The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-07-17

OTHERWISE UNNOTICED.

| nus broken out among Tex
as horses and mules.
Columbus II. Cummings, ten Tires
Chicago millionaire, is dead.
Thomas Barlow, aged 70. dronnod
dead Tuesday at Blandinsyille, III.
Elmer Wilderman, aged l8, fell on a
pitchfork near Freeburg, H., and was
instantly killed.
Mrs. Louisa Coleman died at her
nome, east of lIopklnsville, KY, of gem
eral debility, aged 90!
The mangled body of Miss Rene Will
hams was found near Florence, Ala,
tied to some blackberry bushes.
The trial of ex-Rev, j. b, McLaugh-
lin on the charge of unchristian con
duct is in progress at Little Rock.
More than half million dollars of
boarded gold has recently been re-
celyed at the st. Louis sub-treasury.
Gold prospectors in Alaska found a
lake of oil. 1t is pronounced the equal
of that from the wells of Pennsylvania.
Peter Happen was overcome by fire
damp in the Bennett coal mine near
Lebanon. H., dying almost instantly.
Ferdinand Bromley, pioneer farmer
OF Macon county ILL.,, was found hang
ing from a rafter in his barn Tuesday
morning.
Henry Moore stole lunch from din
ner pals in East st. Louis ILL.,, while
starving, and was sentenced to the
workhouse.
Hugh Grace, e farmer residing near
Princeton, Ind, went hunting Monday,
andhis body was found Tuesday with
the head blown off.
The Pottawatomie Indians are in.
dulging in their annual green corn"
and divorce" dances on their reserve
tion near Topeka, Kas. :.
Eugene Parkinson, foreman of the
Standard Oil Co.'S stave factory, near
Paducah, KY, was caught in the belt
ing and fatally injured,
Preston Douglass, farmer, about 65
years of age, fell from his wagon at
Little Rock, Ark, and broke his neck,
dying almost instantly.
Prof. John A. Gallaher, of Warrens-
burg, Mo, has been elected state
geologist, with a salary of 81, 900 per
year, vice DR.. Charles Il. Keyes re-
moved.
Edhem Pasha is fastening back to
Domokos and the furloughs ofall Turk
ish officers have been cancelled in readi-
ness for a renewal of hoStilities in
Thessaly
Madison county, H., will celebrate
the unique distinction of having paid
its entire Indebtedness with public
demonstration at Edwardsville, Sep
tenn Der 10.
Kansas City capitalists have pur-
chased body of land on the summit of
Mount Mena, Ark, 8 900 feet above the
sea level, and will establish summer
resort there.
The British parliamentary inquiry
into the Transvaal raid has been con
cluded. Cecil Rhodes is pronounced |
chief conspirator Chamberlain is
whitewas he'd.
A Panhandle special, carrying the
Pennsylvania road officials, struck Mrs.
John Dabney near Kokoma Ind, Tues
day, killing her instantly, The woman
was an invalid.
A 14-year-old boy, giving his name
as John Otto, adopted son of Mr.. and |
Mrs James Otto, of Watseka, Ill, was
rescued from New Orleans Frenchy,
tramp, at Gosport, Ind.
The work of dredging Eel river east
Of North Manchester, Ind, has proven
a failure, as the banks keep caving as
fast as workmen straighten the tortu-
Gus channel OF the stream.
Sterling c. Brewer, aged 50 years
and Miss Elizabeth Lane, aged %, were
married at Louisville. Ky. They were
from the country. Brewer was SO old
and feeble that he could not sign his
name.
Gov. Stephens of Missouri has com
muted the sentence of ten years for
forgery upon Don Cameron Patterson
bv the Saline county criminal court to
81 months, without benefit of the three
fourths law.
Lewis Lindsay, an old citizen of
H., was literally roasted
alive. His carpenter shop, in which he
took fire, and entering the
building for the purpose of saving some
yaluable papers, he was caught n the
DANES.
1t is asserted that Gov. Taylor of
Tennessee will appoint Congressman
Benton McMillin to fill the unexpired
erm as United States senator of lsham
!. Harris, deceased, and that Gov lay
or will be candidate to succeed Sen
tor Bate in 1899.