The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-03-10

thoi' az tiO ileuu vi COuiISSl u III
behalf of the people, and Roscoe Conk-
ling leading the fight for the Bell
monopoly, will be a veritable battle o.
the giants.
WIN. Heath. the well known
broker, whose failure last October
attracted SO much attention, died AT
his home in New York. there can b"
no doubt that anxiety caused by his
financial disasters shattered his con-
stitution and indirectly led to his
death.
AT Fayetteville, West Virginia,
last Friday, Frank McGoniglc ami
james Sheady fought forty-ihrc" I'll oh
rounds for fifty dollars. The contest
is said really TO have originated in
long. standing grudge between tho :wu
men. Shpady vas SD badly hurt tina,
he has since died from his injuries.
The business failures occurring
throughout the coun,r, during The last
week, a. reported TO Il. g. Dam & Co.,
number for the United States 2O7, aud
for Canada 80, total PIG; against 24S
last week and 2S6 the week previous.
Business troubles appear to be general
throughout the United States. Casual
ties arc about up to the average.
One of tho most remarkable pic
lures in the Paris Salon this vear will
be an episode Of the English campaign
III the Soudan. 1t represents the
Mahdi seated in his tent receiving the
homage of chiefs, who have brought
with them a load of British soldiers
heads freshly dccapitaled.
j. n. PickclSrimcr, who claims O
he 4 preacher and had been uachinu
school on Marrowbonr Creek, w ",
got drunk and attempted to enter a
place OF >cInrnt, bur was refused
admittance, when he fired through The
door, killed Col. l%:cnnct, the midget
aud morally wounded five persons.
The murderer escaped.
Some time ago 5. &. Wilson was
l'ncltcd in Patrick county, Va, for
stealing Il mule. AT the last term of
t q court, the grand jury found Il bill
OF Indictment against all the parties
onccrncd in the murder. This is the
first time within recollection that Al
lynching party has hecn formally pre-
scntcd by a grand jury for murder.
Senior Patricia Caldcrom, a promi-
ncnt politician and orator Of Chill, is
dead. He was one OF President Santa
Maria's most active followers, and
although he never held any official
position of Importance his influence
among the people of Chill was quite
extensive He was an effective orator
and u shrewd manipulation of political
wires.
Addison TinsIcy's tobacco manu-
Factory at Louisiana, Mo-, was totally
DESTROYED by fire last week. The.
| hnil,lihr Iync a ln,.,o tl,,, 90 49,, l.;.I.
fronting 100 feet on Seventh street b>
l20 feet on Jackson. and employed 100
hands in the manufacture of chewing
tobacco. The loss is estimated M
100000; insurance $40 600. The orr
gin of The fire j. unknown.
The debt statement shows the
decrease of the public debt dnring to-,
month of February to be $2,7OI, lob
81; cash in the treasury, 1894. 49,
$1,000; gold certificates outstanding.
SoS, 800 SIG: certificates of deposit out
-tanding, $l4.920, 900: legal tender.
outstanding, S3iG, $50, G9G; fractional
currency, (not including mou csli-
ma'cd as lost or dcstroycd,) 5000, Gj3,.
II.
Andrew Hess died at Eria, Pa :.
AT he age of o.. lie served n an um-
Ger witt Napoleon I. wears and until
his exile III El'a. ...ftcr coming to
America he aud eight others form 1t II
elect circle, of which Hess was prcsi
dent. They met daily at their club
room in Erie for over sixty wears.
Some time ago they began to iii" OF
old are, and now only the secretary, .
Andrew Beer, Il man Of so, is Irft
Hess, who married early, leaves a
large family.
Agents who have been thoroughly
canva>sing North and South Carolina
for c~nIi9ranlS say The colorrd cxouu,
from the Southern States to the cx.
IRENE Wcsi has only fairly begun. At
least three thousand are reported to b,
now making arrangements TO leave
during the present season, fully ns
many having already gone. They
state HAT they are going because the,
arc offered regular wages rs farm
hands, and are becoming Impoverished
in the South by high rents and hard
bargains.