The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-01-13
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
Facts Of Interest, Gathered from Various
Quarters.

The Charleston cotton seed Oil mill
has suspended operations.
"A heavy fall of snow in England
has delayed railway trains.
Miss Kate Bus!,artlt, of Peaks,
had her arm broken by a vicious COW.
ID. II. Day, well known citizen
o: Atlanta, was killed by passing
train last week.
-Five-sixth Of the Irish people, ac-
cording to Herbert Gladstone, are fol-
lowers Of Parnell.
The failures for last week were
356-the largest aggregate in any week
since January, 1885.
The Richmond Whg has been
bought by company, and will be pub
liShed as q Democratic organ.
A tire in Mobile, Ala, on Friday
night destroyed 100000 worth of
property. Insurance $4,000.
The postofficc at Jacksonsonham,
Lancaster county, was recently robbed
Of several dollars i'll money and guam
tity OF stamps.
AT jackson, Miss, the Democratic
caucus last week nominated Messrs.
Walthal and George for reelection as
United States Senators.
Gen. Jubal a. Early is described
as man of venerable appearance, his
long, while beard reaching to his waist
and his bent figure indicating the rapid
r, ~ oil Il
1t is pretty clear that the Irish
question is still far from satisfactory
solution. Notwithstanding the sanguine
anlicipations in which Mr.. Parnell aad
his Iieutenants have been indulging.
The Legislature having made pro-
vision for the new Jail in Lexington,
and part of the necessary funds being
already collected, the county commits
sioners will take early steps to erect
the building.
The Virginia House of Delegates
has appointed committee to inquire
into the cost OF building new State
House. Ii is proposed that this build
ng shall be of granite, quarried in Vir-
giuia by convicts.
A sixteen-year-old girl, highly es-
teemed in the Creole circles Of New
Orleans, sank down dead while waltz
ing on Saturday evening at reception
in that city. She had previously been
in apparently fine health.
The Galveston Ncws calls attention
to the fact that while tributes to the
memory of "Bob" Toombs have pleu-
tifuIly come from all parts of the coun-
try, none has been dated from Beau
voir, Miss, the home of Jefferson
Davis.
The salary of the French President
is Sl20,000 a yeah, with an additional
| S60,O0U for household expenses, max
ing total of SlS0,000. NJ. Grevy,
who has just been reelected for a term
of seven years, is uow scyenty-two
years old.
Ice men along the Kennebec and
PenobScot Rivers are preparing to
gather this winters crop. If all the
Maine houses now empty be filled, it
is said the crop will be the largest ever
gathered in that section-footing up
far above 100000 tons.
"A petition for the pardon Of Sher-
maa Walkup, colored, Of Lancaster,
was recently gotten up for presentation
to the Governor, but on comforting
with the superintendent Of the peni-
ten,iary it was found that the convict
had been released by death.
"A cavc-iM occurred 1T Boston Run
near Mahonev city, Pa. last week, and
block of houses went down out of
sight. The families living in the houses
made narrow escape. At last &C
counts the surface was still caving, and
five more blocks were expected to go
down.
Friday last, January s, was
aCreole Day" at the New Orleans Ex-
position. The ceremonies Of the day
included everything representative OF
the Creoles, speeches by prominent
Creole gentlemen, and vocal and In
strumental masic by the best Crer ;
mu :iciaus.
Miss Sarah Althea Hill, plaintiff
in the celebrated Sharon divorce case,
was married last Thursday morning to
David L. Terry, ex-Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court of California and
Miss Hills leading counsel. Mr.. Terry
is known in connection with his dnel
with Senator Broderick, in which the
latter was killed.
In the cattle convention to be hello
this mouth at Denver, Colorado, the
basis of representation requires that a
member must own $4,000 head of cattle
to >ecure seat. This occasions great
dissatisfaction among the cattle men
with limited constituencies, who are
thus deprived of a voice in the pro-
ceedings and are left out in the cold.
"A singular suit has been decided
bv a San Francisco justice. The plain
tiff, Oscar Schlam, sued to recover
S299 damages for contracting the
"barber's itch" at the shaving saloon
OF Solomon Cohen. After hearing the
testimony, Justice Burke said it was
doubtful whether the disease was con-
tracted at Cohen's place, and he gave
! him q verdict.
"A Richmond, Maine, the sudden
cold has caused the ice to jam and the
kennebec River is full Of ice from five
TO ten feet thick for from seven to ten
miles. There are thirteen ice houses
there with a capacity of 0,000 tons,
and thousands Of laboring men de.
pendent upon the ice industries for