The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-05-26
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
Facts of Interest Gathered from Various
Quartcrs

! y. G. Nalloree. of Charleston, has been
granted patent for mixed paint.
Ben Dinkins, an old coIored man of Sum-
! ter, fell dead on the 18th.
Mr.. A. w. Morton. of Abbcvillc County,
died Oh Friday last of heart disease.
Mr.. II. NJ. Prince, of Abbeville County,
died suddenly on the 18th from paralysis.
The Georgia State Democratic Conyen-
ton meets in Atlanta July 2S.
Ashcvillc votes the issue Of 500, 900 in
bonds forpublic Improvement of her streets
and lights.
Negroes arc wanted at Panama to work
on the canal. The climate is said to be
good for them.
A daughter of Widow WhiteSidcs, liv-
ing near GaStonia, was struck by lightning
last week and killed.
-Four persons were severely shocked by
lightning on the farm of II. w. BoggS, IN
Oconec.
Frank Little q colored man living near
Chcraw, committed suicide by shooting
himself with gun.
Ii is estimated that the losses in nine Ohio
Counties devastated by the flood will foot
up S2,OOO,O 900.
Lawyer Frank P Gray, of Atlanta, Ca,
was shot and killed by Marshal R. L. Jones
in a difficulty about some cattle.
4 portion OF the town of Meridcn, Kan
saS. was destroyed by tornado; several
persons were killed and many injured.
Capt Hatfield, with troop of cavalry.
struck Gcronimos band severe lick and
captured his horses and entire camp outfit.
VIII Hunt. young man of II, eloped
with Miss Minnie Ferguson, aged 15-both
parties from progressive Spartanburs.
Mr.. Julian J. Neville, of Walhalla, cut
his foot severely with an axe while cutting
wood, and now moves around on crutchcs.
George W. Carleton, who for years has
been identified with American books and
authors, has retired from business.
The eruption of Mt .Etna is increasing
in proportions and the town of Monte Rosso
is in danger from the flow of lava.
Phenomenally heavy rains have fallen in
the W eStern and Piedmont sections of North
Carolina during the past two days.
Eugene Taylor, of Greenfield, Mass,
poisoned his son BY sprinkling strychnine
on candy and then attempted suicide.
r. II. McMurray was run out of his field
last Tuesday by a whip snake. He went
back and killed it. 1t measured s feet in
length
Thomas Azcy, farmer in Burlington,
y. j., accidentally shot his wife fatally
while endcavoring to shoot crows in his
corn field
The Orangcmen Of County Armagh are
enrolling themselves in military organiza-
tions for the purpose of resisting home
rule government.
Francis NJ Taylor, Probate Judge of
| Winston County, Ala, has been impeached
in the Supreme Court and deposed from
office.
Col. John B. Folsom, grandfather of the
young lady to whom President Cleveland
is engaged to be married, died last week in
Erie County, n. Y.
Mrs. Margaret Donan, a Wheeling, W.
V, widow, while suffering from religious
excitement, killed her three daughters aid
then committed suicide.
f. F. Walker, 4 respectable citizen Of
Louisville, Ky, while suffering from tenl-
porary insanity. jumped from railway
train and was killed.
Returns from all over the country indi-
cate that 1872, 900 persons are now working
eight anu nine hours day who were work
ing ten hours a day last month.
Another i..sal sr::', ,:sitcd France and
portions of Grr,H'':;. -: Saturday, causing
serious loss Of III. .....I great damage 10
property.
Dan and Lou Mann. who "llrdercd Mar
shall Campbell! an;! wnrlnded o 'iccr McCor-
mick at Ba,lnw. Fnrila, We're ;vnched by
indignant ci:izcns
The Orangcmcn o; Australia promise TO
aid the Oran".!a"n Of Ireland III their ca
deavors to prevent the adoption of Glad.
stones home rule scheme.
Gen. Martinez routed the Yaquis from
their stronghold in Sierra Bacatche, killing
100 and capturing POO of the band The
Mexcans lost 20 killed and 70 wounded.
Capt. John n. Mafflt, an old officer of the
United States Navy, who resigned to share
his fortunes with the Confederacy, died at
his home in Wilmington, \. c., yesterday
\ kerosene lamp exploded in the room of
DR.. J. B. Patrick, Jr, in the Georgetown
Hotel few nights ago, but no serious
damage was done.
Senator Bobo died last week at his home
in Spartanburg, from the effects of the in
juries received by a fall during a recent
storm.
\ Young sou of John Moroso, of Charles
ton, fell over the banister of the third floor
of his residence to the first floor, distance
of 35 feet, and was seriously injured.
Alderman Jachmc has been sentenced to
nine wears and ten months Imprisonment in
Sing Sing for accepting bribe in connec-
ton with the Broadway Surface Railroad.
Miss G. Morse, great granddaughter OF
Commodore Vanderbilt. has stirred up the
citizens Of the venerable town of Tarry-
town, n Y. by eloping with her fathers
coachman, George Minton.
Mrs. Alice Pendleton, 81 years old, wife
of En- Governor Pendleton, of Ohio, and
present Minister to Berlin, was thrown
from her carriage while driving in Central
Park, New York, and killed.
During the presentation of Uncle Toms
Cabin in Westcrville, o., on the 18th,
gasoline lamp was knocked over and a panic
ensued among the audience several being
killed and Il number injured.
Plim White, the most successful conf
dcnce man in the world, has just died in
Reading, Vermont. During his life he had