The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1885-11-11
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
Facts ofIn:c-esi, Gathered from Various
Quarters.

LEdrtefs.
There is Il SNOW fall of ten inches
and extreme cold weather in Dakota
The Norwcgi;tH bark Aqui!a has
ioundered off Gotcnbur@. twenty-five
persons Were drowned.
-'fhe monetary conference in Paris
has closed, ali The Powers representa- d
except Belgium having arrived a; al
a@rccm mt.
The ccal operator, OF the Hooking
and Sunday Creek Valleys have reiu>-
eel The demand oi tie miners for an
advance OF ten cents per ton.
johnson AID Smith, striking coal
miners At tl;tsbHr@, who were arrest
ed for irving TO persuade non-Union
miners TO qnit work, have been held
on the charge Of conspiracy.
In Paris the drcs>makine trade
represents the movement OF 800, 100000
year, and gives employment to so, 900
women. SCmc of the society women
spend as much as $4,000 year on
their costumes.
General George B. Mcclellan was
buried on Monday the 2nd inst, and
the funeral was largely attended.
There were no military ceremonies.
Among the pall-bcarers was General
Joseph e. Johnston.
--kaiscr William, is not only the
oldest officer in the German army in
age, but in service also. His commits
sion as maior-gencral bears the date of
March SO, 1918, and he joined the army
as ensign on March %, 1907.
1t is said that the Northern Pacific
Railroad Company has sold to one
syndicate a tract Of land of 10000
acres: that since its reorganization it
has sold over 800, 900 acres and that
other heavy sales arc probable.
An agreement has been entered
into By Secretary of the Navy Whit
nev on the part of the United States
and john Roach, under which the pos
session of The steamship Dolphin is
transferred to the Secretary Of the
Navy for the United States, with the
right to take and deal with the same
as if title thereto was fully vested in
the United States, the actual status Of
the property 10 be hereafter decided
by the courts.
The grounding of the Powhatan in
Hampton roads, i few days ago, is
said to be the third misllap of the sort
which has befallen government vesSel>
within the last two weeks. First, the
Yantic, after delivering its cargo Of
silver dollars to the Treasury officials.
got out of the Potomac channel on its
way to Norfold, and ran into the mud.
Then the sailing sloop Saratoga, bound
also to Norfolk, got ashore near the
Rip Raps, and now the numbering old
Powhattan adds the third to the list
SO wholesale was the dead beating
at Boston this year that the Americas
Board of Foreign Missions will no
longer send delegates aud their tami-
lies into private families to be guests
during Convention week. This year
there were 1900 visitors that enjoyed
free board. Some pastors brought
large numbers Of relatives and friends: ::
six thrifty bridal couples spent a week
Of their honeymoon sd. H." where
three or four delegates" were invited
six or ci @ht came and so on.
Six green Shelton people loaded
themselves into 4 wagon recently and
drove to New Haven to visit. The
family visited, alarmed by the number,
got rid of them at night by saving that
small poy patient was in the house.
They went to hotel, and all packed
into single room. The officiating
old woman hung her Old shoe over the
gas jet to put ii out, and turncd the
water faucet, having heard somewhere
that to put out gas Il something had
to be turned. In the night the porter
was alarmed by smelling gas. He
found the country people unconscious
in the room, and the floor was flooded
with water. They were saved.