The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1868-08-15
General news items.

during the month of June to her fire.
arms 10, ,Oe0 breeoh- loading fihes
An cxohanye says "a homesick
dog Travelled alone, and doubtless on
foot, from Kentucky to Missouri, 900
miles, and reached his old kennel by
instinct"
Large d6po5ites Of phosphate rock,
containing from fifty to seyenty-fge
per cent, offerlilizing mateF'al, have
been discovered on the Ediste river,
ESoath Carolina.
1 Punch thinks that Reade ard Bous
cicault's drama ought not to be burs
lesqued, because it must be admitted
that "Foul Play" is not fair game.
The New York Sun says an innocent
worldling in that city would much
rather have brown sE0ne TrOuU III
the avenue than a mansion in the
skies.
NJ Paulm Limayrac, gentleman
widely known in France as a writer.
both in politics and Jelles-letreS, Of
profound analytical power and great
mastery Of language, is dead.
The number of emigrants arrived
at New York during the year ending
July 22d, was 125,549, In the same
time in 1867, the number was 144,-
336-a decrease the present year Of
, 1871.
Mennotti Garibaldi's recently mars
ried wife is ambitious Of military dis~
!; tiuction, and is moving to enroll
= battalion of Amazons.
+ Memorial tablets are to be placed
S in the former residence in London Of
i Benjamin Franklin, j oshua Reynolds
r and Lord Nelson.
: Mr.. Grote, the historian Of Greece,
! has been elected President Of the
London University College, in place
L of Lord BrOugham, deceased.
The Rev. DR.. Bellows is expected
home in September. Two editions Of
'e his letters to the Liberal Christian
y q are iu course of publication in Gers
!, - many.
" There now seems to be no doubt
,e that Mr.. MaplesOn intends to bring
le his grand opera company from Lon
y don over here next winter, Miss Kel-
to logg and all.
u Accounts Of the famine in Moroc-
IT co represent the distress as greater
&c than in Algeria. The roads are
OF covered with the dead or dying vic~
TINS of famine and pestilence.
:. The Springfield republican, Radi~
~ ~ cal organ declares that the choice of
~ :. Presidential electors by the legisla-
= . lures of the Southern States would
- - be a fraud upon the people. We hope
= that sealawag Legislatures will take
the hint,
re The Chicago Tribune is disgusted
nd with the assumption of the carpet
" baggers in Congress, and calls them
nd that class Of self-styled Radicals who
,se seize every opportunity to do supreme
o, ly foolish things.
II Madame Schneider, it is rumored,
w. will, after all come to America, where
~ ~ she has been assured triumphs await
'he her compared with which those al
Paris and London were feeble and
~ commonplace.
ate A German paper says that Coun
rou Bismarck is now eonvalesceDt. Ths
Do nervous pains which formely oauseC
ase him so much suffering have disap
be, peared, and he is able to walk, drive
use and do a. moderate amount Of wOrl
re, daily.
Vi A statestieian proves that the Who'll
human race, since Adam, could b
buried in the State of Connection
his and nobody crowded. Two men wi
urs be buried ii that State ID the fall, an
ing their names are Grant and Golfax. S
'Wn says the Boston Post.
,ost The proportion Of officers to me
am is, in the British army, one officer
twenty eight men; French army, OF
officer to thirty three men; Austria
. :, army, one officer to forty men Pru
Son . sian army, one officer to fOrty,nil
= e men.
ntle- The trotting horse Ben. Frank
one, has been sold for $500 to II. A.Hi
had of Boston Last season, with run
of ING mate, he made his mile at t
Riverside Park 2.19; and about t
same time, hitched up with Jes
Iaton Wales, he made the fastest-team
the record.
some A train on tie Columbus, Chic;
On 2 as and Indiana Central Railroad, loce
ms ly ran one hundred and eighty-ej,
4 the miles in four hours and tive
0Jeet' minutes, which is equivalent to fol
pru' FIVE miles per hour This is the {,
B reg ast lime ever made ~ i West
J sue rood
+ has
J tbe NJ, Alexander Dumas, Jr., is no
E Re- very wealthy man His wife has
errins income Of her own amounting
,oleon $4,000 a year. She is Rus
princess, He has received at
100000 from his plays, all Of W
n the is well invested. He is also the
Ia the cipient Of bequsst from the
Of the Henry Didier, amounting to !
easier S316,640 and Is appointed exec
of the Didier estate.