The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-05-26
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
Facts Of Interest Gathered from Various
Quarter.

j. c. Malloree, of Charleston, has been
granted u patent for mixed paint.
Ben Dinkins, IN old colored man of Sum
ter, fell dead on the 10Th.
Mr.. A. w. Morton, of Abbcville County,
died on Friday last of heart disease.
Mr.. ii. M, Prince, of Abbeville County,
died suddenly on the 18th from paralysis.
The Georgia State Democratic Conycn-
ton meets in Atlanta July %.
Asheville votes the issue of 800, 900 In
bonds for public improvement of her streets
and lights.
Negroes are wanted at Panama to work
on the canal. The climate Is said to he
good for them.
A daughter of Widow Whitcsidcs, liv-
ing near GaStonia, was struck by lightning
last week and killed.
-Four persons were severely shocked by
lightning on the farm of III. w. Boggs, in
OcOnce.
Frank Little, a colorcd man living near
Cheraw, committed suicide by shooting
himself with Il gun.
1t is estimated that the losses in nine Ohio
Counties devastated by the flood will foot
up $4,000, 900.
Lawyer Frank u. Gray, of Atlanta, Ga.
was shot and killed by Marshal Il. l.. Jones
in a difficulty about some cattle.
4 portion Of the town Of Meridcn, Kan
saS, was destroyed by q tornado; several
persons were killed and many injured.
Capt. Hatfield. with a troop of cavalry,
struck Gcronimo's band o severe lick and
captured his horses and entire camp outfit.
Will Hunt, II young man of II, clopcd
with Mice NItnrin E,r~,,c&, ,,nl = I.tl
parties from progressive Spartanburg.
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, / S 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.
Phcnomenally heavy rains have fallen in
the Western and Piedmont sections of North
Carolina during the past two days.
Eugene Taylor, of Greenfield, Mass.
poisoned his Sol. by sprinkling %strychnine
on candy and then attempted suicide.
II. III. McNlurray was run out of his field
last Tuesday by a whip snake. Hc went
back and killed it,. 1t measured 8 feet in
length.
Thomas Azcy. n farmer in Burlington,
y. j., accidentally shot his wife fatally
while cndcavoring to shoot crows in his
corn field.
The Orangcmcn Of County Armagh arc
enrolling themselves in military organiza.
tions for the purpose of resisting a home
rule government.
Francis NJ. Taylor, Probate Judge of
Winston County, Ala, has been impcnchcd
in the Supreme Court and dcposcd 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, Il. Y.
Mrs. Margaret DOMAIN, n Wheeling. w.
v, widow, while suffering from religious
excitement. killed her three daughters and
then committed suicide.
+. f.. Walker, Il respectable citizen OF
Louisville, Ky. while suffering from en-.
pOrary insanity, jumped from n railway
train and WAS killed.
Returns from all over the country indi
cate that 1872, 900 persons are now working
eight and nine hours "A day who were work.
ing ten hours a day last month.
Another f.;rl ~'n~'N >.>itcd France and
portions of Gcrun ,rN o.. Saturday, causing
serious loss of lie j. great damage &c
property.
Dan and Lou NJ II. who murdered Mar
Shall Campbell anL w"uhdcd iiccr McCor
mick at Barlow. fl"ri IA, We're 'ynchcd by
indignant citizens.
The Oran@cn,cn Of Australia promise &c
aid the OrangrIncn Of Ireland in their On
.l.At s.,s. -. ,-,.-, al. -, A. 81 1
stones home rule scheme.
Gen. Martinez routed the Yauuis from
their stronghold in Sierra Bacatcllc, killing
100 and capturing POO Of the band. The
McNicans lost 20 killed and 20 wounded.
Capt. John n. Matiit, an old officer of the
Unitcd States Navy, who resigned to share
his fortunes wish the Confcdcracy, died II,
his home in Wilmington, y. c., yesterday
y kerosene lamp exploded in the room OF
Dr. J. b. Patrick, Jr., in the Georgetown
Hotel, Il few nights ago, but no serious
damage was done.
Senator Bobo died last week ut his home
in Spartanhurg, from the effects of the In,
jurics received by fall during a recent
storm.
\ young son of John Moroso, Of Charles.
ton, fell over the banistcr of the third floor
OF his residence to the first floor, a distance
of 80 feet, and was seriously injured.
Alderman .Jachmc has been sentenced to
nine years and ten months imprisonment in
Sing Sing for accepting II bride in conncc.
ton with the Broadway Surface Railroad.
Miss G.. Morse, a grcat-granddaughtcr OF
Commodore Vanderbilt, has stirred up the
citizens Of the venerable town of larry.
town. \. Y, by clipping with her fathers
coachman, George Minton.
Mrs. Alice Pcndlcton, 81 years old, wife
Of EN- Governor Pcndleton, 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 Wcstcrville, o., on the 18th. a
gasoline lamp was knocked over and a panic
ensucd among the audience, several being
killed and a number injured.
Plim White, the most successful conf.
dcncc man in The world, has Just died In
Reading, Vermont. During his life lie had
swindlcd confiding men and women out of
fnlly Nj EOn pOO IIn had enynrol uI;osoa