The Grenada sentinel., 1899-08-19

shot and killed his 5O.year-old VIII
and her 25-year-old paramonr.
Chas. Simsheur, rs, of Weston
Mo-, hung himself to rafter in hi
woodshed. Too much whisky.
Officials of Springfield, No., pro-
pose to stamp out smallpox by burn
ing infected buildings and their con
tents.
The Missouri Pacific railway sys'
TEN will cease mining its own Goa
and let the contract to the lowest
bidder.
The first case a yellow fevel
among the troops ac havana was re-
ported to the war department on the
Sth inst.
John G. Pollock, a noted coun'
terfeiter, was captured by secret ser
vice detectives near Pecos, Tex, the
other day.
Ex- United States Senator Roger
@. Mills sold o part of his oil land
farm in Texas to the Standard Oil
Company for $4,000.
At a ferry near Bar Harbor. Me-,
200 persons were precipitated into
the water by the breaking of ferry
slip, and 20 were drowned. ,
John Inshoe. aged l04 years, died
at his home in Montgomery county,
Kansas, last week. He was the
oldest resident of that state.
DR.. NJ. c. Wyatt, Of Springfield,
No., was arrested on the charge OF
leading astray the 16-year-old daugh-
ter of a brother practitioner.
The Chinese government has been
warned by the Russian minister at
Pekin that an alliance with Japan
would give great offense to Russia.
Napoleon West, a cattleman, shot
and killed his partner, L. Newman.
at their ranch in Grant county,
Oklahoma. West claims Newman
insulted his wife
The local camp of Confederate
veterans at Chattanooga, Tenn, has
started a movement to erect a $40, 600
monument to Gen. N. B. Forrest,
the famous cavalry leader.
In fight between Mexican troops
and Yaqui Indians near Medano, the
redskins were defeated with a loss
of IS killed and many wounded. The
Mexican losses were small.
Secretary Root says Gen. Otis will
have $4,000 men at the close of the
rainy season, and if that number
does not prove sufficient to shortly
end the war. more will be furnished.
The mutilated body of Rev. V.
J. Rubin, said to be the son of a
New York millionaire. was found
near New Laredo. Mex. He was
murdered for the purpose Of robbery.
Dearwood Branham, aged II, en-
route to Moberly, No.. in charge Of
an officer, jumped from Wabash
train near Macon while it was run
80 miles an hour and was uninjured.
Chas. W. Cox, a rich planter Of
Chattanooga, Tenn, fired at a negro
burglar and killed his wife, the
bullet penetrating her heart. The
couple had been married only two
weeks.
G. NJ. Tissue, . machinist, and
Chas. Funk, painter, arrested at
Sedalia, No., for counterfeiting, con.
fessed. Three pairs of molds and
sl7 in bogus coin were found ". bt
flooring of their room.
President Kruger, of the Trans.
vaal republic, through official news
papers, warns England that all tht
mining property in the Transvaa
held by English capitalists will b.
blown up and utterely destroyed il
case Of war.
The number of people killed b.
the hurricane in Porto Rico is esti
mated at 1000, and 100000 wer'
left homeless and destitute by th'
storms fury. President McKinle,
has issued an urgent appeal to th'
American people to contribute t,
the relief of the suffering Port,
Ricans.
The committee in charge Of tn
arrangements for the laying Of tn
cornerstone of the new Fedora
building in Chicago next Octobe
have sent out invitations to ex-C Con
federate generals and officers to at