The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-05-26
UNNOTICED.

Rev. Benjamin Pierce, aged II years,
and Mrs. Alice Casey, aged SO years,
were married at Centralia, Ill.
Senator Clark's credentials were
| placed before the senate, Tuesday, but
were allowed to lie on the table.
Malcolm r. Patterson was nominat-
ed for congress by the democratic con
vention of the Tenth Tennessee dis
trict. ..
The suspension of Director General
Rathbone from the head of the Cuban
postal service is believed to be per-
manent.
In a shooting ARRAY near Salem,
ILL.,, three men and q woman were
wounded. The latter's condition is
critical.
Thomas McDermott, brother of
Maxine Elliott, the actress, wife of Nat
Goodwin, committed suicide at San
Francisco.
Thomas Harper, a millionaire mer-
chant of Darby, Conn.,, died from the
effects of a sneeze that ruptured a
blood vessel.
"Terrapin Tom" Murrey, the famous
restauranteur, epicure, friend of presi-
dents and princes, committed suicide
in New York.
Fire at Alliance, O., destroyed
Reeves Brothers boiler works. The
total loss will reach $144, 900, with $4O,-
500 insurance.
Samuel A. Elliott, of Cambridge,
Mass, was elected president of the
American Unitarian association il ses-
sion at Boston.
Party rates on railroads for theatri-
cal parties and government troops will
be placed on the same basis or en-
tirely wiped out.
Three men have died at Waquan, ILL.,,
from drinking lemon extract. Several
dealers are under arrest on charge of
illegally selling liquor.
j. E. Mitchell, a patent-right man
from Little Rock, shot and instantly
killed Charles Devers, a resident, OF
Eureka Springs, Ark.
Inc b Maj Birth convention, at st.
Louis, ended Tuesday. The establish.
ment of a hospital for consumptives at
Denver was determined upon.
William Postern, a well-know cattle
man, committed suicide by taking
poison at his home neal Nebo, l. L.
Financial troubles led to the act.
All the potters in Akron, o., includ-
ing 500 or nor men, are out on a
strike for higher wages, and practical
ly all of the potteries there are shut
down.
Officers of Illinois roads are consid.
ering a proposition to make a rate of
one fare for the round trip for the
Democratic state convention, in
Springfield, June 26.
Through the vigilance of Sheriff
James Sloan a desperate attempt at
Jail delivery was frustrated at Dam
vile. III. Five saws and a knife were
found among the prisoners.
The Monon officials will offer a
prize Tor the best plans and speciica-
tions drawn for the hotel which is to
be erected at West Baden, Ind. The
building will cost not less than $780,
600.
The government crop reports say
that the weather has been generally
favorable. though rather too cool in
Missouri. and much too damp in
Texas. Illinois wheat suffered from
Hessian fly.
Former United States Senator N. p.
Hill, whose health has been poor for
several years, died at Denver, Col,
from a complication of troubles, orig
mating in weakness of the stomach.
He was 68 years old.
Two of the largest tobacco ware
houses in the country, two factories
and a storage warehouse, filled with
bright leaf tobacco, were destroyed by
fire at Danville, Va, together with $780,
900 pounds of tobacco, valued at about
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