The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1885-10-14
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
Facts OF Interest, Gathered from Various
Quarters.

NuhTteTB.
Germany in an official note rejects
Spain's claim to the Caroline Islands.
Fraudulent thousand dollar bonds
on the District Of Columbia are in cir
culation.
The resignation of Civil-Servicc
Commissioner Eaton continues to evoke
mnch comment.
President Cleveland will 80 to
New York in November TO vote the
Democratic ticket.
Yale College is reported to be
losing its students. Expensive living
is the cause assigned.
The "Moonlighters" i'm Ireland are
forcing the farmers to take an oath that
they will not pay rents.
The amount of standard dollars
put into circulation during September,
in the regular course of business, was
2,7OO,O00.
The Virginia contest seems to be
attracting but little attention, though
it is said 10 be waxing hotter each sue.
cceding day.
Tho cholera in Spain is still dimin-
ishing-the new cases being less than
two hundred per day and the deaths
only little over one hundred per day.
&C. l.. N. Reade, agent of the
Southern Express Company, who alb
seconded from Morristown, Tenn, with
$4,000, has been arrested in Mexico.
The Supreme Court of Virginia
has granted writ of error in the
Cluverius murder case. This brings
up the case for hearing before that
tribunal.
The grand jury at Green River
found "no bil'' against the sixteen
persons charged with completely i'm the
Chinese riots at Rock Springs, Wyo-
ming.
"A suit for 100000 acres of land
in Mississippi between Col. III. Evcrs,
of England, and Thomas Watson, of
Chicago, has just been decided in favor
of the former.
The Rev. II. d. Jardine, of St.
Mary's Catholic Church, Kansas City,
Mo-, has been convicted Of improper
and indecent conduct and suspended
from pricstly functions.
The Texas beardlcss mail robbcr
has been arrested. lie says he was
out of money and had to rob Somc one,
and thought that Uncle Sam could
stand It, better than anyone else.
Samuel a. Green, of Boston, has
been authorized to act as General
Agent of the Board of Managers of the
Peabody Fund, in place of j. l.. M.
Curry, appointed Minister to Spain.
The colored Republicans of New
York have appointed a committee to
demand from the State Republican Com
mittce "more recognition and repre-
sentation in the Republican party"
-Havcrhill, Mass, an important
shoe manufacturing centre, has for the
past three months shipped eight hun
dred cases of shoes per month more
than for the same period Of last year
The funeral Of the Earl of Shaftes-
bury took place in Westminster Abbey
OH Thursday last. An immense crowd,
made up of all classes in life, were in
attendance, and the services were
especially impressive.
The lawsuit in Iowa, known rs
the Jones County calf case, which has
been in litigation over eleven years and
rnincd several farmers, has been set
tied, after an outlay of $4,000, The
Ao"i S"'SSo "SiS WI ppV.
w. d. Newsomc was convicted at
Salt Lake City last week Of two
charges, polvgamy and unlawful CO.
habitation. This is the first double
conviction under the Edmunds law.
He will be sentenced on October II.
The immense wholesale stationery
and printing establishment Of II. S.
Crockcr & Co., of San Francisco, was
burned last week. -Four men were
buried in the ruins. The loss is csti-
mated at $500,00O; insured for $780,
900.
The Irish Catholic Bishops counsel
peace, and condemn all acts of violence
and intimidation. Sir Richard Cross,
Home Secretary, says that unless
things quiet down, reprcssive meas
urcs, more severe than ever, will have
to be employed.
The United States Geographical
and Typographical Survey decides by
measurement that Clingman's Dome, a
peak of the Balsam Mountains. N. c.,
is the highest peak east of the Rocky
Mountains. This settles a long dis
putcd question.
Mrs. Cole, of Madison county, N.
c., is the oldest woman in the United
States, having been born in l7G0, two
years before tho accession of King
George to the throne, and has vivid
recollection of events which occurred
then. She Is widow.
1t is stated that Mr.. VIM. II. Black
well has bnilt in Durham, N. c., dur
ing last and this year fifty-ninc build
ings. lie makes ii q rule to sell any of
these buildings at prime cost, and six
per cent. interest on the investment, to
parties wishing to become citizens of
Durham.
Mrs. Veronica Bulla, who pcr-
formed the remarkable fast In New
York. died on Thursday morning. Her
fast began August 10, and since that
time she did not touch a morsel of
solid food, living entirely on water in
which small quantities of morphine
were dissolved.
Tho trial Of Agnacia Cortez,
charged with the murder of Stani.