The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-07-21

The French are playing "Peck-a-Boo'
with the Germans Sixty thousand repeat
ing rifles will be distributed to that portion!
of her amy on the Alsacc Lorraine front by
August. German forces confronting them
have recently been armed with similar
weapons.
\ number OF Berlin journalists have
been indicted for 4 breach of the press laws,
in publishing documents relating 70 the
case of Captain Sarauw, recently convicted
of selling information to France regarding
German fortitications, while the case was
under consideration by the courts.
Many large towns in Russia have no pc
rioaicalS at all only because there were no
parties who could suit the local governor
in the capacity Of editors. As regards local
official matters the governor performs the
role Of censor Thus, for Instance Tie
session Of the loca! representatives. thcugl!
open. cannot he described in The newspapers
without The governor permission.
After weeks investigation of the vari-
Gus rumors which have been floating about,
there is good autority for stating that an
cxtradition treaty between the United States
and Great Britain has hcen signed. says the
New York Star. and that the convention
provides. in addition to the customary
clauses, for the surrender Of dynamite mis-
creants.
Statements prepared at the Treasury Dc
partment show that the receipts Of the
government so far this month are decidedly
less than the expenditures, and unless an
improvement occurs before the end Of the
month the public debt statement to be is
sued on August will show little, if any.
decrease. Payments have been unusually
heavy. over so, 900, 600 having been paid
out this week On pensions alone
A largely attended mass meeting Was
held Monday evening at ST. Georges Hall,
in pursuance of call upon AL English.
Scotch and Welsh residents of Philadelphia
| to show Mr.. Gladstone and their country
men across the sea that in America, D. IN
Great Britain, there is q responsive tnroblo
the appeal for Justice to Ireland. The
following cablegram was ordered to be for
| wardcd to Mr.. Gladstone: The English,
Scotch and Welsh residents Of Philadc,-
phia, in mass meeting assembled. extend 10
you their sympathics in the struggle for
justice to Ireland, and ask you to perscycrc
| IN the light to the end.
San Francisco dispatches, of july II,
| give further details Of the earthquake in
New Zealand. The severity OF the shocks
caused the inhabitants TO rush in all dircc-
tons. The second shock produced a vol
cano, magntiiccntly and awfully grand,
which Illuminated the country for sixty
miles. The escaped natives, gathered III
groups on the hill sides. the smoke, and
huge masses of fire resembling metcorS,
! presented q panoramic view in al its real
| istic horrors which human nature desires
not to witness, at least again, and the Sccrs
of the forest not at all.
l Once and while some man has courage
cnot.-sh TO marry EaSsar graduate, but as
a rule the girl, u1i; s:;rr- s:cr- 2tf very, well.
Out of nearly 100 graduates, only about 200
have been drawn in the nuptail moose. The
full blown buds left have taken up various
callings There arc II physicians, 10 book
keepers, organistS, 5 chemists, - school
principals, 2 farmers, census clerk, in
surancc agents, 230 teachers, artists,
law clerk, 5 librarians, copyist, II music
teachers, 3 astronomical assistants, = jour
nalists, 3 gymnastic teachers, 2 miSsiona-
llCS, . puUilC icttIic!o 'lHlt = ieI4OiS. "
they say women have no chance.
A special dispatch from Grape Creek
Illinois, says: There is prospect Of u riot
over the importation of negroes by tie
Grape Creek Coal Company, 10 take The
places of the striking miners. The strikers
declare the new men can't work under any
circumstances, and that they will resist
force with force. The Sheriff Of Nermil
lion County has forty special deputies Oh
the ground, and will do all in his power to
maintain order if the negroes conclude to
90 to work There were over a.thousand
strikers when the present strike began, but
the number IS now reduced to seven or
eight hundred.
It is rumored that the commercial rcla-
tons Of the United States with South
America are to be still further strengthened
by the laying of L direct cable from this
country to Brazil and the Argentine Con-
federation. 1t is probable that the cable
will be in operation by January i, with
the immediate rcsul: of reducing the rate
per word from $291, the present tariff, 10
81. Under the present system eleven re.
pcats" are requisite between here. and Rio,
while with dircc: cable the message could
bcsent with only three repeats" BY using
a cable code, and paying only 81 a word
for transmission, merchant can send Il
long dispatch TO South America for an in
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