The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-10-15
NO. 81.
aENnRAL NEWS IrEsgs.
Facts of Interest, Gathered sEona yaxies
QuAeteras

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Germany in an official note rejects
Spain's claim to the Caroline fslands.
Fraudulent thousand dollar bonds
on the District Of Columbia are I'm cir
culation. ~ Xxx u
Tho resignation Of CiyiI.Service
Commissioner Eaton continues to evoke
mnch comment. ~
President Cleveland will go to
New York in November to vote the
Democratic ticket.
Yale College is reported to be
losing its students. Expensive living
is the cause assigned.
Tho "Moonlightersn in ireland arc
forcing the farmers to take an oath that
they will not pay rents.
Tho amount of standard dollars
put into circulation during September,
in the elregGler course OF business, was
2,700,O00. - z>5 !. i
The Virginia contest seeing to BID
attracting but little attention, thSugk
it Is said to be waxing hotter each snc-
ceeding day.
The cholera in Spain ie atill dinin-
ishing--the new cases being less than
two hundred per day and the deaths
only little over one hundred per day.
&C. l.. N. Reade, agent Of the
Southern Express Company, who alb.
seconded from Morristown, Tenn, with
$4,000, has been arrested In Mexico.
The Supreme Court of Virginia
has granted q writ of error In the
Cluverius murder case. This brings
up, the, case for hearing before that
tribunal. =.
The grand jury at Green River
found 'no bill" against the sixteen
persons charged with completely In the
Chinese riots at Rock Syringe, Wyo-
ming.
"A suit for 1000, 900 acres Of land
in Mississippi between Col. III. Evers,
of England, and Thomas Watson, or
Chicago, has just been decided I'm favor
of the former. 49,. +. ...-ss
The Rev. II. ID. Jardine, of st. ID
Mary's Catholic Church, Kansas City,
Mo-, has been convicted Of improper
and indecent conduct and suspended
from priestly functions. -
The Texas beardless mail robber
has been arrested. He says he was
out of money and had to rob soURe one,
ana thought that Uncle Sam coald
stand it better than anyone else.
Samuel A. Green, of Boston, hss
been authorized to act 40 General
Agent OF the Board Of Managers Of tho
Peabody Fund, in place Of j. l.. n.
curry, appointed Minister 10 Spain.
Tho colorcd Republicans of New
York have appointed a committee TO
demand from the State Republican, Com.
mlttee "mOre recognition and repre.
sentation in the Republican party"
,-Haverhill, Mass., an important
shoe manufacturing centre, has for the
past three months shipped eight hum
dred cases Of shoes per month more
than for the same period Of last wear.
The funeral Of the Earl Of Shattes-
bury took place in Westminster Abbey
on ihursday last. An immense crowd,
made up of all classes in life, were In
attendance, and the sorvices Wero
especially impressive. ~ .. .r. 4
Tho lawsuit in Iowa, known as
the Jones County calf case, which has
oeen III litigation over eleven years and
ruined several farmers, has been set.
tied, after an outlay of S2O, 900. The,
four calves were worth $50.
W. d. Newsome was convicted at
Salt Lake City last week OF two
charges, polYgamy and unlawful CO.
haDltatioh. This ls the first double
conviction under tho Edmundg law. g..
lie VIII be sentenced on October II. M
The immense wholesale stationery
and printing establishment Of lex. s.
Crocker u Co., Of San Francisco, was
burned last week. Four men were
buried in tho ruins. The loss 10 esti.
mated at $500, 900; Incurred for $780,
The Irish Catholic Bishops counssl
peace, and condemn all acts Of violonca
and intimidation. Sir Richard Gross.
Home Secretary, says that uniSSs
thlngs quiet down. repressiye sleas-
ures, more severe thar ever, will have
to be employed. ...a .f..'..Sl
The United States Geographical
and Typographical Survey decides by
that Clingman's Dome, q
peak of the Balsam Mountains. N. G.
Is the highest peak east Of tho Rock
Mountains. This settles a long dis.
puted question.
Mrs. Cole, Of Madison county, N. z
u, ls the oldest woman In the Unitad
States, having heen born In 1850. tive
years before the accession OF King
George to the throne, and has q vivid
recollection Of events which occurred
then. She is widow. aa ,t..s,f. - .
1T 10 stated that Mr.. WEa. II. Black.
we'll has built In Durham, N. c., dur
ing last and this year fifty-nine build.
lngs. lie makes 1t a rule to sell any Of
these buildings at primo cost, and six
per cent. interest on the investment, to
parties wishing to become citizens Of
Durham. ., =
--Mrs. Veronica Bulla, who per.
formed the remarkable fast In New
! York, died on Thursday morning. Her
last began AuguSt 10, and since that
time she did not touch 1aorsel OF
solid food, living entirely on water in
which small quantities OF rnosphiRe
were dissolved. ...... -r -
Tho trial Of Agnacia Cortez,
charged with the murder OF Stani-
fO,.kh htiIifanf unXYnor 1av1uhFs