The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-08-13

Using condition of their stock to the
unusual abundance of rain.
Lee Osborn, 20 years old, was acct
dentally shot and killed by Harry
Lawson, II, at Mt. Vernon. III.
Alfred s. Woolf, 6S years old, pic
ncer merchant, is dead at Kansas City.
One Of the biggest deals in oil lands
in the southwest was consummated
when Jose de Soria completed the
sale to White & Sinclair of Tulsa, Ok,
OF large tract in the Panuca Mex
ico) fields for a purchase price Of
over $1,OO0,0OO.
The draft of a treaty drawn up by
Bolivia and Paraguay, delimiting the
boundaries of the two countries, was
published by the La Paz Diario.
A posse with bloodhounds was be-
lieved to be close upon the negro who
attacked the wife of Ned Stafford at
her home near Liberty, Mo.
Ankle Deep Too, the new hydro
plane, which sank off City Island on
Its trial trip month ago, struck a
submerged rock off Sands Point, La,
while running so miles an hour and
went to the bottom.
No longer can Sharon, Pa, school
teachers enjoy the company of
STEADY" without the board of educa-
ton being aware of the fact. Every
one of the teachers must declare the
fact.
Australian artillerymen have wan
tony destroyed" the historic castle of
Lizzana' where. the poet, Dante. passed
his exile.
Decreased advertising revenue and
shortage in the supply of chemicals
necessary for the manufacture Of
white paper has resulted in an agree
ment by the proprietors of London's
newspapers to reduce the number of
pages.
Late returns from rural districts in
sure the election of Theodore G. Bill
DO as Governor Of Mississippi by a
majority of 5000.
Average daily attendance during
July at the Panama-Pacific Exposition
was 6s,602. The daily average since
opening 5S,26S.
Clint Williams, young negro, con.
victed of numbering Oscar Scroggins,
a messenger boy, last December was
hanged at Fort Worth, Tex.
Nine persons were injured when the
supports of veranda dining room OF
a board walk hotel Rockaway Beach
collapsed.
A Constantinople dispatch to the
Mittag Zeitung Of Berlin reported that
Treasury receipts for July, the first
month Of the new fiscal year, ran
$16,O0O,0O0 behind expenditures.
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Sauerkraut promises to be low in
price next winter Central Illinois
gardeners are being paid but Is cents
per hundred pounds for cabbage.
William C. Loomis OF Rock Island,
ILL.,, has confessed robbing the bank
at North Liberty, Ia, July IS,
Harry G. Hontz is in Jail at Salt
Lake City, having confessed that he
wrecked the Scenic Limited on the
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad near
Springv.lle, Utah, last Monday.
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The Kaiser has been challenged to
fight duel. His would-be opponent is
Lord Northbourne, 20 years old.
Leo Mayer. 17-year-oId Bavarian
boy, who has been in the county Jail
at Oakland, Cal, since July 10,
charged with theft. hanged himself in
his cell.
Specially constructed talking ma
chimes are now being manufactured
by Paris house for use in the
trenches.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Gootch of Litch-
field. Ill.,, found their daughter In
Pana after is years absence. She
was placed in an orphanage in Chi
cago IS years ago.
Edward Kinna, the Louisville (Ky.)
boy, charged with desertion from the
British naval reserve, was released.
Reports indicate that Marion w.
Rely had received $4,000 votes Of
$4,000 counted so far in the Missis-
sippi gubernatorial primary. Theo-
dore @. Bilbo received 10000.
c. c. Curtis, charged with conspir-
acy In the robbery Of the Kaw City
COX. National Bank April Is. was ar