The Grenada sentinel., 1903-01-17

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nen organized a union recently. The
hief discharged three men, and the
nion made Il demand on the council
hat the men be reinstated. At
Meeting of the council the matter
vas referred to the fire committee
or investigation. The frtmen de-
handed immediate action, and when
his was refused all the men We're or
|erea out and abandoned the stations.
'he policemen now are placed i'll
harge of stations until other ar
can be made.
Released BY Mab.
At midnight, thirty masked: 1nen re-
eased w. =. Hopwood and y. II.
Johnson from the Marshall county |
.Tenn) Jail. The prisoners were
.harged with lynching negro
,amed John Davis, and Il numerous
signed petition to Judge Houston
% grant Il special term Of court to
ry them had been refused. The re-
eased prisoners immcdiate ely left the
4 Horrible Death.
Irma Hawkes.. thirteen years of
age, met death in a horrible manner
1t Dresden. Tenn. The child was sub
iect to epileptic fits and was at
tackled while alone. She fell into an
open fireplace and was literally
burned to a crisp.
Negro Hanged For Murder.
At Augusta, Ga, Solomon Dunn, a
negro, was hanged for the murder of
William Springs, a young white man.
The prisoner was in such a nervous
state that he had to be held up the
entire time until the rope was at
tached.
Stable Boy Cremnted.
J. II. Williams. stable boy, and %
horses were burned to death in a fire
at Dallas, Tex. The loss is estimated
at $4,000.
Will Estabnsh n New Town.
A hundred colonists have left Han
cock county. Ky, for the Indian ter
ritcry, where they will establish a
new town.
The Work of Robbers.
was bound and gagged in his room
and the place set on fire by robbers.
Church escaped only after the flames
had burned away the cords which
held him.
Texas Woman an Ofhce-HOlder.
Mrs. c. S. Campbell has been ap-
pointed tax assessor OF Lee county,
Tex, to succeed her husband, who
died recently. This is the first time
woman has held office in Texas.
Drowned in a Ci~tern.
Charles. the 1S-months-old son of
b. 3. Fore. fell into a cistern at
Natchez. Miss, and was drowned,
despite frantic efforts on the part of
the child's mother to save him.
Bricklayers and Masons.
The annual convention of the
Bricklaver's and Masons' Internation-
al Union of America convened at
Memphis. Tenn, for a session of two
weeks duration.
Mutual Insurance Company.
The insurance committee of the
Kentucky Distillers' association has
decided to incorporate mutual in
surance company in order to escape
high rates.
Married in Circus Arena.
Two circus performers were mar
ried at Pensacola, Fla, the ceremony
being performed in an arena in
which were crouched four African
lions.
Girl of Fifteen E,oDes.
D. A. Parks and Mary Jane Martin
aged Is, of Princeton, Ky. eloped to
Metropolis, Ill, where they were mar
ried. The bride wore a short dress.
She Wanted to Die.
Miss Lucy Travis attempted suicide
at West Point, Miss, by taking
strychnine, but was discovered before
the drug had time to take effect.
"The Wages of Sin Are Death"
Ernest Davis, colored, paid the
death penalty on the gallows at Man
| chester, Va, for the murder of JohI
Henry Stokes, also colored.
Accidentally Esl1cd.
Miss Clara Sweeting was accident
allv shot and killed at Pine Barren
Fla, by Paul Lambert, boy, whe
was shooting at a target.
| Tired of Life.
Miss Susie Van Landingham com
mitted suicide at West Point, Miss
by shooting herself through the head
| Her mind was unbalanced.
| Third to Meet Horrible Fate.
The 4-year-old daughter of LIE
/ O'Brien was burned to death at Mad
isonville, KY, the third child of tn
family to meet that fate.