The Grenada sentinel., 1899-02-04
OTHERWISE UNN0TICED.

PsA oe'Ooaicf, oI Ma2cO0tah, ILL.,,
finally hiccoughed himself to death.
W. II. Mitchell, q wealthy stockman,
was frozen to death near Jolly, Tex.
Alice Hendershot, crippled girl of
Marshall, ILL.,. committed suicide with
poison.
United States Consul W. v. Cobb,
at Colon, Colombia, is reported Sc
riously i'll with fever. =
Iowa coal miners will hold conyen.
tion February % to consider the
eight-hour day question. ~G%
The mortuary rate for January in
st, Louis was the highest of any in
the history of the city.
The water tower at Murphysboro,
Ill.,. fell. 1t was demolished and
smashed an Office building.
Jethro Kemper, of Gentry county.
Mo-, killed his wife, shot twice at her
daughter, and then mortally wounded
himself. H.
Miss Mary Withrqw, aged nearly 81
years, the oldest resident of johnson
county, Mo-, died at her home in Cen
terview.
Ethan Allen, a veteran Missouri
newspaper man, is dead at Lexington,
Mo-, where he had been in business
since 1856.
Judge O'Neal, of Greene county,
Mo-, dug up several thousand dollars,
which his aged father had buried in
the garden.
Fire of unknown origin totally de.
stroyed Iowa City Electric Light Co.'S
plant. at Iowa City, Ia. Loss, $25,ooO;
insurance. $4,000.
County treasurers of Illinois met at
Springfield and formed an organiza-
ton to obtain compensation for their
services as assessors.
George Plummer, who bought ho-
tel and an eating-house with worthless
checks and gave free dinners, was ad-
judged insane at Sedalia, Mo.
H. II. Gardner. one of the founders
OF FL Dorado, Kas., leading citizen
and financier there and cashier of the
national bank, died Tuesday.
Jake Hanna, a farmer who lived at
Climbing Hill, Ia., met with runa-
way accident near Hornick, Ia, and
his skull was so badly crushed that
he died.
Jacob Schwartz, patrolman of
New Albany, Ind, committed suicide
by cutting his throat with a pocket
knife. The deed was caused by de-
| spondency.
1t is reported from London that the
Flipinos will take news of the ratifi-
cation of the treaty by the United
States senate as a signal for inaugu-
rating war. .5s.. ...
A United States deputy marshal ii
at Sedalia, Mo-, endeavoring to locate
counterfeiters, who have been flood
ing the city with bogus quarters and
half dollars.
Edward Gum, travelling salesman
OF Ypsilanti, Mich, died suddenly al
Decatur, Ind. He was wild with rage
a few hours before he died fighting al
imaginary foe. &
Peter Holt, OF Dickson county
Tenn., was shot from ambush in hi
yard, the contents of a shotgun being
emptied into his right side, fatally
wounding him.
| Mrs. Mary A. Bower, widow of Joh1
r. Bower, one Of Pettis county's frs
representatives in the Missouri gen
eral assembly, died at San Angelo
Tex, aged so years.
| Fred and Charles Gerber. aged tel
and four years, died at Gilman, III.
from injuries received in fire whicl
burned their home. They had bee1
left alone at home by their mother.
In the passage of the Hull bill b,
the house, providing. for an increas
of the army, six republicans vote'
against and five democrats for II
Otherwise It was strict party vote
While the chemical wagon wasmak
ing a run to fire at Logansport, Ind
runawty team dashed up behin'
the wagon and crushed John Griffi
and John O'Mara, two firemen. Th
former is probably fatally injured.
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