The Grenada sentinel., 1893-09-16
sourHEaN oLeANiMos.
A Rather Poassns . bicycle.

i SOUTHERN olgANiNo8.
i A Rather Poisons Bicycle.
| Mr. Smith Lee. of Millen, Co., tell
the following story:
II took ride on my bicycle ON On emhank
ment near Augusta. The sun was blazing down
and after good long spin my attention va
suddenly drawn to an object in the distance
Coming nearer, saw II Was . large rattle
i snake could not return. and supposed thai
BY this time the snake had discovered me, fol
IL 10y suilenly in my path. Al approached
nearer II coiled tighter for battle. Quick q
lightning rode rapidly over the rattler. Hii
snakeship rebounded - II II were made oi
rubber. I glanced hastily over my shoul
der and saw . disjointed mass. knew theu
that had killed the reptile. On arriving home
put my safety in its usual plsce. Next morn
| ing on bringing It before the light found the
luster Of the tubing faded away. and In it, place
there was dark, dull.blue color overspread
| ing my once shining wheel. Since then the
pneumatic tire hos become decayed 20 that
| had to have It completely overhauled. The
| cause Of this complete dilapidation ID that the
! snake in its rage sanlsits poisonous fangs into
| the tire, thus causing the poison TO spread oil
over the cycle. On going back to the scene OF
combat few days later founa the dried bones
Of my antagonist and twenty -four large rattles.
| The snake measured exactly feet 6h inches" I"
Shot by Burglar.
''Give me g." were the words Mrs.
Mary Duggan and her daughter heard
at night in their sleeping room at Mo.
lille, Ala.
They awoke to see negro standing at their
bedside. He told them that II they moved he
would shoot them dead. With scream Mrs.
Hackney. the daughter, jumped out Of bed and
hurried toward the door. The negro fired his
pistol and the bullet pierced Mrs. Tackney's 8
ran across the street and took refuge in .
neighbors house. Mrs. DugRan fastened to
follow her daughter and the negro ron after
her. clubbing her with his pistol. He then
fired upon her. but missed her. She escaped
with few bruises.
An Unfortunate Childs Sad Death.
A young son of R. W. Melbourne, .
wealthy planter Of Sunhower county,
Miss, was killed in a singular manner.
The child was a deaf mute but great favor
!te. not only with the family but the negroes
on the Melbourne place. On the day Of his
death he was riding on IN OK wagon with
negro driver The boy was behind the negro
and in some manner was caught In one OF the
nind wheels Of the wagon. His afaiction pre-.
vented him from making any outcry, and the
negro drove some distance before he looked
around and missing the boy noticed blood % cn
corpse fearfully mangled. His brains had been
dashed out and his body and limbs mashed to
pulp by the heavy wheels. The child's father
Intends to leave the plantation where the TRACE.
dy occurred.
A Novel Damage Suit.
A remarkable damage suit for s25,-
600 was begun in the federal court at
Chattanooga, Tenn, the other day.
:, The plaintiff is H. Peck, an agent OF the
Knoxville Southern railroad. He said that his
wife was killed by lightning in an once OF the
company In which the two were employed. Tho
cause alleged was the current Of the telcgraphic
instruments leaving the wires from the pole
attached to the table at which the lady was
sitting when heavy fash occurred, and the
current came In with fatal result. Nogli-
gence on the part Of the railroad receivers Is
charged
An Old Spanish Mine Redlscovsred.
There is sn old legend that the
Spaniards in the earlier days worked a
rich gold mine near Camp Wood, west
Of San Antonio, Tex, and many ex-
plorers have gone in search of the
abandoned wealth. J. c. Dougher;y, q
prospector, has just returned to Brac'<-
EFT, Tex, from that district, and shows
some rich specimens of metal, Which
he claims to have found near where the
old mine is supposed to have been stu.
ated.
Cracker Mems Property sslsed.
The sheriff has seized the cracker
factory of Bernard Klotz & Co., at New
Orleans, to satisfy judgment for sl4..
900.
The Klotz factory had the distinction Of be.
ing the only one in the south not in the Cracker
trust. and for the past few years made tre.
mendous fight against that combination. many
times refusing brilliant offers to enter its Nom.
bershtp II did big business, and was rated
at considerably over 100000.
Hired = Team and Sold 1t.
James Freeman, brickmaler from
Boston. who had been putting up a
brick kiln at Kelsey, KY, hired . team
and buggy at that place few days
ago to take short trip. Failing to re.
turn inquiry was begun, and It was
learned he had sold the team, boarded
a train and skipped.
Below All Estimates.
The Memphis Commercials crop 10.
port for Tennessee and Arkansas, shows
q reduction in the cotton crop in the
Memphis district below all estimates.
The continued drought is playing havoc with
the cotton 'plant In addition to the drought,
the cool nights. burning winds and worms have
aided In reducing ths yield. Corn will make
three.fourths Of IN average crop.
Shot by . Woman.
Near Fairview. Tenn, Mrs. Wilson
Berry was shot and fatally wounded by
Mrs. John Scott, and young Berry was
shot and killed by the Scott woman's
son. Mrs. Scott is a dangerous woman.
A few years ago she sta bbed her broth.
Or to death with pair Of shears.
Married In . Christian Church.
A Hebrew couple was married In .
Christian church in Denison the other |
evening. The ceremony was performed
by . rabbi. This is said to have been
the first instance in Texas where people |
Of the Jewish faith were married in . |