The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-03-18

RiouSu III CafQlm nQfDOr last week.
Inc vessel and and crew, consisting of
MS 81 persons, were blown TO atoms.
Inc cylinder Of the enginc struck n
passing Italian ship, u quarter of
nii'e distant, and killed the pilot
= = AS soon as cold Sorrol," Stone
Wuii Jacksoms war horse dies, its frame
WIZ DC turned over TO taxidcrmist,
VINO VIII mount it for preservation.
military friend of Gen. Juckson's
mas supplied the necessary money. |
-~Matlhew Arnold who is now tray
eihS on the continent MAKING re-
searches III educational matters for the
E, nS'iSn government, writes to q
lrlena IN Boston that he intends to
revisit th'S country in May and will
remain here uniil August.
An attempt was made on Thurs.
day IN IarlS 10 aSsIssinalc jules Verne.
Two shots were lii Ell at him from a
revolver by Il Young student, who
turned ont TO be the authors nephew.
and who had come Paris for tic ex-
press purpose of killing Lis uncle.
Secretary Whitney is nephew of
the inventor of the cotton gin. The
widow ofnnothcr nephew i, resident
OF Washington. She Is Il Descendant
OF the Wpllrstonccratt family, one of
whom, her glamduunt, was the second
wife of the puct Shelly.
-Masquis de Aguilafucntc, Il Span~
lSh n"blcman, has been recognized bv
the AlrXican Government a. q descend
ant ofthc Aztec Emperor Moutczuma
H., amt has been grautcd an annual
pension of 81, 400. l3, to be paid him
during his lite,imc.
The report of the Edmunds COM
| mlttcc touching the refusal of the
iresldent TO furnish to the S,nu,c Ger
tam papers touching the removal of
| the Albania District Attorney, was
discussed last week. The Drmocru, s
seem To have had the better Of the
argument.
| The German press loudly protests
that the proposed rebuilding OF Rome
will result in the destruction of it,
rcmaining antiquities. Memorials are
| being signed bv artists and archnUlo-
| glsts, everywhere, protesting against
the Sacrilegc of Rome by buildiu Q
| spectators.
The family ofthe King of Denmark
may not irrcvcrently be termed rcli-
gjous curiosity shop. When next he
gathers his family around him, which
he is accustomed TO do every year or
TWO, he will have before him Luth-
| Grams, An2iicanS, Russian Orthodox.
Greck Catholics and Roman Catholics.
There Is much excitement in Au-
SuStl, Ga., on the Chinese subject on
| account of the arrival Of several Cclcs-
llals and the expectation of more to
loll"W. There arc several hundred
now IN the city, some uf whom have
married American wives. The feeling
seems to bc that the Chinese must go.
-Thc Trade Council ot Los Anur-
| les, CAL, has issued Il circular cLllin"
ON The citizens to aid in pcacriulI>
removing the Chinese. n large nun!.
Der on employers in consequence arr
| ulScilargihg the Chinese. About nine
| hunurru thlnuncn has arrived there
lrom the surrounding districts since
the agitation began.
by the deah OF Scnatur John +.
Miller, OF California, the Democrats
will gain Il temporary seat in the
U"itcd States Senate. The i.rgi>Ia-
turc Is nci iii session, aud Governor
M"n"man who is a Democrat, Will
appoint Dem rvrat to he ,aral.cN.
ne new Legislature will chuOSe a
Srna'"r will be elected this fal.
The business failures Occurring
throughout the country during tie
last week, a> reported - Il. t.. Dun II
Co., number for the I'uiic;i Siair> 2Il,
Hli' l"r "mHda %. Total 239, a"ain.,I
2l9 la>i week and 2IS the week Dr,-
Vi"uS. business Ca>uallicS are on the
decline IN every section OF tlr couniry.
| - l,f, leo,
| States.
HE Pan Electric investigation
before The slrCIul culnmittc,. OF the
House began ia Washington on Fri
day. j. II. Rogers, the Inventor tcs.
llleu THAI STOCK III thc concern had be, II
| gwen 10 Senators GarIauu and Harris
and "i her., free of cost. lie said the
Stock hAd ho actual, but purely
| Speculative, value.
No lnam is more unfortunate in
ms letter writing ihan Gen. W. II.
Sherman. lie ha> jul, written IL letter
III Which he said lhdt his ,.iidrcn could
no more enter a pubic school than "A
common tavern. OF coarse his usual
Ilck followed him, and the new .Dapcrs
have published the letter with severe
| cdiloi ial structures.
-lhc latest novelty in the lii,e of
poNGpltln% comes from Chicago, where
Tie knights OF Labor have notified the
publishers cf the City Directly of their
| icluSai 10 furnish the names Of some
'o,oOO members OF the order l,nlrss he
Consents to the substitution of union
| printers IN setting the type iur the
non unioniSts who have hitherto done
the work.
Joseph English, Of Boston,. has
| wasted ten and Il half valuable hours
| III WflllhG on postal card the entire
address of the Hon. II. B Mctcalf,
dcliVcrcd III the General Convention Of
| OniVGrSalls's, held last year in Brook
IN. The address contains 4, ,462 words,
aud Alr. English wrote them all with q
steel pen, b! ga>light, without the aid
Oh mAgniiying glass.
There is no landed class in France.
properly SO-Calluu Ihprn orn = unn