The Bolivar County Democrat., 1915-12-04

capt. N. A. Marshall, 81 years old.
has been married At Daytona. Fla, to
Miss Elsie severson. II.
For violently biting the face Of .
theater attendant who rebuked him
for snoring In the stalls, Ernest Douse
/ Of Aberdeen, Wales, was fined $2s.
Lee J. Rountree Of Georgtovn.
Tex, president Of the National Ed
torial association, issued . call for
the thirty-first annual convention Of
the organization to be held in New
York June - to 10. 1916.
About so employees and patrons of
an alleged lottery shop operated in
Southport, Jefferson parish, La, were
taken into custody by state militia,
which raided the place on orders from
Gov. Hall.
Mrs. Bridget J. Bendall asked for .
divorce from her husband, Lawrence
Bendall, because he got drunk 700
times in two years.
Gov. Dunno decided not to call .
supplemental extraordinary session Of
the legislature.
Ten million cigarettes, 100000
pounds Of pipe tobacco and $4,000
pipes is the imposing total OF Mrs.
George Washington Lopp's contribu-
ton to the smokers Of the French
army.
In r1oting which occurred at the
opening Of the Judson cotton mill.
Greenville. s. c., David Freese. .
Letters from the Gallipoli peninsula
say that q Queensland cavalryman
named Sing holds the record among
the Australian troops as a sniper. Up
to the first Of September Sing had
shot 81 Turks.
Col. Maitland Of the royal naval air
service jumped with parachute from
an aeroplane which was 10000 feet in
the air. He landed safely.
Robert Powell, aged years, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Powell OF Roby,
ILL.,, became wedged in a five-gallon
lard can in the back yard Of his home
and died before he was found by his
parents.
Two men were seriously wounded
in revolver duel on the streets of
Westville. ILL.,. when John Gonzola and
Michael Pazollo, coal miners and
prominent union officials, met and be-
gan firing.
Asa J. Baber Of the First National
bank of Paris. ILL.,. for half century.
is dead. He was "a years old.
Bald-headed men do not go insane.
according to DR.. Robert B. Clark Of
Madison, Wis, who has made a life
long study of mental diseases and in.
sanity.
All restrictions placed on re-export
OF tobacco by the Netherlands Over
seas trust have been removed for the
present
Abbah Hilmi. former khedive of
Egypt, has undergone an operation
on his tongue for cancer.
A mutilated statue Of Eros, discov-
cred by French troops in the course
OF trench digging exercises on the is
land Of Lemnos, may prove to be .
find Of great archaeological impor.
lance.
The state department has instruct
ed all representatives in Central
America to make a search for sur
vivors of the steamer Marowijne, be-
lieved to have been lost in the August
hurricane.
A 10-year loan at an interest rate
equivalent to IA per cent is advertised
at Toxic, Japan by the Russ-Asiatic
bank.
The two new buildings OF the Mis-.
souri, state sanatorium, at Mt. Vernon,
Mo-, will be furnished with the fix
lures from the Missouri building at
the Panama-Pacific exposition.
-
Levi M. Kagy. American member OF
the Panama joint land commission,
announced that he had presented his
resignation. He gave Ill health as the
reason.
Federal Judge Carpenter drove and
clinched another spike into the Chi.
cago Sunday closing law when he re-
fused an injunction to a dozen saloon
keepers who had sued to have the
city officials restrained from enforc-
ing the state statute.
The Liberty Bell was given a rous-
ing welcome home when it arrived at
Philadelphia from the Pacific coast.
A Joint meeting of the Virginia.
West Virginia debt commissions was
held here Tuesday, with a view to
definite settlement of the question OF
the payment of West Virginia's share
of the Virginia debt.