The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-12-21
NEWS GLEANINds.

a rich tin mine, said to be the only
! ono in the United States, has been dis
covered in Clay county, ala.
The empress of Russia received by
actual count 6,OOO begging letters in one
week in Rome, and they say Minister
w. w. Astor has received nearly as
many.
The Savannah (Ga.) News predicts
that as much money will be invested in
cotton factories and cotton-seed oil
mills in the South next year as there
has been this.
Processes have recently been patented
in Parisfor making red and white wines
from red and white beets, that are said
TO be equal in every respect to many Of
J the wines of the grape.
Exile for life, instead Of imprison-
ment, is the punishment decreed for
Arabi Pasha. To save trouble no doubt
he pleaded guilty to the charge of re-
!. bellion and was sentenced to death, and
the sentence was commuted.
The Board of Audit on the Garfield
claims have made the towing allowances
to physicians: DR.. Bliss, $6,50O; Dr.
Frank Hamilton, $4,000; DR.. Agnew,
$4,000; DR.. Reynolds, $4,000; DR.. Boyn.
tom $4,000; Mrs. DR.. Edison, $4,000.
t The German government has resolved
to extend the ordinence of 1880 which
forbids the importation of minced pork
and sausage from America. The new
ordinance forbids "the importation of
pigs, pork, bacon, lard and sausages of
all kinds" ,....
III. A. p. Garter, the Hawaiian dplo-
mat, who visited this country to try
Colonization movement among the sur
plus negroes at the South, says that the
growing industries of the section made
it evident that there would soon be am
pie demand for all resident labor.
DR.. Frank Hamilton, one of the con-
sulting physicians in Garficld's case, now
asserts that the unfortunate President
was dosed to death with NOR phine by
directions Of DR.. Bliss after the use of
the drug had been prohibited by coun
. Gil Of the medical attendants. It il
probable that Bliss will sue Hamilton
for libel and then the evidence will be
produced.
Texas is very literally supplied with
insane people, there being at present
two thousand such persons under the
care OF the State, and large number
Tor whom there are no accommodations.
II is proposed to spend $500, 900 next
year putting up more buildings for til
accommodation of the insane. The
State has plenty of money, there Being
$l,O00,000 in the Treasury.
A new fashion to signaIize is that of
spoo1n1ysahaped bonnets. They do not
stand up straight above the head, as did
that OF similar form which were in
vogue some fifteen years ago, but the
point projects over the wearer's brow.
80 Tar they are in dark velvet, with the
fronts lined with pale colored satin,
Another new fashion is the custom,
adopted by young society men. of carry.
ang canes to the opera--not little deli
cate switches, but good sized, solid, sub
stantial sticks.
Soldiers in foreign lands are easily ex.
cited in battle. 1t is only the American
warrior who keeps cool. "rhere were
N674 muskets picked up on the battle
field at Gettysburg and turned into the
Washington arsenal, of which about
24,0e0 were loaded. About one-half Of
this number contained two charges each.
and the remainder one charge. The
largest number of cartridges found in
any one piece was twenty-three. In
some cases the paper of the CARTRIDGES
was unbroken, and in others the powder
was uppermost.
Atlanta Constitution: Tom Nunan,
local passenger agent for the Memphis
and Charleston road, passed through the
clty yesterday with sixty.seven converts
TO the Mormon faith who are going to
Utah. The entire party were residents
OF Habersham county, and were con-
verted in that county and Joined the
church before leaving. Of the sixty
seven only seventeen were mon. Many
' OF the women were mere children. a
woman had with her three babies, trip
lets, which she carried in basket. Tie
railway fare was paid by an association
in Salt Lake, which sent the money to
Georgia some weeks ago.
The New Orleans Times Democrat
has sent an exploring party to the cele
brated Everglades of Florida, famous in
poetry and history, yet mysterious re-
gion, of which as little is known as of
+. "the dark continent" The expedition
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