The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-07-14

Probably all the vetoed pension bills
which originated in the Senate, with one
exception, will be reported from the Com
mittee on Pensions with recommendations
that they do pass. the Presidents veto not
withstandns. The House Committee
stands by the Senate.
The proprietor of q mcnagcrie wrote to
the Liverpool Post that he succeeded IN saw
ing lion cub that had been deserted by its
mother bv putting it with female dog to
suckle. Now the young lion takes freely
of any cooked food, especially vegetables,
but refuses raw meat. 1t follows the keep
ers wife like a dog.
About o'clock Sunday night Il man was
discovered in the East front of the White
House. who by his strange movements, at
tractcd the attention of people passing and
of the police, who arrested him. When
searched 4 large and formidable Bowie
knife was found concealed IN his clothing.
The man is insane.
1t is very probable that nota single sailor
lives who docs not believe that Friday is an
un!ucky day Captain Barnstable, of Cape
Cod. endeavorcd to disprovc this by laying
the keel of his ship on Friday. he launched
her on Friday, named her Friday, and IL
ways went to sea on Friday. The vessel
was finally lost on Friday, and The captain,
two mates and - seaman were drowned.
One sky gazcr has already scored three
comets this season. But what do they
amount to: They are no practical good
\ hundred score of such do not amount to
Il single one of the kind that comes within
eve distance of the earth. In such comet
there is use. You can take your best girl
seven nights 2 week to gaze at it, and if
YOU have rounded the blissful period into
the home stretch of matrimOny, there is
nothing better than comet for an cNpla-
nation why you arc out so late.
The Philadelphia Record makes some
sensible remarks with regard to ovcrgrown
newspapers The majority of readers want
winnowcd news. They do not like TO search
through page of padding to find a para
! graph of fact Condensed news and curt
comments thercupon can be taken in along
with the evening repast, and the reader
rises from his table in possession Of all the
news of the day. Hand him sheet full of
long articles and he will not take time to
read more than one of them, if he does
that. This is what makes a paragraphic
paper like THE COLUMBIA RECORD so pop
ular.
\ squad of female base ball players per
fcctcd arrangements for game of ball in
Atlanta several days ago, and a large num-
| Der of men and boys, about 1000, paid
their entrance fee and waited anxiously for
the game to commence After time three
''slugscsscs" made their appearance, gaily
attired in short frocks and black blowscs,
and one of them stepped to the first base
and stated to the audience that owing TO
delayed train the balance Of the club had
failed to arrive, but as the crowd was pres
cnt the three girls on hand would attempt
the game There was general rush for
the ticket shed, all demanding their money
to be returned.
Judge T. J. Mackey, of South Carolina,
and Attorney Classic, of Washington, arc
preparing the papers in two important libel
suits against the Cincinnati Enquirer and
the Pittsburg Despatch by Joseph II. Reall,
President of the American Agricultural
and Dairy Association, for defamation of
character These suits will be of special
interest to dairymen and farmers through
out the country. as President Rcall has in
Cured the hostility of these papers by rea-
son of his persistent and successful prosecu-
ton of the dairymen's war on bogus butter
this session. General B. F. Butler and
Major Foster of Leesburg, Va, have been
retained as associate counsel.
Among the passengers on the narrow
gauge who had to abandon the train on the
other side of the river last Saturday evening
and walk across the booming and foaming
waters of the Catawba on the railroad
bridge, in order to connect with private
convcyanccs on this sidc was blind girl
who had never seen the light of day, a
daughter of Mr.. Thurlow Castor, of Taxa
haw, who was returning from the Deaf and
Dumb Institute of Spartanburg With
remarkable coolness and accuracy she made
the pcrilous passage across the bridge with
safety, stepping with confidence and firm
ness from cross-tic to cross-tie the entire
length of the bridge without faltering.
Her father and Mr. Hull, of the Rock Hill
HcruM, walked beside her, prepared to rem
assistance, if possible, in case she made a
mis-step.