The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-03-06
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
Faots or Interest Giathorsd fr0na varie
Gus BOnrees.

Faots or Interest GathorSd hE0m VaFie
Gus Sources.
The hotels in st. Augustine are do.
ing better than usual.
| Columbia 10 to have new iee fee
tory with capacity of ten tons daily.
Tho equestrian statde of Robert E
Lee, by Mercie, the French sculptor, has
been completed. 1t will be placed In
| Richmond. ....
The recent food near Phoenix, Ari-
zona, destroyed nearly million dollars
worth Of property, and cost the lives Of
about forty people.
"A cyclone near Brownsville, Tenn,
onWednesday unroofed half the houses In
the place, killed one woman, aud woun-
ded several other persons.
Senator John w, Daniel, the
great Virginia orator, will deliver the
address at the reunion of Confederate
Veterans to be held at Atlanta Apr.28.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
just ipaid $57, 800 to the Richmond, Va,
Locomotive Works, for work done for
the battle ship Texan now building at
Norfolk.
The last time Stanley lectured at
Birmingham, England, he received
fifteen guineas for his fee. This time
the Birmingham lecture manager Of
fers 800 guineas, and is afraid he can't
get him at that.
Fred Aviation, who stole $35, 600
from the Express Company at Dallas,
Texas, has been captured at st. John,
N. B. He had but $4,000 left, bunco
men having robbed him Of the other
part of his stealage.
The Congressional redistricting
bill TO make five out of six of the dis
tricts Of Maryland solidly Democratic,
which at first failed for want of one
vote, was passed by a vote of II yeas
TO 5 nays. The Governors signature
has been attached.
"A cloud burst Monday night caused
Martindalc Creek Ind, to rise so quickly
that the women and three children of tho
Hall family were drowned. They be-
longcd to party of gypsies encamped
near the stream. The bodies have not
yet been recovered.
President Day, of the New York
League club, vainly offered Buck Ew-
ing, who caught for the club last year,
$3&, 900 for a three years. engagement.
| Buck sticks TO the brotherhood.
! Ward Richardson, Gore and Slattery
also declined big offers.
"A committee of the Texas Legis-
lature is hard at work on the accounts
OF ex-Treasurer Hemingway, who Is
apparently $25O,O0O short. 1t is de-
veloped, however, that he is entitled
to credit of $1O5, $50 which he erro-
neollsly had charged against himself
1t appears from the two hundred
4 sd Hnfs 10 I,r
tho good people of Massachusetts and
presented in the Senate by Senator
Dawes, that 100000 gallons of intoxi-
cants are shipped annually from this
country to Africa. The petitioners
pray that this very wicked traffic be
stopped.
"A fatal shooting occurred Tues,
day, seven miles fromHillsboro, N. c.,
during raid on a,distillery by reve-
nue. officers. Revenue Agent Kirk
patrick, who was in charge of tho
raiding party, was shot in the face and
received n dangerous wound. The
shot was fired by a negro who was
shot and killed by member of the
raiding party.
The Rev. DR.. Lorimer, of the
Baptist Church at Holyoke, Mass. .,
caused sensation on Friday by MAX
ing O. violent and indecent attack from
his pulpit on tho Catholic Church.
On Sunday he toarfully explained to
his congregation that he was drunk
at the time from an overdose of qui-
nine and unconscious Of what he said;
and he publicly retracted and apollo
gized.
Senator Voorhees, is out in long
address urging harmony in the Demo-
cratic party OF Indiana in tho nomina.
ton of legislative and county candi.
dates Mr., Voorhees, says he will
support Ex-Governor Gray for the
Vice'Presidency in 1892, as he did at
the ST. Louis convention two years
ago. 1t is understood that Mr.. Gray
will use his best efforts 10 secure
Democratic Legislature and the re-
election OF Mr.. Voorhees, to the SEN
ate.
Chicago has won the fight for the
location of the Exposition in 1902.
There were eight ballots in the House
the vote finally standing thus: Chi
cago, 1877; New York, 107; ST. Louis,
25; Washington, 18. Whole number
of votes, 307; necessary to choice 1B4,
When the Speaker announced the re-
suit ofthe eighth ballot the supporters
of Chicago on the floor burst into 8
shout of triumph, which found an
echo in the galleries. Speaker Reed
hammered away with his gavel tt
: quell tho confusion, but was unable II
obtain anything like order. Half the
members rushed rell nell for the
exits, and amid this disorder the
Speaker, on motion, declared the
House adjourned.