The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-06-21
GENERAL NEWS.


is the one ut Ointment and Webb coun-
ties, Texas, where 100000 head of sheep
are pastured on 100000 acres of land.
The queens health is evidently sub
ject of grave fesr in England. Her dis
order is said to be of q drorsical nature
an 4 the probabilities are that she will be
bed-fiddeh invalitls 's%E f.f's' g.. 2
The State Capitol of Texas will prol-
ably he built of fire granite instead of
limestone. It is claimed that this will
make it the best State-house on the coz
tnont. SO - Y, ~. VIZ
Six thousand baby allisators are sold
in Florida evory year, and the amount of
ivory, number, OF slius and quantity OF
oil obtained from the Older members of
tho saurian family are sufficient to enti-
tie them to a high piece among the pro-
ducts of the State. ,ss -
Englishmen are getting control of con-
siderable land in America. In Texas
31l,OO0 acres have just Eeen purchased
by Mr.. Whalley, M. p; IN English syn-
dicnte has 100000 acres of lotion
land in mississippi, and another comra-
ny 100000 acres in Florida.
About year ago half dozen colorcd
men, of St Bernard parish, La., organ
lied n mutual benevolent association.
Now the association numbers fifty. and
they have accumulated fund and begun
the erection of school-house for indi-
gent children of their race
fow days ago Knoxville finished work
on her water system at cost Of $3.50, 900
The two reservoirs were hardly filled
with water when the hottom Of one drop
ped out. Now comes ntvs that the 9th.
er IL i'll the same condition, the water
having suddenly disappeared into unfath-
enable depths.
Savannah News: Joe Browns income
is said to be $1,000 n day OF this
amount he gets $500 II day from the
Dade county coal mines There il no
doubt that he is making money faster
than any Jther Southern man. His for
The Senator's sen denies the soft i'm
peachment.
An industrious buxz-saw in New Or
leans ran against an obstruction in log
through which it was passing the other
day, but held it's temper and soon cut its
enemy in two. When the flank dropped
off the workmcn found that the saw had
biseted an eight inch spherical shell,
doubtless n relic of the war The cxtc-
rior wound had healed entirely, leaving
no trace of the passage Of the shell to its
resting place
The New York Herald makes a calcu-
lation from the traffic and passengers
that crossed the great bridge to and
from New York on Saturday, from which
it appears that, dctlucting 40 per cent for
siSht-seere, the receipts for toll will aver
age 81, 800 each day, or 81 300, 900 year
Deducting interest at 6 per cent on the
outlay of 100000, the cost of the
bridge, there would remain a sinking
fund toward paying that debt, 500, 600 a
Year.
The agricultural laborcrs of NIississp-
pi, $40, 900 in round numbers, embracing
men, women and children, including
children from ten years of age up to men
and women Of thrccscor, manage to
wiring from the bosom CT mother earth
the magnificent aggregate of $G3, 701 ,8I4
per annum, or nearly .l18 to every man,
woman and child engaged in stirring the
soil and gathering it's fruits. The money
value of the farms in that State in 1880
was 1913, ,8i4 ,815, against $81 ,71G,576 in
1870, which shows n wholesome increase
in value.
~ ~ OF the five field generals of the confcd-
crate amy, j. T.. Johnston and Bcaurc-
gard survive General Johnston is the
general agent of q prominent New Yolk
insurance company, and General Bcaurc-
gard is the adjntant general of the state
of Io'.isiana-whcro he has created the
finest body of militia for its numbers in
America. He il also one of the commits
sioners for the liquidation of one of the
old Louisiana state banks, besides which
he has other important business conncc-
tions. There were twenty hcuten-
ant generals III the confederate army
from first to last and of these all were
from the United Suites army but four,
viz: Richard Taylor, N. b. Forest
Wade Hampton and John b. Gordon.
Of them the following are living: ID. II.
Hill, who is in North Carolina; Stephen
Lee, Early, Buckner Wheeler and A. p.
Stewart, besides the two not from the old
United States army mentioned above.
dustavrs w. Smith is the ranking major
general living, and is state commissioner
OF insurance in Kentucky. w. T. Mar
tin lives in Natchcz, and is railroad
president. G. w. Field and /. T, To-
max are in Florida and both are in tbo
employ of the United States CORDS of en-