The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-07-07

There vas vigorous protest against the con-
tract, and 1t was annulled.
Wednesday the military guard at Lake
| View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio, which
has watched President Garfclds tomb for
nearly five years, was withdrawn. The
lid of the casket was removed, and the
features of deceased the President were
found TO be unchanged.
Said a member of q recently drawn Gcor-
| gia grand jury: owe can hardly be expect
ed to indict men for carrying concealed
weapons when the major part of tho jury
themselves are ballastcd to their seats during
their deliberations by the weight of pistols
in their hip pockets"
Postmaster Frank Brown, of Baltimore,
is much concerned about 81 900 additional
salary. He is worth nearly So, 000, 600, but
cannot let that extra nibblc pass. The
richer some men get the moro pertinacious
they become in running down the last far
thing.
James L.. Wilson, aged 64 years, and
Treasurer of the Chesapeake and Delaware
Canal Company of Philadelphia, has left
for parts unknown. His dcfalcations
held the office for years and was consid
cred an honest, upright man.
Young Gould, Jay Gould's son, is about
to take II kingdom-Miss Kingdom, an nc
tress of the town Of Boston, who happens
at this time to be n member of Days com
pany, playing in London. The m~illionairc's
son sailed recently for the purpose of wed
ding the lady in July.
At Lancaster, Pa, Charles Greenawalt,
aged 10 years, was watching some COWS
which were grazing near by, and lie
crawlcd up on the framcof u large machine
which is used for washing ore. He lost
his balance and fell between two large re.
volving rollers. His head was crushed and
he was instantly killed.
NJ. Serve, an intimate friend Of Countc
dc Paris, writing to the Solcil, says that the
period of exile will be of short duration:
that the three and half million votes given
to tho Conservatives at the last election will
soon develop into six million royalist
voters; and that France is weary of and
disguised with Republican blundcrs and
will soon return TO monarchy.
a new and insidious enemy of the cotton
plant has appeared in North Carolina in
the shape of lice, which attach themselves
to the under surface of the leaves and suck
the sap. The stalk will in one or two DAYS
after being thus attacked look as if it had
been dipped in hot water. They arc dam
aging the crop to tho extent Of perhaps 50
per cent.
DR.. Hobbs, tho eye, ear and throat ply
stefan, of Atlanta, has operated on a boy
from Wilkes County. for treatment of his
eye. lie is one of PC children, and their
mother is only 81 years old. The boy is Z
years old. The mother had four triplcts
and our twins, and there arc only three
boys in the family. The fathers name is
Jordan Sherman.
Mrs. Frederick Marklc. aged 81 years,
died Mt her home In Marblctown, Ulster
county, N. y, Saturday. Her husband.
who survives her, is 03 years old. Before
Mrs. Markets death they were said to he
the oldest married couple in the State.
They had lived together us man and wife
for more than sixty years. Marklc is still
hale and hearty.
The largest balloon In the world has re-
Gently been built in San Francisco by A. p.
Van Tasscl. 1t has q capacity of i5O, 600
cubic feet OF gas, and has been constructed
for the special purpose of enabling the
well known acronaut TO undertake n Jour.
ncy across the continent. The cost of the
structure is stated to bc $4,000. 1t is cx.
pcctcd he voyage will be begun early this
month.
All but fifteen Of the 1870 inhabitants of
P0ttcrsvillc, n. D., are suffering from the
effects of eating the poisoned ice cream at
the fair of the Dutch Reformed Church,
last Thursday. They arc progressing favor,
ably with the exception Of Mrs. Ida Apgar
and David Welsh, who are not expected to
live. "A Mrs. Pierce, who lives in his
house but who did not attend the picnic,
ate some of the cream and is very i'll.
c.. l.. Bradley, n colorcd gambler, of
Omaha, Ncb., was shot and probably fatal.
ly wounded by one Thomas Shotwcil. five
miles from Crawford, Northern Nebraska.
Bradley was lying asleep on his cot,
when Shotwell shot him in the hack of the
head, tearing of the outer plate of the
skull. Shotwcll then fired into his back as
he rose up, and next drove Il bullet through
his eye, another into his forehead, and still
another into his right arm. Shotwcll
mounted a horse and escaped to tho hills.
Gov. MoEnery, of Louisiana, has issued n
proclamation reciting Information received
OF great distress resulting from severe
storms and foundations in portions of the
parishes of Rapids, Grant and Catahoula.
The crops have been totally destroyed, cat.
tic and hogs drowned, and the soil in MANY
cases has been washed ava to such an OK.
tent that IL will be impossible TO raise crops
OF any kind this year. The Governor.
therefore, asks all charitably disposed per
sons in that State to send contributions of
provisions TO these distressed people.
The Orleans princes have lost sympathy
in England by the issue of tholate manifesto,
and the subsequent acts of their recognized
agents. In well Uniformed circles the Nrinccs
are regarded as having embarked on a career
OF dangerous venture, which if pcrscvered
In can have no other result than to light the
flames of civil war, and lead, perhaps, to a
general European ~conlagration. Earnest
efforts arc bong made by the English court
to dissuade the princes from proceeding
with the contemplated campaign.
Nellie Pierson, n young colored girl, re.
siding In the city of Wilkesbarrc, Pa, was
taken Ill early last week and on Friday night
died, SO 1t was thought by her family. Prep
supposed corpse came to life again, and
there was great CONSERVATION among the
relatives and friends in consequence. Miss
P1erson said she was dreaming all the time,
and imagined herself falling from a great
height, and when she touched the ground
she awoke: Monday morning Miss Pierson
was actually dead, hayingcommitted suicide