The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-05-12

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could scarcely get through with his part.
The Gascogne, monster floating palace
the largest vessel afloat except the Great
Eastern, is expected to arrive IN New ork
in q few DAYS. She is 500 feet long, Will
carry nearly 1900 passengers and cost
| $1,000, 600.
The Big Bend tunnel, near Oroville,
Cal. has been completed 1t is two and 4
half miles long, and is designed to divert
the course of a river so that a portion OF Its
bed, supposed to be very rich in gold, may
be worked.
Mrs. Annie Mclaughlin, of New York:
who was so terribly dishsured by vltllol
which she was attempting to throw IN her
husbands face, has been convicted OF assault
and sentenced to two years imprisonment
Col. S. L. Fremont, former nited
States officer. who served with dlstlnctlon
in the Florida and Mexican wars and after
wards superintendent of several railroads
in North Carolina, died in Memphis, Tenn,
recently.
NJ. Roche, the Anarchist, who was re-
leased from prison to contest the seat IN the
Chamber of Deputies made vacant by the
resignation of Henri Rochetort, has been
defeated. The successful candidate was
NJ. Gaulier
Mayor Harrison, of Chicago, after con-
sultation with the officials, has issued a
proclamation forbidding gatherings or pro-
ceSsions on the street for any purpose, and
the police are ordered to disperse them.
Joseph H. Fair, editor of the Hampstead.
Texas Courier, was shot and instantly
killed by J. J. Cloud, Justice OF the
Peace. Fair had published that Cloud was
about 81, 900 short in his accounts with the
County.
The rioting and incendiarisnl in Galica
continues to increase both in extent and
violence. The authorities have come to
the conclusion that the disturbances are
the work of Russian NihilistS, aided by
Anarchists from other nations.
The prospective duel between Gen. John
ston Jones and Richmond Pearson, mem
bers of the last North Carolina Legisla-
ture, is exciting considerable interest. The
former has been published as coward by
the irate Pearson
Mr.. Davis was badly wounded in Mexico,
while fighting for the Union under the
folds of the Stars and Stripes. How many
of the loyal Republican journalists who are
now barking at him can show scar re-
ceived under similar circumstances?
James Halpin, porter in the New York
Post Office, struck George Cortissos, clerk
in the Post Office, severe blow IN the
back of the head, which knocked him com
pletelv through plate glass window one
inch thick 1t is thought Cortissos was
fatally injured.
Capt. Lebos colored troop of cavalry had
an hours engagement with the hostiles in
the Pinion Mountains, in which one man
was killed and one wounded. Three In
dians were killed. AS the Apaches could
not be dislodged, Capt. Lebo withdrew to
await reinforccments
The receipts at the New York and
Brooklyn Bridge for April were $62, ,27SS6.
a decrease of $1,05L62 from those Of
March-which, however, had the benefit OF
one day more than April. The average
daily receipts last month were $2,015,97.
| A mysterious and fatal disease has broken
out in Rowlensburg, w. Va, and physi-
clans have been powcrlcss so far to save
the lives of any attacked The victims are
first seized with severe pain in the head
and are corDscS within twelve hours. After
death the bodies become spotted.
The Socialist riots in Chicago continue.
Riotous conduct characteriZeS a dozen other
Northern and Western cities, and great
trouble is ahead Perhaps our Northern
friends will attribute this lawlessness to the
visit of jeff Davis to Georgia and the ''in-
ccndiary speeches he is making. ltwould
be Just like them 10 do so.
The British ship Alexander Yates struck
heavily upon Il shoal and commenced leak
ing, when the influx Of water suddenly
ceased The vessel put into Callao, Peru.
for examination, and the diver found that
a large hole in the bottom of the ship had
been completely filled with the body of a
large fish, which saved vessel and cargo.
The militia fired upon the rioters at Bay
View, near Milwaukee, Wis, yesterday,
killing five and wounding several, every
one Of whom had Polish or Bohemian
name The infuriated Poles afterwards de-
stroved the residence of Capt. Borchardt
who commanded the militia which did the
firing. Further threats Of violence have
been made.
Alderman RudZinski, Pole, of Milwau-
kec, who has been making inccndiary har:
angucs, has been notified by Gov. Rusk
that he will be held responsible for troubles
which may hereafter arise from the doings
! of the Polandcrs who have been prompted
| to act by Rudzinski's advice. The Alder
man had been threatened with arrest by Il
! policeman on account of his language.
/ Mr. Joor fran tho Committee on the
Judiciary, has reported favoraoly IN the
Senate the joint resolution proposing to
extend the present presidential term to
April 30, 1889, instead of March 4, and
providing that the term of the Fiftieth Con-
gress he also extended to that date. The
resolution was placed on the calendar.
The police and Socialists came together
in Chicago last night with fatal results; five
| of the former are known to have been killed
and great many wounded by bombs and
pistol balls; about twenty Socialists were
wounded, one of whom has since died. The
trouble occurred at Socialist meeting and
the report is that the officers were attacked
as soon as they appeared.
The debt statement shows the decrease in
the public debt during the month of April
| to be $40, 965, ,3S7 90; cash in the treasury,
$492, 49,, $40 73; gold certificates outstand-
| inc, SS1, 715. 225; silver certificates out
standing, 800. 1913. 141; certificates Of deposit
| outstanding, $11,515,0 900; legal tenders out.
| standing, $34G, 6S1 ,0l6; fractional currency,
| mot including amount estimated as lost or
destroyed 1854 ,557 %.
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