The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-13
OTHERWISE UNNOTICED.


south Africa, is seriously i'll.
Jessie Shields, for over half century
resident OF Moline, ILL.,, is dead. lie
was n years old
Oscar Wilde, BROKEN in health has
rejoined his old friend Lord Alfred
Douglas, at Naples.
The general appraisers have decided
that the Dingley law did not take effect
until 400 p, m, July "a
The Sprlngside Coal Co., Of Pana, H..
mas signed the union scale and will
open for business at once.
The drought has now continued n
days and the signal service gives no
immediate promise Of rain.
Il. b. Davis, auditor of Adair county.
Ia, is missing. He is charged with
being short in his accounts,
Joe Taylor, who shot and killed a
section man at Milauo, Tex, two years
ago, has been arrested in California.
Daniel McVeigh, yardmaster OF the
Wabash at Andrews, Ind, was mangled
by train and died at the hospital az
Peru.
Consul Lathrop at Bristol, England,
reportsthat the United States supplies
more than one-half England's food
stuffs.
The l6-year-old daughter of Probate
Judge POSSES, of Truesdail Mo, was
badly burned, While stirring apple
butter her dress caught fire.
Joe ?. Alfred, cashier of the Mar
shall (TeX.) national bank and former
ly county clerk of Harrison county,
was found dead in bed Friday.
Thomas Doland, of Fillmore, Ia, died
from injuries received in a threshing
machine. While feeding the machine
his arm was caught and torn off.
Capt. W. White, OF Dallas, Tex, says
the cotton crop of the state will fall
short about 275, 600 bales from the
estimate made some months ago.
DR.. A, Z. Telford, of Brcese, has
been appointed physician at the Hi
nois hospital for insane criminals, in
place of DR.. w, O. Manion, resigned.
DR., Walter H. Evans, sent to Alaska
by the government to decide if it is adj
visable to toestablish experiment stations,
has returned, and probably will report
adversely
James Carey, colored errand boy,
working in the hotels of De Soto Mo-,
was killed in the railroad yards there
by falling between the cars. He was
decaptated.
Some tart correspondence has passed
between Premier Sagasta and Gen.
Weyler. The latter says that he can
not resign because he is face to face
with the enemy.
Judge Snellings large hay barn and
contents were destroyed by ire at Kin
mundy, ILL.,; loss, 81, 1000. Itis thought
spark from railroad engine started
the conhagration.
Gustav Miller gave himself up to the
police of Rotterdam, Holland, saying
he had murdered IA wives, his parents
and his child. He produced human ears
10 prove his story.
The seventh annual reunion OF the
at Shelbyville, H., closed Friday.
Gen. Pavey, of Mount Vernon, deliv-
cred the formal address.
Carl Faber, confidential man for Oel-
richs & Co. importers of New York, was
arrested on landing from a European
steamship in New York, charged with
embezzling SlO, 600. lie confessed.
Robert Ellis, of Richland, Mo, II
years old, while attempting to steal a
ride on freight train at Lebanon, Mo,
fell under the wheels, Both legs were
cut off. lie lived but a short time.
Barn burners are at work in Boone
county, Mo. Friday the barn of j. G.
Hit, near Centralia, was destroyed,
together with grain, farm implements
and live stock. Loss, SIS, 900; insured,
The Gaiety theater at st. Louis,
where n prominent Indian territory
citizen recently lost his life, and where
numerous robberies have been com
mitted, has been deprived of its license.