The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-05-12
ever, they had not forfeited their ri ghts to
consideration by the Catholic Church.

| consideration by the Catholic Church.
France has succeeded in snarling up the
skein of Balllin diplomacy in remarkable
| fashion. Whether she has gained her OBJ
| iect or not. even the French seem not to
| know. for it is impossible to guess What
her object WIS. The visible elect has been
to increase the size and rcpugnancc of the
| leek the Greeks must eat. and TO isolate
France completely 1t is likely that when
| she started in she had an idea tina. Russia
| would follow her but 4 mysterious some
! thing happened al the last :.'omcnt and led
| Russia away.
The official denial ol the report of the
resignation of Secretary llanning will be
| received with pleasure not only by his
friends and by Democrats but by the whole
business community. WHO have come to
| look upon him as a most efficient and valu-
| able public servant. Mr. Mann!ngs rcsI@-
| nation would indicate at least a long illness,
from which We trust he MAY bc spared.
He will remain in the Cabinet so long rs
he has strength to perform his duties with
out cndangering his health.
Able Casanova q CorSiclu arclI;2ologlSt
has discovered archives which show that
Christopher Columbus Was born in the
| tewn of Calvi. iu Corsica. and emigratcd
| to Genoa President GrcvI.. having exam
ined the evidence and being satisfied Of lis
authenticity. has authorized the authorizes
of Calvi TO celebrate by ;tn oilicia! holiday
| the four hundredih anniversary of the dis
coverv OF America The Inhabitants Of
| Calvi will hold fcte Oh May %. when a
| commemorative Inscription will be placed
on the house where Columbus was born.
Az EDUCATED HoRSE-Wide-awake
Georgians who really want to drink fire
| water almost always succeed in satisfying
their wants, notwithstanding tic proi!;bi
ton movement in that State. 4 country
| man rode into Athens the other day, and
soon his horse showed every symptom OF
being very ILL., He lay down and rolled,
and seemed to be III pain. y doctor was
| called, who gave :: prescription that III
cluded a quart of whisky. Having got his
whisky. the Georgian spoke 70 the horse
which at once jumped 10 his feet and m::Ge
| off with his master on his back.
Miss Caroline Tcgboss died in New lork
recently, aged - Years. Soon after her
eleventh birthday all development ceased
and to the hour of her death she remained
in form, stature and organization Il Child.
Cases of this kind have been recorded
though they are very few; none, however,
! having attained the age Of Miss Terboss,
death usually occurring before p. Miss
Terboss was only feet 4 inches in height,
remarkably quick intellectually, and until
within six months Of her death enjoyed
good health. The case will be reported on
in full in the medical journals.
News from Burmah is very sensational
and shows that the natives, with the assist
ancc of the Dakoits, have temporarily, at
least. got the better Of the British army Of
occupation. One dispatch states that the
insurgents have got possession OF Magda-
lay, and have destroyed by fire no less than
1000 houses, including the Chinese and
Siamese bazaars The hostility Of the na-
tires who remain loyal to the dethroncd
king, Thebaw, to the Chinese is intense,
because of China's openly avowcd indorSe-
ment of Great Britain's seizure OF Burmah.
The officers commanding the British forces
have telcgraphcd to Lord DuiTerin, the
Eiceroy, that they are powcrleSs 10 prevent
the rebellious riotipg Of the natives and
! have urgently asked for rcinforcemcntS.
The management Of affairs by President
| Cleveland and his Cabinet and heads OF
bureaus will SHOW up well. There has
been reduction of 26,,, clerks in CLASSIFIED!
service OF the Treasury Department whose
services were not needed Ii all and whose
places will not be filed. Tic result is IN
unusual Savin" to the @ovcrnmcnt-$S2233:2!,
600. And if the statement Of certain olll-
cials in the various departments are true.
the persons who have been appointed: !"
Office durin" ,he past year accomplish nearly
twice as much work Is W.is performed ~
their immediate predecessors. It's IN part
by such economies. pclvading the wholc
public service. the Treasury shows 4 gain
of $23. .0000CO il nine months Of Clcvc-
lands, compared with the same period OF
| Arthurs administration