The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-06-23

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Every bachelor purchasing a 800 suit of
u certain clothing house at Hemingford,
| Neb., is provided with a wife. 1t will be
seen, on reflection, that this makes the suit
pretty expensive in the end.
The terms of International Typographi-
cal Union with the knights of Labor are,
that 1t will join the Knights in any reason
able endeaYor to sustain the rights Of work
ingmen, but will not impair the integrity
of the union.
There was a rush Of the populace to
| view the remains of King Ludwig. Many
persons were knocked down and tramplcd
under foot in the rush. Guards were
posted with fixed beyoncts to keep the
crowd back.
a sentimental writer says IA baby is Il
link which binds its mother to heaven
Pretty often it is u link which binds her to
the house when she is almost dying" to
go out making calls or to do u little shop
ping.
Jacob Weller, aged 81, of Lobackville,
Pa, while at supper Wednesday night was
informed that a letter containing 81, 700
back pension money had been received for
him. In hurrying to finish his meal he
Captain VIM. Davis, for many years SUI
| ICl lulCuutuI VI IN w CSlCIh itllu lltlultlC
Railroad, committed suicide on the Ala.
bama Great Southern South bound train
Sunday. He leaves n large family who can
assign no cause for the deed.
The victims of the Belfast riots were
buried ut the expense of the public. The
coroncr's jury in the case of Mary Reilly,
one of the victims of the recent riots, re-
turned a verdict of willful murder against
the police who fired into the mob.
Typhoid fever is epidemic in Bcllairc, O.
Over 300 cases are reported, with many
deaths. The terrible sanitary condition OF
the place, together with the fact that the
inhabitants drink river water impregnatcd
with garbage from Wheeling, w. Va, Just
above, is the supposed cause Of the cpl
dcmic.
A freight train ON the Kansas City Road
was wrecked some distance Wcst0 of Chicago
Monday evening. Fifteen cars were en-
tircly demolished aud several tramps who
were stealing Il ride were crushed to death,
being mutilatcd in the most horrible man
ncr.
European intelligence is to the effect that
the relations between Germany and France
are strained. This means that The feeling.
while yelled by diplomatic usage in the
courteous phrases common TO such inter
course, are anything but amiablc, and
HtlSnt lCit W Ndr III ANY llnc.
Winfield b. Thompson of Kansas CITY.
Mo-, who shot and killed the girl he married
only two weeks ago and attempted to kill
himself at the Sturlcvant House on Tues.
day afternoon, lies ut the New York Hos.
pital in n critical condition. lie has three
bullets in his head and one in his body near
the heart. He positively refuses to clear
up the mystery that surrounds the strange
crime.
Miss Clcvclan1'S forthcoming novel The
Long Rum" will he issued this week. 1t
is n love story, the hero being n somewhat
eccentric clergyman, the heroine an uncon
vcntioral young oman and the locality IL
summer resort. 1t is said that Miss Clcvc.
land recently received from the same pub
Usher 5000 for Il tcn-page introduction to u
book published by him.
One thing is certain, coercion will never
again he attempted by English legislators
in the government of Ireland. Some of
the rancorous Tories would no doubt be
glad to employ the old t%humbscrcw and
bayonet policy, but they dare not. The
discussion of Home Rule has advanced
public opinion a hundred wears on this
point, and public opinion is the only power
before which tyranny trcmblcs.
King Ludwig, who was recently drposcd
from the Bavnrian throne, committed sui,
eide at 6 o'clock Sunday evening. lie had
gone out for Il promenade in the Park Of
Berg Castle, accompanied by DR.. Guddcn.
his physician. The King suddenly threw
himself into Siarmberg Lake and was
drowning. The physician Jumped in TO
rescue the King and was also drowned.
The Rev. Mr.. Carroll, colorcd. Of South
Carolina, made n Logging speech ut Ashury
Park, in which he said; This is my lirS,
visit to the North. | nave always been
told that Northern men are more generous
than Southern men, and that Southern
ladies are more beautiful than Northern la.
dies. The men laughed, but not IL wo.
man gave him Il cent.
A strike or n shut down among the fac.
J tories of this city would be exceedingly IN.
fortunate at present. The financial outlook
is not of the best, and the times arc uucom
monty tight, with n crop prospect not at all
pleasant. And to add to these, any move.
mcnt which will take $50, 600 per month
from local circulation (Which amount is
now paid by the factories in wages would
indeed be dcplorablc. augusta Ereaing
NetoS.
a novel wedding will soon be celebrated
near Edenvillc, n village a few miles from
Warwick. n. Y. The contracting parties
will he Charles Il. Williams, n Paterson
merchant, and Miss Harriet a. Waterbury.
daughter of j, Eliphalct Waterbury.
Through some strange freak the couple
have selected midnight us the time that the
ceremony will be performed. Apart from
the hour the wedding will he like other big
affairs of I've kind in the country.
Amid all the wild talk about civil war in
Great Britain over the Home Rul, question.
1t is OF practical interest TO notice TINT the
proportion of Irish in the Queens army is
small and growing smaller. There are now
In every 1000 soldiers $50 Englishmcn,
178 Irishmen, 10 Scotchmen and ii of
other nationalities. Eighteen years ago the
number of lrishmen was 30S per LOCO.
and with the exception of a single year,
1880, the proportion has since been steadily
decreased.
Mr.. Dawes has introduced in the Senate
a bill requiring the Secretary of the Treas
ury nnder the authority of section 1871 of
the revised statutes to regulate the issue of
United States notes. There shall be out
standing at nil timpa mot loco than ton mo