Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-07-09
ODD INCIDENTS
Bits of News Out Of the Ordinary
Gathered from Exchanges.

Bits of News Out Of the Ordinary
Gathered from Exchanges.
An eight t-year- old boy was recently
sent by parcel post from Salt Lake
City to San Diego. The postage was
so cents.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Parsons OF
Grenloch, N. j., are receiving congrat-
ulations upon the birth Of the first
girl baby born in the Parsons families
since 1866.
During q service in a Middletown,
Conn, church, dog walked up the
main aisle and lay down before the
pulpit. AS he made no disturbance,
no one put him out, and he lay there
throughout the rest Of the service.
A young lady in Nantucket was
awakened from her slumbers last
Thursday morning by the sound Of
rain falling heavily on the roof. The
rain" proved to be the flying embers
from nearby fire.
Sueleimsn Bin Musa, the sultan Of
Selangor, has affirmed his loyalty to
Great Britain and has issued an order
to all the people living in his country
enjoining them to entertain no evil
intentions against the British govern
ment.
A quarrel over dog. 1t Is alleged,
caused the killing at Labelle, Fla, OF
Morris Whidden by ]. D. Benton. Both
men are orange growers. Benton walk
ed to Arcadia and gave himself up.
Whidden was the son Of Tillet Whid-
den, who was prominently connected
with the old Ashley Whidden feud.
In a desperate duel in the dark near
Farley, Ala, Frank Martin, a negro
farm hand, was stabbed to death and
John McPeters, a white man, was ia
tally shot The men were alone in
horse lot when the trouble came up.
Martin shot McPeters twice and then
the latter stabbed him to death be-
fore sinking into inconsistencies.
Myers Reed captured baby seal
the other day in Augusta, Me-, and is
training it to tricks. The seal dis
plays not only great intelligence, but
strong affection for its owner, crying
every time he leaves 1t, but leaving
him every day for a long swim from
which 1t has never failed to return
promptly.
A large, elaborately iced and deco
rated wedding cake made its second
appearance at the marriage feast Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Heald, both OF
Portland, Ore. The cake had been
kept in a sealed metal box since the
wedding Of the bridegroom's parents
in Saginaw, Michigan, forty-four
years ago. 1t was as good as the day
1t was made
A nickel of mystery was found re-
Gently in Mayville, Mo. Byron Nun
nelly received in change what seemed
to be an ordinary coir, but which
broke in two when dropped, revealing
a sort Of locket inside, in the two
parts Of which had been pasted pic
lures Of two children. No identifica-
ton marks were to be found.
A curious feature Of an automobile
tour of the Springfield Auto club was
blind contest. No one except the Of
ficials knew anything more about 1t
than that they would go through the
contest without knowing 1t at some
time during the trip. At the end Of
the run a silver cup was awarded to
one Of the drivers for having covered
certain stretch Of road In the least
time.
In response to the advertisement Of
the United States navy department
for 100000 teak decking logs, a Ma
nila lumber firm has submitted an
offer of 100000 feet of yacal, Philli-
pine wood resembling team, which Is
regarded as the equal Of teak for con-
struction purposes. This Is the first
time such offers Of Philippine woods
have been made to the navy.
Sgd Jones, hanged in the county Jail
yard at Birmingham, Ala, left note
in his cell in which he confessed re-
sponsibility for thirteen murders. Two
Of his victims were white men, one
Mobile and Ohio brakeman, and the
other a Nebraska deputy sheriff. Jones
also claims to have killed Chinaman,
a Mexican and an Indian. The law
took Jones' life for the murder Of q
fellow convict in Banner mines, JEFF
ferson county, while he was serving a
life sentence for another murder