The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-04-23
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

~ it atluilti.
The steamship line between Ha-
vana and Tampa will bc Withdrawn
after April %.
An inccndiary fire at Lancaster,
Pa, on Friday night, destroyed twenty
thousand dollars worth Of property.
"A new railroad to Newman, con-
Meeting Grccnville with Atlanta, will
be built within the next eighteen
months.
The liquor dealers in Savannah are
required by law to appear before the
ordinary of the county and register in
person.
The Prince Of Wales has not met
a cordial reception in Ireland. At
Cork and other places he and his
party were hisscd; and several serious
riots have occurred.
The Georgia papers state that by
reason of the no-fcncc law in Greene
county, Georgia, the yield of butter
has been more than doubled, and the
breed of cattle is improving very ra-
pidly.
Mr.. Edwards Picrrcpont, Sccre
tary of the American Legation, at
Rome who was left in charge of affairs
by Mr.. Astor and who had been i'll
for some weeks, died last week.
A skift containing Mary Draper,
her daughter aged II, and her niece
Carolina Dempsey, II years old, cap
siZLd IN the Ohio River near Evans
vile, lnd', On Wednesday, and all
were drowned.
"A cyclone passed over section of
North Carolina east of Hamlet on
IhnrSday afternoon, destroying tim
Der, fences and houses and doing great
damage in other ways. No lives are
reported to have been lost.
Vessels of all nationalitics are
croWding into the Black Sea for the
purpose Of transporting grain from
Russian ports before an outbreak shall
occur between England and Russia.
Eighty-scven English vessels arrived
in one week.
Although no official information
has been received by the Marine Hos
pital Bureau Of the existence Of cholera
in any part Of Europe, the authorities
are taking every possible prccaution
to prevent its introduction into this
country.
I'll. Mckenzie, caDvaSscr for the
Equitable Life Assurance Company,
shot his wife and himself at 9G Grove
street, New York, on Tuesday night.
The pair, who were natives of Prince
Edwards Island, have lived apart fol
some time. Drink and jealousy werC
, the causes of the tragedy.
S -Sarr Stanley died at Ithaca, n. Y.
9 on Monday, aged 100 years and three
= months. lie was born in Dutchcs:
t county December 25, 1884. For foul
| days previous to his death he refused
, food, saying he had lived as long as Inc
2 wanted to. lie had never been sick
before during his life.
l AT Indian City, Tenn, Bud Far.
I ris, white, and Freeman Yard, colorcd
[ were hanged at the fair grounds Tues
day morning at O'Clock by a mob OF
! masked men numbering about two
l hundred. They belonged to Il GANG
OF thieves who recently have commit.
. ted many dcprcdatioms on citizens OF
} that lace.
The Governor of Texas has vetoed
, the land bill passed by the Legislature
Immediately before adjournment, pro.
VidinG for the sale of the common
school, university and asylum lands
He says: "By no act of mine will
ever sanction the acquisition Of those
vast tracts Of land by one manage.
mcnt.'
1t is said that an offer of $25 900 q
year for the bar, billiard room and
barber shop Of The KimbaIl House, in
Atlanta, has been made and declined.
This, with the rental Of the stores,
would have given the lcssccs, after
paying the interest on the bonds and
dividends ON the preferred stock, the
hotel rent free and 50, 900 cash surplus.
On Wednesday, party, consist
INC Of TIE wife of Admiral Reynolds,
three other ladies, and baby two
months Old, set out from Hampton,
Va, in tlat-bOttomcd boat, rowcd bv
Two NEGROES, to visit Old Point. The
boat was capszcd within one hundred
and fifty feet Of the beach. All the
members of the party were rescued,
but Mrs. RccnoldS died subsequently,
| from exhaustion.
"A negro named Johnson, who
crimnGlly assaulted Mrs. Jas. ThOmp-
son, 4 white lady aged sixty wears. at
luka, Miss, was captured on Monday
and taken to Iuka for Identification.
W hlic Il party was gone to get the
lady johnson confessed the crime TO
the sheriff and also said he was an
escaped convict. The negro was taken
outside the town and hanged to tree.
-Gcncrai Henry r. jackson, the
new minister to Mexico, acknowledges
that his pardon from President John
son was not reinforced by special Act
OF Congress, but he denies that he is
allowing that fact to Interfere with his
movements. He intends to present his
credentials to President DiaZ on Nav
10, and rest content under the Senate
rial confirmation Of his appointment.
AT Salt Lake, Utah, on Tuesday,
orson p. Arnold, prominent Nor
mon, pleaded guilty TO an Indictment
charging unlawful cohabtation. lie
declared, i'll open court, his intention
to abandon polygamy, obey the laws
and live with his lawful wife only, not
ncglccting to support his "sccond
family" Judge Ianc said these
declarations had great weight with the
Court. and he therefore impocnI a 1no