The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-11-02

Ao,r;L- ' " mink of tbn
hourlshing town OF Osyka. which the
30 greatly damaged by fire last was
Every house tut one on one sida .eek.
principal street had gone I'm in tne
wnen the force of helpers from e'
como and Magnolia got there n NC
hcComb's chemical engine. Tbo rl'n
mouse was already in flames b,t 10ue
were extlnguished almost immediat%N
N the house left in fairly good
dltion. If Osyka had possessed =
CINE of her own, how vast would Cd
been her saving! nave
The Illinois Central Railroad
displayed great liberality and er,a"
prise in the improvements II is ror,'
In jackson and is spending
money. it Is claimed, at this no,.'
than at any other between New oN
leans and Chicago. In addition 20
monster coal chute which the ro.a
building (and which is one Of tha
largest in the country, it is build,as
a new round house at the capita, c,tr
and viii! begin the erection Of sron
shops in a few days, at which went
or thirty expert machinists will h.
employed. In addition to th,Ss
changes the road will install q nov,
system Of handling the trains in tAa
jackson yards, so as to avoid the verr
disagreeable blocking of streets %
much complained of now.
Auditor Coles tabulation Of tbo
State pension roll shows an increase
OF 20 per cent. in the number of non.
sions during the past year. the toto,
number now being 1924 against 4994
last year. The participants in the non.
preferred class will only receive 40;
each, as against $3.50 each last YEA,
In the first preferred class ffty.twn
pensioners will draw s100 each. in
hi second preferred class 1888 will re-.
ceive $50. There are 2,4O4 widows and
PIG negroes on the roll. The total
amount distributed is s150.OOO. Mon.
o county heads the list with 222
pensioners and Coahoma stands at the
foot Of the pension class with only
two to her credit.
One Of West Points progressive citi.
zens has made a great success of his
pear orchard, and has been marketing
his crop for two months at a hand.
some profit. This young West Pointer
now has 300 trees in their prime. Up
to the 18th inst. he had sold 800 bush.
els and had 500 bushels on hand.
which he will market between this
and Christmas, and from the entire
crop he will make q clear profit of
$500. This is good pay for the labor
involved and the outlay required, es-
pecially when the great cost Of mar.
keting by express is considered.
At the recent term of Circuit Court
In Houston a most unique case came
up for trial. The defendant was
charged with bigamy, and claimed
duress as to his first marriage, sus'
tanning his plea by proof. The court
charged the jury that marriage was a
civil contract in this State and re-
quired consent of both parties, hence
marriage proven to have been under
duress was absolutely void, and in.
structed the jury to find for the de-
PENDANT.
Judge Stevens, in his charge to the
grand jury at Walden last week, spe-
cially charged it to indict those road
contractors who had failed to worx
the public roads according to their
contract. 1t is said that the jury
means to carry out the judges IN
structions to the letter. Some of them
must live along the roads which the
"delinquents" have failed to work.
Nothing helps a county more than
good roads and nothing binders II
more tnan bad roads.
The many friends OF Miss Matte
Plunkett, our efficient State Librarian
will regret to learn of the double sor'
row that has come to her home cree
in the death in the Indian Territory
of her brother, R. S. Plunkett, and Oh
the same day, at the home in Jackson
Of her little nephew, the son OF Al
bert Plunkett. The sad news from
the Indian Territory reached the lam
lily as the child's funeral was leaving
for the cemetery.
Natchez has at last signed the con-
tract for the electric railway "l'n
Harry X. Johnston, of Vicksburg' anu
work will be commenced by NIL
Johnston as soon as the material can
be brought to Natchez .
It is not generally known by cur
people that the widow OF the ia'
Judge H. A. Garrett of st. Joseph y"
(whose lamented death occurred a ie"
weeks ago), is the only daughter OIL Inv
beloved historian of Mississippi wi
]. f. H.. Claiborne, who died In 1900
Columbus now r~ejoices in the es'aV
lishment of a planning mill, the piop