The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-04-29
General News.

his nose broken one nlgnC laSL week Dy
a COW which he was untying suddenly
throwing her head up and striking him
in the face.
Judge W. II. Taylor was arrested last
week in Atlanta for being drunk in the
streets. The judge claims to belong to
the supreme court bench Of Texas, and
halls from Austin.
II is now certain that the schooner
Charles H. Morse, from Baltimore,
loaded with coal for Boston, sunk the
Oregon and was swept under water
by the swift running steamer.
A chum of James Sullivan. of Dan
bury, Conn, placed bent pin in his
chair in order to see him jump. The
pin penetrated the backbone, and Sulli-
van is reported dying in the hospital.
Two Brothers named Weaver were
lynched in Athony, Kansas, on Sunday,
for fatally Wounding a man in fight.
The mother of the two men and the
wife of one of them were present and
saw the tragedy.
An attempt by Representative
Spooner in the house on Tuesday to
reduce the appropriation for the I'M
provement of Charleston harbor from
S250,OO0 to 100000 was defeated, only
one vote being given for it.
The convicts in prison at St. Vincent
de Paul, Quebec, got possession OF
arms and revolted on Saturday. One
prisoner was killed and several wound
ed in the desperate fight that ensued
before the convicts were subdued.
Eugene Beck, of Clayton, Ga, who in
a drunken fury killed his wife and her
sister while in bed two years ago, has
been sent to the penitentiary for life.
Influential relatives and friends aided
in keeping him from the gallows.
A tornado along Broad River, in
Rutherford County, n. c., destroyed a
number of dwellings, barns and other
property. a great many horses and
other stock were killed and several
persons were injured but none fatally.
In a discussion in Il Chicago board
ing house, Henry Smith expressed the
opinion that it Was every mans right
to belong to 4 labor union or not as it
pleased him, when three men knocked
him down and kicked him nearly to
death.
Francis Platte Wickes, Il young law
yer of New York, who shot young
woman and then himself, was still
alive thirty-six hours after the occur
renee, although Il large bullet had en-
tered his right temple and passed out
his left.
Frank Sepgmileer, a Catholic priest
at Bradford, Ind, became enraged be-
cause some Of the members Of his
church attended the Christian church,
and after services Sunday, when the
congregation was dispensing, he fired
three shots at the crowd. 40 one was
struck. He was placed under arrest.
1t is believed that the residence Of
Chas. B. Kimball, of Chicago, was fired
by incendiaries, through revenge for
his connection with the labor agitation
of year ago. he being treasurer
of a stone company. An explosive
was thrown into the building which
nearly killed Mr.. Kimball's wife and
son.
An unknown old lady rose in her
sleep and walked off u train on the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
road while it was running at full speed
On Saturday night. She was found
insensible by the track near Rockmart
next morning and carried to Atlanta.
She was richly dressed. Her injuries
are very serious.
Jay Gould's testimony before the la
Dor Investigating committee yesterday
occupied nearly four hours. lie denies
that he is to blame for the strike, and
says it was brought about to give Il
few men notoriety. He says that Ia
Dor is TO per cent of q railroads eX-
penses. and but for the pooling system
half of the roads in the country would
be in the hands of receivers.
John Walker, colored, was drowned
in the Savannah River in January.
Last week his body foated to the sur
face, was recovered and buried. The
negroes have II superstition that if a
body is rescued in this way and buried.
the waters from the river will follow
and reach it. The heavy rain and the
rise in the river Immediately after the
burial almost proved the truth Of their
in this instance.
The Church of San Louis, in Madrid,
was badly damaged yesterday morning,
by an explosive, which had been placed
inside Of one of the large hollow can
dies. Two sections were injured. Fort
unately the explosion occurred before
the worshippers had assembled, other
wise the loss of life would have been
terrible. There is much excitement,
but no trace of the perpetrators of the
outrage has been discovered.
In Spartanburg on Wednesday two
women carrying couple of bags visit
ed number of stores, examined goods
and promised to make purchases when
they returned. at the jewelry store of
Mr.. J. A. Harmon they were detected
in the act of secreting jewelry. The
bags were searched and found to con-
tain q large variety of articles taken
from the stores they had visited. The
goods were identified by the owners
and the women were carried to jail.
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