The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-10-09
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.
Latest Items and Curious Notes from
Our Exchanges.

have closed down indefinitely.
.,o ,ooSCohauncey M. Depew is building a
S20, 600 mausoleum at Peekskill, IN.
Y, in memory Of his wife.
The Southern Railway Company
has been mortgaged to the Central
trust Company for $120, 900. 900. ~
Seven of the Herrick family, who
reside in Indiana, will divide an es-
tate OF $SOO,OO0 left by an English
uncle.
In q deserted house at Florence,
Ala, Luke Lavender, a tramp eighty
years of age, blew off his head with q
shotgun.
Mrs. Katherine Roberts celebrat-
ed her centennial at Topeka, Kan.
on Sunday, in a gown she had worn
at lS years of age.
The Oldest daily paper in the
United States is the Philadelphia
North American. 1t began on 2Ist
September, 1884.
Secretary Carlisle has appointed
william I'll. Pugh, Of Ohio, superin-
tendent of the income tax division of
the treasury department.
-Apropos of the change of Appomat-
toX to - Surrender" Connecticut corr,
respondent of the New York Sun sug-
gests that Bull Run be changed to
Skedaddle."
"A tablet recently set up at Naples
commentaries the bravest act done bv
a king in this century, the visit of
King Humbert to the cholera suffer-
crs in 1884.
Charles o. Hardin, with confeder-
ates, is on trial at Nashville, Tenn,
for stealing $35. 900 two years ago
while running as Adams Express mes
senger between Cincinnrti and Nash
Vile.
Sir John Lubbock is authority for
the statement that u single bee, with
all its industry, energy and innumer-
able journeys, will not collect more
than single teaspoonful of honey dur
ing season.
Tho Adams Express Com pany has
paid a. G. Gurney $1,000 to cofnpro-
mise his $50 5000 suit against the COM
pany Tor falsely arresting him year
ago at New Orleans for stealing pack
age containing $25, 900.
"A spring in Austis, Laclede Coun-
ty, Mo-, supposed to be unfailing, drieG
up last week, and when it resumed
business furnished salt water instead
Of the fresh water it had supplied ever
since 1T was discovered.
~ ohutloJbS Il. bcnJOn mas nelQ
the responsible position of dental sur
geon at the New York Institution for
the Deaf and Dumb for over u year,
where she has had charge of nearly $50
patients OF all ages and both sexes.
Miss Tompkins, OF Kentucky. an
young woman who has been
acting as purchasing clerk for the
United States Supreme Court, has
Deen appointed assistant marshal of
the Court, position mover before held
by woman.
Con, II. +. Colston, a major general
IL the Confederate army, and after the
war Il pasha in the Egyptian army, was
recently stricken with paralysis and
mas been carried 10 the Soldiers Home
In Richmond, Va He is in destitute
circumstances.
Ono OF fChattanooga's largest indus
trlcs may be removed To ST. Louis. It
Ia the Chattanooga Plow Company,
which does anu immense business in
South America and keeps IL force OF
300 hands at work the year round,
Negotiations arc now pending for tho
removal OF the plant to East ST. Louis
About three miles from tho town
of Cordclc, Ga, is located "a BODY of
water called the vanishing lake, It
has an area OF four square miles, and
every autumn it dries up completely,
although u week before this Dhcnomc-
non takes place it is twelve feet t!cop
in some places. rho water rcappears
in the spring.
Judge Charles X. Gayarrc, the
venerable historian OF Louisiana, who
has been seriously i'll during the sum-
NOR, is now restored to his usual
health. Judge Gayarrc will be 80
years old on the lst Of next January.
His home in New Orleans is one Of the
most attractive spots in the lower
parts OF the city.
Phil ID Armour, when shown tho
report from Brunswick. Ga, that he
had offered $1,000, 900 for the Jckvl
island club house ana island. charac-
teriZcd tho story as ridiculous. He
had never heard of Jckyl island, did
not nave million dollars To invest in
anything, and If he had he would not
invest it in Jcky! island.
AT rpoent session OF the Ameri-
car Medical Convention at Montreal
the question Of the transmission of dis
ease by kissing was discussed, having
arisen from paper against the prac-
tice. While indiscrininatc kissing
ana not meet with much favor, the
physicians did not seem 70 think wen
" exclusive kissing.
Mr.. George Nandcrhilts palatial
country home at Ashcviilo, n. C. is
ready for occupancy. IT is as cnnvc-
nientl y equipped as IL modern lotcl,
with it's four elevators and complete
suites, that include private kicchcns
and dining rooms. MIR. Vanderbilt
will spend November there, and will
entertain series If house parties
which will nc composed chiefly Of his
relatives.
Mrs. A. NJ. Curtiss, woman of
culture and beauty. is being sued for
eJcctmcnt from apartments rented on
state street, Chicago, because it has
been learned by the lessons that she
had negro blood in her veins. Suit
was begun by agents for the property,
who claim that in hiding her antccc-
dents at the time tho lease of the
apartments was given, Mrs. Curtiss
had acted fraudulently.
Tho latest reports from China are
that the emperor will be deposcd and
II son OF Prince Kung placed on the
throne, that Ii Hung Chang has re-
tired in tho interest sort OF disgust and
that Gen. Sang Using has succeeded
him in the command of the armies
The Chinese legation at Washington
discredit all of this. Japan IS said to
be raising 1000 men who will march
on Pckin, Gen. Yeh OF the Chinese
toroea Is reported to have been killed