The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-03-26
GENERAL SEygs Hsfs.

lile Supreme Court of fEsva has
afilrmed the constitutIonalitss of the
prohibition law
it is stated that the war with,
France has already cost China 60,00o,-
GOO taels.
The Supreme Court Of Baltimore
on Friday admitted q colorcd lawyer
to practice.
|The Illinois Legislature has not
yet reacheda a choice of Ueited States
Senator.
The Americansystcm of checking
luggage on transatlantic steamers has
been begun at Liverpool.
X A Hong Kong dispatch says there
are signs, that the Chinese will soon
Ecome to terms with Fralich. 8
FL Mahdi's adherents declare that
before summer is far advanced Wolse-
ley's army will be cut of from Cairo.
| Atlanta had a big fire on Thursday
morning, destroying nearly $150,OOO
worth of property. There were sew
| eral narrow escapes. , r..
The great grain sections of Cali
forDia are suffering from want Of rain
and the crops are in critical condi-
ton. E'+''
| The fine weather has given fresh
impetus to the New Orleans Exposi-
ton, and the attendance has increased
considerably.
The worst snow and wind storm
of the season occurred on Friday at
st. John, N. B. The streets and rail-
roads are impossible.
The postmaster of Camden, Maine.
has resigned, giving"as his reason that
the office sould be filled by some one
in accord with the administration. :
1t is semi-officially stated that
Prince Bismarck has offered to arbi-
trate between Eng land and Russia in
regard to the Afghan boundary dis
pute.
1t is said that the Duke of Com
naught, n son of Queen Victoria. who
is now in India, will soon succeed
Earl Spencer as Lord Lieutenant of
| Ireland.
-Proprietors Of theatres in Phila-
delphia, who have not taken, out q
state license arc being arrested with
| the members Of their companies and
other employees.
Secretary Manning has appointed
commission to examine the books
and accounts of the Treasury Depart
ment, with q view to simplifying the
methods of transacting business.
The Prince Of Wales, Duke of
Edinburgh and Prince Albert Victor.
son of the Prince Of Wales, have pouc
| TO Berlin, on q visit to the Crown
Prince Frederick Charles.
The Cincinnati Southern Railroad
| has announced q sweeping reduction
IN freight rates from New York to
Chattanooga, Tennessee. The rate has
been reduced from 81 Al for first class
to forty cents.
| An article in recent issue of tbe
Mormon official paper published at
Salt Lake City, indicates that polvoos
my will be abolished by the Church at
the coming spring conference.
The New York Board of Health
has directed that a housc-to- house in
| spectatlon of that city be commenced
forthwith, III view of the probable
appearance of cholera this summer. /
Tho trial of General Hazcn. ON
on the charge of conduct prejudcial
TO military discipline, closed on Satur-
day. The findings of the court-mar-
| tlal are not yct announced.
Col. Francis Eugene Whitfield.
general counsel of the Southern Ey.
press Company. died last week of heart
dlscase while on steamer Cfv of
9GcE$onrtle on the ST. Johns river.
Florida, en- route to Jacksonville.
IN Louisville, Ky, Wednesday.
Miss Ada Board was shot in the side
and seriously wounded by Miss Fanny
Bcnders. a Young man was Davinw
attention to both, and icalously is the
alleged cause of the shooting.
The Cincinnati Boar, of Trade
ana Chamber of Commerce are irving
10 protect the CITY from election frauds
ny asking the Legislature to pass q
registration law providing q polling
place for every 800 voters.
! The boiler which furnished steam
for tho shoe factory and the STOCKING
factory in the South Carolina pcniten.
tiary exploded on Friday morninu.
The engineer and the fireman. both
conVicts, were killed. The loss is
estimated at $1,000.
=, Several members of the Canadian
government claim to possess alarming.
information in regard to plots TO blow
| ~ '''S P"ciiS DulilllllSS aC OttaWa, III
consequence of which guards have
been placed about the Senate and adj
mission is denied to strangers.
In the Devonshire hurdle race.
run at Derby on Tuesday, the Ameri.
can horse Idea came in first and
Abbotsford came in third. These two
American horses were heavily weight.
ced, Idea carrying 175 pounds and Ab-
| botSford 164.
The new building of st. Patrick's
Catholic church, on Mott street, New
| York city, was consecrated with un-
usually impressive ceremonies on Tues
day by tho Rt. Rev. Bishop Corrigan.
The cornerstone of the old st. Pat
rick's was laid in 1915.
The British consul at New York
has issued circular which says that
British subjects residing in the United
! States can have births and deaths i'm
their families registered through the
| British consuls within seven years Of
the occurrence of such events.