The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1888-05-17

65 900 young fish were dead and nearly
5000, 600 eggs are supposed to be killed.
Davidson College experienced q severe
electrical disturbance on Sunday night. II
destructive fire was caused by lightning
striking the warehouse Of John Caldwell.
The structure, contents and nine bales OF
cotton were consumed. Caldwells loss is
estimated at $4,000.
The Sound View Farm stables Of Rich
ard Conkling, who raised the great trotters
Rarus, Wedgewood, King Wilkes and
many others, were destroyed by fire Mon
day morning, together with several valua-
BILE horses. Loss $50,00O. Insured.
The Senate public buildings and grounds
committee Monday acted favOrably upon |
bills for public buildings at the following |
places: Vicks5urg, Miss, $1O0,O00; Jack |
son, Miss, (enlarRcmenD, $4,000; Colum- |
bus Ga, 100000; Charleston, S. c.,
$300,000.
w. Bayard Cutting, under decree of the
United States Court, Monday bought for
1926, 600 the balance of the II. II. ~ N. r.
Railroad system, consisting Of the Florida
Transit, Transit, Tropical and Plant City
Extension. lie controls the majority Of
bonds, and now has the whole property,
After four days discussion the General
Conference of the Methodist Church, at
New York, Monday afternoon. by ma
iority of 80 votes, refused 20 admit women
as delegates The ministerial vote was 159
ayes against 1919 nays, and the lay vote 7S
ayes against rs nays.
Captain Martin Moore, of the steamer
Benton, running between Memphis, Tenn,
| and Jackson Mound Park, was murdered
on board his steamer ut 8 o'clock Sunday
night, during disagreement between
those who chartered the steamer and him
self. Eph Reeves and w. j. MCGOWAN
are charged with the murder.
Judge Tulcy, of Illinois, has rendered a
preliminary decision In contested will
case which is Of considerable importance
10 all children born in slavery and to many
OF the descendants of such children. lie
prOnounces such children illcgitimate, and
holds that they cannot inherit property
| from the father.
The Georgia State Temperance COnvcn-
tion, before adiourning, passed resolutions
TO make a general prohibition contest IN
the elections for the Legislature this fall
prohibition candidates will be nominated
in every county pledged to vote for q statu-
tory prohibitoly law instead of leaving the
question to the vote of the people
A Dublin dispatch says: James Quinn,
boy ranger. who lived in the village Of
Loughrca, County Cork, was found mur- |
dcrcd yesterday. Three bullet wou1S'l
were discovered on his body. He ad
been threatened by moonlightcrs with cath
unless he abandoned the farm he occricd
Quinn'S family, live in America.
Mrs. Annie Flsenbarth, residing at 3, 725 =
)rgan street, st. Lonis, was walking a
Trough her residence Sunday morning =,
hen she suddenly fell to the floor and eX- ;,
red. Her sister who lived near, was -
On ARRIVING ut the house she W
cnt TO the room where the dead woman Y,
y and fell dead beside her. Both ladies I
ere supposed to be in the best Of health
During heavy rain and thunder storm C
tuesday, the towboat Future City and three C
argos from st. Louis came in contact with 3
United States war vessels at anchor in from, +
| New Orleans. Two Of the bargcs were /
unk. One contained 81 900 bushels of t
'ulk wheat and the other Il full cargo of !
relght. The barges are valued at s., 900 {
ach and their cargocs at 800
United States Revenue Officer A. II.
Williams on Tuesday arrested Geo. Hale.
noonshiner, at Rocky Mount, Franklin
county, Va, while peddling illicit whisky
rom an OK cart. While on the way to iail
he guards were ovcrpowcred by a crowd
II 100 men AID the prisoner released. The
'escued prisoner was carried to the noun
aims amid wild shouts. No pursuit was
made.
i'cuiy Nlllcl auu w Ill. L. AuCrnOU, two
armcrs living near Becchcr City, ILL.,. had
| law suit Wednesday over a trivial matter,
won the suit. and Miller became
80 enragcd he went home, seized his gun.
marched to Aderholt's house and shot him
lead. he also went to the house of a man !
named Mckcnzy, who sided with Alder
lOlt, and shot him, but McKenzy will re.
,over.
Early Monday morning a cloud burst
lcar Maize, fifteen miles west of Wichita
Kan. Rain had been falling all night and
when the cloud broke there was an awful
oar which frightened the people out of
heir houses. Many buildings were de
nolishcd. The house of a family named
tockby was swept into the Arkansas river
where it sank. Rockby, his wife and two
children were drowned Many horses and I
COWS were lost in the flood
The Common Council Of Lansing, Mich
lad deadlock session of twenty.two
hours, which ended Tuesday evening in B.,
he election Of Democrats to all city offices. ,
| he vote OF all members was required TO | !
make an election legal, and Mr. Edison, q ,
republican, was purposely kept hidden. ,
lie was found at last and forced to vote,
md as the count was a tie, the MAYORS ,
'ote Democratic settled the contest.
The barn and statles Of William Smith
@-O I
ION, were destroyed by the torch of an in. 6
;endiary on Saturday night, about 10
o'clock. The buildings contained forty
bushels of corn, seven hundred bundles of ,
odder and two fine mules. Nothing was
avcd. Mr.. Smith knew nothing of the
ire till aroused from his slumbcrs by one
If his ncighbOrs who lived near. There is =, ,
10 clue yet to the incendiary. 4
a strange atmospheric phenomenon was r
een at Maize, Kansas, on Sunday. A :
storm cloud burst and extended over n ,
pace, parallclOgram in FORM about 500 !
yards wide and one mile in length. For !
ialf an hour the rain came down in tor 4
entS. The heavens were black, and dark t
less almost equal to that Of night covered 9
he entire area. The people ran affrightcd q
rom their homes, many crying that the 6
nd Of the world had come. The loss of +
property will be heavy. l
Trying to Murder by NVhoIeaaIe .
An arrest at Toledo, O., Tuesday dis +
losed tiendish attempt at poisoning that b
night have resulted in the death of hun. n
reds. Hiram Fields, prominent grape =
rover and wine merchant, reproved his d
ired man for drunkenness. The hired man b
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