The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1888-01-19
GENERAL NEWs NnTEa.
Items OF Interest Gathered from Varioul
Quarters.


Quarters.
Late Developments bring an early settle
ment of the Reading Railroad difficulties
entirely within the range of probability.
At Cork, Ireland, yesterday, DR.. Philip
Cross, formerly surgeon in the 53d regi-
mont, was hanged for the murder of his
wife by poisoning.
'"IVc lost my grip" sadly sighed pen,
niless commercial traveller when the hotel
proprietor seized his, vaise for non p y
mcnt of board.
The convention for securing cheap rail
road excursion rates to the South for per
sons prospecting with a view to settle is In
session in Chattanooga.
The New York jury, in the case Of Miss
Campbell against Coffee Merchant Ar.
buckle, for breach of promise of marriage,
returned verdict for plaintiff in the sum
of $45, 900.
A Shanghai dispatch says that fana,i
cal outbreak has occurred in the province
of Tukicn. Twenty Christian churches
have been burned and the converts massa.
cred.
Eight armed men stopped the Mexican
Central passenger train on Tuesday even
ing. 800 miles south Of El Paso. Texas,
and robbed the express car. Nobody was
hurt.
An Iowa prize-fightcr had rib brok en-
in bout recently, and tainted. Adam
lost rib, and We are not told that he
tainted. Perhaps he did't know what
trouble the loss portcn led
Sickcl, HELEN g. Co. of Baltimore no
tions and white goods, have made an as
signment for the the benefit Of their cred
ltOrS to William j. Dixon. The bond ol
the trustees Is 100000.
AT Chattanooga yesterday, during ;
quarrel between Lew Owens and j. D
Barnes, the former was shot three times b\
Barnes, who was cut by Owens. ThC
wounds Of Owens are mortal.
a local passenger train on the Northcrl
Pacific railroad was dcrailcd by SHOW
drifts near Grey Cliff, Montana, on Tues
day evening. The engineer and fireman,
were killed; no one else was injured.
An cpiCcmic Of crysipcas has broken
out among the Indians at Poplar River
Montana. About twenty have died. The
cause IS close confinement and bad vcntila
ton.
a dispatch from Gainesville, Ga say
that solid vein of black lead ore, more
than 200 feet wide, has been discovered
near there, and that it is the largest DC
post found cast Of the Rocky Mountains.
An express train running from Boston
for Portland was wrecked on the lIavcr-
hill bridge, over the Mcrrimac River, yes
tcrday afternoon. Seven persons were
killed aud hfty-two woundcd-GOurtcen Of
them very seriously.
One of The Reading strikers, at Norris
town, on Monday night, attacked an en-
Sinccr upon his locomotive and knocked
him down with Il coupling pin, and it took
three men to drive the riOtcr from Tie en-
Sinc and arrest him. He is now locked IN
awaiting trial.
Governor Iarrabcc Of Ohio, in his bicn-
NAL message TO the Legislature, says that
the enforcement Of the prOhibitOry law
has been SO efficient in reducing crime that
ne recommends the consolidation of Judi
cal districts so as to reduce the number of
Judges from f0rty-fOur to forty
senator Edmuuds, from the Judiciary
committee, has made an adverse report on
the nomination of l.. q. G.. Lamar to be
Associate Justice Of the Supreme Court.
and Senator Pugh, on behalf of The minor
hy OF the same committee, submitted ia
Vorablc report. The reports were placed
on the calendar.
a dispatch from San Francisco says that
an accident occurred on the Southern Pa
cific Railroad, near Sumner, I'm Kern cOrn-
ty, about midnight Of Tuesday, which re.
suited in the burning Of several passengers
and serious injury otherwise to many
others. a rear car full of sleeping emf.
grants brooke loose and ran down a stccp
grade, and over an cighty-foot cmbnnk-
mcnt, and in moment was a mass of
flames.