The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-07-01
GENERAL, NEWS ITEMS.
Facts Of Interest Gathered froms Various
Quarters.

The Bank OF Monroe, Louisiana, has |
,een closed. s
A woman died in New York Saturday,
tis supposed, from cholera.
Unprecedented fruit and.wheat crops are
cported in Virginia.
The apple crop of Connecticut promises |
o be unusually large this year.
EX-Vice President David Davis is lying
i'll and may die at any moment
Parliament was prorogucd on Friday
Dissolution took place on Saturday.
Randall says the Administration Is not
the enemy Of the silver dollar
A horse was frightened to death in In
dianapolis, Ind, Thursday by fire steam
engine.
Providence, r. l., Thursday celebrated
the 2o0th anniversary Of the settlement of
that city.
There is considerable grumbling in Ba,
yaria regarding the treatment of the late
King.
The Treasury has issued call for $4,
uoo,oOo OF bonds for redemption. The call
natures August 1.
a French brigantinc sank Saturday on
the banks of Newfoundland and nine of
her crew drowned.
Rcvivalists Jones and Small are said to
DE plannlnga a New England scashorc cam
paign for the summer.
An unknown friend of Erin in New
ork has contributed $4,000 to the relief
committee in Ireland
The strike in the yarn mil of the River
SIDE MiIls at Augusta is ut an end and the
mill is in full operation.
John Johnson, Of Brooklyn n. y, com
mlttcd suicide by pushing a handkerchief
down his throat with II long ruler.
jacob Swinglcy, of Crcston, Ill.,, cut the
throats of his two children and committed
suicide on the 19th-insanc.
The Board Of Trustees of the University
OF Alabama conferred the degree of ID. ID.
upon 5. llccht, Jewish rabbi of Montgom.
cry.
The New York Times has determined to
make an attempt to find out tho secrets of
Alaska, and has sent an exploring cxpodi-
ton.
Ncwsmcu in New Jersey, Brooklyn and
part Of New York commenced to 6ovcott
tho Wor(d Monday and killed so, 900 copies
in ono day.
The New England Institute Fair build.
ing, Boston, was burned Thursday, and
four wor lImcn killed. Loss $3.50, 600; GOV.
cred by insurance.
The Republican State Convention met i'm
Montgomery, Ala, last week. and decided
to put ticket in the field. Protection
principles adhered to.
The British. Museum has recently paid
zoo Tor copy of the first edition of the
it(9f2mS li0gFc&S. Only three copies are
known to he in existence.
ThG plastcrcrs Of PittSburw and Ale.
ghcny City, Pa, somo 100 in number, have
gone out on another strike, on account of
the bad faith of the contractors.
The University at Athens, Ga, gets
So, 900 per year from the State The At |
lanta University for the colorGd people gets |
the same amount.
Ten McNiCanS attacked 30 h,;achcS in |
Irrapodcpc Pass near SaHchc. The In
dams We're defeated. The McXicans lost |
thee killed and one wounded.
Saturday morning J. II. Blackburn Of |
Atlanta, Ga, died. !lr nvcrtaXcd his brain |
in the cause of temperance on the day uf |
election in Atlanta, and became insane.
Young and healthy rs the season is, there
is already Il dispoaition 20 get up II yellow
fever scare III New Orleans, in consequence |
of the arrival of Cuban doctor with some |
microbes.
:, \ meeting Of 10, 0hQ people was held Thurs |
day at Zurich, to protest against the Gov
crnmcnts action against the strikers The |
red flag was unfurlcd, but the police pre-
served order.
The Prince Of Wales, who has decided
to become an amateur phOtOgraphcr has
much disploas"d the English by ordering
his first camera from an American firm.
Over 200 persons were poisoned at a fcs,
tval at Pctcrsvillc, n j., from eating sand
witches made Of canned beef Later news
attributes it to arsenic willfuily "ut in the
ice cream.
The Lake Shore Switchmcn employed at
,he Union stock yards quit work Thurs
day, owing 10 the refusal of the railroad
company TO discharge eight non-union
men, at Chicago.
Judge Holman, of Indiana, has Just been
nominated for Congress, and if elected it
will be his l5h term. He is known in
Washington as ''the watch dog of the
Treasury
a contract was closed Monday for the
completion of the Birmingham and Shcf-
field Rairoad and the erection at Sheffield,
Ala, of II second iron furnace with 100
tons capacity.
Five mcn have been sentenced to impris-
onmcnt for terms varying from four to six
months for joining the 400 rioters who
lCilkNi3 EthC'l anu SlOllcN ID loJnOnC lac
tory women.
-Four of the five saloons at Washington,
ILL.,, are owned by women. Women arc
rapidly fitting themselves for political du-
ties in anticipation of the time when they
shall achieve the ballot
Register Rosccrans says the war of the
revolution cost this country $4,000, coo;
the war of 1912, $115, ,0O0, 900; the Mcxi |
can war, Tl35, 900, 900, and the late uu-
plcasantncSs, S6, l89, 020, ,905,
The agitation Of the question of Scccs.
sion ut the polls in Digby, n. s., has occa.
stoned more frankncSs Of expression by the |
people in regard to their earnest desire for
annexation to the United States
II. NJ. IIyndman, President of the So.
cial Democratic Federation of London, and |
leader of the English party of so.callcd |
Scientific Socialism, has decided to visit the |
United States on lccturing tour.
At the fire Of the great exhibition build. |
ing in Boston one man was roasted in sight |
of the gazing crowd. Eight charrcd bodies |
were taken from the ruins and more arc |
still in the ashes.