The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1888-02-09
GENERAL. NEWS NOTEs.
Items OF Intercst Gathered from Variou,
Quarters.

TlOrlua SiraWDCrflCS are SClllng III New
York ut 81 80 quart.
AT Cornwall, Ont, / 800 cotton opera,
| tivcs are on Ii strike against Il reduction Of
wages.
The annual conference of the Methodist
| Episcopal Church (cnlOrcd) is in session ut
| Grenada. Miss.
The German Government will take part
| officially in the Paris Exposition by send
| ing exhibits to the fine AIT department..
The President has been formally invited
to attend the Florida Exposition to be held
| in jacksonville on the 22d inst.
Mr.. Alvan G. Clark is still on Mount
| Hamilton, his work on the Lick telescope
being greatly Delayed 10y the intensely cold
weather.
Eugene Zimmerman, of the dcfunct
| Fidelity Bank Of Cincinnati, has returned
from Europe, pleaded not guilty and given
| 'f2O 900 bail.
Governor McEncry, of Louisiana, has
called Il convention to meet In New Orleans
| on March , to encourage immigration into
| the State.
Lold Spencer predicts that the scales will
soon fall from the eyes Of the Salisbury
| ministry aud that they will adopt policy
| Of Cancellation in Ireland.
The base ball men of Grccnvillc propose
| to organize an amateur Interstate league
to include augusta, Columbia, SUMTER
GrCcnvilic, Charlotte and Wilmington.
a Chinaman named A. II. Fuh was
hanged at Victoria, Il. G., on Monday for
the murder of Il woman named Chncy
Whey. He declared his innocence to the
last, and died in his old faith.
Prof. Nirrhow has examined fragment
taken from the very centre of the trouble
in The Crown Prince Frederick Williams
throat, and declares it shows no evidence
OF cancer.
The committees having In charge the
proposed demonstration in London in honor
Of O'Bricn and Sullivan, have been boy
COUcl by all owners Of large halls in that
city.
Over half a million pounds Of manufac
| turCd tobacco WAS shipped from Danvilc,
Va, during January, and more than a
quarter of Il million pounds of old leaf to-
bacco was shipped Tuesday.
Mr.. a. B. Williams has severed his con
| ncction with the Charleston Sun, and will
resume editorial charge Of the Grccnvillt
Nt"S Mr.. Stanhopc Sans becomes the
managing editor of The iSun.
The Washington ,Str,1' says that Thocbc
| has presented To the House elections com
miitcc II bill amounting To $500 for his
| expenses in COmtCSiing the scat of Carlisle.
The largest amount allowed by law is
$9uOO
The London Times correspondent AT
Rome. in a dispatch giving the text of the
American Pilgrims address, says that the
| Pope has since been surprised to learn that
the majority cf the pilgrims were Protest
| ants.
t. Short, railroad agent at Knoxville
Il station on the Louisville, New Orleans
! and Texas railroad, was assassinntcd last
| night n NickSburg. His wife who was
| with him, was shot in the back by the same
party.
DR.. j. B McGcc, connected with the in
| lcrnal revenue service, shot and killed Ed
| hickman n BarlstOwn, Ky, Yesterday.
The latter had insultcd McGcc and assaulted
him with a knife. The parties belong to
good families.
at Buffalo, n. V, yesterday the large
dry goods establishment of Barnes, Hen
| Gcrcr X Co. WAS destroyed with the con
tents. Loss 800, 900. The total loss is
| about million and quarter, probably
fully covered 10y insurance.
The committee Of the General Assembly
Of the Eorhcrn Presbyterian Church
having in charge Il plan to unite the North
crn and Southern branches of that dcnom
nation, held meeting in Baltimore Tues
day night Proceedings private.
The new military bill now before the
Rcichstag states that the loan asked i,
needed for arIning the zoo, 600 extra troops
in order to be prepared beforehand for
declaration of war, and to avoid confusion
The harbor ut st. Louis is now free o
ice, with the exception Of an OCCaSiOna
drift that is piled several feet high agains
the bank, and ferry boats, tugs and all har
hor craft have resumed their usual work
The weather is fairly mild.
The Mississippi House Of Representa-
tivcs has adopted memorial to ConercS,
protesting against the passage Of the Sen
ate bill having for its object the prevention
of the use of cotton seed oil as n substitute
for hogs lard.
About 5000 men, women and girls en-
plOycd i'm the shoe manufacturing buSincs,
are locked in Cincinnati, because the en-
ploycrs Of one firm struck on account OF
The firm keeping back the wages of twelve
girls claimed to be oVCrpad.
The latest reports from The mountains Of
Manitoba indicate that there has been great
loss of life on the Canadian Pacific Rail
road, owing to SnOwSlidcS. Passengers
coming on trains from Calgary bring
mtagrc particulars Of the disasters.
| Early yesterday morning fire broke out
in the Virginia pcnitcntiary at Richmond.
which is leased by the Davis Shoe Com.
pany cf Boston. The Davis Company
loss is about $115, 900, and the States about
| $25O.OOO. The State had no Insurance.
a deal involving the reorganization OF
the Indianapolis Sentinel has been perfected
by which the paper passes into the hands
of joint stock company with capital of
| $75 coo. w j. Craig, the present owicr,
retains the majority Of the stock.
The indianapolis Sentinel the Demo
cratic State organ, has been sold by w. j.
Craig to a Fort Wayne syndicate for go
600. 5. f.. Morse will he editor and Il. A.
| X. IIackctt, Of the Fort Wayne Sentinel,
| publisher.
At Danvillc, Va, the amount Of leaf to-
bacco sold from warehouses In January
| was 2, 70O 600 pounds. For the first four
months Of the tobacco year the sales were
10, 100000 pounds, as against $500, 900
pounds for the same time last year.
Near Long View, Tex, on Wednesday,
passenger train on the Texas and Pacific
Railroad was deraicd by n defective switch.
Michael Kare, engineer, wNs killed, and T.
II. johnson, Mat JoIdan and Peter Bcgcly
were fatally injured