The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-07-08


ginia State penitentiary recently contracted
with a Wellsburg tobacco manufacturer To
let him have the labor Of q number of con!
yicts for the manufacture of cheap cigars
There was vigorous protest against the con
tract, and it was snnulled.
"Wednesday the military guard at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio, which
has watched President Garfiold's tomb for
nearly five years, was withdrawn. The
lid Of the casket was removed, and tho
features of deceased the President were
found to he unchanged.
Said a member of O recently drawn Gcor
gia grand jury: 1--WE can hardly be expect
ed to indict men for carrying concealed
weapons when the major part of the Jury
themselves are ballasted 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 $4,000, 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 Ga years, and
Treasurer of the Chesapeake and Delaware
Canal Company of Philadelphia, has left
amount to $178,00O. AS usual, he had
held the office for years and was consid
cred an honest, upright man.
Young Could Jay Goulds son, is about
to take a kingdom-NIiss Kingdom, an ac-
tress of the town Of Boston, who happens
at this time to be u member of DalyS com
pany, playing in London. The millionairc's
son sailed recently for the purpose Of wed
ding the lady in July.
AT Lancaster, Pa, Charles Grcenawalt,
| aged 10 years, was watching some COWS
which were grazing near by, and he
| crawlcd up on the frame of large machine
which is used for washing orc. lie lost
his balance and fell between two large re-
volving rollers. His head was crushed and
he was instantly killed.
M. Serve, an intimate friend of Countc
dc Paris, writing to the Solcil says that the
| period of exile will bc of short duration:
that the three and half million votes given
to the Conservatives at the last election will
soon develop into six million royalist
voters; and that France is weary of and
disgustcd 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 il had
been dipped III hot water. They arc dam
aging the crop to the extent of perhaps sc
per cent.
DR.. Hobbs, the eye, car and throat phv,
| sician, Of Atlanta, has operated on a boy
from Wilkes County, for treatment of his
eye. lie is one of 26 children, and their
mother is only 81 years old. The boy is 2
years old. The mother had four triplcts
and four twins, and there arc only three
boys in the family. The fathers name is
Jordan Sherman.
Mrs. Frederick NIarklc. aged 81 years,
died ut her home in Marblctown, Ulster
county, N. Y, Saturday. Her husband
who survives her, is 03 years old. Before
Mrs. Marklcs death they were said to be
the oldest married couple in the State.
They had lived together us man and wife
for more than sixty years. Marlilc is still
hale and hearty.
The largest balloon in the world has re
Gently been built in San Francisco bv A. p
Van IaSScl. 1t has Il capacity of 100, 0OC
cubic feet of gas, and has been constructed
for the special purpose of enabling the
well known acrOnaut to undertake. a Jour
ney across tho continent. The cost OF tn,
structure is stated to be $4,000. 1t is cx
pectcd the voyage will bc begun early thi.
month.
All but fifteen Of the 1S0 inhabitants o
POttcrsvillc, N. j., are sulrcrng from the
ELECTS of eating the poisoned ice cream al
the fair OF the Dutch Reformed Church
last Thursday. They are progressing favor
ably with the exception of Mrs Ida Apgal
and David Welsh, who are not expected &c
live a Mrs. Pierce, who lives in hi,
| house but who did not attend the picnic.
ate some OF the cream and is very i'll.
| Z. l.. Bradley, 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 back of the
head, tearing off the outer plate of the
skull. Shotwcll then fired into his back as
ne rose up and next drove Il bullet through
his eye, another into his forehead, and stil
another into his right arm. Shotwcll
mounted horse and escaped to the hills,
Gov. McEnery, of Louisiana, has issued a
proclamation rcciting information received
OF great distress resulting from severe
storms and inundations 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 away to such an cX
tent that it 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 the late manifesto,
and the subsequent acts of their recognized
agents. In wcllinformcd circles the princes
are regarded as having embarked on career
ol dangerous venture, which if perscvcrcd
in can have no other result than to lirht the
flames of civil war, and lead, perhaps, to
general European cOnAagration. Earnest
efforts are being made by the English court
to dissuadc the princes from proceeding
with the contemplated campaign.
Nellie Picrson, young colorcd girl, re-
siding in the city of Wilkcsbarrc, Pa, was
taken i'll early last week and on Friday night
died, so 1t was thought by her family. Prep
arations were made for her funeral, but the
supposed corpse came to life again, and
there frrnnf cnnotnrpofin,, 81,