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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1869-01-09
FACTs AND FIGUREs.


RoTHscHnD left ton ofdeeds.
CANADA has 1o4,43s sunday-school
scholars.
ErrsoorAL bishops now get $4,000 per
annum. @
In Great Britain 10000 Of thepeople are
blind. ssa al a,.p
No STONE marks the grave of Sam
Houston, at Huntsville, Texas.
Mr.. PEABoDY's donations to the poor of
London amount to eS5O,0OO.
A MAN In st. Louis has been sued for
$4,000, for chastising amarried daughter.
RlcHMoND, Va, supports ninety-one
doctors, seventy three lawyers sand one
paWnbroker ~ sI.r
A FACTORY in Pittsheld has three female
operatives who have been there over 3S
years each. Fs s8
A VEST made for one Of thesolid men of
New Hagen, CT, measured four feet four
inches around the breast,
Or 23,345 emigrants who arrived in
! Canada during the past season, 1874
passed through to the Western States.
on Christmas eve the Genefal Council
Of Louisville donated 10000 bushels Of
coal 70 the suffering poor Of the;city.
TIE English cruiser Nymph has cap
tured eight slayers off the African coast
during the past season
CosMopoRE VANDERBlfr, with his
family, owns oyer $i5,000,OQ0 Of The $sS.
O00O00 stock Of the New York Central
Railroad. sHf7eHe n
BIRRBrrF SANFORD, who. died at Beth
any. Conn, few days ago, at the age OF
E7t had worn no hat or cap for forty
!, years.
AoRnuNAL in 4 New York court re-
| Gently offered the judge, IN open court,
sealed envelope fuil q notes, e orlpe'
The sentence was doubled II
THr clty Of Liverpool has a debt Of
, about e0O ,600, 900, and itisonthe increase,
Theinterest now amounts TO over $l,OOO,-
! 900 per annum. Ns1
! TN his address to the Fenians in this
! country. George Francis Train announces
!. mat lanes stephens has been restored TO
I full control Of the Fenian organization.
4 N 1888, Wisconsin Territory cast 2, 4es
votes, in 1868 the State Of Wisconsin
J. cast 1852. Milwaukee county cast lsl
n votes in 1885, and 10000 in 1868.
Q THE Boston Tfdosllsfs says that, at about
/, 10 O'clock the other evening, there was
q fall Of light snow without cloud " p
7, seen in tie sky, and the stars shining
]. CALIFORNIA proper produces about hal
\ y million dollars worth Of gold wees ,,.
y hut me total product Of gold and silye'
u for the Pacific coast at the present time
Y I. essimated e hsabout $e0,Oea,ooO PCT an
ii mum.
y y JesR Brhniaas recently wrote e a. : lec :
~ .,vs cn,nmifte shat tho price of one =
n n "a s lectures was 5000 that nc q hsa I |,
S' . sa,ne e.v lnsianoes been careless enough
y tSrcw m fhe $50, but the ~ GEMS \
n mnst . hsve q maintain his reputatlonc
" X sIStifn Arm Ill Boston, engaged
Y VIZ saanufsetuNe Of clothing, employs
"a 4 sssters md $500 sowers and lhey e
= ssnS,ne out every week 500 huge case
N. e1t rsrmenta to be msde up ~ 44.H w
~ sT NAV aampsAlfe sod The interior q h9
lsy ss0husesla,
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1869-01-09

lidity Of the contract. The Judge imme-
diately set aside the verdict, and the case
again came. on for hearing at Elizabeth a
few days ago, but no sooner had the
plaintiff given his evidence than the
Judge non.suited the case, without going
into any more details. After this disposal
of the matter, cross case Of Brown 0S.
Fetter, for the grazing Of the sheep while
in the plaintiffs possession after the de-
fendant refused to take them back, was
heard. The jury gave So damages
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1869-01-09
A Singular Suit.

