The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-08-30
GENERAL NEW S.

"Two-DoLLAR Bluff il the namo given
iCa village recently located on Indian
river, Fla.
a ZIG trec at Micanopy, Fla, bears
Fl 1t bushels of figs every year.
The Illinois Central railroad shops at
Water Valley, Miss, arc turning out
four twenty-ton ccal cars every twenty
four hours.
TT is reported from San Francisco
4 that in tho list ten years $G.000,000
worth of opium he's lccn smugglCd into
that port.
FonTY-THREE cities and towns in Tex
rs assumed separate control of their
schools and will conduct them indeperd-
ont of State system.
The German carp sent to Florida by
the Fish Commission docs not thrive in
the everglades. The Alligators scare
them to death and the turtles eat them
A MINING company have sunk shaft
near Cold Springs. Greene county, Tenn.
to the depth of six feet in n rock, and
have struck q large vein of silver that
J pays at that depth $34. II per ton.
HE Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle saws
that 1t IS an uncommon thing to find in
that city negro who can not read and
write, while there is much illtcracv
among the whites.
OVER $50 dwellings, have been erected
during the past year within the city linn
Its OF Savannah Ga, Mt on approximate
cost of $30O,000, Including $4,000
worth Of property improved upon within
the city boundaries.
lie fruit growers Of Florida are pre-
pairing to fum an association for the
protection of their usincss. The asso-
citation will have charge of all gooGs
shipped frcm LEGAL roints, arrange fer
their sale ard secure careful huECEng..
WARREN BAILEY, n colorcd man of
Augusta, Ga, is creating quite SCH
sation by his aquatic gyratinns and div
ing feats. He catches fish by diving for
them, and gives regular exhibitions,
which arc attended hy large numbers of
citizens.
GEORGIA has Just completed building
contnlring eco ms, fer Ecr cclorcd
insane citiZcls, ut MillcGGtvillc. After
the colorCd mratios were trarsfcrCd to
their ntw quarters The wtlll Ct lCmcdcl-
ing their old asylum began, and in which
the white lunatics will lie cared for.
PuLAsK1, T,nn.) Citizen: We have in
the Southern States in crcration, or in
course of erection, 191 cotton factories.
Ibis 'utl1nlGs ly twonty. seven all
the cotton factories in New England
' outside of Massachusetts, and exceeds
by sixteen the number III that State.
CHARLFsToN, IS. c. News and Cou-
ricr: The system CT hiring cut conyicts
is 'iot upon the ci>iljz;ti CT the
Soul, whether the Ilisorels are pen
ned up i'll coal mine, DIGGING up phcs-
phatc rCck or i'll building railrt uGs. 1t
is cruel, nhuman and mmdcrous. 1t
should lie abolished, and Tie SOC ner the
better
SELMA (Ala.) Times: To barrow
gauge RAILROADS. this State must lcok for
the coi"pletcst develorCmcnts of it's re-
sources We havn't got the capital to
build broad gauges for feeders for local
convenience, but we can and must send
narrow-gaugCs ont into every section
where it will pay.
MAJOR G. X. DUTToN's turpcntinc
farm, near Live Oak, embraces $4,000
acres Ct land, upon which five stills are
operated end wolk given to 2CO hands,
az mules, horses wagons, carts, etc.
Inc annual prcduC tiCn is estimated at
175,C gallons of turrertine and IA 00O
barrels of rosin.
ArhAcn!cO1A Nla.) Till unc: Mr.. J
&. Brayton owns place a short distance
from the city, near Mr.. w. s. Turner's
that abom Is i'll hickory trees Some
time ago Mr.. Brayton grated the pecan
into these trees. The experiment. TINS
far has proven entirely successful The
trees ut present are having magnificent
foliage, and they premise to bear pccons
large quantities.
AIKEN IS. O. Recorder: An ALLIGATOR
measuring ten feet and seven inches in
length and weighing 800 pounds was
killed i'll Aiken cclniy last week The
existence Of this saurian fertile in GLOW
er's pond has been known for twenty
seven years, and many is the lead of
buckshot that has been fired at him, but
1t was reserved for the good marksmou-
ship and long rang rifo of'Capt. Gcoroc
to terminate his depredations The rep
tile must not have beon Jess than tiftv
and not improbnbly seventy-fve voors
old.
THE Times says Selma has tho most
wonderful artcsian well in the world