The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1888-08-08
NEWS in BRIEF

bars III Chinamen. 80
The solitaire diatnond ring worn
by Mrs. w. i. Vanderbilt cost $48, OOO.5
Lady Monckton Is the only Eng
lish lady or title Oil the English etage.s
"A professional rat catcher took
1923 rodents out OF Yanderbilt's new
house the other day. 4
Eighteen thousand Irish girls, who
have been assisted to- emJgrate, sent
homo ;e250,000 sterling In i've years
The late Eugene Rlmmel,aEN thtSs
London perfumer, left an estate valued
at Sl00, 600, 600. He evidently knew
how to mako scents turn intosdollars.
The Anglican church ofEsNoW
South Walessis to raise $1,000 600 ass d
centennial fund. The Wesleyans Will
also raise $3.50, 600. Both amounts Wilt
be raised In i've years. &5SSS
In Belgium drunkenness IS pun.
ished by compelling the man or womar
caught In this condition to sweep the
streets for two hours after they get
sober. It Is better punishment than to
shut the drnnkard up In the station
house. G}dSS K
The only accident on the ball
folds Of the country In 1887 whichire.
suited IN death occurred in q match
game at Rockville, N. y, when Otto
Bronson was struck on the temple by
q ball and Instantly killed.
Jonathan Bourne, Jr.. OF Bedford,
Mass. bought a}gold mino near Sump
ter, Ore, for less than $685. 600. After
declining various offers for It and
working it himself, he has now sold
The mine for 81, 900, 900 III cash and
81, 0U0, 600 in stock.
"A decree has lust been issued BY
the Austrian Government banishinp
all grinders Of organs from the streets
Of tile Kaiserstadt. In future the hale
and strong organ grinders will be
treated as. migrants, while those who are
crippled or otherwise afflicted will be
relegated to the Almsliouses. @1$
-Koiiro Matsaga, one OF the gradu.
ates Of the Yale Law School this 'yes.,
IS G son Of the Japanese Minister OF.
Finance, and is OF royal blood. He has
been In America four years and sreaks
English, Latin and German. Flo viii
return to Japan two years hence.
1t is said that Fannie Fern had
never written a word for publication
until She had passed her fortiethl
birrhdav She una ~uncononiouo "a Ia,
latent bowers NTH misfortnne maGa
her exert them. Robert Bonner was
the first to recognize her genius In tho
way Of liberal remuneration.
-Tav could haa IN IA oonservo IN,
at Irvinrton not fa1var tban ann vo,,ay.
Ties az nalms and tree farms hasidas .
wat co,lection or smaI,ar nIarta Th"
rosa. house which ia tha nonat
d%oIiahtfnl mart of the c~nnaervntoru is
filled with tho Gnest SUMMER and ;u;n1
ter roses to be found in ths United
States.
The Astor Honsa, ,,lnt * Nan
York CITY cost SI00 oIO and q. mmch5
ANNOYED tha hnl,f1er that Ia ha,1Stn ran
such an enormnI1s nrica fSr7ahnnt 2n08
feet. The Park Rank hnwaver gs;nce
then praid S35OIOO0 far q 81 -f6nt} f,nnf
almost opposite tie Astor. AID raai
este ta eyparts vai,,s fthn 1ntters32E mn.
600 alone.
Mrs, llarrison'gfatlu J1r. ,Iob,
e Se3tb, is 4 rau,alKat WeIl .p,Si
eeA led and genial, l3ar,dsSl said Ts6nf,
seDgs sputloius.oos4 81, q II %@@ 4 JssS
has foi sonie sSR IN 5SS(hSNSS II#sSfSSdj N Il
the PENSION Asyaa1sgaa MU !MtfilSSSSislSs SAsfiSsSS
With IA single exception, tteSg0ldestZ
man in the active service iof{theaG oYH
eminent.
Mr., TN. Wells has completed on
clay model or the bronze statue of
James w. Marshall. to be erected on
the spot where gold was first discovered
IN California. 1t is Of colossal size and
represents Marshall clad III n miner,s
dress, holding a nugget ii his wight
hand and with his left pointing to the
spot whence it was taken. sy
The largest wooden shins IN the}
world are the Komandor Svand Nnuma
the latter of 2.459 tons. having been
built at Maitland, N. S., In 1874, and
called the William D. Lawrence (ths
name Of her builder). and the "a. az
Ropes, OF 2.342 tons, which we bu,lt
at Bath, Maine, in 1884. There are
comparatively few other vessels Of
above 1000 tons oven.
In the British Museum in London.
carefully pnarded in q pIass caae are
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