The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-03-22
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

The Mercantile bank of Vera Cruz,
Mexico, has declared an annual divi'
dend of - per cent on it's capital o:
81, Ooo, 900.
A section of the naval arsenal al
Valparaiso, Chile, was destroyed by
fire on the 10th. The loss is placed az
81. 900, 900.
Reese Evans and A. A. Smith
fought a duel with Winchesters, at
eight feet distance, on the 18th, at
Purdy station. New. Each received in.
juries from which death resulted. The
quarrel was over a strip of almost
worthless land.
H. r. Nickerson, vice president ant
general manager of the Mexican Cen
trail railway, was, on the 10th, elected
president of the INSTRUMENTATION
Steamship Co., to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of o. +
Spindler.
Fire, on the 10th, destroyed nearly
half the town of Campbell, Neb. 1t
started in a billiard hall, and in an
hour, with a terrific wind blowing,
burned the billiard hall, newspaper
Office, blacksmith shop, post office,
hardware store, drug store and hotel.
Owing to the cholera at Hong Kong
n quarantine of five days will be en-
forced against all vessels arriving at
Manila from that port.
a Mobile & Ohio freight train was
ditched at Oraville. Ill, on the night
of the 10th, and Sam ~Forsythe, of
Tupelo, Miss, was killed. His three
companions, James Dyson, William
Mauly and Alexander Smith, were
dangerously injured. They were rid
ing in a box car.
William Turner, a prominent farm
er who lived a few miles east of Tam
aroa, ILL.,, died, on the night of the
18th, of pneumonia. His wife's death
followed five minutes later. Both
were buried, on the 10th, in the same
coffin, which was specially prepared.
Representatives of all classes of
people in the state of Illinois Joined,
on the 10th, in a final tribute of re-
spect to ex-Gov. John p. Altgeld.
whose remains were laid to rest in
Graceland cemetery, Chicago.
A tornado struck the mining town
OF Piper, Ala, on the 10th. wreckinp
40 houses and damaging 80 Others,
I'd Turner, a negro, was killed. and
John Allen. wife and three children
were severely injured.
David Williams, a prominent cjti.
zen of Hidalgo, ILL.,, shot and killed
ED Ortman, on the 10th. An old
grudge existed between the two men
and ortman had threatened Wiu-
Jams life a number Of times.
A Suez dispatch of the 10th said.
The canal is at present blocked nv
the British petroleum steamers Ne
wife, from Marseilles February "a
and ~Bulysses, from Constantinople
February "a, for Port Said. The
former is on fire and the latter Sc
ashore and Abandoned"
Repeated threats TO abduct his
three children unless q ransom Of
$4,000 was left in a certain snot
ana a warning that murder would
follow the placing of detectives ON
the case, have caused Alexander r.
a prominent citizen of Pitts.
burg Pa, to remove his family to
New York.
Lemnel T. Goldsberry. charged
win aiding thieves to dispose of
stolen property, was sentenced. at
omaha, to serve ten years in the
Nebraska penitentiary. He cursed the
court n attorneys. His two sons
were given lighter sentences.
Plans were completed at Appleton
WIS., on the 18th, for a paper mill tc
be built at Independence, Kas.. which
viii manufacture paper from sor.
ghum cane BY an improved process.