The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-09-26
OTHERWISE UNNOTICED

ANH UNNUIlCEll.
Inc lumber and mills of the C,se,ds
,a'l Lumber Co. were DESTROYED bv
hre. The loss is Slo5, ,oo,. ~ "
l ne next biennial convention ~ ,ha
protherhood of Locomotive Firsn,ar
VIII be held at Toronto. O,t
Tue executive committee Of ths
pemoeratie Clubs association will omen
headquarters in St. Louis Monday
The body of the missing millionaire
Eoson Keith, was found in the lal-e ~
tue loot OF Sixteenth street. CHICAGO,
"a. W. Dickinson, former general sr.
perlntendent Of the Missouri Paei,ie =,
o. Louis, died at his home at sey.
1eorge > Newman, wealthy mine
owner OF Leadville, Col. has disap.
peared, and the police have been asked
to assist in finding him.
Dr Lewis Swift, Of the Mount Love
lOal.l observatory, has discovered two
new comets close together, both being
ABOUT one degree from the sun.
David NJ. Burgoyne, who for 50 wears
had been resident Of St. Louis died
suddenly in hisroom Wednesday after.
noon OF heart disease. Mr.. Burgoyye
was 80 years old.
.. d. Davis was instantly killed bv a
iaiiing tree while working on road
IL miles southeast of Dexter, Mo. with
squad of men. The tree was felled
on him accidentally.
Ex-Gov. Fifer opened the republican
campaign at Galesburg, ILL.,, before an
audience of 100 in the opera house.
There was a parade with about 4oo
railroad men in line.
The consensus Of opinion of the
bankers assembled at st. Louis is that
the government should go out of the
banking business and allow the banks
to issue all the notes.
Enough cordte to blow up a house
was discovered hidden In the hollow
of pillar ON Stamford street, London.
which is inhabited by Russian lie.
brews who are suspected of nihilisn.
Miss Emma ASHLEY, who shot at L. |
j. Baldwin, the millionaire horseman.
in court at San Francisco, and mar.
rowly missed killing him, was ac-
quilted on the ground of temp orary
insanity.
Oil has been struck at the Doonan
well in Scott county, Tenn. II is locat. |
ell about one mile west Of Winfield,
and bids fair to be a big producer. 1t
is rich, black lubricating oil, Of fine
quality.
The steamer Miguel Callart recently
landed % officers and LILO privates at
Havana; the San Francisco had on
boarl 30 officers and /, 200 rank and file,
and the Guadalupe landed 30 officers
and 1880 men.
Ex-Alderman Salo w. Roth, Of Chi.
cago, was indicted by the grand Jury
for the embezzlement of sls,373 from
the Victor Hugo Building and Loan
association while he was secretary OF
that association.
Fay Templeton, the actress, has dis
appeared. SO has young man named
Brown. 1t is believed they have eloped
to Europe. Brown is u New Yorker
aud nephew of ex.Postmaster Gem
eral WanamalSer
One of the three tramps arrested for
suspected completely in the murder of
the chief of police at Table Rock,
Neb., has confessed that he was the
murd srer OF Officer Moore in Denver in
the spring of 1895.
George w. Langford secretary OF
the Illinois fish commission, died at
his home in Havana OF cancer of the
stomach. Langford was born in Full
ton county, ILL.,, in 1881, and went to
Havana when q boy.
L. X. Furry, of Kansas City, lays
claim to tract Of land, upon which a
large portion of the heart of Fort
Scott, kas., is located lie alleges that
the property originally belonged to his
father before the war.
There is said to be good authority
for the statement that, in face Of cer-
tainty that it would be refused, En-
gland has abandoned her demand on
France for the extradition Of lyman,
the alleged Number One" invincible.
James Callahan, of Des Moines, and
A. Simmer, the noted philanthropist
of Waverly, Ia, have united in dona-
ton of 100000 TO the Home for Aged
and iniirm in Des Moines. The insti-
tuition was started less than year
ago.
A. X. Ward. the Memphis (Tenn.)
forgcr and embezzler, who has been
ont on bail for several months, has
again been indicted for forgery on
three additional counts, amounting to /,
rs. 900. This makes 95 indictments, all
told.
The semi-centennial of the found
ing of Bishop Hill, ILL.,, was celebrated =
Three thousand per- !
sons were present. The principal /.
event of the day was the unveiling OF :
, large granite monument erected to !,
the memory of the dead colonists.
Delegates from IS states to The :
American Bankers association con- .
rention at st. Louis, speaking for the
from their respective COM y
declared that the busi- a
ness depression now prevailing over h
the country is due to the free silver I
lgita ton.
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