The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-07-02
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
New York city's population b,

Ctei y Dltll1S ~ s..itt W Ditlt11y
criticize and ridicule the Mckinley
tariff bill
The Duke of Orleans gained
several pounds in weight during his
imprisonment.
-Itis fact ofintorcst that Strauss
the great composer Of Ealtzes, does
not waltz himself.
--ReV. DR. Phillips Brooks will take
10 vacation, but will preach in his
Boston church every Sunday this
summer.
The population OF the District of
Columbia. by this census, is 22S,l60
agaist 177,624 in 1880.
In the Georgia race for Cover
nor Hardeman has, so far. Houston's
four votes Northern has Lee, Han
cock and Gwinnett-ten votes.
The wealthiest manin Alabama is
probably Josiah Morris of Montgom-
cry. He has fortune Of S3,O0O,OOO
that was made for the most part
from operations in real estate.
Pierre Lorillard, whose brief ca
reer has been most remarkable, is in
the prime OF life, with strong and
robust figure, and q ruddy complex
ion. The annual expenses of his
stables have sometimes reached the
sum of S25O,OOO.
Some statistican has figured out
that for the annual noulishment of
15,000,0O0 COWS and l2.0OO,0OO horses
there are needed 3O,O0o,000 tons of
hay, 90,0OO,OO0 bushels CT cornmeal,
the same of oatmeal, 275,000,000
bushels of oats, 100000 bushels Of
corn, at q cost of S450,O00,000.
The exposition at Ottumwa, Ia, in
September next is to be held in an
immense coal palace, as representa-
tive of the great mining industry OF
this section of the State. It will
have an average width of $50 feet, a
length of 200 feet. 1t will be the fin
est exhibit Of black diamonds ever
seen on the continent.
An English gentleman who died
recently left the bulk OF his fortune
to Rev. Mr.. Spurgeon. He had sew
eral relatives III provided for, and the
trustee decided to put their case be
fore the preacher. The result was
that Mr.. Spurgeon put the property
in their hands for distribution among
the needy relatives Of the testator.
An ear of corn on exhibition al
San Louis Obispo, CAL, is described
as being in the exact form of hu
man hand; the wrist, palm, thumt
and fingers being all perfect. It il
covered with small grains to ne,u the
tips Of the fingers, which are bare
prongs Of cobs, giving the hano
the appearance of being clad in s
NIT.
The population Of New York il
ISIS, 1903, according to the estimate
of the health department for last
week. The population of Brooklyn
is estimated at about. $4,000, sc
that the two great towns have about
100000 inhabitants. The SUI
thinks the actual enumeration noV
going on will probably show result
only slightly different.
An Indiana Republican, writing
to the Cincinnati Commercial Ga
zette, says very uneasy feeling pre-
walls in that State, something SINH
lar to that in 1879, when the Demo
Gratis scooped the deck and captured
eight Congressman out of thirteen
He says if something is not done OF
the tariff question to placate the peo
pie, it looks as if the old machine
would so to smash.
The prospectus Of q new trans
continental railroad, to start at Nor
folk, Va, and run in straight lin
across the country, has been issueda a
Washington. Virginia.. Tennessee
Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas: In
dian Territory and Texas are to b.
traversed. According to the pros
pectus, preliminary suryeyhas beer
made and elaborate calculations shoy
that the whole project is to cos
S7O,000,000.
Women ball players are having
troublous times this season. i
Chicago the members Of two femi
nine mines were badly left in the lurcl
by their financial manager, who dis
appeared with the receipts atthe en(
of the first Of a proposed series o.
games. In Danville an entire clul
was swept away into cold cells b.
the unfeeling members of the Civi
Sabbath Observance Association wht
objected to the defeat Of the Dan
vile Browns on the Lords Day.
"A float bridge leading from th<
steamer to the landing stage at St
Joan, in Brest, collapsed Wednesdy
morning and hundreds of person:
were thrown into the sea. Sever
bodies have been recovered and many
persons are still missing. Divers are
engaged in the search for Other
bodies.
For nine months past constant
complaints have reached the chief o:
postofice inspectors at Chicago of the
loss of checks, postal orders, money
etc., while in transit between Council
Bluffs and Davenport, Iowa. The
total face value of the mail matter is
over S50o,OO0. Two arrests have
been made.
"A ST. Paul, MINI, delegation
waited upon Superintendent of the
Census Porter, and complained
against the manner in which the cen
sus was conducted in Minneapolis.
asserting that the population had
been fraudulently swollen. They
asked for recount. Superintendent
Porter's remarks were hardly salts
factory 10 the visitors.