The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-08-12

5, Sol Lewis, colored, was hanged BY
mob near Forrest, Ala for at
e tempted assault on young lady.
g Eugland's greatest heiress, only
r daughter of Lord Rothschild, is soon
to wed a young officer Of the British
: army,
= John Thornton, an engineer, was
i murdered at Webb City, Mo-, aud a
woman is under arrest charged with
p the crime,
5 W. +. Thayer, an acronaut, fell
I from his balloon at Streator, Ill.,, a
distance of over 400 feet, and was
instantly killed.
7. c. Kellogg, a wealthy mer-
chant of Dallas, Tex, suieided by
shooting himself through the head
with a revolver,
Joe Patchen, the great pacing
horse, was purchased last week by
Ed Mills, of Boston, from c. ".
Marks for S20,
American miners, said to be well
armed and determined to offer re-
sistance, now occupy the territory in
Alaska claimed ky Canada,
Gov. Chanler, of Georgia, has IS
sued an appeal to the people to join
hands with the officers and put an
end to mob law in that state.
The transport Hancock, having
on board the Nebraska regiment and
two batteries Of the Utah artillery,
arrived at San Francisco July 30th.
Mrs. Carr, an eccentric old woman
of near Denison, Tex, hid $500 in
a hens nest, An egg thief discov,
cred the money and appropriated it.
Miss Fannie Goodwin, a young
milliner of Fairview, Ky, shot and |
fatallywounded Byron Allegree, who, |
she claims, made sighting remarks
about her.
thames Yerkes. a truck farmer
near Nleksburg. Miss. shot four
boys, two fatally, in his melon patch.
All the boys were under 10 years
of age
1t is said the italian government
will insist on the possession of San
Nun Bay, in China, and that the
Italian fleet in Chinese waters will
be Immediately re-enforced.
Joseph Bryan, Cornelius Gardner,
John Mayors and Charles James, all
colored, were hanged at Baltimore,
Md, the first named for murder
and the three latter for criminal as
sault
Vim. Oliver, Of Junction City,
Kan, committed suicide by taking
morphine ten days after his mar
rage. He lefta note stating that
as he could not quit drinking he
to kill himself.
A fight took place near MiddIcs-
borough, KY, between Clel Small
wood and his nephew, VIII Small
wood, in which both men were killed.
The elder man was in the notorious
Hatfield Mccoy vendetta.
Charles and Ed Provis, aged IA
and Is years, were arrested at Jop-
lin, Mo-, charged with drowning
companion named Tommie Whalen,
aged u years. The boys went in
and young Whalen was
The body was recovered
md examination showed that his
drowning was not accidental.
Solomon Chambers, a 13-year-old t
BOY living with his parepts near
chattanooga, Tenn, was sent to the
we'll after dark for pitcher of water.
lust as he reached the well an older
brother jumped out Of the darkness !
1t him, and the little fellow was SO {
frightened he burst blood vessel,
lying before physician could be !
The withdrawal of troops from /
cleveland, o., was followed by the $
yrecking of another street-car with I
dynamite. Fortunately no one was ;
injured, although the cal =
vas crowded with passengers. Bust G
less men fear to ride on the cars i
IN account the threat of the strikers /
md their friends to boycott all who .
them. !.
Jack Holly W. Bobo and L. Priest p
CRYING time in the Federal peniten- a
iary at Leayenworth, Kas., escaped t
~ overpowering their guard. Holly, I
Who was from the Indian Territory,
vas killed in an attempt to board .,
freight train. His relatives live y
II Paris, Tex. Bobo's relatives live n
II Little Rock. Priest is Territory G
utlaw with four years to serve for l;
iorse stealing. e
There is a water f;Raine at Mara
aibo, one of the principal cities OF
enezuela, and throughout the state al
+ Zulia, no rain having fell in that c
erritory in twelve months. II
The capital stock of the Diamond a
latch Company has been increased b