The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-11-19
aENnRAL NEWS ITnrgs.
Facts OF Interest, Gathered from vsrIou
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| War between Burmah and the
Indian Government has been formally
| declared, .a.ms,r,rs. 5tg
The Indians in New Mexico are
again raiding ranches and numbering
the whites. ns-} t#"9E 81
"A land rent collector named Myers
was shot last Wednesday in Kilbeggat,
county Westmeath, Ireland. s
While attempting to repair an iron
bridge near Keithsburg, H., O portion
of the work fell, killing and wounding
q dozen men.
|. All the gambling houses in Gin
cinnati were raided Monday night and
| several wagon loads 0fmen were taken,
to the police station.
The Hon. A. A. Mckay, Judge of
the sixth circuit Judiciary district Of
North Carolina, died at his home In
Clinton on Thursday morning. s;&.
MIR. VIM. Jones, who lives in
| Venezuela 2.700 miles away, came t04
Virginia and voted at Richmond an
unscratched Democratic ticket.
The Eliza, o vessel now loading
at Quebec, is declared by the Toronto
half active service, and to, be yet
staunch and handsome craft.
There has been an alarming In
crease in the number of suicides In
Berlin within the past several months.
Eases are reported daily, and some
days they number as high as ten.
The will of the late Gen. George
b. Mcclellan was filed with the Pro-
bate Court last week. 1t gives his
property to his wife, and after her
death equally to his son and daughter.
ALI the public schools ofSavannah,
Ga, are Gro wded to excess, and with.
in the past few days one hundred and
fifty applicants have been refused adj
mission for want ofroom in the schools.
Mrs. Martha Wilkerson, of Green's
bnro, N. c., and her son had disa-
grcrmcnt about the widow marrying q
hired man. The next morning mot her
and son were found dead from pistol
bullets. No clue.
The Rev. John Wides, colored, Of
Pittsburg, Pa, is suing several persons
of that town for conspiracy with other
persons in Alabama, (where Knox
made hinslf obnoxious as preacher),
to injure his reputation.
The Empire Plaster mills, Nos,
21 and % Bethune street, New York,
siX-story brick building, was burned
on "Wednesday, and the walls fell in.
the tiremen and neighboring houses
having very narrow escape. 'a."'
AT Montreal last week five mett
werc painting the ceiling of q drill
shed when the scaffolding gave way
and two of the men were killed In
stantly, n third died shortly after,
and the two others are not expected to
live.
The wife Of Wilhelm Freund, q
German farmer in Henry county,
Ohio, gave birth to five healthy chill
dren recently. She is thirty-six years
of age and during her married life Of
nineteen years has given birth to
twcnty-One children. ,' -"
"A citizen Of fAndcrsOnville, Ca, in
1882 caught a very small opossum,
marked it and let IL go. A few days
ago he caught the same opossum with
III two hundred wards of where he
caught him three wears ago, and he
now weighs eight pounds.
An Ottawa dispatch says that the
death sentcnce passed on those recent
ly convicted Of murder in connection
with the Northwest rebellion, will be
commuted in several cases, but will be
carried into effect with the remainder
on the date fixed, the 9th inst. .n
Secretary Endicott has sent in
structions to military commanders who
are stationed in the neighborhood in
which nprisings against the Chinese
are apt TO occur to have their troops
in readiness to enforce the provisions
OF the Presidents proclamation issued
Saturday.
Capt. M. 0. McGuyer, of Cincin-
natl, who came to Tennessee with
George Fl. Thomas Post, G.. A. r.
was drowned in the Tennessee River,
near Coultervile, while out duck
hunting and while trying to save the
life of colored boy who was with
him when the boat capsized. -. ~
Tho apple crop this year in the
State Of New York, as well as In sew
eral of the Now England States was
the largest yield ever known. The
fruit is of excellent quality. The aver
age price Is aboGC 81. .35 barrel. Out
OF this has to come the price of the
barrel, leaving the net price of the
fruit about 81 a barrel. ~ ...s..
The closing of the bars on election
day in Massachusetts worked like O
charm everywhere. In Boston the
police authorities were astopished.
During Octoberthe number of sdrunks'
before the police courts averaged for
ty-two daily. On the morning after.
the election it was found that only
seven arrests for drunkenness had
6een made--a smaller number than
had been presented for at least seven
years. ''' ''' , q
Near Kissimmc, Fla, last week,
gentleman riding along in a buggy
noticed q large hawk pounce down
upon and fix his talons ia the body of
a black snake. The snake Immediate 3
ly coiled itself around the hawks neck,
and the contest of life and death began.
After watching them for some time,
the gentleman got out, threw them
into his buggy and then drove to q
neighbours several miles distant The