Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 August 1901 — Sparks from the Wires. [ARTICLE]

Sparks from the Wires.

Oil has been found in paying quantities in Guffey Company’s well at Webster, Texas. No gusher was expected. Walter Williams, a sub-contractor on the Choctaw aud Northern Railway, was Instantly killed by a stroke of lightning near Guthrie. Okla. Mary Houghtmeyer, 18 years of age, committed suicide nt her home at Foxtown, Tenn., by hanging herself from the rafters of her father's barn. King Edward will erect an English memorial to the late dowager empress Frederick, of Germany. It will progably be erected at Frogmore. James Gray, living ncar Britton. Okla., was killed while digging a well. He hnd fired a blast nnd while being drawn out lost his balance and fell to the bottom. William Prandcll, a farm hand, aged 20 years, committed suicide near Fulton, Mo., by shooting. He left a note stating that he was tired of life and that his only pleasure was in getting drunk. There is much excitement at Jones City, Okla., over the discovery of pearls in the Canadian River. The pearls were found by John A. White in clams dug from a mud bnnk, and several of them are pronounced valuable.