The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-09-08
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
Facts of Interest Gathered from Various
Quarters.

tllc WOrlu NlSlUlc Suppig OF COttOn Is
1,l52, 226 bales.
The fourth Louisville Exposition was
opened on Saturday.
England is expected to take the lead in
restoring order in Bulgaria.
Kcnc Bros. dry goods, San Francisco,
Cal, have failed for $3.50, coo.
Two little boys, brothers, were drowned
near Lancaster, Penn, On Saturday.
The threat Of an insurrection Of negroes
in LaurinOurg, n. c., is not believed.
New York banks now hold SO, 007. $50 in
reserve in excess of legal requirement.
A Socialist has been nominated for Con.
grcss in the Second Connecticut District.
Russian newspapers still advise Prince
Alexander not to resume the Bulgarian
throne.
Lawrence Donovan, u young prcssman,
jumped the Brooklyn bridge to win $500.
lie was unhurt.
Near Nicksburg, Miss, Il = FRO boy killed
me wife OF his employer. He was immc.
diatcly lyncllcd.
y wild steer in Bridgeport, ILL.,, gorcd a
man IN the nose, Saturday, inilictiDg iniu.
RES which may prove fatal.
Sunday evening there was some firing of
pistols and throwing of stones, and Il few
persons injured in Belfast.
Three men We're fatally injured bv the
iall OF Il bridge over the Elm fork Of Trim
ity river, near Dallas, Texas, on Friday.
TWO adiCS were drowned in the surf at
Jacksonville, Fla, on Saturday, and a trav-
cling MAJ ut Poala beach, near same place.
In a railway collision at Madling. eight
miles from Vienna, seven persons were
Killed and twenty-five wounded.
Mrs. Elizabeth Rodgers has been ap.
pointed Master Workman Of District As.
scmbiy No. II, Knights of Labor, Chicago.
The President has appointed Judge Man.
ming, of Louisiana, as Minister to Mexico,
to succeed Gen. jackson, resigned.
Alabama has over 30, 900. coo acres of
land, and Il little oven 5000. COO are under
cultivation. There is room in the old land
yet, ii would seem.
The national debt statement. issued Tues.
day, shows the decrease for August to be
Sl9l OG0. 0O2; cash in the Treasury, $474,.
21O, 65l.14 a.
An article contributed by Miss Cleveland
to Scptcmcr Literary Life will be on VA
cation Reading" Miss Cleveland will do
justice to her theme in a unique style.
Charlie Bicrman accidentally shot and
killed Victor Butler, Of Augusta, Ga. on
last Sunday morning, while both were
hunting near that city.
\. cOl0rcd woman aud her two children
were burned to death six miles from Au-
gustn on this side Of the Savannah River
on Saturday.
Sin hundred lives We're lost ard a thou
SAND persons injured Ivy the earthquake in
Greece. At least SIN towns were entirely
and Il score partially destroyed.
A magnetic storm ragged all the morning
OF Wednesday ut Rochester, n. y. The
SwayIng OF heavy magnetic needles for The
detection OF earth currents was very great.
InnkotT and Grucfr, con<pira,ors agains,
Alexander, have been sentenced to death.
and their co-conspirator, Clement, to i'm.
~prisonmcnt for life.
Margaret Mcaghcr, over 40 wears old. of
New York, drove her husband To suicide
ana allowed her baby TO Starvc 10 death
whllc she INDUCED in Il protractcd dCbaUch.
y tircdamp explosion occurred at Fair
Lawn, near Scranton, Pa, on the Both.
Seven dead bodies have been recovered, and
ii Is reported that ten men are still in the
mine.
W. X. Terry, who was sho, in Il stree,
| niel,t. Ills hr,,hm, ~ rnr wy" n"S'
killed in The inht md r X ,rr;,H, m"S
Shot through thm hrl, Inn, r.nI,a. was
p,or w N1,C,. r.
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ton. to mni<c n scicnfiGn S1TIr IS ~ ~ N, " Il
OF the c,rlLcu,l;p nj What no,,, o~noa, Ivy =,
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the authorities in imnrjsnnina IN" SDnioi;' :" :,
Williams.
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