The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-12-09

General News.

General News. >,
The Anderson Intelligencer notes the
fact that there is a red headed colored
man in that county.
Thirty men were Instantly killed by
an explosion in Lem0re cOlliery in
Durham, Eng, Friday.
Four seaman and two steerage pas
sengers were killed on the steamer
WeSterland by big wave during a
storm ou Novem Ger q. 5sl a
On Tuesday night last an incendiary
was caught in the act of setting fire to
the town of Temple, Texas, and, at
tempting to escape, was killed.
At Portland, Me-, on Tuesday night,
Mrs. Susan Willard 4 middle-aged lady
was struck by lightning and killed in
her bed during thunder storm.
S. Mize, the confidential clerk of MI
ner IT. Ames, the millionaire coal mer-
chant Of Chicago, has got away with
100000 of his employers money. RI IL
The City Council of Spartanburg has
placed the license for retailing spiritu-
Gus liquors at $1,000, the holder to give
bond for keeping an orderly place. il,
The schooner Edith, from St. Pierre
for Langlais, was sunk Sunday on a
reef near MiqueIon Island. All the
crew, numbering thirteen, perished. ,,
A gang of Chinese section hands at
Big Spring Texas, was waited upon by
about so masked men and cruelty tor
tured until they gave up their savings,
about $500 in all.
w. c. Latimer, of Bolton, has attract
ed some attention in Augusta by sever
al apparently earnest attempts to COM
NIT suicide. He says he was Temporal
rily insane. 7'.,..,ss
It took the United States army long
time to conquer Geronimo and his
band. But the Florida climate is fetch
ing them to the ground at the rate of
four per day. ...,a.
Eight proprietors of second rate ho-
tells and restaurants in Hartford, Conn.,,
have been arrested for using oleomar-
garine on their tables without display
ing the placard showing that it was
used,
Polly Stump, aged 55 years, while re-
turning to her home last evening, in
Reading, Penn, fell and broke her leg,
near Lenhartsville. She vainly endea-
vored to crawl home and was found
frozen to death.
At Arkansas City, Kans., three bro
theirs named MalpasS after trivial
quarrel with Esquire Raines, waylaid
and killed the latter as he was going
home. The Malpass boys were com
mitted to Jail without bail. =:
Thomas Reddy was instantly killed,
and Hugh McGinnis was fatally 'injur-
ed last week on the Ashland branch of
the Lehigh Valley railroad near Shenan-
doah, Pa. They attempted to cross the
track ahead OF an approaching train.
Bernard Ryan, aged so was burned to
death in his barn at Nilltown, Me, on
Saturday night, while endeavoring to
save it from the flames. He was a vet
eran Of the late wal, had just purchased
the. property with back pension money.
The 25 cent circus played to poor bus
mess at Seneca City and left there de-
nounced by the Free Press as a gang Of
robbers and dead beats. 1t played at
Greenwood on Friday and one of its
members dropped dead there of heart
disease. ~
In an affray in Pitts County, North
Carolina, between Thomas Smith and
John Dennis the latter shot and killed
the former. The friends of Smith as
saulted Dennis and cut him nearly to
death with large knife. It is not
thought that Dennis can recover.
Guiteau's curse comes to the front
again. DR.. Gray, who pronounced
Guiteau perfectly sane man, has just
died, it is said, from the effects of an
attempt upon his life by an assassin.
The wife of Bill Jones, the avenger,
who attempted to murder Guiteau, has
quilted Bill and has refused to give
him more money for rum.
The Kentucky Democrats are making
an effort to prevent the re-appointment
of Mrs. Helm, postmistress at Eliza
bethtown. She is sister of Mrs. Abra-
ham Lincoln, and was appointed by
President Arthur. Her husband was
the Confederate General Ben Hardin
Helm, who was killed at Shiloh. Her
term of Office expires in January next.
We learn from the Columbia Register
that Mr.. J. w. Swami, of that city,
while out duck hunting Saturday on
Broad River, slipped on the sleet and
suffered a fracture of both legs just
above the ankles. He was carried to
the city and surgical aid rendered. He
is doing very we'll and hopes to recover
at an early day, as his injuries are not
of serioys nature.
The METHODIST CONFERENCE.-THE
Annual Conference Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, will convene
on next Wednesday morning at st.
Paul's Methodist Church, in this place.
Eleven years ago, in 1875, this body of
Christian workers met in our town in
annual conference. Since that time
many changes have taken place both to
our community and to the members of
that body and some familiar faces will