The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-02-10


ceeded with preparing to make rur
of apple brandy About the time he
had several tubs Of crushed apples
ready for the still, the prayers Of hi'
nelghbors to destroy the still having
continued almost without ceasing, 6
steady rain came, causing q large
landslide from the steep mountain
above to come rushing down, and com
/ pletely buried his entire outfit, which
he was net able to rebuild. His neigh
bors, who offered up prayers for the
destruction of the still, firmly believe
and zealously maintain that 1t was an
answer TO prayers.
Won the Money on Mckinley,
Mrs. Mary ShreYe Ransom, the
wealthiest woman in kentucky, has
completed arrangements To open free
souphouse and lodging house for the
poor in Louisville, This is the applica'
ton OF several thousand dollars won
by Mrs. Ransom on the recent cleo
tons. She had bets of large size on
Mckinley being elected, and upon
Kentucky going republican, She said
at the time the bets were made that
the money, if won, was to be used for
charitable purposes. She will, there
fore, open the souphouse and conduct
1t during the remainder of the winter
Three Persons Shot with One Charge.
At Stoneham, in Grimes county, Tex,
Hal, the young son of J. 0. Stoneham,
do ig ia hr,Y, HIM Il
zet it beside the door His mother,
opening the door, dislodged the gun.
In falling it exploded. A load Of buck
shot struck Hal in the leg, tearing
away the calf Three shot took effect
in the head and breast of younger
child, and one buckshot struck an in
FAINT of Mrs, G. s. Crittenden in the
jaw, breaking it and lodging near the
spine in the back of the head, All the
wounds are serious,
Senator Harris Eye Operated Upon.
Senator Harris, Of Tennessee, re
Gently underwent an operation on his
eye to relieve the intense pain he had
been suffering, aud which it was
feared might, if allowed to continue,
go to the brain. He bravely withstood
the operation without taking an an.
aesthetic. For a week Senator Harris
had been great sufferer from the
pain which the operation relieved. For
five hours he suffered in an excruciat-
ing manner, and the operation was
performed upon his earnest pleading
Tonga bsent Husbands Return.
Twenty years ago James P. Gooch,
farmer of Waynes burg, Lincoln, Ky,
deserted his wife and family and went
to Texas. Nothing was heard of him,
and he was given up as dead. The
other day, however, Gooch, who is now
73 years old, and almost blind, re-
turned begged his wife's forgiveness,
and was taken back into the bosom of
his now grown-up family. Gooch is
the father of Hon. L. G. Gooch, and
the family is one Of the best-known in
that section.
Alabama Universtty's Claim Allowed.
The general assembly of Ala bama has
for the state an indebt- |
sdness to the university of Alabama of
81, 900, 900, and agreed that it should
remain as a perpetual obligation
10 bear three per cent, interest
The amount accrued from funds arts.
ng from the sale of lands granted the
university by the general government
~ years ago, and which the state has
Systematically appropriated to its own
Use.
Alabama'R Coal Output.
From incomplete reports received
.he state mine inspector of Alabama
lpproximates the total output of coal
n Alabama in 1896 at $1,000 900 tons.
The output in 1895 was 5,691, I'll tons.
The decrease from last year, which
was the best in the history of mining
n Alabama, is not as great as was ex-
Dected. letters on county held its own, |
mining about $500, 900 tons, as against
practically the same quantity In 1898. |
Head of a Remarkable Family.
Thomas Perry, of Carter county. |
EAST Tennessee, died recently, leaving |
| widow, aged ST, hale and hearty. |
they had sons and daughters, IS
Grandchildren and 127 great-grand.
children, nearly all of whom belong to |
he Christian church and, it is said,
-Ote the repu blican ticket.
Every South Carolina Seat Contested.
The seat Of every mem Der of con.
'ress elect from South Carolina Is to
'e contested. The chief ground of
ontest in all these cases is the uncon.
titutionality of the new registration
nd election laws of the state. If one
member is unseated all will be un-
Gated.
Cotton Mil for st. Louis.
The establishment of a cotton mill
n st. Louis is, according to james
OK, secretary of the Business Mems
sague, and j. L. Prince, of the cotton
an assured fact.
Thousands In Distress
Twenty thousand persons are report
d IN dire distress In the drought
tricken parishes of northern Louis
ana. They need immediate aid.
An Aged Couple Pass Away.
Enoch Wright, aged 100, and bis
life, aged 80, died within an hour of
ach other in Claiborne county, Tenn.
was the birthday of each.
Why He Was Strung Up.
Robert Morton, negro, was lynched
t Bowling Green, Ky, because he was
Inspected Of having sent an insulting
ote to q young white girl.
Magistrate for Sixty Years
T. D. Hargis, of Marshal couptv