The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-09-24
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Facts of Interest! Gathered from various
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king Alfonso, Of Spain, has been
seriously III.
connecticut has tho largest aru)e
crop known since the war.
The Brooklyn bridge receipts Inst
week amounted to $l3,ila 90.
Col. +. &. Ycllowbv, a prominent
lawyer OF GrecnviIlc, N. C., IS dcud.
The Mikado of japan Is Eaid to
nave become convert to Chris, ,iuu;tv.
John Forsythc, an eminent LAWYER
anu enthusiastic Democrat Of Chic;mo.
is dead. '''o''
FRANK SiddalI, the PHILADELPHIA
soap man, now owns tho fastest team
in tho world. ''
An onterprising Boston firm 10
canning Columbia River salmon in
steaks.
-COmmandant Alex. n. Semmcs. of
the Washington Navy Yard, died sud
denly last week.
1t is now claimed that Augusta
takes the pcunant Of the Southern
Base Ball League.
Tho three months strike of the
Cleveland rolling mills has ended, the
workmcn having given in.
Frauds amounting to halfa million
dollars have been uncarthed in the
Canadian Pacific Railway.
The high-licensc policy is rapidly
winning favor in New York and
spreading all over the country.
"A trade in Sea gulls has sprung I'D
on the Long Island coast. They are
| worth 50 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 Toombs was seriously
i'll last week. He is in his 74th wear.
1t was feared that this would be his
last sickness.
| Snow fell In the Catskill Noun
tains on the 23rd, and at milford
Mass, tho mercury fell to 800 in 24
hours.
DR.: Robert Campbell, a distin-
gnishod and highly esteemed citizen
OF Augusta. Ga. died on the 23d Sep.
tember.
During heavy rain storm at
Dublin, Miss, lightning struck barn
and KILLED three persons taking refuge
therein.
Irish landlords will send deputa.
ton to the Marquis Of Salisbury asking
protection and stating the impossiblity
of collecting rents
"A large and enthusiastic conycu.
ton held at Staunton last week nomi.
mated the first Prohibition Legislative
candidates in Virginia.
The daily number Of deaths from
the cholera in Spain last week was
about 230, and the number of new
cases about $50.
The Knights of Labor arc pushing
their organization vigorously in the
South. They expect to enroll 5000
members this fall.
Christine Nilsson sang to an i'm
mcnse cJowd from the balcony of the
Grand Hotel, London, last week
Seventeen persons were crushed tC
death.
, Snow fell at Derby Line, VT, or
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 Eas, is war
like. The Austrian army is beine
mobilizcd. Severe fighting has occur
RED between Turks and Albanians a
DJakovo. Both sidos lost heavily.
The London Home for Lost Dog.
gives shelter to $4,000 homeless ant
starving CANNES, yet there has never
been case Of rabies there since it
foundation twelve years ago.
"A fatal disease prevails among the
hogs in section few miles west O
Beloit, Wis. 1t is said that at least ,
thousand hogs have died within few
weeks past. Extensive pork raiser
have lost entire herds.
The Washington correspondent o
the indianapolis Journal says tina
there is al organized effort among tn,
Democrats to secure the defeat Of Sen
, ator Sherman's plans to succeed
himself in the Senate. He saws tina
money for that purpose is being raiset
IN different parts Of the South, which
however, is untrue.