The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-06-10
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The conviction and punishment of all the
men in Illinois who preach chaos and prac-
uce bomb throwing would not deliver the
otate from anarchy. Her divorce laws
would still remain to menace her tranquility.
The inclination of the American girl to
marry coachman is justly characterized
oy the tftts6urg Dispatch as an "extraordi-
nary freak" Most wives prefer to take the
"reins' in their own hands
a night occurred in the Minnesota Legis.
| lature Saturday, between Premier NorUuay
ana an opposition member, on account Of
tne oeteat OF the motion of confidence I'm
the Norquay government.
New Orleans is little straiteped for
money, and last week borrowed S165 600
at . per cent. interest to meet the pay rolls
VI oince[s ana other employees for the
months of March and April.
The Pittsburg, Oakland and East Liberty
StreeG cars, OF Plttsburg, Pa, were tied up
monday on account of the failure of the
company to make out the twclvc-hour
schedule as promised.
Congressman Tillman vigorously defend
ed the manufacture of oleomargarinc
which, he said, was the poor mans butter
and denounced the proposition to tax it out
of existence.
Rev. DR.. Michels, Bishop of the Old
Catholics in Germany, who pcrsistently re-
fused to accept the decree declaring the in
falliblity of the Pope, died at Frieburg
Sunday.
The Salvation Army Congress opened in
London last Saturday. 1t will remain in
session week Two thousand officers and
many thousand members from all parts of
the world arc present.
1t is authoritatively stated that Chamber
lain and his Radical supporters have made
up their minds to abstain from voting ON
the home rule bill, thus cnsrring its success
of the measure on its second reading.
A North Carolina Congressman has re-
ceiVcd from constituent u request that he
borrow sum of money from the United
States Treasury, to be secured by mort
gage on the constituents farm in the old
North State.
The United States revenue cutter Dix
brought to Pensacola, Sunday, the Spanish
fishing smack Chlotilde, which she captured
for violating the fishery laws The captain
has been reported to the Washington au-
| thoritieS.
| The annual report of President Gruner,
of the New York Cotton Exchange, states
that it is subject for regret that The busi-
| ness OF the Exchange had felt the effect of
dullness which had prevailed in the trade
| during the year.
The acreage in cotton Of the cotton grow.
| ing States last year was II 322 1893 acres
The crop for the season was 5,774. GG7
bales, equal to 2,742 ,966, oil pounds of lint
or about 1928, ,S9S, ,033 pounds of seed cot
ton.
Two children of A. Lcidy, Boycrtown
Penn, aged respectively and ) Years
while rummaging in bureau drawer dis
covered a loaded revolver The eldest shot
his brother nearly through, but the phys
clans think he will recover.
An understanding has been reached con
cerning the bill for the expulsion of the
French princess requiring thatithc Count OF
Paris and his wife and children and Princes
Jerome and Victor Napoleon should be OK
PEELED Immediately after the bill was passed
The committee Of the Knights of Labor
waited upon Prcsidcn, Bliss and other of
licials or the Boston and Albany Railroad
Monday and secured n raise of wages OF
freight handlers and track layers Those
getting $1.50, $1.I5 and 81 per day were
advanced to $1.65, $1.90 and $2.15.
Henry S. Hannis, the famous distillcr
died on Wednesday afternoon at the Nor
riston Pa) Insane Asylum. He was on,
of the largest operators in whisky in The
United States, and just after the late wa,
was rated as one of the milli0naires of Phil
adclphia, his native city.
Special dispatches received nt Milwaukee
WIS, state that fires arc raging in the tim
Der lands along the Escanala River, in
volving Il loss of thousands Of dollars
Forest fires are also burning at Junction
City and in the vicinity OF Sturgeon Bay,
and they are raging ticrccly along the line
of railroad NOrth aud South of Phillips.
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destroyed.
The National Line steamer America,
which sailed from Liverpool for New Yorl;
May &c. arrived at Queenstown, NAV 30
having put back in distress. On Friday
last, while in latitude 90 degrees NORTH
longitude Is degrees West, II piston rod
was broken, cracking the bottom of the
cylinder The America has returned tC
Liverpool for repairs, which it will take a
month to complete.
a negro boy, living with Walter GRAY at
Laurens, was killed by lightning on Sunday
afternoon. He was standing near an open
door. The planks on the door where he
was standing and those of the door on the
opposite side Of the room were splntcred
and the chimney was slightly damaged.
Several other persons were present but
scarcely felt the shock. The boy killed
was about 12 years old.
The debt statement issued to-day shows
a decrease Of the public debt during the
month of May to be S8, 1923, $50. 81; cash in
the Treasury; $500, ,406, ,301. rs; gold ccrtifi.
Gates outstanding, $50, 120, ,025; silver Ger,
tticatcs outstanding, $50, 1874, 120; ccrlifi,
Gates of deposit outstanding, $l3, 955 ,0O0;
legal tenders outstanding, 1916, 1873 1856;
fractional currency, (not including the
amount estimated rs lost or DESTROYED J
sc, 054 ,087. SO.
1t is hard for our Carolina readers TO be.
licvc the reports and accounts of General
Gordon's style and speeches when h" an.
pears on the stump. Wei, it was hard
enough for General Gordon's friends in
Georgia to realize that they were his own
words and sentiments, and many who have
heard him do not believe that they are at
his heart; still he has adopted the style de-
scribed in the public prints, and the reports
are substantially correct.-AuguSjn Chr0n
An interesting experiment in skin-graft.
ing is being conducted in San Francisco.
The patient was badly burned five months
ago by an explosion. His limbs. face and
hands were covered with huge sores which
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