The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1885-09-30
aENEnAL NEWS rrEms.
Facts or Interest, Gathered from Various
Quartcrs.

1880 NV"
Quarters.
King Alfonso, Of Spain, has been
seriously i'll.
-Connccticut has the largest apple
crop known since the u
The Brooklyn bridge receipts last
week amounted TO $l3,ll3 GO.
Col. f.. G.. Y~clIowbv, n prominent
lawyer of Grccmvillc, N. e., is dead.
The Mikadr of Japan is said to
have become II convert to Christianity.
John F~orsyIlr, an eminent lawyer
II enthusiastic Democrat of Chicago,
is dead.
Prank Siddali, tho PHILADELPHIA
soap man, now owns the fastest team
in the world.
An cntcrpri>ing Boston fir.n is
canning Columbia River salmon i'm
steaks.
-Commandant Alex. y. StmmcS, of
tho Washington Navy Yard, died sud
denly last week.
1t is now claimed that Augusta
takes the pcnnant Of the Southern
Base Ball League.
The three months strike of the
| ~ ioltIiS III tttS tlltlttl, III
workmcn having given in.
Frauds amounting to halra million
dollars have been uncarthcd in the
Canadian Pacific Railway.
The li"h-liccnsc policy is rapidly
winning favor in New York and
spreading all over the country.
"A trade in sea gulls has sprung up
ON tho Long Island coast. They arc
worth 30 cents each for their feathers.
lion. Samuel Campbell, of Rome,
n. Y, State Senator, fell from his
chair and died of apoplcXy last week.
Gen. Robert Tonmbs was seriously
i'll last week. lie is in his 9th year.
1t was feared that this would be his
last sickness.
Snow fell in the Catski!l Noun
tains on tho 23rd, and mt milford,
Mass, tho mercury fell to 800 in "A
hours.
DIR. Robert Campbell, n distin-
guishcd and highly esteemed citizen
Of Augusta, Ga, died ON the 23d Sep.
TENDER.
During n lcavy rain storm at
Dublin, Miss, lightning struck II barn
and Killed three persons taking refuge
therein.
Irish landlords will send Il dcpu,a-
ton to the Marquis OF Salisbury asking
protection and stating the impossibility
of collecting rents
"A large and enthusiastic convcn
ton held at Staunton last week nomi.
mated the first Prohibition legislative
candidates in Virginia.
TIp loily nnn,lnr az ,1,,,le f,n,,
the cholera in Spain last week was
about $50, and the number of new
cases about 800.
The Knights OF Labor arc pushing
their organization vigorously in tho
South. They expect to enroll 5000
members this fall.
Christine Nilsson sang to an i'm
mcnsc crowd from the balcony Of tho
Grand Hotel, London, last week
Seventeen persons were crushed tc
death.
:, SHOW fell ut Derby Line, VT, on
Thursday to The depth of three inches
Much damage was done to crops no
harvested. The thermometer was sc
degrees above zero.
., The news FROM the East is war
like. The Austrian army is bcin.
modified. Severe fighting has occur
red between Turks and Albanians a
= Diakovo. Both sides lost heavily.
l. The London Home for Lost Dog:
. gives shelter to 10000 homeless ant
, starving CANNES, yet there has ncvc
been 4 case of rabies there since il
foundation twelve years ago.
a fatal disease prevails among the
hogs in n section n few miles west 0
Bcloit, Wis. IL is said that at least
thousand hogs have died within a few
! weeks past. Extensive pork raiser
' have lost entire herds.
> The Washington correspondent O
the indianapolis Journdl says tina
there is an organized effort among tn
! Democrats to secure the defeat Of Sen
: ator Shcrmnn's plans to succce,
himself in the Senate. lie saws tina
y, money for that purpose is being raise,
in different parts of the South, which
: however, is untrue.