The Grenada sentinel., 1897-02-20
SOUTHERN oLEANiNoa
Strangers View Of New Orleans.

A strssgsr's View Of New Orleans.
NJ have been observing the splendid
system Of street cars in your city"
said W. Wilfred, of Philadelphia, to .
reporter in New Orleans. Il see by
the signs on the cars that more than
half OF them run on avenues, which.
if there is anything in the name. indi.
Gates that there are large number OF
fine, wide streets running from the
center to the suburbs Of the city. In
fact l have seen several OF them
and have been told that
there are many like them.
Streets like St. Charles avenue
and Tulane avenue and Claiborne
avenue are something to be proud o.
and if the city authorities are wise
they will do all they can to improve
these streets and see that they are
properly paved and kept clean. There
is nothing that develops q city like
wide. clean, well-kept streets. You
have some fine asphalt pavements
here, see. You need more. There
are not many cities which have such
an area for development 1t is pity
the land is SO wet, but have no doubt
that the city will succeed in draining
it."
| Married 1t Two III the Morning.
Joseph Garmon and Miss Lou M.
Flowers, from near Russellville, KY,
accompanied by friends, eloped to
Clarksville, Tenn, arriving about mid
night. They intended to marry at ..
m, but several Louisville and Nash
vile drummers took the matter In
hand and arranged an after-midnight
wedding. The wedding party, who
had retired, were aroused, and
license was secured Rev. 6. W. Shell
ton, OF the Cum berland church, was
sent for, and wedding ceremony was
performed at two o'clock. The minis
ter was handsomely rewarded by the
travelling men.
Southern Mills VIII Not Shut Down
The recent action of the New En-
gland cotton mills in deciding to close
down two days Of each week will not
be followed by the southern mills. Ex-
Gov. Bullock, president of the Atlanta
(Ga. cotton mills and Of the southern
cotton mills advisory committee, says:
The New England shutdown is to
limit the output of the finer grades of
goods. OF the class of goods made in
southern mil Is we have more orders
than we can fill, so that we would have
toincrease our working capacity rather
than cut down. We will run on full
time"
For Killing . Boy.
At Selma. Ala, John Townsend was
, found guilty of the murder of Fleming
Young, aged IA, and sentenced to
death. The jury was out 10 hours. AS
Christmas frolic was in progress and
liquor was flowing freely the boy wac
singing for the amusement OF this
guests. and Townsend ordered him to
stop. He kept on singing and Town
send told him if he did not stop he
would kill him. The boy persisted.
and Townsend pulled pistol, and,
,, aiming it at the singer fred.
Deaf and Dumb Child Burned.
Jean Fillay, the ten-year-old child of
A. H. Fillay, well-kuown merchant
Of jacksonville, Fla. was permitted to
:, go upstairs to play alone. After She
. had been there for some time strange
sounds were heard. The child is deaf
and dumb and was unable to cry out,
J. but she gave some kind of an alarm,
r and her mother, hearing it, fastened
Il up to her. Opening the door she was
d shocked at seeing her child in flames.
e The little one was badly burned.
The Louisiana Drought.
Fifteen parishes in Louisiana, prin
cipally in the hill districts, are affected
: by the drought. and, although the
g state appropriated s65, 900 for corn, j,
h was but drop in the bucket SO tar as
relieving the distress was concerned
New Orleans has sent money and othel
contributions, and Shreveport ha!
done the same. At present there arr
IL committees busily at work. and ladie!
are giving entertainments to add tt
IT the relief fund
Miss Ella Knocks the Socks.
- The following letter appeared in th
~ i, St. Louis Republic OF recent date:
- CIrRoNvILLE, Ala, Feb Il see an articl
T. In your paper about the biggest boy in tn
'r world-so claimed-Edward Schsrrer. al
n just . child in age. Am not l3 years old unit
;s March II, and can knock the socks of Of hin
/ weigh ECO pounds to-day l am feet g.
s. inches in height would like to see this
We print ELLA CRoUCE-
Over the Murphy Estate.
- A suit in chancery for possession G
u. the Murphy estate, in Colbert county
" Ala. valued at $685. has been ds
cided in favor OF the Tucker claimant!
!. The case has been twice to the 81
preme court There were claiman,
OF from . dozen estates, and the prope
ty has been in litigation for years.
"a Newell Sentenced to Hang.
, Pig Newell was convicted of murde
IN at Selma, Ala, and sentenced 10
=. hanged March 10. December 20 Wrigl
Crawford was murdered by NeweI
a. who, to cover his crime. put the bod
ia on brushpile and cremated it. Il
II. confessed his guilt after conviction |
w jury.