The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-10-07
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Secretary Bayard has gone to Boston on
Al short vacation.
Earthquake shocks were felt at Smith
vile, N. c., Monday night. E
There was an earthquake shock In Au-
gusta, Ga, Monday afternoon.
Oliver Amos was nominated for Gov |
ernor by the Republicans of the Bay State
The Columbus Knights of Labor have
put ticketin the field for both city and
county officers.
w. G. Allen, of South Carolina has
been appointed United States Consul at
Picdras Negras, Mexico.
Tho latest French operations in New He |
brides indicate the permanent occupation of
those islands.
Three men are cntombcd In Winthrop |
mine, Mich. aud it is not believed they can |
be rescued alive
China intends to issue loan for fifty |
million dollars, for the construction Of rail |
ways in the empire
John Estcn Conk, the well known Vir-
ginia author and book maker, died Mon
day in Clark county, Virginia.
The cattle plague is proving most disas-
trous out West. Several thousands have
been killed in order to stop the spread
Mr.. Blaine and Mr.. Carlisle agree upon
one thing, the continuation of the internal
revenue tax on whisky and tobacco.
The Prohibitionists and Knights of Labor
in Atlanta have united on ticket for the
Legislature, called THE Law and Order
Ticket"
Secretary Manning will resume his duties
as head of the Treasury Department as
soon us cool weather sets in.
Cluvcrius is fond of flowers and female
sympHthizcrs nrc found to crafty his taste
III that respect, while weeds are rank, per
hnps, on Lillian Madsons grave.
j. Frank Burden was shot and killed by
Caleb Jones Tuesday in Metropolis, III.
Burden had recently married Jones's di-
| vorccd wife
The Democrats Of New Jersey in con-
| vcntOn yesterday nominated Robert Green
| tor Governor on the first ballot over six
competitors.
A three-ycar- old son Of J. n. Robinson.
OF Fishing Creek Factory, fell from an
upper story window, Wednesday, and was
painfully injured.
1t is said that between 500 and 900
bricklaycrs and plastcrers can secure work
III Charleston during the coming winter
and spring at 50 per day.
The Hartford Courant says: Nothing
viii keep Virgins from prophcsying as
long rs the newspapers will continue to
scare people by printing his hosh"
1t is said that bleeding partially blind
horse at the nose will restore him to sight.
SO much for the horse. TO open n mans
eyes you must bleed him in the pocket.
The Louisville Couricr.Journal in dc
nouncing COrscts tells of n post mortcm
which revealed wOman's liver actually
cut In two by tight lacing.
A band of discharged Chinese soldiers
made descent on a leading pawn shop in
I tluchong on August 13, and murdered the
proprietor and 4G of his employees
The cholera is still raging throughout
Japan. Between August 2S and Scptcm-
Der inclusive, nine days, 3,34S new cases
were reported Over G3 per cent. Of those
| attacked died
Superintendent Larkin, who has charge
OF the hosting and setting of the granite
on the capital building at Atlanta was killed
last Monday by piece Of stone weighing a
ton falling from the third story on him.
Tuesday night James Dohcrty. of Brook.
lyn, N. y, pounded his wife till she fled
leaving her children. The father then set
fire to the house, locked the door on his
children and went away. The children
were saved.
Mr.. Bartholomew, the Hartford default
cr, was man Of very simple habits He
lived mOdcstly and economically, and never
smoked or drank. He also wore shabby
clothes, pretended to be stingy and was a
piOus fraud.
A Galveston dispatch, dated the 29th,
| says: AT noon there arc no SIGNS of Wig
glns'S predicted disturbance in this section.
lhe weather which has been rainy and dis
agreeable for several days, to-day broke
Clear and continues pleasant
Talk rs he may, nothing plcascs man
SO much when he enters a hotel as to have
the clerk behind the desk address him ia
miliarly and anXiously inquire after his
health. 1t ticklcs his vanity and makes
him believe that he is a bigger man than he
really is.
Some days ago the managers Of the Au-
gusta Factory sent q special agent to New
Jersey to employ operatives, paying their
, way to Augusta. Saturday morning twcn-
ty-livc Of the new men arrived, but t6cy i'm.
mcdlatcly joined the strikers and refused to
+ 60 to work in the mill at all.
The Chicago Times closes an article on
the apathy Of that city in respect to the
suffering at Charleston as follows. "The
, hog Is prominent element in the business
OF Chicago, and appears to be securing an
equally prominent position in tho nature of
many OF its people"
In the Belgian mines wortmcn arc paid
80 cents a day; IN the quarrics so cents
In the weaving industries full grown men
earned but So a week, though at Client,
BY organization and strikes, costing some
$4,000, they had succeeded in getting
wages raised to $3 week.
Geronimo cl inns that about four months
ago, he captured General Crook, and only
released him upon obtaining a guarantee
that, after indulging In one more raid, the
Apachcs might return to their reservation
unm"lcStcd.. The story has given rise to a
good deal Of gossip In army circles.
1t now transpircs that George Bartholo-
NEW, the 70 years old dcfaultcr, of Hart.
ford, has made away with two millions of
dollars. He has been Systematically rob
bing every corporation with which he had
any connection. Many failures are ire ', cX.
pectcd in Hartford on account of the pecu
lations Of this hoary old rascal
Fire broke out at 130 o'clock Sunday