The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-01-09
SATURDAY, JANUARY
OTHERWISE UNNOTICED.

A spot on the sun, &C. 900 miles long,
has been noticed by Observer Cotton
at the Lick observatory in California.
Senator Sherman will pay visit to
Maj, Mckinley at the latter's invita-
tion,
Thieves stole the cash drawer Of the
Imperial laundry, at st. Louis, and
secured three cents
Four children OF William Bethke
were burned to death at Newton, Wis.
The National hotel OF st. James, Mo-,
burned Wednesday; loss, $4,000; insur-
ance, 200.
The president has signed the act re-
Gently passed relative to pirating dra-
matte and musical copyrights,
The bill to substitute a board of
three members for the Indian commits
sion has been reported favorably
Henry Langenberg was elected pres
ident of the st. Louis Merchants ex-
change.
At Pine Bluff, Ark, on Wednesday,
James Davis, negro was convicted
of the murder of Lawrence Williams.
j. +, Hieronimus, fugitive from
Valparaiso, Ind, was arrested at Law
renceburg, Ky, on the charge Of en-
bezzlement
NJ. NJ Rumsey, the well-ltnown manu-
facturer, was elected president OF the
st. Louis Fair association, to succeed
c. c. Maffitt.
Senator John NJ. Palmer, in speech
before the Illinois supreme court, paid
an eloquent tribute to the late Lyman
Trumbull.
Gen. Jose Lacret, the Cuban insur-
gent leader, whom the Spaniards re-
ported dead, is alive and well.
The sheriff at Metropolis, H., has
under arrest man believed to be Max
Fry, wanted at Peoria for the killing
of Frank Boyle, December l.
Horatio Rubens, general counsel for
tho Cuban junta of New York, is at
Jacksonville, Fla, conducting an in
vestigation into the cause of the foun.
dering of the steamer Commodore,
The annual celebration of the we'd
ding of George Washington was held
at Sherry's, New York city, Wednes-
day, by the New York chapter of the
Daughters of the American revolution.
Senator William b. Allison has, for
the third time, declined the proffer of
an Ohio-born president to accept po-
sition in his cabinet.
The secretary of the treasury has
sent to congress an estimate of $3.50, 900
for repairs to revenue steamers and
| $35, 900 to build, arm and equip reve-
nue. steamer for the Pacific coast.
Two boys, Phelix and Sam Bowers,
aged 10 and IS, were playing with an
old pistol west of Perry, Okla, that
they thought was not loaded. Phelix
! shot Sam through the heart.
Examination by experts of the ac-
counts of A. j. Joinigan, treasurer of
Travis county Tex, who recently
committed suicide and acknowledged
after he shot himself that he was short
in his accou is, shows the shortage tn
be 50, 402.
A great salt train, mile and quar-
ter long, and bearing IS, oOO 600 pounds
of salt, left Silver Springs, N. Y,
Wednesday for Worcester, Mass. 1t is
the largest single shipment ever made
of Wyoming county products.
George Krumsick, vice president of
the Anheuser- Busch Brewing associa-
tion, st. Louis, died at his country
home, South Point, near Washington,
Mo. He was 62 years of age.
A license was issued at Mount YER
non, ILL.,, to "Uncle 10" Henry, aged
76, to marry Mrs. Emily Jacobs, aged
60 years
Mrs. Leases house at Wichita, Kas.
was sold at sheriff's sale for 5000. 1t
cost about 5000. 1t was bought in by
j. Marsh, the eastern mortgagee.
Frank Cunningham, young man
from Altoona, ILL.,, was arrested at
Gales burg on charge of forgery com
mitted at Altoona.
Salathial Hallam, wealthy and in
H., died suddenly at Eureka. He
was leader in local and county poll
tics.
Henry Grosenheider, farmer, a bout
65 year old, was killed while walking
on the Wabash track, going to his
home from Mount Olive, Ill. His body
was found Wednesday morning.
L. G. Wilson, who had becn an agent
of the Indianapolis, Decatur & West
ern railway at Murdock, H., closed his
Office, sought lonely spot in a large
field of corn, and took dose of poison,
which proved fatal.
Sanford Grant, scion of one of the
oldest and wealthiest Scranton pa. j
families, has been sued for $4,000 for
kissing pretty Mrs. Emma May Bradish
twice-once on the cheek and once on
the lips-without her consent
The value of the property decided
back to Claus Spreckles by his daugh-
ter was 81, 500, 900. Mrs. Watson is still
rich woman, her estate being esti-
mated at trife over So, 900, 900, which,
with the $4,000, 900 of her husband,
places the happy couple above inn
mediate want.
Wal IlARI lNVENTION