The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-05-16

The United States fish commission car
reached Atlanta yesterday. a change of
water was found necessary and Arteslan
water was supplied. Inside of an hour
81, 900 young fish were dead and nearly
5000, 900 eggs are supposed to be killed.
Davidson College experienced severe
electrical disturbance on Sunday night. A
destructive fire was caused by lightning
striking the warehouse of John Caldwell.
The structure, contents and nine bales OF
cotton were consumed. Caldwells loss is
estimated 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 at the following
places: Vicks5urg, Miss, 500, 900; Jack
son, Miss, (enlareement), $4,000; Colum-
bus Ca, 100000; Charleston, S. c.,
$500, 900.
W. Bayard Cutting, under decree of the
United States Court, Monday bought for
S125, 900 the balance of the T. R. s. n. K.
Railroad system, consisting of the Florida
Transit, Transit, Tropical and Plant City
Extension. He 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 159
ayes against 122 nays, and the lay vote IS
ayes against 76 nays.
Captain Martin Moore, of the steamer
Benton, running between Memphis, Tenn,
and Jackson Mound Park, was murdered
on board his steamer at s o'clock Sunday
| night, during disagreement between
those who chartered the steamer and him
self. Eph Reeves and W. J. MCGOWAN
are charged with the murder.
Jud ge Tuley, of Illinois, has rendered a
preliminary decision in contested will
| case which is of considerable importance
| to all children born in slavery and to many
of the descendants of such children. He
| pronounces such children illegitimate. and
4 uOlQS tudG C<uuOt lAoSA1e HAOpSAVJ
from the father
The Georgia State Temperance Conven-
ton, before adjourning, passed resolutions
to make general prohibition contest N
the elections for the Legislature this fall.
| Prohibition candidates will be nominated
in every county pledged to vote for a statu-
| tory prohibitory law instead of leaving the
question to the vote Of the people.
A Dublin dispatch says: James Quinn,
boy ranger. who lived in tbe village of
Loug ghres, County Cork, was found muir
dered yesterday. Three bullet wounds
were discovered on his body. He had
been threatened by moonlighters with death
unless he abandoned the farm he occupied.
Quinn's family live in America.
Mrs. Annie Flsenbarth, residing at 8, ,725
Organ street, St. Louis, was walking
through her residence Sunday morning
when she suddenly fell to the floor and ex-
pired. Her sister, who lived near, was
summoned. On arriving at the house she
: went to the room where the dead woman
Law and fell dead beside her. Both ladies
were supposed to be in the best of health.
During heavy rain and thunder storm
Tuesday the towboat Future City and three
barges from St. Louis came in contact with
United States war vessels at anchor in front
of New Orleans Two of the barges were
sunk. One contained 81, 900 bushels of
| bulk wheat and the other full cargo Of
freight. The barges are valued at $4,000
each and their cargoes at $4,000.
United States Revenue Officer A. n.
Williams on Tuesday arrested Geo. Hale,
moonshiner, at Rocky Mount, Franklin
county, Va, while peddling Illicit whisky
from an OK cart While on the way to jail
the guards were overpowered by crowd
of $50 men and the prisoner released. The
rescued prisoner was carried TO the noun
tains amid wild shouts. No pursuit was
made.
Henry Miller and VIM. L. Aderholt, two
farmers living near Beecher City, Ill, had
law suit Wednesday over trivial matter.
Aderholt won the suit. and Miller became
so enraged he went home, seized his gun,
marched to Aderholt's house and shot him
dead. BE also went to the house of man
named McKenzy, who sided with Ader-
holt, and shot him, but McKenzy will re-
cover.
Early Monday morning a cloud burst
near Maize, fifteen miles west of Wichita,
Kan. Rain had been falling all night and
when the cloud broke there was an awful
roar which frightened the people out Of
their houses. Many buildings were de-
molished. The house of a family named
Rocky was swept into the Arkansas river
where it sank. Rockby, his wife and two
children were drowned. Many horses and
COWS were lost in the food.
The Common Council of Lansing, Mich,
had deadlock session Of twenty-five
hours, which ended Tuesday evening in
the election of Democrats to all city Offices.
The vote Of all members was required to
make an election legal, and Mr.. Edison, q
Republican, was purposely kept hidden.
He was found at last and forced to vote,
and as the count was a tie, tie Mayors
vote Democratic settled the contest.
The barn and stables of William Smith,
who lives about ten miles west Of Ander-
son, were destroyed by the torch of an in
cendiary on Saturday night, about 10
o'clock. The buildings contained forty
! bushels Of corn, seven hundred bundles of
fodder and two fine mules. Nothing was
saved. Mr. Smith knew nothing of the
fire till aroused from his slumbers by one
Of his neighbors who lived near. There is
no clue yet to the incendiary.
A strange atmospheric phenomenon was
| seen at Maize, Kansas, on Sunday A
storm cloud burst and extended over a
space. paralielogram in form, about 500