The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-02-17

WoTth SlV,ooV TWO years, ago. IaSC
week she sold her stove for money to
purchase liquor with, aud the next
day she was arrested for drunk
cnness.
"A member of the Massachusetts.
Legislature has introduced a bill which
has for its purpose he enforcement of
provisions men who neglect to register
and vote will be fined from fivo to
twenty dollars.
The last sale of a slave was made !
III Augusta county, Va, in the spring
bage plants. The purchaser got u
DAYS work out of the negro and con-
sidered that he had made, swhile the
seller was satisfied.
The bill to make a new Slate out
of Dakota has passed the Senate, but it
is thought the House will defeat the
scheme ofthc Repub lean politicians by
eXtra-constitutional methods to bring
another State into the Union to affect
the Presidential election.
London had Il blo6dless riot on
Monday. The streets wore in posses
sion of a bowling mob of "starving
mechanics" and socialists for hours,
bu, the only damage was the s~toning
OF q numbe of private residences and
c!ub-honses. The police were power
less.
Charles Jeuik attempted to feloni-
Ousiy assault two daughters Of his
employer, John Hoar, near Macedonia,
OHIO, but ta led, when h. crushed
their skulls with All iron bar and then
fired the barn, destroying $4,000
worth OF property. The fcnd is in
Jail at Akron.
Convict Fish was recently carried
to New York, ostensibly to testify in II
case in court but really 10 have u trolic
a. 1T is known that one night he had Il
late supper with iour burlcsquc &C
t~rcsScs, and after five days absence
was returned to prison without going
before the court.
Senator Plat, of Connecticut, is
receiving q great deal of credit for his
earnest effort to have the Senate open
its doors when the Presidential nomi-
nations arc being considered. 1t is
not expected, however, that the propo
sltion will meet with sufficient favor
to carry it through at this time.
Lieut.. Martin j. Hawkins, one of
the twcnty-four men who, in 1868, at
tempted to destroy the bridges and
telegraph lines of the Chattanooga and
Atlanta Railroad, died in Quincy, ILL.,,
Oh Sunday. Several Of tho raiders
escaped, but the balance were captured,
tried and hung 10y the Confcdcrdtes.
Never was tn" press of any city so
unanimous III favor of any one rs the
press of Atlanta is in favor OF DR..
Armstrong. They have all, without
exception, so far as we have seen, cX-
pressed The utmost confidence i'm that
gentlcman'S heightened Christian char
actcr, and think he has been most un-
justly dealt with.
John G.. Thomson, ex-Sergcamt-at-
Arms Ct The House of Representatives,
died suddenly at Seattle, Washington
Territory, last Wednesday. He had
appointment he received from the
President last August. The immedi-
ate cause of death was dropsy of the
heart, n complaint with which he had
been troubled since December last.
The remains Of Major-Gemcral
Hancock were buried ON Saturday.
with very modest ceremonies. Dressed
in The uniform of a major general.
with u military sash on his right
shoulder and side, even in death lie
looked ihc picture of II military hero.
Many of the old friends of the family
called NJ the Generals house, but were
denied admittancc.
Little jimmy Galloway was severe
~ biitr'i 10y q bulldog in Augusta, the
boy having stepped upon the ANIMALS
tan while he was mapping in front of
INC lire; the dog seized the boy by the
leg, dragged him inioihc ward ana at.
tempted to carry him under the house,
where he would undoubtedly have
been Killed, but II ncighbor promptly
dispatched the savage brute with a
gun.
There is a general movement
among The trades unions of Washing
ton towards shortening the hours of
labor. The plumber, timers and car
pcntcrs have decided that after May 3
next they will demand 80, per dav for
eight hours work. It is said that this
movement is the beginning of II com
binatipn on the part of all The leading
labor organizations in the city towards
shorter hours of work.
The Chinese are being sysiemati-
cally sent out of Seattle, WASHINGTON
Territory. They are marched TO
steamers and storage passage paid to
San francisco for them. The Knights
of Labor are at the head Of the move
ment. The Mayor and prominent cit
liens of Seattle have tclcgraphcd to
the Government officials for troop,
The militia and Home Guards turned
out To protect the Chinese. Those
who wanted to leave were escorted To
the steamer and the others to their
homes. The mob finally attacked the
militia and were fred upon, one being
Killed and several badly wounded.
Govcrcmcmt troops have gone to Seat
tie.