The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-09-03
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
Facts ofIntercst, Gathered from Various
Quarters.

Tho smallpox is on tho increase in
Montreal and is spreading to adjacent
towns.
Queen Victoria and the Princess
Beatrice and her husband have gone
TO Bulmoral.
The King of Bavaria is to be
placed under guardianship, rs he is
insane.
An expulsion of Polish subjects
lrom Austria has been begun. All
classes alike arc expelled.
ZEN-Govcrnor Reuben f. Fcnton,
OF New York, died suddenly at his
desk III buffalo, on Tuesday.
Many houses and other buildings
at Doston were damaged badly by
and rain on Tuesday.
=, An earthquake shock was felt
through tho Canary Islands on Thurs.
oay, but no damage was reported.
There has been remarkable fall
ing OIL in the importation of diamonds
INTO tho United States within the past
year.
After losing 80 of their 12O men.
the Portuguese African exploring cx-
petition found the sources Of thc
Lualaba River.
ALI the cmblcms of mourning for
General Grant have been removed
from the public buildings in New York
and Washington.
MIR. Alex. Vogolsang, of Philadel-
PIMA, is about to astonjsh the world
with flying machine with fans two
icct long instead of wings.
President Cleveland has not vet
returned from his summer vacation.
The report that his health was failing
turns out to be groundlcss.
The Rev. Henry Ward Bcccbcr
Indignantly denies the report that he
never pays his bills and that his con-
arc trying to get rid of him.
The Pennsylvania Prohibitionists
Il convention of three hundred and
lty delegates, nominated a straigbtout
rohlDltlon candidates for State treas
rcr.
Tho people Of Ohio vote at the
ext election for an amendment to thc
tate constitution changing the time
I State elections from October TO
November.
There is no falling off in the raw
9cs of the cholera in Spain. The
tally average Of deaths is nearly fif-
cen hundred, and Of new cases nearly
i've thousand.
Col. John S. Mosby, lato United
states consul to Hong Kong, has been
presented with silver cup and an
address by the Chinese merchants of
San Francisco.
The Washington correspondent of
he New Orleans ITmeS-D Democrat SAYS
nat the correspondence Of President
,JlcVcland in reference to the unfit
Judge is bogus.
Floral offerings are being sent to
nc tomb of General Grant in such
1rofusion that it is thought that it will
become necessary TO provide place of
lcposit for them.
There seems to be something in
Montreal that favors the propagation
1l smallpox. In 1872 it broke out
there, and i'll the following nine wears
1000 people died Of it.
III. III. Day, q Chippewa chief,
while en- route to st. Paul last week
was taken from train at wav sta.
ton, and so brutally beaten that he is
not cXpec.ed to recover.
Tho commissioner in lunacy re-
ports that Mccullough, the actor, is n
dccrcpit old man, in a condition of
hopcleSs lunacy, and that his death is
only question of a few months.
The grand jury of Buncombc
county, North Carolina, have returned
rue bills against William II. and T.. p.
Jones, father and son, for the murder
of the Joyce family of four in April
asst.
"A dispatch from jackson, Miss,
'cportsS that six passengers were fatally
INJURED in an accident, on Fridav
morning, on Bayou Pierre. The
engineer, fireman and q brakeman were
;illcd. ' " ''o
"A Philadelphia man asserts that bo
iaW Prcllcr in that city in NAV, al
houglr he denied his identity. Max
Hcll's claim that the so.callcd mnrdcr
vas an insurance dodge may vet be
certified.
John Hughes, a New York ped
Her, who wished to commit suicide.
'doptcd the novel plan Of throwing a
tone i'll the air and letting it fall on
us pafc hcad. The police stopped him
before he succeeded.
Secretary Bayard wants n consul
or st. Paul dc Loando, on tho west
;oast Africa, at salary of $1,000.
Mr.. &. ii. Davis, the consul, has re-
signed and returned home. lie paid
,vcr s., 600 for travelling expenses and
toctors' bills last year.
Light frosts have fallen at various
points in Wisconsin and Iowa. The
lamagc to the crops is inconsiderable.
Iho weather is exceptionally cold for
he season throughout the Wost. Frosts
laVc also fallen at Staunton, Va, and
II different parts Of Pennsylvania.
The rush for vaccination at Mon
real is so great that policemen are de-
allied to keep back the candidates. It
reported that small pox has broken
ut at Richolieu, somo miles from
iontreal. The proposed excursion
o New York has been postponed.
Miss Mcleod has arrived in Amer
"a to lay the claims Of the Scotch
roftcrs before her countrymen in the
]nited States, and to make arrange
1cnts, if possible, for the transporia-
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