb.-Ten years ago
Frank Hcrse, brakeman, lost Il leg
when his foot was caught in a switch
and he was run over by an engine.
Recently he lost his cork leg in the
same sort of an accident at the same
switch.
Detroit, Mich Majoric Davis, the
II months old daughter of Mr.. and
MR.. c. c. Davis, has freak tooth.
4 few days ago her mother noticed
dark spot on one OF the baby's teeth
and took her to q dentist. The dark
spot was found To- hc perfect silver
Gllug. As the dentist had never Wis
tied dentist before. the filing is
looked upon rs a great curiosity.
Grccnsburg, Pu-James Wilson. a
farmer, wondered Why his favorltc
COW was not giving milk He follow
ed her one morning and found the COW
was motherIng a rawn that had es-
capped from the State Game Preserve.
Charleston, ". No-FhiE state
went dry on July ist and at the first
session Of the grand jury, just com
plctcd. $50 indictments were returned,
Of which 20 are for Bookkeeping or
keeping bind pigs" This was a sur
prise to the residents of this county
for It was announced before the cleo
ton that if the prohibition amend
ment would carry il would put com
plete stop TO the sale Of liquor in the
state.
Alton.-Justiec OF the Peace Geo.
Il. Pfeifcr recently celebrated his If
tieth birthday By reducing cost of
marriage ceremonies from $500 to
S100.
Dayton, o. laundryman near
here has captive balloon with which
laundry is raised above the dust of
the city to bleach and dry.
jackson, Ky. Arthur Roberts, serv-
ing term in the Frankfort Reforma-
tory for man-sIaughter, was released
on his honor TO make trip here to
testify in case. AS soon as he had
finished his testimony he returned and
was locked up.
Oberlin, Ohio.-Oberlin students
have passed resolution condemning
laws that prohibit students over u
from voting While at college. The
resolution was seat 10 the Governor
and the Legislature.
Springfield, Mass.--Thc grandmoth-
crs of this town have formed club
for social service and pleasure. The
chief requirement Cor membership is
the status Of grsndmotherh, cd.
West Bent, Wis.-Great excitement
was caused in church here recently
when n mouse's nest was discovered
in a woman's hat The hat had been
put away for the summer and the
mouse had discovered how nice and
soft the material Of the headgear
was and had settled down for the win
ter.
Brazil, Ind.--Firemen, wearying Of
playing casino aud checkers have con-
stgucted large loom in the fire head
quarters and are weaving shawls, TIA
bic covers and other articles.
Cambridge, Mass.--Aithough in the
hub of the pie universe, several ilar-
ward men have threatened TO go on
strike unless the amount of apple pie
scrved at Memorial Hall is cut down.