The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-06-03
General News.

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Lewiedale.
\ salmon recently caught in the
Columbia River, Oregon, weighed
seventy-two pounds.
The late Senator Miller, a reputed
millionaire, has left an estate worth
less than 100000.
\ water spout near Abingdon, Va,
on Sunday destroyed the dwelling OF
David Whitaker and drowned Miss
Jennie Mangle.
Miss Maggie NIcMich the poetess of
Anderson, has been left fortune OF
$4,000 by a Scotch relative, in appre-
citation of her writings.
Snow to the depth of several inches
is reported in various towns in north
ern Vermont, and fears are entertain
ed of severe damage to the crops by
frosts.
The Methodist church at Parksville,
Edgefeld County, was blown down Dy.
the recent heavy winds. This is the
second church blown down at Parks
vile.
Miss frankie Folsom, President
Cleveland's bride, will get the greater
portion of S2500OO left by her grand
father, Colonel John R. Folsom, who
died recently.
y negro boy ten years old, who was
bitten by a mad dog last month, died
last week of hydrophobla, IN the J0r-
dan neighborhood, about ten miles
from Manning.
4 disastrous fire occurred in the
large brick and stone structure at the
corner of Congress and Wabash avenue,
Chicago, early on Wednesday morning.
The loss will approximate Sl,OOo,OOO.
Messrs. G. NJ. Furman of Greenville
and James p. Lesesne OF Charleston
have been nominated by United States
Attorney Youmans to he his assistants,
and they will, without doubt, be ap-
pointed.
Some days ago j. r. Woodhurst, OF
Lebanon Abbeville County, found a bee
tree and took from it thirteen feet OF
pure good honey. In circumference
the tree was about the size of an old
fashioned bee gum.
VIM. $. Warner, the man who got
the benefit of most of the Grant-Ward
stealing against whom the referee
gave Judgment for 81 100000, has dis
appeared. Only $4,000 worth OF his
property could he found.
The president has vetoed four more
private pension bills. He gives his
reasons at length in respect to each
case, but makes no general observations
of interest such as were embodied in
his two recent vetoeS on similar bills.
The Abbeville Messenger says the
people of Abbeville want Judge Goth
ran to serve them in Congress, and
though the Judge has not spoken one
way or the other, our contemporary
saws it does not believe he Will'refuse.
Richmond, Va, was swept by the
reform, workingmen's and independ-
ent movement against the regular
Democratic ticket on Thursday. The
majority. is 1900 to 5000. The other
Virginia cities elected straight Demo-
cratic tickets. 1
M. Henry Rochefort now boasts a,
record of eleven duels, not all OF them
bloodless as he has been wounded sew
eral times, though generally the other
man got off unharmed, which does not
deter Pochefort from a willingness, If
not eagerness, to be hit again.
During the high river last week, the
water washed away a portion Of an In
dian mound on the Chestnut place be-
low Camden and many Indian relics
were unearthed, such as skulls, bones.
teeth, pottery, etc. Many of the articles
were IN a pretty fair state of preserva-
tion.
At Waterbury, Conn, large num-
Der of converts to the Second Advent
faith were immersed, together with
Rev. J. W. Davis, a Methodist clergy
man, and until recently commander OF
Wadham Post 49, G. 4. r. The faith
is spreading in the surrounding towns
also. !
Arrangements are being made for
the building of street railway in
Columbia. The capital stock is 10000.
II. D. Gillespie, w. D. Startling, John
r. Abnev and II. N. Pearson are the
corporators. The tracks will run on
Main and Blanding streets and Elm
wood avenue.
George lines, a prominent colored
man OF Dauphin county, Pennsylvania,
has entered the field as the candidate
for the lieutenant governorship of that
State. As Pennsylvania has a very
large colored vote, lines may be able to
either demoraliZe the white leaders or
force compromise.
The credit Of saving Il train on the
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta rail-
road filled with passengers, is due Hut
son Lee, jr, of Charleston, and 5.
Wayne Gamble, of Williamsburg, STU
dents at the State College. They went
out early. on Sunday morning to look
at the river, found the bridge to he un-
safe and tagged the coming train in
time to stop it.
The Pickens Sentinel says IIcber
Wright and another Mormon missiona-
ry preached ut the house Of w. ..
two miles from Pickens
Court House, on the 18th. About
twenty persons listened to them. They