The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-12-05
MlN GREENvIIE COUNTY, SATURDAY
OTHERWISE UNNOTICED,

-~ - SAoAHCA CIiSis IN Madrid
are not quieted by official denials.
Vice-President Stevenson and his
family have arrived in Washington.
A great storm along the Atlantic
coast Is predicted by The weather bu.
rean.
While the Hamburg doekers agreed
to aroitrate, the employers union re.
lected the proposition.
zen. Russell A. Alger sailed wednes.
day from New York for Europe. lie
will return for Christmas
A conference of the Mennonite and
Amish religious sects has been called
with the object of uniting.
1t is stated that Secretary Oluey has
told Spain that the Cuban war must be
ended within three months.
Three persons are known to have
been frozen to death near Langdon, n.
d., and several others are missing.
Godfrey Hunter is said to have the
Kentucky senatorial nomination in his
grasp, but Gov. Bradley may not call
an extra session.
Justice Field, of the United States
supreme court, says that President
Cleveland shall not appoint his sue,
cessor II he can help it.
Free silver democrats have started a
movement to make Richard p. Bland,
OF Missouri, the recognized leader OF
the democratic minority in the house.
Considerable uneasiness is felt re-
garding the condition OF Ebe w. Tun.
nell, democratic governor-elect OF
Delaware, who is seriously i'll at his
home in Lewes.
Fred Geddy, German farm laborer,
cholSed his wife to death on farm in
Ford county, ILL.,, and hanged the body
to the door. lie escaped. Geddy is be.
lieved to be insane.
Frank De Wolfe, an opera singer,
took his life at Paterson, n. j., owing
to despondency, due to stage fright,
that caused him to fail on the night oI
his first appearance.
Miss Eva Boss, OF Otterville, Mo. wa,
fatally injured by being thrown frou
a horse which she was riding to Sc
dalia. Her skull was fractured and
she was internally injured.
1t has been discovered that large
part of the original records relating tC
the work of the Iowa senate last win
ter, in the direction Of revising tht
code OF the state, are missing.
p. NJ. G. w. Mcfarland, fireman on .
west-bound vandalia train, while lean
ing out OF u cab window, was STRUCK
on the head by mail catcher, at Stub
ble6eld. ILL.,, and instantly killed.
An epidemic Of disappcarances SEEM
TO be prevalent In st. Louis at present
The police have been asked to find tiv,
missing persons whose absence hal
caused their relatives great uneasi
ness.
Morgue-keeper Andrew White, q
New York city, has been arrested fo
the Illegal sale of unclaimed corpses
lie admitted having engaged in th'
traffic, but declared that 1t was per
missible under the law.
The commander of the German cruis
or Acona. lying at Manila, In the Phil
ippines, telegraphs to his government
that the situation there Is critical
Spanish action, he says, Is confined t.
the defense OF Cavite and Manila.
Mr. John W. Starke, OF Richmond
Va, who has been commissioned
lieutenant by the Cuban revolution
lists, is receiving letters from all owe
the country from persons who wish t
volunteer In the service OF Maceo.
The residents of Alton, ILL.,, are max
| ing an effort to secure the selection o
their city as the site Of the old folk
home, which the Illinois odd fellow
will build next year. A beautiful sit
overlooking the river will be offered
A magnificent mansion. built Ell
tireIy of colored glass bricks, has bee
MANNED to be built at Newport, r. !
for a Pacific coast millionaire. Th
architects are not yet permitted to dis
close the name Of the prosperity
owner.
The orders from Washington to th
commander of the Watertown (Mass
arsenal are that the works OF the coa'
defense gun carriages that have bee
under process of construction for Sc
eral months must be pushed forwar
as vigorously as possible.
The announcement OF the engage
ment of Mr.. Edward A. Faust to Nil
Annie Louise Busch, third daught'
of Mr. and Mrs. Adolphus Busch,
st. Louis, has been announced to the
friends. The marriage will not TAX
place until early next spring.
Leo Won Waldorf, claiming to be
son of the wealthy German baron
that name, was arraigned In the Yor'
vile IN. W police court for violatir
the suicide law. The young man tri'
TO kill himself, but made bad j
of it.
The valuable works of art in u
salon at the palace OF Blenheim, wel
ali removed during Wednesdays FIR
and escaped damage, but 1t is fear'
that the splendid ceiling and cense
niece, painted by La Guerre, and q
nictine the military career OF the gre