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

water was supplied. Inside of an hour
Be-. 900 Young fish were dead and nearly
|, 900, 900 eggs are supposed to be killed
Davidson College experienced o severe
electrical disturbance on Sunday night n
destructive fire was caused by nghtnlng
striking the warehouse OF Jonn Calo"en.
The structure, contents and nine bales OF
cotton were consumed. CaluWeus s LOSS is
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 $50,000. Insured.
The Senate public buildings and grounds
committee Monday acted favorably upon
bills for public buildings ut the following
places: Vicks5urg, Miss, 800, 900; Jack
son, Miss, (enlargcmen0, $4,000; Colum- |
bus Ga, 100000; Charleston, S. g.,
$300,000.
w. Bayard Cutting under decree of the
United States Court, Monday bought Tor
1926, 900 the balance of the Il. II. u N. IL.
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 l59
| ayes against 1872 nays, and the lay vote 78
| ayes against 7G nays.
| Captain Martin Moore, of the steamer
Benton, running between Memphis, Tenn,
| and Jackson Mound Park was murdered
on board his steamer at 8 o'clock Sunday
night, during a 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 q contested will
case which is Of considerable importance
| TO all children born in slavery and to many
OF the descendants of such children. lie
| pronounccs such children illcgitimate, and
| holds that they cannot inherit property
| from the father.
| The Georgia State Temperance Convcn-
tlon, before al djOurning, passed resolutions
| TO make general prohibition contest IN
| The elections for the Legislature this fall.
| Prohibition candidates will be nominated
in every county pledged to vote for a 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 wouYs'
were discovered on his body. He nd
been threatened by moonlightcrs with eath
| unless he abandoned the farm he occlicd.
Qunn'S family. live in America.
Mrs Annie Flsenbarth, residing at 1925
Organ street, st. Louis, was walking
Trough her residence Sunday morning
when she suddenly fell to the floor and eX-
'lred. Her sister, who lived near was
'lmmoncd. On ARRIVING at the house she
vent TO the room where the dead woman
ny and tell dead beside her. Both ladies
we're supposed to be in the best of health.
. During heavy rain and thunder storm
tuesday the towboat Future City and three
)arges from st. Louis came in contact with
Jnltcd States war vessels at anchor in front
of New Orleans. Two Of the bargcs were
SUNK. One contained 81 900 bushels of
oulk wheat and the other a full cargo of
freight. The barges are valued at 50 600
each and their cargocs ut $4,000.
United States Revenue Officer A. Fl
Williams on Tuesday arrested Geo. Hale
moonshiner, at Rocky Mount, Franklin
county, Va, while pcddling illicit whisky
from an OK cart. While on the way to ioil
lhe guards were Ovcrpowered by a crowd
OF 100 men and the prisoner released. The
rescued prisoner was carried to the noun
lains amid wild shouts. No pursuit was
made.
Henry Miller and VIM. l.. Aderholt, two
farmers living near Beecher City ILL.,, had
a law suit Wednesday over a trivial matter
Aderholt won the suit. and Miller became
SO enraged he went home, seized his run
marched to Aderholt's house and shot him
dead. ne also went to the house of man
named Mckcnzy, who sided with Alder
holt, ana shot him, but NIcKenzy will re-
cover.
Early Monday morning cloud burst
near Maize, fifteen miles west of Wichita.
Kan. Raln 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.
nolished. The house of n family named
fockby was swept into the Arkansas river
%nere 1t sank. Rockby, his wife and two
children were drowned Many horses and
COWS were lost in the flood
The Common Council Of LANSING. Mich
lad deadlock session of twentv.two
lourS, which ended Tuesday evening in
he election OF Democrats to all CITY offices
he vote Of all members was required to
make an election legal, and Mr. Edison. q
I1ePuphcan, was purposely kept hidden.
lie was found at last and forced to vote
ND as the count was a tie the Mayors
'ote (Democratic) settled the contest.
The barn and stables Of William Smith
Who lives about ten miles west of Ander, {
on. were destroyed by the torch of an in. {
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: MIR. Smith knew nothing of the
Ire TIL aroused from his slumbers bv one
II his neighbors who lived near. There is I
10 clue yet to the incendary.
A strange atmospheric phenomenon was g
cen at Maize, Kansas, on Sunday. A :
torn cloud burst and extended over q =
pace, parallclogram in form, about 500 /
ards wide aid one mile in length. For !
ALI an hour the rain came down in tor 4
ents. The heavens were black, and dark. +
esS almost equal to that of night covered q
ne entire area. The peorle ran affrightcd a
rom their homes, many crying that the Q
nd OF the world had come. The loss of e
roperty will be heavy u
Trying TO Murder by NhoIeaaIe ,
An arrest at Toledo, o., Tuesday dis. T.
Iosed a fiendish attempt at poisoning that h
light have resulted in the death of hun. n
reds. Hiram Fields, a prominent Crane n
rover and wine merchant, repr0yed his 4
red man for drunkenness. The hired man n