A singIar case was commenced at the
last September term Of the Union County
Court, Nd, in which man named John
Fetter was plaintiff, and Adam Brown,
defendant The action was brought to
recover S149, the price Of seventy eight
sheep sold by one party to the other In
the course of the proceedings II trans
pired that the sale was partially effected
on Sunday, and it was agreed that the
sheep should be sent to Browns house
next day. But IN the mean time Brown
cot sick Of his bargain, and when the
sheep arrived az his place he refused I'd
take them. "A suit was brought 10 recover
their value, aud The Judge charged the
Jury that as the agreement was com
menoad on Sunday, be held IL ofno 10.
count, Ii, consequence Of the violation d
I the Lords day. The case was gifaa O.
the Jury, and they found verdict directly
nonSgagY 10 the charge, upholdlpg the va,
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1869-01-09
The Truth About the yeIOclpede.

G. A. Dana, who is the "best velociped-
ist in New York, and ought to know,
answers a correspondent thus "a cor
respondent at Carroll City, Iowa, wishes
us to inform him about the yelocipede.
We answer that it is a very amusing and
very exercising machine for locomotion.
1t consists of two wheels, ore before the
other, connected by steel or iron reach,
bearing a saddle in which the rider sits
Il is driven by pedals attached to the fore
wheel, and keeping the riders legs pretty
busy. On perfectly smooth track, such
as board floor, new Nicholson or
asphaltum pavement, or hard earth road
in the country, 1t can be driven at the rate
Of fifteen or twenty miles an hour, with
out very great effort but on rough road,
its propulsion is labor indeed. In this
city it may be seen in operation every
evening at the school Of the Messrs. Pear
sail, corner of Broadway and Twenty
second streets. Velocipedes cost from$1OO
to $125. There are three makers IN this
city whose styles, though all good, differ
considerably from each other.n N
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The BOwles' Arrest.

The brief dispatch from New York on
Tuesday night, announcing the arrest of
Mr.. Samuel Bowles, editor of the Repu6tt-
can, and his incarceration in the Ludlow
street Jail, took the public by surprise, but
no more than the event itself occasloned
the victim of the petty spite OF James
Fisk, Jr., at whose instance the arrest was
made. Mr.. Bowles had been spending
several days in New York--in fact he had
been in that city more OF less for several
weeks, as Mrs. Bowles was staying there
on account of i'll health. Fisk well knew
of his presence there; indeed had served
upon him, on Monday, a notice Of the dis
missal of the libel suit began against the
Republican for $4,000 few weeks ago,
and the beginning of a new suit before
the New York courts He could have
arrested Mr.. Dowles at any time, but, full
of malice, he arranged, with all the small
cunning that characteriZes the successful
peddler, to have the arrest made when 1t
was impossible to 60 through the neces-
sary forms of Mr.. Bowles immediate re-
lease, and to neCessitate his spending a
night in jail, and, by the aid of his obedi,
ent tools, the plan was successfully carried
out Moreover, it is apparent now that
| Mr.. BOWles' movements had been carefully
watched by spies for some days previous
30 as to be sure and select . time and plact
that would prevent the miscarriage Of the
plan. .HSpriRgtfeEd ReptJ5yi6dn, December "a
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1869-01-09

BEAUTY AND THE BooTs.-The Chey-
enne Aypls says; "A few evenings ago the Den.
yer coach came in unusually crowded. On one ol
the inside seats was a gentleman, his vile, and
alongside Of her a certain representative Of the
press Now, IL happens that on a tedious night s
Journey folks will tumble of to sleeps and our
editor aWOke from doze to dnd burden resting
upon him. Believing his fair neighbor had uns
consciously rested her head upon him Instead OF
her husband, he like a gallant gentleman, kept
perfectly STILL unwilling to disturb her slumbera,
though sadly desirous of changing his position.
BY and by they arrived at station, and the light
Of passing lantern lightened the Interior Of the
stage When 10, instead Of fair lady's head, he
found be had been nursing Uis-a-vts gentlemen
feet incased within thick pair Of boots. We
need scarcely say our tripodian brother was moi
overly pleasedi'
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Feline saRacltr.


