The Grenada sentinel., 1893-11-18
Mlscellaneous.

Miscellaneous.
THE Attorney-General has caused OF.
ecution to be issued against the bonds
men Of ex-State Treasurer Hemingway
to compel payment Of balance due BY
said bondsmen. Their original liability
was sss, 900, all of which has been salts
fed but $4,000. The bondsmen, who
are protected by large amount, Of prop
erty turned over by Hemingway to
o. J. Waite, trustee, have hesitated
about selling the property at forced
sale, desiring, Of course, that 1t should
bring as much as possible. The bonds
men have not been pushed before for
the balance on account Of the financial
depression. Over and above the trust
property, the bondsmen are easily worth
$3.50, ,0O0.
JonS MoNErr, Dennis Murphy and
negro were tried before Justice Spinks
at Meridian last week on charge Of
selling liquor without license and were
convicted and fined 800 and cost each.
THE calaboose at Shannon, eight
miles south of Tupelo, was burned last
week. Jap Price, incarcerated for dis
posing Of mortgaged property, conceived
the plan Of burning his way out, but
paid the penalty Of death for his deed,
his body being burned to a crisp.
A TERRIBLE and fatal hand to hand
fight with pistol, took place ON the levee
on DR.. Klger's plantation near Green
vile last week. w. D. Hill, an old
citizen OF Washington County, at one
time very wealthy, who has levee con-
tract, shot three times and killed his
nephew, young man named Fowler.
From all accounts, Fowler was the
aggressor, and shot Mr.. Hill first, seri-
ously wounding him, after which Hill
drew his gun with above given result.
GEORGE JOHNSTON, Of Washington
County, who is a member of the famous
Swan Lake Gun Club Of Washington
County, says be has the best OF reasons
for believing that President Cleveland
will accept the invitation extended by
the club to spend week with 1t as the
guest OF the club. He says game Of all
kinds with which that section abounds
is plentiful, such as bear, turkeys,
ducks, squirrels, etc. Mr. Johston says
the club looks forward with pleasure to
the anticipated visit OF the great sports
man, and has rything fixed to give
him royal reception, and all the fun
be can stand in the way Of sport.
THE city council Of Columbus has de.
cided to contest the payment OF the
100000 in bonds which the city voted
to the Georgia Pacific Railway.
THE penitentiary board Of control has
given notice that 1t will relet the con.
victs on the first Monday in December.
For meritorious conduct, consisting in
preventing the escape OF convicts, Will
liam Glover, Jim Washington and
George Stanford were given, their lib j,
erty. The two former were serving
life sentences, and the latter . sen.
tence Of five years. " = = ~. g. ! I
TIE grand jury Of Carroll County has
returned an Indictment against William
Coldwell, charging him with murder in
the killing Of Allen Phillips, colored.
There were six white men indicted one
year ago by the grand jury for taking !
Allen Phillips out and severely whip.
ping him, He was tho onlv' witness !
against thers. One night recently some |
one entered the house OF Allen Phillips
and shot him, from ths etYectsof which |
he died, and his wife identified Coldwell !
Is the party who did the shooting. !
A BAD head-end collision occurred |
last week near Warrenton, on the Val.
ley road. Both engines and seventeen |
cars were wrecked and Brakeman San. \
Parker Instantly killed.
I'M ThE soOiIRrs. Y