The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1888-03-29
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Items OF ,tnterert Gathered from Various
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This is q contradictory world. The
forger always appreciates the value of Il
good name.
1t is expected that the Emperor Fredcr-
lex will proclaim an extensive amnesty to-
morrow.
The man who has lost his left leg has
one satisfaction at least He can ALWAYS
put his right foot forward
1t is positively denied at the State depart
mcnt that Minister to England Phelps has.
rendered his resignation.
1t is reported that Ii Hung Chang has
declared himself in favor Of opening the
4ang-tsc- Kiang River to European COM
mercc.
Capt. Whitmore and the crew, eight men
in all, of the schooner W. L. White, from
Doboy, Ga, for New York, have been res
cucd and landed at New York
There is to be great gathering of Bap-
lists in Washington next MAY. Some 2. 600
delegates, representing 10000 churches,
have been enrolled.
Premier Tisard has informed the French
Chamber Of Deputies that a military tri
bunal will inquire into the case of Bou-
langer.
Never lose your temper in governing an
animal Both suffer thereby, and nothing
is gained. You may recover from your
angry mood only after the least is made
ugly for life.
To one who said, II do not believe there
is an honest man in the world, ," another
replied, "lt is impossible that any one
should know all the world, but quite posi-
bic that one may know himself"
Husband-It is very clustering night.
my love; had hard work getting homn,
Wife-Ies, l should Judge from your
breath that you had been brcasting the
spirit of the storm.
1t is said that arrangements have been
completed for the marriage Of the Prince
OF Naples, son OF King Humbert and heir
to the Crown of Italy, to Princess Sophia
Dorothy, third daughter of Emperor Fred
erick of Germany
The Chatsworth disaster has already cost
the Toledo Peoria and Western RuiIrOad
more than $500, 900 in damages, and there
Is $lUO.uO0 yet to pay. A ncw culvcrt,
costing $500, would have saved this amount.
Track laying has commenced on the
standard Suagc railroad being built from
Chattanooga to the summit of lookout
Mountain. The railroad will be completed
In sixty days, and cars will be running TO
the scene Of the battle aboye the clouds
Senator lngalls's friends say that not
Wlthstanding the adverse criticism which
his recent speech has received in certain
quarters it has been generally acceptable to
the great mass Of Republicans throuphout
the country. For days past his mail has
been filled with letters cOmmcndinp his
course. Within week after the delivery
OF the speech the Senator received ftteeI
hundred letters approving it.
Information from different points in Ne |
braska indicate that the storm that has |
ragged for the past twelve hours has been
severe. In Western Nebraska nine inches
OF snow has fallen and the wind reached
fifty miles au hour. All trains were de- |
layed. The ttorm commenced with hi@h
temperature and rain, then changed, to |
snow. Reports from west of Lincoln saw |
that many bridges have been washed away |
since Saturday.
At the Darlington experimental station |
there will be 200 plats in cotton and 14O |
plats III corn. Each plat will contain one
twentieth OF an acre. In the general crop |
sixteen acres will be planted in corn 1d |
ten acres in cotton. Ia addition to this
there will be planted half acre in tobacco
and one and half acres in sorghum. Real
8uigar.cane will also be planted Eight or
nine acres of vegetation suitable for ensil-
age VIII DC planted, and peas will also be
planted for forage. The experiment in to.
OacCo will depend upon whether the plants
can be had.
A special from Frankfort, Ky, stotes
hat Governor BuCkncr has suspended The
treasurer of the State, JAS w. Tate Tate
8 charged with dcfalcation in his office,
md 1t Is said that he has fled from the
state. The defaulting official has been
reasurcr for twenty-One years. He was
considered the sole of honor, and the news
will produce tremendous sensation over
he entire State. a later dispatch from
frankfort states that an investigation, i'm
ncdiatcly instituted on the reCommenda.
ion of Governor Buckner, disclose a def
1T In Tate's office Of $3.50, 900, and that the
Irregularities seem to run back eleven yeare.