The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-03-17
NEWS ITEMS.
Facts III Interest, Gathered from yariou
Quarters.

II. Sld'9SNoIC u. COItl1IlcN 10 DIS
bed from Il cold.
Church troubles have become cpl
dcmic all over the country.
County Treasurer IIollingSworth,
OF ~Vuhccnncs, Ind, is short S7S,279.
The railroad strike in the West
seems to be losing strength.
Mrs. Mary b., widow of cx-Gov-
crnor Seymour, of New York, is dead.
Pneumonia and other diseases arc
now attributed to the use OF natural
gas.
-EX-Scnator jerome b. Chaflpc, Of
New York, and the wife ofeX-At,orncy
General Brewster died last week.
w. Johns and his son Frank, are
ON trial in Ashevillc, n. c., Tor the
murder ofthc Joyce family.
Mrs. Langtry is said to have lost
the litt!e prestige She originally had in
Lo ndon society.
= Virgins predicts that Il, terrible
storm will rage on the Atlantic some
time this month.
The Prohibiiionists Of Atlanta have
won their case before The Supreme
Court of Georgia.
The Chicago Iri6Hnc saws that to
analI nc Mary Andcrsom's acting is
like carving the breast of Il cold tur.
key"
Five thousand now physicians will
be graduated from the 1Ol Incorporated
medical colleges in the United States
this car.
The Emperor Dom Pedro, of Bra
I'll, is hlanning the erection of an acal-
cmy Of arts, which will be first of its
kind in South America.
TIE Virginia Legislature has voted
down Il proposition making the giving
OF railroad passes to members of the
State government a miSdCmCanur.
The tug John Martcl was blown
up by an unexplained explosion near
Boston and her crew of five men were
drowned.
The notorious ArchcrS, who have
been confined in Jail in Shoals, Ind,
charged with murder, have been lynch
cd.
"A fire in Il drying house in Gels,
RUSSIAN SilcSia, caused the death Of
several women aud the serious injury
Of many others.
Three thousand and five hundred
acccssions were reported to the NJ. f..
Church ut the Baltimore conference
last Thursday.
The Massachusetts House Of Rep
~rcscntatlvcs has defeated by n large
majority the p~rohibitory amendment
TO the Constitution.
j w. Sells, his wife, son and
daughter were found murdered in
Usage City, Kansas, last week. a
young son l. suspected.
Senator Vest, Of Missouri. who is
seriously i'll with neuralgia at the base
# the brain, will 20 to Georgia and
Florida for rest and treatment.
Capt. j. f.. Brow and NJ. A. Grace
had a shooting match in the New
Orleans custom, when the latter was
Killed and the former badly wounded.
Major General John Pope Of the
United States Army retired from active
service ON Tuesday, March 9th. He
will hcrcaitcrrcSidc at Cincinnati.
The Supreme Court OF Georgia
has affirmed The sentence oi.Gcorge f..
Jackson, of Augusta, convicted of
breach OF trust, and lie goes to the
pcnitentiary for six years.
The Nebraska CITY saloon kccpcrs
have all signed an agreement not TO
>ciI any liquor to any man who is
known To lave signed The temperance
pledge.
The Philadelphia city courts re-
rcccntly @rlutcd II divorces in one
day. There is one branch Of trade
that oiloys all the cX;iIarating ~vivacily
Ola constant.
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The latest news from the circle of
the "grand old party" is that John
y. Logan, resolved TO divide literary
hon0rs with James G.. Blaine, has
taken TO poetry.
meningitis has broken ont among
The prisoners in the Atlanta jail, and
several have died. The others have
been moved To the jails of Cobb, Bar
tow and DrkplD counties.
The friends Of DR.. Armstrong in
Atlanta will perhaps build for him al,
independent church.. One of the curu-
tors Of st. Lukc's Church, Bishop
Beckwith'S Cathedral, has rendered bis
resignation.
Two railroad trains collidcd trains
collidcd between Monte Carlo and
Mcndona in Spain last week and more
than twenty passengers lost their lives.
MSuv carriages were smashed and fell
Ill the sea.
"A railroad she'd, Il train of cars
loaded with milk and a quantity of
freight at the pier of thc Monarch
Steamship Company in Jersey City,
were destroyed bv fire last wcck loss
over $500, 900.
II is moi often that n bcpplr il
encountered in mid.occa". Yet a
steamer just arrived reports that il
was approached by Il destitute schooner
that asked for food, and being supplied
went on its way rejoicing.
Fire Chief Mthcdy, of New York,
was killed on Friday afternoon while
returning from ii fire. An engine ran
into his buggy, throwing him under
the wheels Of The engine and crushing
his shoulders SO that he died ia IL snort
time.
There are now 10000 employees on