The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-10-22
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Facts Of Interest. eIatnsred from, various
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| bullion III the Bank of England
increased &8l,2o6 dnriug tho past week.
New York city is to spend 81, 600
for water lilies to be placed nit parks.
There were reported throughout
Spain on Thursday l67 new cases of
cholera and Sc deaths. &,
-"Liberly Enlighteping,the World''
wants $4,000 more for chains and
| anchors TO keep her steadfast.
The Porte has issued circular to
the Powers stating that tho armaments
of Greece arc menace to peace.
jay Gould's family have an income
| of 81 100000 year from their invest
ment in Missouri Pacific Railroad stock.
The Democrats Of Dakota have
determined to take no part i'm the cleo.
tion for Constitution for South Oa>
kota.
1t is understood that the sentence
of death of the leader of the half-breed
rebellion in Canada will be committed
to lifelong scrvitude.
The Archbishop of Canterbury has
drawn up special prayers for use In his
diocese with reference to the approach
ing general election in England.
Capitalists from Dunlap, Iowa,
have formed a company with $3.50, 900
paid up capital for private savings
bank at Chattanooga.
| Tho Swedish bark. Znchaqtas,
Capt. Endrescn, which left Whining
| ton, N. c., on April 81, for Hull, is miss
| ing, and it is feared that she is lost.
| The President has appointed G..
| Meyer Zulick, of Arizona, to be Gov
ernor of Arizona, rice Frederick a.
Tritlc, resigned.
A. w. Shaw, better known as
"Josh Billings" died at Monterey.
Cal, on the 14th inst, of apoplexy'
The body was embalmed and sent East.
-HaRlan and Lee won the Pleasure
Island boat race near Albany, N. Y ,
by three lengths in Is minutes and 24{
seconds, defeating Conlcy and Court
| ney.
In st. Louis all the street oar lines
are running nearly if not quite Al full
| complement of cars without molesta-
tion, and the police guard has been
reduced one-haIf.
The marine hospital bureau is in
formed that cholera is incl casing i'm
fatality in Palermo, and that yoiiow
fever is OH the increase in Qua, mas,
Mexico.
The Court of alabama Claims has
refused to reinstate j. F. Manning, the
| attorney whose denunciation of the
| Court led to the recent official invcsti-
CATION of its expenses.
| There are at least twenty cases of
smallpox in Marinette, Wis the dis
ease having been brought there by a
Montreal citizen. Four deaths have
already occurred.
| Thirty counties in Kansas have
nominated Prohibition tickets, and il
is expected that at least an equal nun.
ber of Prohibition tickets will be
chosen in additional counties.
There were forty-onc deaths from
smallpox in Montreal on Tuesday,
eight in st. Cuncgonde, five in ST
henrl, flve i'll ST. jean Baptistc, one in
st. Gabriel and two in TIachclaga.
| George f. Gill, aged sevcnty-five
who recently removed to CHATTANOOGA
from Wilmington, Del, was killed by
freight train at the outskirts of tho
city last week while taking a walk.
The Harvard College annex, So
called, opened its seventh year or
Monday with siXty-five Young womer
enrolled. 1t now, for the first time
has house of its own, and its endow
ment amounts to 1856, 1000.
Bids were opened at the Treasury
Department last week for tho brick and
stone work on the new Federal build
ing at Lynchburg, Va. A. NJ. Nc,
Gowan, of Washington, was the low.
est bidder at 1926, 700.
The land office at Washington has
received communication stating that
Dr. Powers, who was q Government
witness in the prosecution of fraudu-
lent land case in California, has been
slain by j. f. Pruitt, one of the de-
PENDANTS.
Tho Georgia Legislature adjourned
on Thursday, after a summer session
OF one hundred days. The most i'm
portaut bill passed was the general
local option law, under which many
temperance elections will be held in
various counties.
Tho Wayne county, Mich, Court.
last week, decreed that the law bro.
moiting the manufacture and sale OF
alchollc liquor is unconstitutional for
technical reasons, and because it pre-
vented men from engaging in lo2iti-
mate business.
, .Harner 81 Roberts, coal operators,
; Of Pittsburg, Pa, have decided to start
their Elizabeth mine at the thrcc.ccnt
rate: This Is ono Of the largest mines
t on the river, and the concession of the
: rate demanded is All important victory
for the strikers.
An effort is soon to be made to i'm.
duce the State department to take some
, action in the matter Of the consul.
general Mt Paris. This is one of the
most sought of the consulatcs, and
|. there arc said to be four hundred nm.
plicantS upon file for it.
! The New York gubcrnatorial cam.
paign brings on renewal of silIy
attention to matters that have nothing
t to do with the issues. The war record
, OF Governor IIill's brothers is one OF
the outside points which has caused
, discussion. ,>'
"A great sensation has been causc1
IN Quincy, H., by the publication of