McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-03-05


Twin lambs, male and female, borr
In Central park( New York; sheepfolf
on Washlngton's birthday, have beer
christened George and Martha.
Male members of the Cedar Cliff
IN. ID Episcopal church turned out in
working clothes at dawn, and wher
DUSK fell they had erected one-story
building.
When John G. Andrews, rs, of Bling
hamton, N. Y, learned from the. court
That his mock marriage to Miss Grace
Beacham, 10, was legal, he filed suit
Tor damages against Charles Springer
who was responsible.
John Pedro of Allentown, Pa, who
thought he was the Italian army, built
barricade of rails and of other ma
terials and prepared for long siege.
A posse captured John to inquire into
his sanity.
When William Pfeffer awoke re.
Gently he discovered a freight car OF
flour lying almost at the door of his
residence at Oconomowoc, Wis. The
car became detached from a freight
train and rolled Into his yard.
The United Fruit steamer Santa
Maria, which lost her rudder off Cape
Hatteras, has been taken in tow by a
wrecking tug and is being towed into
New York.
The department of agriculture has
extended the foot and mouth quaran.
tine In none states-Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New
Jersey, New York, Ohio and Wis
consin.
The California eight-hour law pro.
viding that no woman shall be EN-
ployed more than eight hours day
or more than 4S hours week was
held constitutional by the United
States supreme court. n
Shad Feniell, negro charged with
five murders, was killed and Charles
Cunning, city detective, was wound
ed in a pistol duel between the negro
and six detectives at Dallas, Tex.
Bud Thomas and Anon Marks, ne
groes, were held for the murder of c.
T. Royse, farmer, whose body was
found under pile of brush on his
farm near Carlisle. KY.
Mystery surrounding the reported
robbery of the express car on the At.
lantic Coast line flyer at Alexandria,
Va, has been cleared by confession
from the two messengers that they
smashed the company's strong box.
To conserve the coal supply, the
management of the Italian state rail-
way system has decided to decrease
the number of passenger trains being
operated.
A message of sympathy has been
received by Nine. Sarah Bernhardt
from the Queen Mother Alexandra Of
great Britain.
Abolition OF the naval plucking
board, as provided in the naval bill
by the house, was approved by the
senate.
One person is dead, another is ex-
pected to die and 80 are seriously i'll
from eating rolls sold at a church fes-
tival at Alma, Neb., several days ago
Representative Richard Bartholdt Of
st. Louis was the guest of honor at q
farewell dinner at the Releigh MOTEL,
given by the Missouri congressional
delegation.
The American submarines ca and
CO have been ordered from Cristobal
to Balboa to work out certain defense
problems in connection with the coast
artillery relating to mine laying and
target practice.
The Arkansas house passed the bill
providing that state elections be held
on the same date as national cleo
tons, ending fight which has been
waged for 10 years.
Mrs Bertha Cramer OF Newark, N.
j., has been awarded $1,000 for the
death of her husband, an upholsterer,
who died as result of his tongue be-
ing punctured by a tack he was hold.
ing In his mouth.
Gov. Hatfield, who is q physician,
assisted in the vaccination of men,
bers of the West Virginia legislature.
The vaccination followed the an
nouncement that Delegate Pilchard
had smallpox.
Steamship passengers arriving from
Straits Settlements declared that 400
Sikh mutineers we're killed in battle
with loyal British forces at Singapore
on Feb. 10.
The Spanish fleet mas sailed from
Algeciras for Carthagena. A torpedo
boat flotilla will be kept on patrol
duty along the coast of Morocco.
Edward w. Kearney has been ap-