The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-18

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worth $4,000 two wears ago, Last
week she sold her stove for money to
purchase liquor with, aud the next
Gay she WAS arrested for drunk.
cnness. e 'aistAs5 SS, "a 3 ~ s.fSN3 l. :" s'.''>
"A member OF, the massachusetts
h hh1oSlSia, ure Shassintroduced a bill which
t%" tts purpose the enforcement of
.ne Young privilege. Bv'virtue of it's
PROVISIONS men who neglect to reTister @
andvote willebe fined, from five tu
twenty dollars. -, ss, ~
:, me last.salo of.a slave was made
M i'f 1feGs3uSm county, Va, in tue spring
~ w. f''y, tn1 price paid being 100 cab,
%I",S, % nnamts.y :. Iho purchaser got a
sidered that lie had made while. tho
seller was satisfied. -. - '"0
EThe bill to make a new State ONT
oi Dokota mas passed the Senate, but il
J." 'h"ught the House will defeat the
scnFlhe oi Tue Rcpub lean politicians by
eNIra-comstltuilonal methods to bring
u''o,,er Hiate INTO the Union to affect
the Presidential election. "a" "a" -.
London lad Il bloodless riot on
Monday. The streets were in posses
SION of a bowling mob of "starvino
IN chanics" and socialists for hours.
bu' the only damage was the stoning
"i number of private residences and
c ub houses The police were power
less. =
Charles Jeuik attempted to feloni-
"usiN assault two daughters of his
empioycr, John Eoar, near Macedonia
OHio, but failed when he crushed
their skulls with an iron bar and then
iIrtd the barn, destroying $4,000
worth OF property. The fiend is in
Jail at Akron.
-Cohvlct Fish was recently carried
10 New York, osicnsibly to le thy in a
case IN cDurt bat really to have q frolic
a. II Is known that onc night he had q
lalc Suppcr with four burlesuue uc
'rcS'cS, and after five davs absence
was returned to prison without going
before the court
Senator Plat, Of Connccticnt is
receiving II great deal of credit for hi
earnest effort to have the Senate omen
It's doors when the Presidential nomi-
nations arc being considered It is
not expected, however, that the propo
>lloh Will meet with sufficient favor
TO carry it through at this time.
:, N''. Ni"i I'LL q. hawkins, one Of
inc tWenty-four men who, in 1868, at
,e,hP'eo TO destroy the bridges aud
teie%rapil Ines OF the Chattanooga and
AI'an'a isallroad, died in Quincy, H.,
on Sunday. Several Of the ruidcrs
escaped, but the balance were canturcd
'ried and hung by the Confcdrrates.
Never was the press of any city so
unanimous in favor Of any one as the
press of Atlanta is in favor Of Dr.
Armstrong. They have all, without
exception, SO far as we have seen, eX
pressed The utmo>t confidence i'm t,at
S"htlenan's high-toncd Christian cEar.
actcr, and think he has been most mn
justly dealt with.
john c.. Thomson, ex-Serncort-ot-
Arms Of the House of Representatives
nlc'l suddenly at Seattle, Washinolon
icrrit|ry, last Wednesday. He had
gone there us Land Claim Agent. an
appointment lie received from the
President last August. The immedi-
atc cause OF death was dropsv of the
heart, complaint with which he had
been troubled since December last.
The remains Of Maiur-Grncral
ilahcock were buried on Saturday
WlIh very modest ceremonies. Dressed
III the uniform of Il major general
with .Ellitary sash on his riuht
shonldrr and side, even in death he
looked The picture Of Il military hero.
Many of the old friends of the family
c hIcd ut the Generals house, but were
denied admittancc.
Little Jtmmy Galloway was scycrc-
~ hlitcn by bulldog in Augusta, the
nof haFlh3 stepped upon the animals
taii Whl'c he. was nappiny in front of
'lH llre; the dog seized the boy bv the
reg, dragged him into lhc yard and at.
'c,hptcd to carry him under the house.
where he would undoubtedly have
been Killed, but Il ncighhor prompt,v
dispatched the savage brute with q
gun.
There is general movement
among lhc trades unions Of Wasbiuu-
ION towards shortening the hours Of
LABOR. The plumbers, timers and car
prntcrS have decided that after Nav 3
next they will demand So, per dav for
clShC hours work. 1t is said that this
movement is the beginning of com
OIhatl"h ON the part of all the leading
laDor organizations in the city towards
shorter hours Of work.
The Chinese are being systemoti-
Gally sent out Of Seattle, Washington
Territory. They are marched TO
steamers and atccragp passage paid to
San francisco for them. The KNIGHT,
OF Labor are at The head Of the move |
men!. The Mayor and prominent cit
lZchS Of Seattle have tclcgraphcd to |
the Govern mcut officials for trooDe.
Ihe militia aud Home Guards tururI |
OUT 10 protect the Chinese. Those
VINO wanted 10 leave were escorted tn
JhH steamer and the others to their
D ,ln"S. The mob finally attacked the
militia and were fired upon, one being
<'iIct and several badly wounded,
IToNCr"'ncni troops have gone TO Seat
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