The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-05-11

Mrs. Sarah A. Murphy (nee Feiser)
died at her home in Lutesville recently,
in the 92nd year of her age. She was
born in Pennsylvania December IA,
1921. She was married in 1916 to
George w. Murphy, a local preacher,
who died at Des Arc in 1872. Mrs.
Murphy removed to Lutesville in
1878, where she made her home until
the last. She leaves one daughter,
Mrs. Tillie Frank
Charles Koeppel, prominent farm
er of Cape Girardeau county, shot
himself on April goth with suicidal
intent He didn't quite succeed, and
was sent to the st. Francois Hospital
at Cape Girardeau, where the doc
tors have hopes of saving his life. He
shot himself in the left side just be-
low the heart, the bullet passing
through his body.
Nelson Mabrey, little boy of
Jackson, took hold of live wire that
he found lying across a fence and
about 5000 volts of electricity are
said to have passed through his body,
but somehow it didn't kill him,
though his hands were badly burned.
That kid is surely lightning proof.
Another Cape county boy was run
over by an automobile and his head
badly cut. The machine is said to
have run completely over the boy and
it is hard to understand, says the
Cash Book, why his injuries were not
more serious. Cape county boys, it
seems, are proof against violence.
Bernice caves, a little Cape Gil
rardeau girl, was burned from head
to foot on the 26th ult., and is lying
at deaths door. She, her sister and
brother were playing with matches.
The twelfth annual High School
Meet for Southeast Missouri will be |
held at Cape Girardeau today and to-
morrow, May 18th and 18th. There |
will be contests in defamation, de-
bate, essay, shorthand, typewriting
and athletics. A large number of
cups, banners, medals, watch fobs, and
banners of various kinds will be dis
tributed to winners.
R. Albright, aged rs years, died at
the home of his son, John Albright, in
Moselle, on April goth. He leaves a
son, John, of Moselle, and daughter,
Mrs. Romanus Schoultz, of St.
Mary's.
Carter county, one of the smallest
and perhaps the least from the stand
point of wealth of any in the State,
has recently received a shipment of
$50 Holstein calves for distribution
among the three calf clubs organized
at Van Buren,, Ellsinore, Grandin.
While engaged in hauling manure
from his barn, ]. C. Whitaker, a
farmer living near Pocahantas, was
fatally kicked by balky horse. He
lived only very short time after the
accident. He was kicked in the chest,
where both feet of the horse were
planted with full force, and several
ribs were caved in against his lungs.
jackson Cash Book.
The Board of Equalization of Wayne :
county raised the valuation of taxable
in that county $147, 900 ,
worth. The Board of Equalization of ,
Butler county raised the valuation in 4,
that county over 100000, and the
State Board Of Equalization ordered !
a fiat raise of 20 per cent of all real :
estate valuations of Madison county. :
VIM. Prevailed of near Perryville
killed large bronze mountain eagle y
on his farm on the Both ult, accord !
ing to the Perryville Sun. :
Frank Scott and wife of Kennett
have been married ten years. Nine ,
,een boys have been born to them, all
living with the exception of six, who
lied at birth. Of the thirteen living,
there are three sets of triplets and
Two sets of twins. The parents have c
been partial to the letter "a" in NAM !
ng them. Ashbelle Archer, and Aus b
lin are liz years old, Arthur and n
Arnold are IL years old; Allen, AL n
bin and Almond, 2 1-2 years old, and d
Adolph and Albion, 10 months old,
and Abel and Abner, 6 months. t
Miss Geneva Drinkwater of Char /
eston, student in the School of Ed y
lcation at the University of Missouri, e
was awarded the Bryn- Mawr scholar
ship by the University last week in t
recognition of her work as student. y
The value of the scholarship is $500. t
Enterprise Courier. G
DR.. j. C. Boone of Charleston has
been appointed captain in the Of t
icers' Reserve Corps by President t
Wilson. The promotion came with
he abolition of the Medical Reserve c
Corps as such and the turning of the b
members to the Officers Reserve e
Corps. Doctor Boone volunteered his r
services as a surgeon shortly after p
he break with Germany.-Enterprise- n
Courier.
A miraculous escape from horri-
flying accident happened at Melba, !,
i've miles east of Maiden, on the NAL f
len-Cairo line of the Cotton Belt, !,
Tuesday morning as the morning pas +,
'enger train to Cairo was approach q