The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-01-19
OTHERWISE UNNOTICED

Lester hel1I, the Wcll-knONu JOShty.
has brought a fruit farm at San Jose,
Cal, for S21,5O0.
\ constitutional test is to be made
of the Missouri law providing for spe-
cial %juries.
The Richardson hearing, at Savan-
nah, Mo-, has been postponed on ac-
count of the illness of Mrs. Richard
son.
The house committee on post Offices
decided against the pneumatic mail
tube system and made no appropria-
ton for it.
The administration has recalled
Special Commissioner Rockhill from
China, being in need of his counsel at
Washington.
The oil find at Beaumont, Tex, has
caused a great furry in real estate,
and an influx of oil magnates and
spectators.
Gov. Dockery of Missouri has with
drawn all the unconfirmed appoint
ments of his predecessor, Gov. Stephens,
from the senate.
Arthur Cakes, son of Peter Cakes,
of st. Louis, is accused by his wife of
having attempted to cut her throat
with a razor, Sunday night, in Bos-
ton.
Detective John Cordell, indicted at
ST. Louis for assaulting an election
official. gave bond to answer the
charge, and has been suspended from
duty.
A Madison Cll.) laborer obtained
So in good money samples from east
ern green goods men by representing
that he might buy some of their
goods.
A call has been issued for an Ok
lahoma statehood convention to urgs
upon the present congress the claims
of the territory for admission to the
union.
Milo Gregory and ]. II. Tettalon.
who were to have been ha. ged at
Benz EFT. Mo-, next Saturday. have been
granted respites for 80 days by Gov.
Dockery.
Gov. Savers and Lieut.-Gov. Brown
ing were in%augurated at Austin, Tex,
in joint session of the Legislature,
Tuesday. in the presence of fully 1900
spectators.
John Gender, II years old, allowed
his right hand to be caught under the
knife of a cloth cutter at the Bemis
bag factory, at st. Louis, and the
member was amputated.
The st. Louis court of appeals has
ruled that a widower is entitled to the
same rights in his deceased wife:
estate as are granted a widow in hel
deceased husbands estate.
John w. Harrison, founder and sole
owner of the Shickle, Harrison &
Howard Iron Co., of St. Louis, has dis
posed of his entire interest in thu
plant and retired from business.
Capt. Bernier, of Quebec, who volun
pole, has completed all his arrange
ments in London, and confidently pre-
diets the success of his expedition.
Venezuela has seized two vessels TO
use against the revolutionists. Tn
company that owns them has a Brit
~ ia q IN IN itdh . BitSi
dent. international complication
may follow.
The government has taken cogni7
anee of the prevailing grip epidemic
and IN inquiry has been set on foo
to ascertain its exact extent, ~severit
and peculiarities in varius parts o
the United States.
Mrs. Julia Chauvin Howse, who's
grandfather, Joseph Chauvin, arrive
at the site of st. Louis in compan
with Pierre Laclede and August
Chouteau, died at her home in S
Louis, Tuesday, aged 81 years.
Every petroleum producer in tn
United States, except the Standard o
Co, is opposed to the ship-subsidy bill
/ They see in it al attempt to form
shipping trust and exclude thei
product from foreign countries.
Fred Alexander, the negro, VIII
Saturday evening, attempted to a
sault Miss Eva Roth and who w;
supposed to nave assaulted and kille
Paerl Forbes in Leavepworth, IA.
in November last, was taken from Il
sheri's guard and burned at the stalk
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