The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-12-08

Mrs. Mary A. Thomas, 50 years old
said to have been the first woman
missionary from this country to India
Is dead at Richmond. Va.
Charles Johnson, Kiowa county
(Kan.) farmer, has collected his cleo
ton bets and here is what he has
gathered up: Cash, 5000 in amounts
ranging from S. to $25, in all So bets
% boxes of cigars, IS hats, two
trained coon dogs and a span of mules
valued at $3.50.
Jerry, white fox terrier belonging
to H. e. Fletcher, saved his masters
life at Topeka, Kan, by jumping or
his bed and waking him when the
house caught fire.
Issuance of the new half dollar COLI
and the new quarter was ordered de
ferred by the treasury department un
til the beginning Of 1917.
A church bell Weighing 600 pounds
was stolen from in front of a Meth
odist church in Olathe, Kan.
Thirty master plumbers, convicted
of combinations in violation Of the
Sherman antitrust law were fined
$625 in the Des Moines federal court
by Judge w. H. Pollock.
The plebiscite on the sale Of the
Danish West Indies to the United
States on Nov. IA results in a major
ity in favor Of the retention of the
islands.
Paul Larpenteur son of A. L. Lar.
penteur of st. Paul, the Oldest sur,
viving pioneer of Minnesota, is being
held by the Minneapolis police pend
ing an inquiry into the death of his
wife.
Mayor Benjamin Bosse of Evans,
vile, Ind, bought 10000 bushels OF
coal from the Dixie mine, near SPOTS
vile, KY, in an effort to force down
the local price of coal
J. R. Dollard, hominy peddler al
Tulsa, Ok, was notified he Is one OF
the IL heirs to a large estate In New
York. Dollard will receive $150,0OO.
Through manipulations by middle
men, rice has risen to 30 cents a
pound in Vienna, the highest price
ever reached.
Mayor Robert Kiegle of Sandusky
o., was arrested in his office on a Sc
cret indictment returned by the grand
jury, charging neglect of duty in con
nection with criminal cases which he
hears as police judge.
Eighty-six persons were killed and
IL injured during the hunting season
in is states, just closed.
Haggard and worn, Thornton Smith
Of Columbus. o., sits by a CRATE fire
waiting for death to relieve him after
nine days of suffering with hiccoughs
The American language, as distin
guished from the British English,
will be discussed at the annual con
vention of the National Council Of
Teachers of English in session at New
York.
Admitting he had taken only one
drink every day and that drinking
makes me drunk" Matthew Murray
q plumber, declared in a New York
court that he had not been sober a sin
gle day for 10 years.
Fanny famous thoroughbred setter
at Moultrie, Ca. that got to stumbling
into trees while retrieving. has beer
fitted with glasses and is doing hei
work perfectly once more.
Margaret Morris. 16 years old, and
her sitter Gwendola, Is, of Van Vert
o., were shot by rabbit hunters when
their automobile hit and killed hunt
ing dog.
Frank Hardy OF Chicago saved and
saved that his family might have a
Thanksgiving turkey. Now he Is OF.
fering for sale a diamond, slightly IN.
der a carat in weight, which he found
In the birds craw.
A strong impression prevails that
Great Britain has acceded to q second
request for a safe conduct for Count
Adam Tarnowski Won Tarnow. Austro.
Hungarian ambassador to the United
States.
Chicago policemen ate 50 much
when they made Mrs. o'Brien's board
ing house a favorite visiting place
they put her out Of business.
With an output OF s,s50.000 dimes
$3.50. 200 nickels and 2s.s75. $50 pen.
MES in November. the Philadelphia
mint established : record IN the mum
Der of pieces coined.