A New HAMPSHIRE paper tells these
stories sa
Last year Mr.. Charles Edgerly, of
Meredith, owned a cat which was regu-
lar hunter. He would often 90 off and
bring in rabbits. If any of the family
went berrying Tommy would go too and
devote his energies to wild game. If. he
became separated from the party, he
would climb tree and ascertain the di-
rection to head himself to find them. He
could catch birds on trees, and the boys of
the family, knowing the propensity Of
squirrels to take to fences and stone walls
when in danger, would put him on wall
and alarm the game. One afternoon
Tommy caught fifteen squirrels in this
manner. He would wait any length of
time when put down in place and told
to stay there. 4 .
One day he brought rat and laid it
at the feet of Mr.. Edgerly, who took out
his knife and skinned 1t. Pussy surveyed
the operation with intense interest, and
seemed highly pleased at it. Mr.. Edgerly
said, go get another and the cat went of
and returned at intervals during the day
with three more, which were duly
skinned, under feline superintendent
Mr.. Edgerly told the cat that he
would skin all the rats he could
catch; and henceforth pussy made it biz
| sole occupation to catch the rodents and
see their hides removed. The skins o.
the rats were fastened on the barn at the
distance Of few feet from the ground
Thirty,seven trophies were in time dis
played on the barn. One day this felinl
Nimrod brought in rat and laid it a
Mr. Edgerly's feet. He was busy at thu
time and could not crafty the anima
with the usual skinning operation. Thi
cat laid it at his feet three successive
times, and was finally repulsed in such
manner that Tommy went OFF with hi
back and tail up in the peculiar stiff gai
which enraged animals have From thR
day not rat would he catch, thong
{ other small game continued 10 suffer as Q
old.
But now comes the wonderful part q
the tale. On the night Of the day o
which he became SO moTtally offended
Tommy went out to the barn and tor
4 down the hides Of the thirty-seven viz
Tins, 90 show his resentment Of the insul
Such case rarely Is heard Of, and SO "
record il for our readers, young and oil
Though he would keep ali bis old habit
such Is skating, (for he would slide in tt
best manner he was able on the ice, whei
ever the boys VENT he never again WI
known to catch q rat to the day Of b
death, which happened some few montl
after BY being caught in a fox trap
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1869-01-09

SIX SMITHS, brothers, Of Middlefeld,
Mass, and thereabouts, killed their rival
pigs Of the Northampton breed, recently,
and Mr.. Lawrence Smith, the owner of
the smallest, paid the supper previously
agreed upon as the stakes to be forfeited
by "the hihdermost in this race for fat
ness This smallest porker kicked the
beam at five hundred pounds, and the
largest Tailed six hundred and eightv.four.
The losers house was beautifully decora-
ted on the occasion of the supper, and
fifty of his kith and kin partook' Of bis
hosnitalitv. r0ts WI gs
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gattTy,
THE TYPO.
Br a. \ HorKrs ls

