The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-09-03
NO. 40.
THE NEWS OF THE STATE.
Some of the hatest Sayings and DoIngs !,
South Carolina.

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drought in the upper part of
Edgetield is materially affecting crops,
cotton. ~
The Abbevile Medium, saws This
Is most suitable year i'm which to
repeal tho Lien Law.
-Milledge Harris tho negro for
whom the Governor offered a reward
has been lodged in Edgefield jail.
Tho Joint council of the Lutherans
of Lexington have extended a call to
Rev. Mr.. RAIN, formerly of Augusta.
The Teachers Institute of Lex
lngton county closed on Friday last,
after highly successful session of two
weeks. TX,
Mrs. Claudia M. Fishburne has
Deen appointed postmistress at Sum
otce Ahrcns, an obnoxious
,, -Adam Williams, the fifth victim of
the female poisoner in York, is recoy-
cring. lie did not cat so much cake
as the others.
-Lucicn Douglas, of Abbeyille, has
ono stalk of cotton containin~ 4Ss
blooms and bolls. 1t covers 36 souoro
feet Of ground.
COLLECTOR Bradley has removed
q lot of Revenue officials of the old
hcpnollcan crew and appointed good
men in their places.
Mr.. Jacob Keistlcr, one Of the
oldest and most respected citizens of
Lexington, died OH the 18th. His aoe
was nearly ninety.
Mrs. Martha Gable, OF LEXINGTON
has n curiosity in the way Of a double
cgg--two perfect hen eggs joined to-
gcthcr at their cuds.
Tho first bale Of new cotton In
Sumter was bought on Thursday goth
ult., by O'Donncll & Co., from Il, sex
Taylor, for 104 cents.
The supposed murderer ofLomax,
IN Union, for whom reward is Of
Tered by the Governor, has been lodged
i'll Jail for Identification.
B. f. Welsh, who killed W, G..
moore at Lancaster on Saturday be-
lore last, applied to Judge Withcrspoon
Tor bail last week, but It was refused.
"A partridge in York has taken
charge of two young chickens, and
Whcn an at" npt was made TO capture
inc chicks tho usually willy bird show
cd fight.
An itincrant slcight- -of-hand per-
former has been imposing on the
people Of Marion. His so-callcd en-
tertainments were "thin," and tho
auditors were wroth.
-Elickson Jackson, colored man,
lnlurcd by p locomotive during the
storm i'll Charleston, died on Thursday.
Joseph Grant, colorcd, was struck in
the head by flying brick and badly
hurt.
"A large water moccasip was killed
about ten feet from pond near Bates
burg. 1t was Attempting to swallow
trout weighing pound, and the fish
Wrigglcd and squirmed after the snake
was killed.
Mrs. Clara S. Cook, Of Aiken, last
week attempted to Jump from q buggy.
which the frightened horse was backing
INTO ditch, when shc.fell between tho
wheels and was seriously injured by
being kicked in the head.
Dave Abncy, coIored, who lived
ON MIR. Mat Coleman's place, in the
Saluda section Of Edgefold, was bitten
by dog last May. On the 18th ult., ho
was attacked by hydrophobia, and after
suffering great agony died the 10th.
"A negro girl employed by Mr..
Monroe Shcaly, Of Langley, to look
after his infant daughter, becoming
angry at Mrs. Shcaly, took the child in
the woods and beat it terribly with q
stick. The brute was lodged in jail.
Mr.. M. G. Longshore, Of Silver
street, who is in his sixtieth year ana
is the father of about dozen children
and OF seventeen grandchildren, was
made happy last Thursday by the
arrival of twins at his housed boy
and a girl. Is.
The widow Of Col. Jack Burriss,
of Edgeficld, died recently, under mys-
tcrlouS circumstances. A bottle cor.
tainlnga n preparation Of morphine and
strychpinc was found near her house,
which she is supposed to have tasted
with fatal results. -
A dog took fit in an Edgcfield
baptist church few days ago, and tho
mistaking it for hydro
phoDla, were in state Of consterna-
ton. Order was finally restored, tho
dog was removed, and the sermon was
concluded before dcmoralized audi
cnce.
The 13-year"old son Of Jesse john
son, living about six miles east Of
Grcenvillc, was killed by train on
The Airline railroad on Thursday
last. The young man and his tive
brothers were walking Oh the track,
when the train upon them unawares.
The two brothers escaped by jumping
from the track.
An Egyptian mummy has been
received at Due West, which is
present from the Rev. John Griffin to
!Grskine College. This mummy was
The daughter of priest and is record
1d to be between three and four thou
sand years old. 1t has created some
sensation in this vacation village. II
will not be opened entirely before tho
session begins. a mummy is rather
curiosity in the South. .~.......
"A handsome monument has been
erected in the Spartanburg cemetery,
to the memory of the late Congressman
Jno. II. Evins. 1t is made Of Aberdeen
gray Scotch granite, highly polished,
while the base is of Winnsboro granite.