The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-03-20
NEWS ITEMS.

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THE Duke Of Conuaught and the
Princess Louisa Margaret, of Prussia,
we're married at Windsor, England, on
last Thursday.
REvEUE RAID REVERSED. "A band
Of 6fty.two moonshiners released tho
revenue prisoners out Of the HartsVille,
Tonn., Jail ca the 18th, and took away
a wagon and train which had been
s,ized BY revenue officers.
THERE was a disturbance at Helena,
Ala, on the 9Th inst, growing out Of a
difficulty between white man and a
negro. It assumed such proportions
that the Governor ordered tho Birming-
ham Rifles to the scene. Everything
is now quiet, and no further trouble is
apprehended.
GENERAL NJ. W. GARY, Of Edge6eld,
learning that the parsonage en- Wards
circuit was unfurnished, promptly and
unsolicited ordered an elegant chamber
suit of walnut furniture from dealer
in Augusta and generously donated it to
the parsonage. This ia in keeping with
the General. Es knows how to do good
things, and be does them nicely.
Nh. J. MILTON TURNER, ex, minister
to Liberia, is making speeches in Mis-
souri, in opposition to the proposed
emigration Of colored people of that
State to Liberia. He advises them to
stay where they are, and tells them they
| can do better in Missouri than in any
| other country under the sun.
Two hundred clerks Of tho Bank of
| Franco have pe.itionea the president
of that institution for permission to
wear their boards, privilege now de-
MED them. The petition speaks Of the
interdiction as humiliatiug, and promises
that discipline will be in no wise affected
by the wearing Of hair hair with which
nature has endowed them.
RECENTLY 10 one Of the Lowell Bap-
tist Churches, the Bell telephone ap-
paratus was placed in the pulpit on Sun
day, and the service was heard distinctly
BY people having connection with it in
all parts Of the city. The singing, both
tune and words, was heard at Fox
borough, ffty-fve miles distant, and,
via Foxborough, in Boston, eighty miles
away.
TIE Alabama Legislature has appro-
priated $4,000 for the purpose Of CIV
ing $75 to each soldier from that State
who had lost an arm or leg in the Con-
fedcrate service. South Carolina might
do the same without hurting her trea.
sury much. Those poor upfortunates
deserve little consideration from the
hands Of the people they served SO we'll.
CHINA will soon have established
diplomatic relations with all the priuci-
pal nations of the Garth. Chin Ian Pin,
the Chinese ambassador to the United
States, is making preparations to pro-
ceed to Spain for the purpose of estab.
fishing a legation at Madrid. After
establishing a legation at Madrid ho
will 60 to Peru for tho purpose of es-
'tablishing legation at Lima.
In the great walking match at Gil.
mors's Garden, New York, last week,
Rowell, an Englishman, was the winner
of the belt, making 500 miles in six
days. Ennis came in second, making
473 miles. and Hartman third, making
$50 miles. OLeary retired from the
track on the second day, being uuwell.
Ennis and O'Leary have already chal-
leuged Rowell for another match and
the belt, and the money has been put up.
PENSIONERS OF 1912-Under tho
1872 Pension Act, any person who
served fourteen days, or participated
in one battle in the War of 1912, is
entitled to pension Of IS per month
from date Of approval Of act. Widows
ofsuch soldiers as have died after similar
service, no matter what was the date of
marriage to the soldier, are entitled to
the same pension. All 1912 pensioners
dropped from the roll because of al
legged disloyalty are restored By this act.
No other parties are entitled. Ifthere
are any Of those soldiers in Kershaw
now, this will, no doubt, be good news
fus them.