s#E BY A. a, HOPKINS,
THE typol-a singular creature is he,
bit OF a wizard l take him to be,
paradox ever, stOutly assert,
And know that the statement you won't oontro-
vert:
He takes" great deal and he "prOves" an he
And &c "scts" while ho stands, and he stands
while he " sets /"
A magical power there is in his hand.
As swinly the types marshal In at command;
The art Of a painter he has TO portray
The incidents many that make mp to-day, %.
wedding he pictures =" click, click" and 'tis
there sr
You sec the young wife in her garments Of white,
(You have gone to the wedding without an "in.
vite,w
And fancy you hear the good wishes of friends,
And-there the bright picture unwittngy ends,
For the typo paints all kinds of scenes in breath
He spelled you marriage-the next Is DEATH
And low In the coffin you see dear face
All silent and cold, that was full Of rare gracei
A sorrOwing circle that tondery kiss
The lips whose sweet pressure they ever will miss;
And softly the teardfops creep down DER your
As sadly you echo the " aches to ashos."
"Onck, click"-now he's spelling railroad dis
And fast "clicl" the types, and still faster and
And horror il seen on each one Of their faces,
=" terrible slaughter" you ehudder, then laugh
With hearty good will at the next paragraph
A Joke of three lines. ora dozen as brief
Done up-a rich bundle OF fun-in a sheafi
Then follow some "ad's, s,"-patent bitters and
To cure every one Of mortaliy's ills;
"Click, click k,"-and just under his fingers they
goforth-
"None genuine unless signed John Jones, "
and so forth
Now tie an Elixir and nova "HAir Dye"
Cpo color, Of course. for It's spelled with W
Cough Strip, perhaps, or a" Wafer" (" or Bo.
tion,n go s.-s
(Ahumb1e, condensed TO a good Yankee no,
uOnp0
A something, in short, for all human diseases
Z" You pays In your money aud takes what you
pleases !"
Variety truly gives living its spice, 1e
And types can present Il to you in trice.
From gayest TO gay, every mood of the mind
ia by them each hour completely defined
One mOmenfthey laugh, and another they weep
fancy their sorrow Is not Over.deep-
But be their expression whatever It may,
The will Of the typo they only obey;
To all his commands they respond with
click '
He rulesw stout little "rule" and stick
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1869-01-09

1T Is proposed to build q railroad from
Morganton, N. o., the present terminus og
the Western Railread, e. Johnson's De,
pot a station on the East Tennease6 a
Vlrginia Railfoad, 30 % 20 c0nnQpe t,lh
North Carolina railroads with fennss
aeei Kentucky and tbg Northwest y
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1869-01-09

Duane the Last summer q fox III Meri-
den, OF, killed 53 turkeys at one place,
He was driven away, ana went to another
place and killed nine he Yves again
driven away, but managed to kill l6 more
az another place making 30 in all He
still lives.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1869-01-09

OARl VoeT, the German physiologist,
who is soon TO come to this country, and
to deliver a course Of lectures on his fa-
vorite subject, believes that the brain Of
man is growing from generation TO gene
ration. He fixes the rate at 700 cubic
centimetres for the last seven hundred
years.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1869-01-09

A WIDOW woman IN Layfayette, N, j.
recently confessed, just previous to her
death, that about seven years ago she
poisoned her infant child, and that II died,
and 4 year afterward she administered
poison 70 her husbands father. He, too,
aied. Later still, on the return of her
husband from The army, she dealt to him
also fatal poison The woman had borne
4 good character. The only reason as.
signed for making this dying confession
was her desire 10 rid her conscience Of
this load Of crime, prior 70 her death She
II reported ID have been perfectly saue up
to tic time of her deeaase.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1869-01-09

! In pegging boots, by steam, 20 cases, or
240 pairs Of boots, is q usual days work.
One man Id Hopkinton, Massachusetts
has pegged SO cases. 1 ,9S2 boots IA two
days. He once pegged 4S bo twice
round, Ia fourteen minutes and id one
boot In 9 trial Of speed, in thirteen sec.
onds.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1869-01-09

THE full pardon and amnesty proclama.
tion issued by President Johnson includes
JEFF. Davis, Breckinridge, Jacob Ihomp.
son, Mason, Slidell, and all others who
were directly OF indirectly engaged in the
late instruction or rebellion The par
ties named above are now in foreign coun.
tries. -
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1869-01-09

