The Grenada sentinel., 1897-08-07
OTHERWISE UNNOTICED.

george Il. Hallett, OF New Ork, mas
been appointed chief Of post Office in
spector.
Lewis Behring, aged IS years, COM
mitted suicide ut Clinton, H., by hang
ing in his barn.
A three-day cowboy reunion is
unique celebration at Seymour, Tex,
now in progress.
New Jersey berry-pickers on strike.
They will not brave the mosquitoes for
prevailing wages.
Cannon that were used at the siege
of Vcksburg will be broken up and
sold for scrap iron.
Normal, ILL.,, is much excited over the
discovery of a vein of natural gas made
while sinking well.
Geologist William P. Blake believes
that the gold fields of Santo Domingo
are we'll worth working.
lsam Simmons of Paxton. H., aged
IS years. was found dead in bed at
dipsomania cure institute at Danvers.
Terrence v. Powderly has been
sworn in and assumed his position as
commissioner general OF immigration.
Ebert Partee, aged 12. of Fresno,
CAL killed his mothers assailant,
Rich Griffen, by firing five bullets
| into him.
| Wm. H. Thompson, a clerk in the
Wabash Office at st. Louis, committed
suicide because of mania he possessed
for gambling.
Deputy Marshal Claude Helmsa was
found guilty of killing Eooz Simco,
near Muldrow. l. T., and life sentence
recommended.
1t is announced that Gov. c. A. Cuh
berson Of Texas will be candidate for
the United States senate to succeed
Senator Mills.
Denton Davis, eight years cid, was
accidentally shot and killed by his
brother near Soda Springs, Idaho, with
q small target gun.
Mrs. Thomas B. Kyle, OF Jrbana,
Ill.,, mother Of Senator James H. Kyle,
Of South Dakota, died Monday night
in her seventieth year.
Enos Collins, who shot and killed
I Will Hampton at barbecue in Mar
shall county, KY, surrendered himself
to officers at Benton, Ky.
between 800 and 400 members OF the
Northwestern Photographers associa-
ton are attending the annual conven-
ton of that body in St. Paul, M.nn.
B. 7. Cox, editor Of the Union Eagle,
the only newspaper published in Union
county Tenn, was found dead in his
office. He was from Boothbsy, Me.
Evangelist Stuart created sensation
at camp meeting near Lafayette.
Ind, bv denouncing the bicycle as
productive of immortality among wom-
en-.
| The largest deposit of gold dust ever
made nt the United States mint in San
Francisco was made Tuesday, when
receipt for S3..-5 O06 was issued TO a
firm there
| The wife of r. G. Mayor, postmaster
Of RawlinS Wyo.. under President
Clevelands administration, died at
Galena, Ill, at the home of her mother,
Mrs. Grace Roberts
The St Louis policemen ran away
with the iremen in ball game for the
benefit of the Fresh Air mission fund.
The boobies proved themselves adopts
in the use of the baton.
Word has been received at Great Bar
rington, Mass. by James Hickey, that
his father. Michael Hickey. has started
! east with 500, 900, which he has tuilen
from klondike placers in the last IS
|. months.
An unknown man was found lying
unconscious along"ide the Air line
tracks near Germantown. Ill. dying
few hours later. lie was supposed to
have been stealing a ride and was
knocked from the train by bridge.
A Pana Ill.) miner shot and killed |
probably the largect blue heron ever
exhibited on the streets of Paua. near
Springfield coal shaft, Tuesday. The
bird measured six feet from tip to tip,
and five feet from point of beak to tip
of Toe.