The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-06-09
the occasion of betting and the like. The
national game may now proceed.

i CCe DOmD throwing would not denver the
State from anarchy, Her divorce laws
would still remain to menace her tranquility.
The inclination of the American girl to
marry a coachman is justly characterized
by the Pfttsburg Dispatch rs an "cXtraordi-
nary freak" Most wives prefer to take the
"reins" in their own hands.
A fight occurred in the Minnesota Lcgis,
lature Saturday, between Premier Norquay
and on opposition member, on account of
the defeat of the motion of confidence In
the Norquay government.
New Orleans is a little straitened for
money, and last week borrowed $165, 900
at 8 per cent. interest to meet the pay rolls
of officers II other employees for he
months of March and April.
The Pittsburg, Oakland and East Liberty
street cars, of Pittsburg, 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 o~lcomargarinc,
which, he said, was the poor mans butter,
and denounced the proposition to tax it out
of existence.
Rev. DR.. Micllelis, Bishop of the Old
Catholics in Germany, who persistently re-
fused to accept the decree declaring the in
fallibility of the Pope, died at Fricburg
Sunday.
The Salvation Army Congress opened in
London last Saturday. 1t will remain in
session a week. Two thousand officers and
many thousand members from all parts of
the world arc present.
1t is authoritativcly stated that Chamber
lain and his Radical supporters have made
| up their minds TO abstain from voting on
the home rule bill, thus cnsuring its success
of the measure on its second reading.
A North Carolina Congressman has re-
Ccivcd from a constituent q request that he
borrow n sum of money from the United
States Treasury, to be secured by a 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 Chlotildc, which she captured
for violating the fishery laws. The captain
has been reported to the Washington au,
thoritics.
The annual report of President Gruncr,
of the New York Cotton Exchange, states
that it is a subject for regret that the bust
ness of the Exchange had felt the effect of
dizziness which had prevailed in the trade
during the year.
The acreage in cotton Of the cotton grow
Ing States last year was 1892, 1888 acres.
The crop for the season was STA, G65
bales, equal to 2,742, 066, oil poHnds of lint
or about 1928, 1913, O33 pounds of seed cot
ton.
Two children of a.. Lcidy, Boycrtown,
Penn, aged respectively 3 and 5 years,
while rummaging in bureau drawer dis.
covered a loaded revolver The eldest shot
his brother nearly through, but the physi.
clans think he will recover.
4, n,l,,.t,,l;n l,,, Joo,> ,a,.l.l -.
corning the bill for the expulsion of the
French princes, requiring thatsthc Count of
Paris and his wife and children and Princes
Jerome and Victor Napoleon should be cX-
PEELED Immediately after the bill was passed.
The committee of the Knights of Labor
waited upon Presiden, 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 $3.50, $1.75 and So per day were
advanced to S1.G5, $1.M and $2.15.
Henry S. Hannis, the famous distiller.
died on Wednesday afternoon at the Nor
riston (Pa.) Insane Asylum, He was one
of the largest operators in whisky in the
United States, and just after the late war
was rated rs one of the m~illiOnaircs Of Phil.
adelphia, his native city.
Special dispatches received mt Milwaukee.
Wis, state that fires are raging i'm the tim
Der lands along the Escanaba River, in
vOlving a 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 and South of Phillips,
Wis, much valuable tinIbcr having been
destroyed.
The National Line steamer America,
which sailed from Liverpool for New York
May 20, arrived at Queenstown, May 30,
having put back in distress. On Friday
last, while in latitude 50 degrees North.
longitude 10 degrees West, n piston rod
cylinder. The America has returned to
Liverpool for repairs, which it will take II
month to complete.
A negro boy, living with Walter GRAY at
Laurcns, wa killed by lightning on Sunday
afternoon. He was standing near an open
door. The planks OF the door where he
was standing and those of The door on the
opposite side of the room were splintcrcd
and the chimney was slightly damaged.
Several other persons were present. but
scarcely felt the shock. The boy killed,
was about IL years old.
The debt statement issued today shows
a decrease Of The public debt during the
month of May to be So, 1928, 505. 81; cash in
the Treasury; $500, 406, 3O1. TS; gold ccrtifi.
Gates outstanding, $50, 12O, 025; silver Ger.
t%iticatcs outstanding, $3.50, 1874, 1870: ccrlif-
Gates of deposit outstanding, $l3, 055, O00;
legal tenders outstanding, $34G, 73S, 1876;
fractional currency, mot including the
amount estimated us lost or d~cstroycd.D
SO, 1854, 0S7.52
1t Is hard for our Carolina readers to he.
licyc the reports and accounts of General
Gordon's style and speeches when he ap-
pears on the stump. Well, 1t was hard
enough for GcDcral Gordon's friends i'm
Georgia to realize that they were his own
words and sentiments, and many who have
heard him do not believe that they arc nt
his heart; still he has al pied the style dc.
scribcd in the public prints, and the reports
arc substantially correct. -AuguSla Cnlon.
An interesting experiment in ~skin-graft.
ing is being conducted in San Francisco.
The patient was badly burned five months
ago by IN explosion. His limbs, face and