Tan FoRcHI or HARIr. IA conductor
On he aaiarn9 9ilailrdad Who lives at Gloucester,
Mass. wa fecbutlv asssEened from s0apa sieep
in ehlifch, and with his eecular tWenR, called out
---st Bavariy change care for Gloucester, Man,
chester and Beverly FRFmelM The effect nnpn
ND congregation may DO imaglp9d,
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with ordinary economy and an equal dit
tribution, for tho remainder Of the cur
rent year. Besides this, he contends that
the high price OF coal will stimulate much
greater supply of wood, which will be used in
various situations in place OF coal; and further,
that coal consumers will husband their sup
plies, buy spariugly, and not carry over largo
stocks as formerly. All this will tend groatiy
to lessen tho current consumption Of coal, aud
will inevitably bring down prices. A conclud-
ing argument advanced in confirmation OF the
fact that there must bo lower prices fol coal is,
that at the present price Of anthracite coal tho
iron mills must soon stop, tpr the reason that
every ton Of iron costs six dollars moro to
manufacture than it will soil for in tho market,
aud that the prico of iron cannot be advanced
in competition with foreign iron, which can
now be, and is, sold in tho domestic market
lower than it can be made here at the present
cost OF coal. AS soon, therefore, as the mills
shall have used up their present stock OF coal,
unless it's price declines, they will necessarily
close, thus outing of source OF very large
consumption OF coal,
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"Tho Right OF Interpolation"

This term has become familiar to Ameri-
oan readers, from its frequent appearance
in the cable dispatches giving accounts Of
the political situation in France; but as the
meaning of the phrase is not very clear to
some, who have not time or inclination to
acquaint themselves with the legislative
history Of the Empire under Napoleon III,
We state for their information that at the
opening of the session Of the Corps Legis-
latif there is an address from the Empe-
Tor, the former free discussions Of which
were changed into what is termed 'the
"right Of Interpolation" This has becn
called tyrannioal arrangement to out off
general discussion. Five members had to
unite in every Interpolation, and before 1t
could be submitted to tho Chamber it had
to be- referred to the Minister Of State, who
referred II to certain committees, and it had
to receive the endorsement Of two commit
tees Of the Senate or four Of the popular
branch Of the Legislature before it could
come up. A change in this is ons Of the
reforms which the Emperor was forced to
yield TO the will of tho people. Under the
rule as it existed. tho minority were pow
erless to cali to account the government
upon any question where it was partiou-
larly desired by the minister that it should
not be done.
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Another ers., Work.

p The Pacific Railroad finished, and The
suez Canal soon to be opened, there re.
mains another great work. to be accom-
Piishod, when commercial enterprise and
engineering skill will have completed = as.
rtes Of short cuts around the globe. Il was
thought that this country would have thp
honor Of building ship canal to oonnee,
tho Atlantic with the Paoife; but this, 1,
saens, Is not 70 be. The United States Gov.
ernment did all in 4 power to induce Co.
iomoia TO grsntit pe :issien 70 build tbe
canal across the Iuihnus Of Panama; bu.
tnis solicitation was rel, oted at the very mo.
ment when the world at large expected it to
DO acc pied with enthusiasm, and the Co.
iomoiun Congress WAS so obstinntelv nm.
posed 10 The osnsl scheme that IL aotnallv
refused to give the President any basis
"hat'yer upon which 10 make q treaty in
reference thereto. The repuIt Of this dor.
geunees is now evident Nicaragua has
given the privilege TO French COMPANY,
Instead Of Colombia q wing It to an Amer
can one. The Panama Herald OF the 81,t
ult., says that senor Montealegre. The min.
's'er appointed from Nioaragus 70 Co,,,
n'cs. TO arrange the terms ofsthe Aylon 1
one'alier contract for the excavation Of. an
ln'ef oceanic canal ACROSS Nicaragua, hss
le'urned home. being entirely GuccrssfuI ia
a.' mission: Il seems tha. owing to the |
! '1'erss' h'ld IN the. river By Costa R,ca.
'osrsgua could not como, uds the oon,,s.,
=. the use Of tho river vithou. d,
'99nsent Of the former. aud this .G.. II u.
fA'fsre was sent 10 obtain. MOI. only ws.,
70 !. most cordially received, but q treaty va.
!. :. once entered into with him BY the PEI,
'eh' o. Costa RtcA granting all the 'p,riyi.
'ses Nicaragua rtqa,red for the inl6im.p,
l'ne contract With ans., Ohsyalisr. and