The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-07-10
GREENYLE WASHINGTON COUNTY, MISS SATURDAY,
OTHERWISE UNNOTICED.

The cruiser brooklyn is en- route
homeward from England.
Charles J. f. Wilson, an old citi,or
OF Carmi' ILL.,, died there Tuesday.
seven persons were killed bv a tor
n ado that leveled the town OF Lowry
MINI. ''O''''
r. b. Bowen, a pioneer citizen Of
Pontiac ILL.,, died at his home, aged SO
years.
t. r. Sampson, arrested at Dallas.
Tex, is wanted in st. Louis on charge
of forgery.
Senator Turpie, of Indiana, is a can.
didate for reelection to the United
States senate.
ST Louisans have money to burn.
They spent 500, 600 in fireworks to eel
ebrate the Fourth.
A new party convention of Indepen-
dent Americans has been called to meet
in ST. Louis IN August
Advices from all parts of the coun-
try tell Of prostrations and fatalities
from the intense heat
An English syndicate has all but
completed negotiations for the pur
chase of 20 Detroit Mich breweries
Tuesday several negro prisoners at
the county stone pile at Lockport, n.
y, overpowered their guards and es-
capped.
Hon John w. Foster says that neith-
er Russia nor France will object to the
absorption of Hawaii by the United
States.
M. Henri Meilhac, the well-known
dramatic author and member of the
French academy, died in Paris Tues
day evening.
The stork is slated to pay visit to
the young duchess of Marlborough
early in the fall. The succession to
the dukedom is at stake
Mrs. J. 0, Ford, of Carthage, Mo-.
was instantly killed in a runaway Just
as she reached her home Tuesday.
Deceased was 80 years old.
Near Columbia, Mo-, Mrs. john w.
Allen was dangerously wounded by
lightning Her husband, who sat be-
side her, was not injured.
All cavalry promotions are blocked
by the delay in acting on tine promo
tion of Lieut.. Col. Noyes, against whom
charges have been preferred.
w. p. Person, of Oakland, Cal, gave
his eight-year-old daughter carbolic
acid and then killed himself with prus-
sic acid. The child was saved
Charles Adcox, aged 45 years,
farmer, whose home was on Goose
island, Mississippi river, near Quincy
H., was run Overland killed by train.
The Missouri supreme court holds
that the evidence of the victim and the
collateral circumstances are sufficient
to establish guilt in criminal assault
cases.
j. II. McCarrell, stoclman, who had
interests in various parts of Kansas as
well as in other states, dropped dead at
his home in Lawrence, Kas., of apo
plexy,
S. P. Williams, of Bismarck, n. D., is
under arrest in Washington, charged
with forging the name Of Senator Ma
son, OF Illinois, to an application for
railroad pass.
William Calvert died at St Louis as
the result of wound inflicted with
pistol by William Hill, legless boot
black, with whom he had quarreled
over a game Of craps
There is considerable opposition at
Northfeld, Mimi, to the proposed par
doning of Cole and Jim Younger now
serving life sentences in saltwater pen
itentiary for murder
A number of women whose husbands
h ad been heeced by shell-game gam
bier at Webster City, Ia, fell upon the
latter and administered severe whip
ping with buggy whips,
The magnificent silver service Sc
cured by the people of Oregon for the
battleship Oregon was presented to
Capt. Barker of the battleship at the
First regiment armory in Portland
Tuesday.