McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15


The body of Stanley d. Bogart, PR.
vate in the Thirty-second Michigan ma
tional guard, who has been missing
since Oct IS, was found In the Rio
Grande river
Repeal of those sections of the army
reorganization bill dealing with the
national guard will be asked in bill
which Senator Borah Of Idaho will in
troduce.
Rhinoceros horn was one Of the
chief remedies resorted to by Chinese
doctors in the treatment Of typhoid
fever in a recent epidemic which
swept through Wenchow, China.
The plebiscite on the sale of the
Danish West Indies to the United
States OF Nov. IA results in a major
ity in favor of the retention of the
islands.
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
A strong impression prevails that
Great Britain has acceded to a second
request for c safe conduct for Count
Adam Tarnowski Won Tarnow, Austro-
Hungarian ambassador to the United
States.
For the second time since his dis
appearance, "a years ago, Samuel P.
Baker of New York has been made
the beneficiary under will.
Penny ante poker with scent linn
1t, played on a wedding anniversary,
does not constitute gambling in Chi
cago, according to Judge Courtney.
Charles johnson, Kiowa county
tKan) farmer, has collected his cleo
ton bets and here is what he has
gathered up: Cash, 5000 in amounts
ranging from SIS to s25, in all So bets;
20 boxes of cigars, Is hats, two
| trained coon dogs and span of mules
valued at $3.50.
Jerry, a white fox terrier belonging
to H. e. Fletcher, saved his masters
life at Topeka, Kan, by jumping on
| his bed and waking him when the
house caught fire.
Paul Larpenteur, son of A. L. Lar
penteur of st. Paul, the oldest Nlr-
viving pioneer of Minnesota, is being
held by the Minneapolis police pend
ing an inquiry into the death Of his
| wife.
| Mayor Robert Kiegle Of Sandusky,
o., was arrested in his office on 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
Al 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,
a plumber. declared in New York
court that he had not been sober sin
gle day for 10 years.
Margaret Morris, Is 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 diamond, slightly un-
der carat In weight, which he found
In the birds craw.
Physiological examination of $50
men. members Of the freshman class
at the University of Chicago, showed
that IL are color blind, 80 have i'm
perfect teeth, TIA wear glasses and
six have defective hearing.
| DR.. F. H. Swanbach, aged 101, and
supposed to have been the Oldest Odd
Fellow in the United States, Is dead
at the Odd Fellows home at York,
Neb.
Mrs. Mary A. Thomas, So years old
said to have been the first woman
missionary from this country to India
is dead at Richmond. Va.
The Goodrich Transit Co.'s steamer
Carolina went aground on Stony Reef
just outside Sturgeon Bay canal, and
is pounding to pieces.
| A genuine bar is to be installed In
Trinity Congregational church, New
York. Cocoa. boullion, buttermilk and
other harmless and helpful things will
be served