The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-07-07

ginia State penitentiary recently contracted
with Wcllsburg tobacco manufacturer to
let him have the labor of 4 number OF con-
victs for the manufacture of cheap cigars
There was vigorous protest against tho con-.
tract. and it was annulled.
Wednesday the military guard at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio, which
has watched President Garficld's tomb for
nearly five years, was Withdrawn The
lid Of the casket was removed. and the
features of deceased the President were
found to be unchanged.
Said member of recently drawn Gcor-
gia grand jury: eve can hardly be expect
cd to indict men for carrying concealed
weapons when the major part of the jury
themselves are ballastcd to their seats during
their deliberations by the weight of pistols
in their hip pockets.
Postmaster Frank Brown, Of Baltimore
is much concerned about 81 900 additional
salary. He is worth nearly 50, 000, 900 but
cannot let that extra nibblc pass The
richer some men get the more pcrtinacious
they become in running down the last far
thing.
James L. Wilson, aged G4 years, and
Treasurer of the Chesapeake and Delaware
Canal Company of Philadelphia, has left
for parts unknown. His dcfalcations
amount to $17S,000 As usual, he had
held the Office for years and was consid
cred an honest, upright man.
Young Gould, Jay Goulds son, is about
to take a kingdom-Miss Kingdom, IN &c
tress of the town of Boston, who happens
at this time to be Il member of Days com
pany, playing in London. The milIionairc's
son sailed recently for the purpose of wed
ding the lady in July.
At Lancaster, Pa, Charles Greenawalt,
aged 10 years, was watching some COWS
which were grazing near by, and he
crawlcd up on the frame of large machine
which is used for washing orc. lie lost
his balance and fell between two large re-
volving rollers His head was crushed and
he was instantly killed
VI. Serve, an intimate friend Of Countc
dc Paris, writing to the Solcil, says that TIE
period of exile will be Of short duration:
that the three and half million votes given
to the Conservatives at the last election will
soon develop into six million royaliSt
voters; and that France is weary Of and
disguised with Republican blundcrs and
will soon return to monarchy.
A new and insidous enemy Of the cotton
plant has appeared in North Carolina in
the shape of lice, which attach themselves
to the under surface Of the leaves and suck
the sap. The stalk will in one or two days
after being thus attacked look as if it had
been dipped in hot water. They arc dam
aging the crop to the extent Of perhaps 80
per cent.
DR.. Hobbs, the eye, car and throat ply
sician, of Atlanta, has operated on q boy
from Wilkes County, for treatment of his
eve. lie is one of 26 children, and their
mother is only 81 years old. The boy is :,
years old. The mother had four triplcts
and four twins, and there arc only three
boys in the family. The fathers name is
Jordan Sherman.
Mrs. Frederick 1Iarklc. aged 81 years,
died at her home in Marblctown, Ulster
county, n. Y, Saturday. Her husband,
who survives her, is 93 years old. Before
Mrs. Markle's death they were said to be
the oldest married couple in the State.
They had lived together as man and wife
for more than sixty years. Marklc is still
hale and hearty.
The largest balloon in the world has re-
Gently been built in San Francisco by A. p.
Van Tassc. 1t has capacity of 1901
cubic feet Of gas, and has been constructed
for the special purpose of enabling the
well known acronaut to undertake Il jour
ney across the continent. The cost of tic
structure is stated to be $4,000. 1t is cy-
pected the voyage will be begun carly this
month.
All but fifteen of the $50 inhabitants of
Pottersville, n. j., are suffcring from the
effects of eating the poisoned ice cream at
the fair of the Dutch Reformed Church.
last Thursday. They arc progressing favor
ably with tho exception Of Mrs. Ida Apgar
and David Welsh, who are not expected to
live. A Mrs. Pierce, who lives in his
house but who did not attend the picnic,
ate some of the cream and is very ILL.,
C. L. Bradley, colorcd gambler, of
Omaha, Ncb., was shot and probably fatal
ly wounded by one Thomas Shotwell, five
miles from Crawford, Northern Nebraska.
Bradley was lying asleep on his cot,
when Shotwell shot him in the back of the
head, tearing off the outer plate of the
skull Shotwcll then fired into his back as
he rose up, and next drovca bullet through
his eye, another into his forehead, and still
another into his right arm. Shotwcll
mounted horse and escaped to the hills.
Gov. McEnery, Of Louisiana. has issued a
proclamation reciting information received
of great distress resulting from severe
storms and inundations in portions of the
parishes of Rapids, Grant and Catahoula
The crops have been totally destroyed, cat
tie and hogs drowned, and the soil in many
cases has been washed away to such an cX-
tent that it will be impossible to raise crops
of any kind this year. The Governor.
therefore, asks all charitably disposed per
sons in that State to send contributions Of |
provisions to these distressed people.
The Orleans princes have lost sympathy
in England by the issue Of the late manifesto,
and the subsequent acts Of their recognized |
agents. In wcll-informcd circles the princes
are regarded as having embarked on 4 career
of dangerous venture, which if pcrsevered
in can have no other result than to light the /
flames of civil war, and lead, perhaps, to
general European contiagration. Earnest
efforts are being made by the English court
to dissuade the princes from proceeding
with the contemplated campaign.
Nellie Pierson, young colorcd girl, re-
siding in the city of Wilkesbarrc, Pa, was
taken i'll early last week and on Friday night
lied, so it was thought by her family. Prep
lrations were made for her funeral, but the
corpse came to life again, and
hero wes rroat cOnStprn1tion on,orr thr