The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-05-30
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Items OF interest Gathered from Various
Quarters.

riously i'll.
The senior Admiral of the British navy,
Sir Provo Wallis, is 100 years Old
Every California county has had 81 600
voted it by the Legislature for advertising
purposes.
Aubertiu, the man who shot Jules Ferry,
has been declared insane and placed in an
asylum.
1t is announced that VIM. r. Grace. ex-
NIayor of New York city, is in the field
for gubernatorial honors.
At Petersburg, Va, yesterday, after a
quiet but most earnest contest, the Demo-
Gratis elected their entire city ticket.
1t is q wise provision Of nature that a
man can neither kick himself nor pat his
back.
One need not SO much mind freckles now
that they are described in toilet parlance as
golden spots.
Yellow houses are coming into fashion,
which may create a demand for yellow
dogs o match them.
A German doctor who has Investigated
the subject says that mans heart is two
square inches larger than woman'S.
Col. John A. Fogg, one of the last sur
viving officers of the Mexican War, died
suddenly yesterday in Asheville.
The street-car drivers strike in Roches-
ter, n. Y, for ten hours as days work
for So continues. The men are quiet and
orderly.
J.J. Shirley, & dry goods merchant of
Staunton, Va. has made an assignment.
Liabilities between S25, 900 and $50, 600;
nominal assets SlS,000
At tae commencement celebration Of
Tougaloo College, colored, near Jackson,
Miss, yesterday, riot is reported. No
particulars received.
Hicks Carmichael, the negro who, while
resisting arrest last Sunday morning, killed
D. A. Shipe, deputy sheriff of Knox
county, Tenn, has been captured.
why do you call my elbow a waiter?"
asked whisky-lo7ing husband of his wife.
Because you tip it whenever you get a
chance" she replied.
The man who drinks much should eat
heartily, says a medical authority. This
is all very well, but the man who drinks
much can't get anything to eat.
Among the combinations and rings there
is not one that can compare, as far as the
welfare of the race is concerned, with the
matrimonial combination and the wedding
ring.
Nobody but millionaires on this coast
can afford to heap Goals of fire on their enc
mics heads. Nobody foresaw when that
Scriptural Injunction was written that a
forgiving disposition would ever cost six
teen dollars per ton.
The Southern Presbyterian General AS
sembly has postponed the further consid-
Grafton of Dr. Woodrow's case until after
the return of the delegates from Philadel-
phia.
The Pennsylvania Democratic Conven-
ton yesterday elected delegates at large to
the St. Louis National Convention and en-
dorsed Cleveland's administration and the
Mills bill.
The German Emperor and Empress
drove through the streets of Berlin yester-
day evening in closed carriage. They
received an immense ovation from the
crowds lining the streets.
President Cleveland has so far but two
engagements for the summer, outside OF
Washington. Decoration day he will be
in New York and Brooklyn, and June 81
he will attend the 250th anniversary of the
Presbyterian Church at Germantown, Pa.
Cary Owens, colored, fireman in a
wholesale house in Cleveland, Ohio, fell
down the elevator hatchway yesterday,
four stories, striking on his head, killing
him instantly.
At Jackson, Miss, the immigration Con-
the largest ever held in that State, 365
delegates being present, representing sixty
six counties
The trust formed by the gas compa-
nies of Chicago and vicinity is being in7es-
tigated, and shows a gigantic scheme to
defraud the public by making S25, ,0OO,0 600
out of nothing.
1t is reported in Springfield, Ill, that
General John n. Palmer has consented to
the use of his name before the Democratic
State Convention of Ohio as a candidate
for Governor, and the belief is general that
he will be nominated.
In the Sumter Bank case in the United
States Court the jury yesterday returned
the following verdict: 1--WE find for the
plaintiff the full amount of 100000 The
bondsnen will not appeal, but have asked
indulgence till October.
Mrs. Mcfarland, me woman who was
shot by her husband Wednesday, in Cleve-
land, Ohio, died yesterday evening. The
little girl, shot at the same time by the
brutal father. died yesterday morning.
Mcfarland will probably recover.
The residents Of Beloil, Canada, have
beer thrown into great excitement over the
fact that q tract Of land covering fifteen
acres has sunk 3 distance of forty feet.
The land was plowed and ready for plant
ing. 1t belonged to farmer named Rob-
erts
The Illinois Democratic State Conven-
ton nominated Gen. John NJ. Palmer, of
Peoria, Lieutenant Governor, and n. o.
Ricks, of Christian county, Secretary Of
State. Solid for Cleveland and the Mills
bill.
The House committee on elections began
yesterday the consideration of the South
Carolina contested election case of Smalls
vs. Elliott E. j. Ellis addressed the COM
mittee in behalf of Smalls, the contestant,
endeavoring to show that there was no
such division in the Republican party il
Smalls's district as had been alleged.
Yesterday morning, about o'clock, a
frei ONT train IN tho Rort- Tclao1 Road ue0t