The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-04-09
GENERAL NEWS ITEMs.
-Ex.Speaker Randall is i'll fror
nervous exhaustion. -

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-Ex.Speaker Randall is i'll from
nervous exhaustion.
"A plot has been discovered in
Spain to assassinato King Alfonso.
:. -George Peabody Wctmorc, Repub-
mean, was elected Governor Of Rhode
Island OH Tuesday.
Russia has accepted the more i'm
portant proposals of England. There
Will be no war.
The Senate adjourned sine die at
4.2o O'Clock on last Thursday after
noon.
twenty-five thousand collicrs went
on strike on Tuesday i'm Yorkshire.
England, against Il ten per cent. rcduc
ton in wages.
a company with large capital
mas mas been organized at Chattanooga,
Ienn., for the manufacture Of fruit
eVaporators on large scale.
queen Victoria has promised to
give farm to each of the two Jovcc
boys, the survivors Of the Maamtrasna
massacre in Ireland, when they be-
come of age.
The gencral~'pressscxprcssion in
regard TO the re-appointment of Mr..
1Ie'irE u. pcarson rs postmaster of
new York city is one of commcnda-
ton.
Robert f.. Austin, senior member
OF the firm Of Austin, Nichols 81 Co..
New York, one of the largest whole,
sale grocery houses in tic country.
died on Tuesday.
The Queen has granted q ncnsiou
OF Zoo to the wife of Colonel Stewart.
who was muldcred by Arabs i'm thc
Soudan, and pension of EIOO TO each
OF his two sisters.
The total number of nomin,tions
sent to the Senate by President Clcvc-
lahd was l13. or these 1j9 were con-
ilrihcu, two were rejected and twelve
were lett unactcd.upon by the Senate.
Owing to the critical condition of
Gencral Grant the President POSTPONED
indefinitely the general cvenin" rccrn.
lloh TO the public, which was to TAX
place on Tuesday evening.
-Gcncral Grants condition contir,-
cd critical through last week. ON
saturday the physicians expressed the
opinion that he would probably live
through Sunday.
1t is stated in Berlin that the Chi
ncsc legation there confirmed the report
mat emma has accepted the peace pro-
posals made bv Nj. Jules Ferry. not-
WithStanding the recent Chinese victo.
rics.
:. The wheeling Intelligence, pub
IiShcs letters from various counties of
West Virginia, showing that the ac-
counts Of widespread dcstitution in
numerous sections Of that State have
been greatly exaggerated.
1t Is stated that the Bankers and
Merchants Telegraph Company and
the Postal Telegraph Company have
agreed to pool their business. II is
SAID this will result in the consolida-
tlon of the Southern and American
Rapid Telegraph Companies with
those just named.
Mr. Pierre Lorillard has sub-
scribcd 81 900 to the fund being raised
by the New York WOrM for thc Bar
tholdi pedestal. Nj. Bartholdi tclr-
graphs that the statue of Liberty will
be shipped on board the government
transport IScrc, leaving France about
the Sth Of May.
-OrSon II. Arnold, polygamist, of
salt Lake City. has been arrested on
an indictment foi unlawful cohabila.
ton and released in 81 800 bail. A. NJ,
Muscr, formerly superintendent Of the
Dcscrct Telegraph Company, has been
arfcSiGd on the same charge He was
released on bail.
John G. Baxter, of Louisv;lIc
hy., died on Monday, at Hot SPRINGS.
Ark. MIR. BaXter'S career was n most
interesting and successful one. Start
ing IN life rs Il bootblack, he became
one OF Louisvillc'S most prominent
men, commercially and sociallv.. lie
was thrice elected mayor Of the city,
and was a shrcwd politician.
Joseph James, Il Chinaman rcsid
ing III this country and who has en-
braced the Christian religion, applied
to the Treasury Department for per-
mission to bring his wife, who lives in
China, to this country. The Depart
mcnt decides, under recent ruling of
the United States Circuit Court of
California, that she cannot be allowed
to land.
dispatches from Philadelphio.
brooklyn, Boston and Portsmouth.
N. H., report great activity in navy
yards preparing the marines for active
service. Detachmcnts have started
from Philadelphia, Boston and Ports
mouth navy yards and from the naval
station at Newport, r. l., to the rem
dczvous at Brooklyn, whence draft
Of men were sent to Aspinwall in Sat
nrday's Pacific Mail steamer.
The French, on Monday, began an
attack upon Pheng Moo, or Fishers
Island, situated in COMMANDING
channel between Formosa and the |
emma mainland. The engagement
lasted until late on Tuesday, when the
french succeeded in securing occuba-
Ilon. The French losses are reported
TO have been three killed and twelve
wounded, while it is said that the
Chinese lost six hundred.
United States Marshal r. p.
hughes, of Virginia, who was arrested
N Texas On the charge of appropriate
n@ the governments funds, arrived at
t