The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-31
PERSONS IN PARTICULAR.

ffaj. Austin s. Cushman, private. sec
retafy to President Fillmore. lives in
New Bedford, Mass. -,
New York's seven surviving mayors
are Gilroy, Ely, Grant, Cooper, Edison,
TSaKAVyck and Low. .Ts.E
E5ASonzo Lamson, OF Shefburne Falls.
aged 80 years, wears White linen out
sfdeSgarments the year reundacHe &C.
cupies his time saving his own wood.
and clearing snow from-the sidewalks.
Mai. Welitseho, under whose super-
vision Port Arthur was fortified, is
regarded as the greatest living mill
tarya% engineer. lie is now As years old.
It was he who outlined the entire plan
for the fortified circle Of mountains
and hills surrounding the fortress. and
most of the work was carried out UNI
der his eye. .a-aif sac- 8
William Milliken, said to be the old
est newspaper editor in the United
States, died at Washington Courts
house, O., recently. aged 50 years. He
had been connected with papers in
Delaware, Marion, South Bend. Kala-
mazoo and La Porte. Forty-six. years
ago he became owner. Of the Fayette
County Herald and has since been its
editar. 10 @'llsa 5sst 09fa @G
The shah of Persia has conferred on
Baron Albert Schlippenbach, Russian
consul at Chieagorthe order Of the
Lion and Sun. This, the highest order
ofthe Persian nation, is presented for
correspondence performed by the
baron for the short time he acted as
consul general for Persia, before the
recent appointment of r. T. Crane,
Jr., to-that position.
Surgeon General Rixey, United
States navy, enjoys the distinction Of
having been decorated by the king of
Spain because of services 20 officers
and men of the Santa Maria, a Span
ish Warship. on the-oeaasieh-ef the
fatal explosion on that ship. The adj
miral lis further honored in occupying
the highest post a nation can offer a
physician; that of medical adviser to
the president. 1es
FOREIGN NOTES OF INTEREST.
Brazlls foreign funded debt exceeds
s230,Oe0, 600. ~ s" g
The Cholera is now almost extinct in
Turkish territory.
OF the 1,4O0 earthquakes that occur
every year in Japan, only so are no
ticeable.
For Various misdeneanors, GA school
boys in Berlin were condemned last
year to imprisonment forSfromEtwo to
ten months. ~ -
Statistics show that the birth rate
in the largest German towns is steadi-
ly decreasing, notably in Berlin, Char
lottenb1rg, Hamburg and Crefeld.
A British regiment recently landed
in Southampton after 20 years service
in India. Only six men Of the regi-
ment that sailed from England re-
turned with it. -
: Severity men had a fishing competi-
ton at Dover, England, recently, under
the. ausnices OF the Sea Anglers associ
alton. they fisIed FIVE hours and the
prize for the Observation-Disclosures taken
with a whiting turning the scale at
six ounces. ~ a~ - r t5f
~Pickp6ckets and swindlers-a multi
plying in Madrid at a startling rate,
and they carry on operations in the
principal streets and squares; under the
eyes of the. poorly paid Policemen,
many of whom are suspectedrof being
their accomplices.
Six dpels were fought as the result
of the assault on Gen. Andre by NJ.
Syveton,i in the French chamber OF
No harm was done, as the
affairs we're practically bto6dless. The
'duelist who was the worst i7urt was
able to ride away .fromthe field Of
honor on his bicycle.
FACETIoUs FILINGS.