The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-10-29
NO. 81.
GENERAL NEWS IrIsss.
Facts OF Intorost, Gathered fom Various
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Work on the Hudson River tunnel
Is to be resumed this winter.
The mania now i'm Washington is
for bridal couples to call on the Presi-
dent. '.&s WI
The New York Crematory is ready
for 1926. 7' :,
-Ex-First Assistant Postmaster
General Hay died in Pittsburg last
Tuesday. . fa.l ="
-Bartholdi is coming over to super
intend the erection of his statne of
"Liberty."
Morris Franklin, President of the
New York Life Insurance Company,
died last week. liINI *
Montreal is distributing smallpox
over the country with an impartial
and lavish hand. ....a
"A Canadian crank says ifyou will,
trim your nails every Friday you will
never have the toothache. '|' ."'4
king Alfonso has pardoned tbe
Cuban rebels Varona, Ga,euo. Sumag-
vera and Rouman, condemned to be
shot.
'ooo VI oiIoW 10 ICpOfICu from
nearly all parts of tho northern penin-
sula Of Michigan, bIockading the rail-
roads. .-.4 49,
"A woman scored the highest per-
centagc ever reached in a civil service
examination In this county. It was
ninety-sevcn. -,
The National Wholesale Druggists,
Association met In Philadelphia last
week. The proceedings were Of no
public interest. - - :.
The Catholics object to the an
polntment of Mr.. Curry MS Ministerto
spain, on occount of his denunciation
OF their religion. -.
John S. Wise has figured in thirty
six duels, which is not SO very bad for
a lctt-handed man and q repudiatine
Republican al that. = a.,.oIi .
John Jarvis, we'll known turf
man Of New York city, dropped deod
from heart disease at the JERSEY, City
race track last week. -
Secretary Lamar has suspended
Chief Justice Vincent, of New Mex
lco, for improper conduct. This is
taDtamount to removal. I..aF
"A vast quantity of potatoes arc
nclhg worked up at tho starch mills,
the product Of which will be. greater
lhah for three years past. ''<~ ."'f .
The Chicago Tribune. in its re.
view of the money market, insists that
The rate of interest will decline, what
ever may happen 10 commodities.
Mrs. John Conway, wife of a
dalryman in Kansas City, and her
daughter Kate were murdered in dny-
timc on Friday, it is supposed by n
tramp. -. -.
Italian Opera appears to be gOine
Out OF fashion in London. PATH has
Deeh engaged for this season dt the
ridicnlousll low price of $4,000 a
night.
Cadet Ralph Bailey, of Arkansas.
member OF the third class at Annapo.
lis, found guilty of hazing by court
martial, has been dismissed from tho
navy, -
1t is stated that President Cleve-
land rendered the Chief Justiceship Of
New Mexico to Judge Benjamin Buck
ncr, OF Louisville, Ky, but he will not
accept. ''.,''D :.
The bucket shop of Il. u. Fried
man, Broad street, New York, has
suspended, owing $33, 800. The ad-
vance in oil and stocks Is assigned as
the cause. ...-I -
A man, aged about sixty, who had
carefully removed from his clothing
and effects everything that would lead
to his Identification, sucided in vii
mington, Del. - -
AT meeting of the Irish National
League last week, in New York, pre-
slocu over by Chas. A. Dana, Of the
San, $4,000 was subscribed to aid
Parnell i'm Ireland.
-Govcrnor Hill, of New York, feels
confident of election If the Democrats
OF New York city will come TO the :
scratch like the Democrats of the ro-
mandcr of the State.
John Chatham, of Pine Station.
Pa, had been Oh a protractcd drunk
and being given pint of whiskev'
drank 1t nf ut q gulp and fell dead
Immediately afterwards. Ea' .r
"A negro named Ward was hanged
by mob last week thirteen miles
south of Eufaula, Ala, for the attempt
ed murder of citizen and the sun.
posed murder of another. .',.'%'T
- Nelson, Stewart and Anderson.
DAVIS, colorcd, who burglariZed the
residence OF ,. II. STRICKLAND, at Char-
iotte, N. c., have been sentenced TO
be hanged On November ,25th. 0..,. ,
-Stcel is constantly being put into
new uses. The latest noted IL tho
employment of eight thousand tons of
steel castings in the construction of an
immense block of bonded warehouses
In London. ...r.'.... -, r''~~
DIR. Dio Lewis says that brain
Work kcr should not eat moro lhan two
meals day, but Edward Everett
Hale, one of the hardest brain-workers
IN the world, eats five square rebasts
in twenty. four hours. -.a.s ei} I {
The conditions of tho landowners
in East Lothian, Scotland, is unenvia-
BILE and the depression is felt all over
Scotland. One mobleman, with u rent
roll of $3.50, 900 per anna'n has just
received $4,000 net. ~ ..at s.ste
"A cottage in Vernon Park, Chi