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

boys, has been committed to jail by
tho ordinary. Graham was brought
into Savannah By his father.
There are said to be less than
$1,000, 900 900 worth OF diamonds in
America to-day. The most costly one
Is that belonging tn the widow ofGov
e. ID. Morgan, of New York. 1t has
been offered for $50,0O0, and is twen-
ty-iwU carat stone.
- Tn" selection by Mr.. Parnell OF
Capt. OShca to represent the Galway
constituency seems tn have been n mis-
take. He met with a chilling reception
III the House of Commons. Mr.. Big
gar. is disgustcd aud the breach in the
Nationalist ranks has widcncd.
bismarck is driving The Poles on,
or Germany, and Austria is receiving
them with open arms. II this p.lrl
Is kept up long on both sides, Austria
will before long be ready to retrieve
the Disgrace Of Sadowa.
Tho "fi ,iaI rctu Ms of the Mon
trcal health Office for the year 1885
have just been issued. The total
number of deaths was Z 1925, as agains'
1858 in 1885. There were 3,l64 deaths
from smallpox. OF those who di,d
$3.50 were children.
Birmingham, England, still makes
flnt-lock muskets for use i'm the inte-
rior OF Africa, where percussion caps
or an! form of fixed ammunition
would oflen he impossible to obtain,
while powder cnn always be made and
h'nts picked up in the desert.
Henry Johnson, y misery bach,
elor and hermit, died in East Perkio-
men, Pa, recently, from the effect, Of
the cold, as he would not allow him
self the accessories of life. His fee,
were So badly frozen that the soles
mortified and fell uff.
While u clerk was in the act of
weighing some III, powder in u store
IN Winchester, Ky, : man standing
near struck II mach to light Il cigar,
causing q terrible explosion. Thu
house was wrecked and eight persons
badl! injured, two of them fatally.
"A burglar entered the residence Of
Dr.. Doughty, Augusta, Ga, on
Wednesday night. He was frightene Il
by the screams of the ladies, and cscap-
ed through the windows on to the
roof and cvaded tho police who were
in pursuit.
Recently nearly 1000 fishermen,
with their horses and carts, were car
ried gu to SEA on the ice, which sud
denly became detached from the shore
at the small port of ~Taganrong, Odessa.
Although many of these unfur,unatcs
were saved the ncxt day, it is feared
that many persisted.
AT II fuir in Aubanv, France, last
week, a herd OF bullocks worked by a
gang of thieves broke loose aud charg-
cd into the crowd of spectators, killing
three persona aud wounding 40 others.
During the panic which cnsued the
thieves devoted themselves to picking
pockets.
John N. King, master car builder
of the Chesapeake aud Ohio Railroad,
while crossing the track ut the COM
panA's shops last week was struck by
u shifting engine, run over and in
stanily killed. lie was 81 years old,
and had been employed on railroads
forty years.
In the Virginia Senate last week
the resolution, introduced by Senator
Wingield, To remove Itni road Com.
missioner Moflctt froiu Office, because
of i~nc"mpcIcncy, was discussed and
finally rejected by a vote of 81 to l.,
the only Senator favoring its adoption
being the author of the resolution.
The championship pcnnant won
by the Atlanta Base Ball Club va.
received on Tuesday from Chicago.
1t is a blue field, with white border,
aud "Chanipinns, 1885," in white let
tcrs in the centre. 1t il 25 feet in
length and Is in width at the staff,
aud iapering to five feet. The p%ennant
cost 800.
Father Klntc, ofthe German Cath
Ollie Church, excommunicatcd two
membership lis congregation in Youmgs-
town, Ohio, first cousins, for getting
married. He had previously warned
them of the Improperly of The step
aud refused To nnitc them, but they
"btaincdt the services ola Pennsylvania
aud were married.
1t took onl, thirteen minutes at
Salt Lake on Saturday to convict two
Mormons charged with unlawful CO.
habiiation, and the record of the week
showed fifteen of the Saints sent to the
State prison. At this rate II will not
take long to thin out the Saints who
Insist upon enjoying the ministrations
of more than one spouse.
Two brothers from Pitisfield,
Mass, named w. T.. and II. f. Her
nance, aged respectively tw%cnty-three
and eighteen years, arrived in New
Orleans last week from Livingston,
Montana, having travelled the distance
of 1906 miles in an open light canoe
since july 4, 1885. The trip was made
purely for love of adventure.
Mrs. Matte Thornton, a chamber
maid at the Kimball House, was ont.
%ragcnuslv assaulted on Mitchell street
bv two negro men about l O'Clock on
Wednesday morning, in Atlanta. The
negroes, named Rcdan and DeLyon,
have been arrested. Mrs. Thornton
has Identified both the darkevs posi-
lively since their arrest, and one Of
them has acknowledged his guilt.
"A man can make q competence at
saving wood as well as IN any other
business if he saws It well and sa WA
enough Of IL. The Dcx'cr, Maine,
Gazette tells of n man In Pittsfeld