The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-08-15
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREsr

himself.
That man has got a good start I'M
the nil OF knowledge who can learn q
good lesson from another's experiences.
Miss Blanche A. Wright, of Lewis
ton, Me-, has been ordained pastor of
church.
-Iceland is being depopulated. The
Canadian government is Offering in
ducements TO the people to locate in
the northwestern part of Canada, and
1T Is estimated that fully 1900 people
will cmigrate from Iceland this seu-
| son.
Robert H. Coleman, the iron mil
lionaire OF Pennsylvania, has made an
assignment. His liabilities will ap-
| proX1mate three and half million dol
lars, and it is asserted that they exceed
the assets. Coleman's interest in the
Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West
railroad has brought him to the verge
of financial ruin.
The first electric locomotive of any
considerable size in the United States
and the first practically operative
high speed electric locomotive in the
world, adapted to the steam railroad.
has recently been completed at the
Company, and will shortly be exhibited
at the Worlds Fair.
A dispatch from Santa Rosa, Cal,
says that the severest shock of earth
quake felt in that city since 1868 oc-
CURED on the 9th inst. The oscilla-
tions were apparently southeast to
northwest. Considerable damage was
done in the way of falling chimneys.
broken windows, etc. The court house
was badly shaken up.
One OF the most remarkable matri-
mOnlAl events in, /.
| reported from Coatzacoalas, whore a
sprightly old gentleman, 80 years of
age, whose name is Santiago Imibel
and who halls from the PHILIPPINE
| Islands, married good looking girl of
sixteen, rich, and belonging TO one of
| the first families in Minatitalian.
Senator Vest is said to be prepar-
ing free coinage bill, fixing the ratio
| between gold and silver at 25 to |.
This would not satisfy the Colorado
mine owners, but it is the only plan for
fixing the parity of the metals for the
next few years. 1t would mean that q
| dollars worth of silver would be rem
resented in silver dollar.
| General Fitz John Porter has been
appointed cashier of the New York
postotlice by Postmaster Dayton. The
place pays $4,000 q year. 1t has been
filled by Richard Van Cott, son of the
|
Porter was born in Portsmouth, N. H.,
in 1922, being the son of Commander
John Porter, OF the navy
| Not content with the possession of
the greatest newspaper in the world,
Mr.. James Gordon Bennett has given
an order for the largest and finest of all
private yachts. 1t will be $40 feet
long, and will be guaranteed for
tWenty-three knots an hour. Mr.. Ben
nett already has yacht which cost
$3.50, 900, and which would satisfy most
people.
| "A report from the Health Ohiccr
OF Pensacola, Fla, that two cases of
| yellow fever had developed in the city
of Pensacola, has caused the mayor of
Mobile t" issue Il proclama Ion that no
person nor baggage from Pensacola
shall be admitted to Mobile from this
date to December lst unless the quar-
! antine is sooner revoked.
A remarkable declaration was
made in Chicago last week by Mayor
Carter Harrison. In an address Of
welcome to the annual convention of
the military surgeons of the National
Guard OF the United States, he said :
There are POO, 600 people in Chicago
to-day unemployed and almost desti-
tute of money. If Congress does not
give us money we will have riots that
Will shake the country"
-Ihe New York Herald's poll of the
new Congress shows that out of eighty
three Senators, in total of eighty
vote for unconditional and twenty for
conditional repeal of the Sherman act.
Three hundred and two out of total
House of three hundred and fifty-six
members have been pollcd, showing
l37 in favor of unconditional and 125 in
favor Of conditional repeal.
The Legislature of Alabama has
presented to the vote of the people q
constitutional amendment providing
that the school taxes Of the white peo-
pie shall be devoted to the education
of the white children, and that the
schools for the blacks shall receive
for their support only the taxes paid
by the cOlOred people. 1t is estimated
that now fully IS per cent of the money
spent on the colored schools comes out
OF the white peoples pockets.
:, The New York World of August
, says: 1t is sad record that we have
|, to present to-day. There are no less
than 36, III men reported idle in fifty
, , seven trades in this city, and these
figures do not adequately represent the
rapidly increasing army of the unem.
!, ployed. These are the victims upor
| lloih WIG CNllS VI
fall with most terrible weight re
them the situation means hunger anC
hOmelessness for wives and little ones
q dread prospect of poverty from which
E no industry can shield them.
!. During the present financial con
: dition there are many curious thing.
n which are hard to be understood 1t il
: reported from New York that paper
= currency is so scarce that laborers en-
D ploycd by the city are paid in gold
/, Not long ago the banks were disposed
Y to hoard gold, and sort of run wa
h made upon the United States Treasur,
i to procure it for shipment abroad
+ The stringency has gone on increasing
+ but gold has become more plenty TO
h circulation. This ie Are, doubtless, t.
l. the enormous shipments of whea
g which are now being made, and to pa
n for which Europe must send us gold.
g Snow in August is a rare sight, bu
l. a dispatch to the Boston journal from
Haverhill says: "Snow drifts foo
deep were found this morning alon
the line Of Havcrhill and Amesbury
on the hillsides this side Of Amesbury
" There were patches of the snow twent
!. feet square in the fields and pastures
IL and the countryside was covered wit
III patches of snow here and there for
l. distance Of one or two miles. Th
.. rainstorm in this city at midnight wa
10 terrific, but no snow fell The street