The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-08-05
OTHERWISE UNNOTICED.

Leander Hollingshead drowned him,
sell In the 0kaw river near VandaIia
Ill. "nualia'
ri'eher Charles Hunt, OF Chicago
delivered ball with such force tha,
his arm broke. -
me large canning factory Of ]. T.
roik at Greenwood, Ind, has failed for
about 100000
Inc hurricane at Cincinnati satur
uay caused one death and destroved
considerable property.
Democrats, populists and silver re-,
puoileans are making great prepara,
lions to receive Mr.. Bryan at Chicago
on his trip east.
AT Columbus City, Ala, three Der,
sons entered an old building to eseape
storm. The building fell, killing
Two oil them and fatally injuring the
other
an looking over papers Of an estate
at Nebraska City, Neb., an attorney
found an express order for 81 500 Is.
sued IN 1853, that never had been
cashed.
The Spanish press in Havana urge,
the duke Of Tetuan, minister of foreign
affairs, to odemand the eextradition of the
Cuban revolutionist, Carlos Roloff, now
In the United States.
Eighteen deaths are recorded as the
result OF the recent spell of hot wealth
er In st. Louis. All told, there were
l32 cases of sunstroke handled at the
dispensary and city hospital.
Mrs. Nancy Adams, widow OF Theo.
dore Adams, ~ years Of age, died sud
denly at Louisiana, Mo-, of congestion
OF the lungs. Mrs. Adams was one OF
the oldest settlers of Pike county.
b. +. Derk, with his wife aud daugh,
ter, while picking huckleberries on the
Trevorton mountain, near Shamokin
Pa, stumbled upon a nest of copper
head snakes and killed a. of the rep
tiles.
On account OF some difficulty be.
tween the owners and the lessees, the
ice plant at Eureka Springs, Ark, Is
tied,up by legal process This plunge,
the sweltering citizens into an Ice
famine.
John Bishop, German baker, died
at Paris, Tex, of wounds inflicted with
suicidal intent lie procured a larg,
knife, with which Inc slashed himselt
across the throat and thrust 1t into hi,
abdomen.
Near Whiterocls, Okla. the four and
six-year-old children of A. II. Forman,
dug a cave in a sand hill and the sand
caved in, burying both. Two hours
afterward the father dug them out and
found both dead.
Ii Hung Chang, representing the en-
peror of China, hasarrlved in England,
and was received by various officials OF
the British government. The distin'
guished Chinese visitor proceeded di
rectly to London.
john Cox, farmer living three miles
northeast of Shelbyville, ILL.,, was ia
tally injured by his son Charles. They
were engaged in quarrel, and the son
struck his father on the head with d
club, breaking his skull.
A Denver Col paper publishes the
statement that meeting of leading
republicans was held which decided to
demand the resignation OF Senator
Wolcott on account of his support OF
the republican national ticket
Orders have been issued by the Penn
sylvania Railroad Co. which will re-
duce the working time in the exten'
sive locomotive and car works in AL
toona, Pa, to five days and eight hours
each week. The order affects 5000
men.
c. II. Talmage, while riding horse
on Midway Plaisance, Chicago, ran
down boy of eight yeHrs on bicycle
The horseman galloped away, but 2C
bicyclists gave chase and captured him
after race of mile, aud turned him
over to policeman.
Until few weeks ago the cotton
conditions throughout the south were
never better, the acreage was large
and it looked like a lO,0Oo,OOO-bale
crop, which meant six cent cotton
The dry and hot weather OF the last
month, however, has done great dam
age.
The death from starvation OF the
two year-old daughter of William and
Josephine Lee, who live near Altoona
Pa, revealed case of dcstitutlor
which is scarcely to be credited. The
father has been sick for months ant
Mrs Lee is deme nted. Two other chill
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