The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-09-23

The natural gas in Indiana is
Playing out, according to the geolo-
gist of that state,
Joe Patchcn, the famous PAGER,
was sold last week TO John Mccarthy,
of New York, for $4,000.
A half-dozen live chickens, newly
Matched, were found in ease of
eggs received at st, Louis.
The scheme to organize trust Of
manufacturers Of bridge material and
bridge builders fell through.
Myron Roberts, insane, of Han
nibal, Mo-, shot and killed his de,
mented son and then attempted
suicide.
A new counterfeit 50 silver cert.
ficate of the series Of 1896, check
letter &C." Bruce registrar, is in
circulation.
John Wehkamp, Lulu Bray and
Mary Mccarthy were drowned at
Quincy Ill. They were run down
in skiT by steamer
The attorney general of Illinois
holds that the treatment of disease
by Christian science methods is not
an offense against the laws Of that
state.
Cornelius Vanderbilt, the multi
millionaire, died at his home in New
York City Of paralysis. He was APP
parently well to with five hours OF
his death.
A scmi-ollicial paper of Berlin in
vites the French government to ask
Germany for proofs of Dreyfus' III
n rence, which it says will promptly
e forthcoming.
1t is said President Mckinley will
appoint Hon. W. l.. Chambers. for
mer chief justice of Samoa, to a fed
era iudgeship in Alabama. MIR.
Chambers is a democrat.
An order for the organization of
two colored regiments has been
i sued by the war department. All
of the field officers of these regi-
ments are white, and all company
officers colored men who served in
the war with Spain in either the
regulars or volunteers.
The Society of the Spanish War
Veterans was organized at Washing |
ton, d. c., last week. All soldiers
Of the regular and volunteer army, |
navy and marine corps, who honor
ably served during the war with
Spain, are eligibleas members of the
society. Miss Helen Gould was
elected national sponsor.
Mollie Rodgers, aged Is, slipped
out Of church at Wichita, Kas.,
while her father was offering prayer,
and was met at the door by Charles
Turpin, her 19-year-old sweetheart.
The young man was accompanied by
a justice, and before the girl was
missed from the congregation the
ceremony was performed.
Gen. Otis has sent to the war de-
partment the result of his investi-
cations, which show that Americans
have been engaging in the traffic of
arms and ammunition and other,
wise aiding the insurgents. The
report shows that F. NJ. PIummer,
IN American citizen, residing at
purchased of Manuel Padre,
through his attorney, Manuel Ayala,
the steamer Isorog, and the next day
chartered the steamer to Padre at
.he rate Of 81, 600 per month. The
BOARD found that the steamer made
, number of mysterious trips under
registry, bearing arms and
ammunition to the insurgents.
The report of the statistician
Of the department of agriculture
shows the average condition of the
cotton crop on September LIST to have
been IS. 5 as compared with 81. 0 last
$50 on September l, 1898;
1873 at the corresponding date in
1897, and 1874 for the mean of the
averages for the last ten
years. The condition on the first
Of the present month was, with the
exception of the year 1896, the low
est in 20 years. There was a general
decline of the condition during Au-
gust amounting to points in Ala
Dama, 8 in Mississippi and Ten
nessee, 10 in North Carolina and
Georgia, II in South Carolina and
Louisiana, rs in Florida, 20 in Okla
homa, "A in Arkansas, 26 in Texas
and 40 in the Indian Territory.
Mrs. Annie Hummel, As years of
age, and Mrs. Mary Bischoff, aged
So, sisters living in different parts
Of st. Louis, were stricken from
heat and died almost at the same
hour.
A Southern Pacific passenger train
was held up by two masked men
near Cochin, Ariz., on the 11thinst.
The passengers and mail car were
not molested, but the bandits blew
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