The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-03-05
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.
--latest Items and Curious Notes from
Our Exchanges.


The residence Of ex-Secretary of
State James e. Tindal, of Clarendon
county, was burned Sunday about
o'clock. The fire is supposed to have
been OF incendiary origin. A portion
OF the furniture was saved. The house
was partially covered by insurance.
Tho statement is going the rounds
OF the press that a Louisville lawyer,
one of the ablest men ut her bar, who
served on the bench and is a brother
OF one Of the United States Supreme
Court Justices, won't to the city aims
house a few days ago as last hope of
curing himself of the liquor habit.
Tho Columbia State says that Mr..
a. A. Gates, of tho Mansion House, is
prospecting in that city with the view
Of securing tho Columbia Hotel for o
series of years. rhis hotel was once
the most popular in the State, but the
owners have used it only as dormitor-
les for families for good while.
B. +. Waddlc, of Reidville, had a
n!ne-year-old son bitten by dog sup
posed to be afflicted with hydrophobia,
on Saturday morning. He left with
his son at once for Cherry Mount, N.
c., to have the. mad stone applied.
The dog was killed about e~mIle from
Mr.. Waddle's home.
The new books for the use of dis
ponsers have been received and will
be sent out as carly as possible. The
system is 81 simple one that can be
easily understood and there should be
littlo or no trouble in tho future. The
public will be bettcr able to under
stand the published reports under the
new system.
"A Frenchman who settled in South
Carolina q few years ago planted q
hundred and fifty acres in asparagus.
At the end OF six years hc sold his
farm and returned to his native coun-
try with fortune OF quarter of a
million dollars. This sounds like a
fairy tale, but it is true. He made all
of his money on his farm.
Mr.. james Henry Rice, Jr., who
has been selected by the historical
commission to thoroughly index the
Colonial records, which have been
secured during the past two years from
charge of his duties. He has an
arduous task before him, which will
probably take him two years to COM
plete.
"A special to the Columbia State
from Prosperity, S. c., says: During
tho first of the snow Randall Wilson,
colored, stripped one Of his children,
whipped it numerically, forced it to
jump into tub of ice water, and then
fastened it up in an outhouse, leaving
it thore to suffer and freeze. A know
ledge of the facts caused party Of
negroes to visit Wilson's house at
night, take him out strip him, roll
him about in the snow until he knew
what it was to be cold, and then to
make him very warm with plum
switches. He promised to do better.
Secretary Gresham has received
cablegram grom Consul General
Williams at Havana announcing that
q state OF affairs practically amount
ing to martial law had been proclaim
ed in Cuba. 1t appears from tne dis
patch that the proclamation of the
Governor General has caused great ex-
citement throughout the island, where
no general revolution exists, as it was
the first notice the people had that the
government was taking action to pre-
Won't disturbances in some sections
from spreading.
Tho Waycross (Ga.) Herald says I:
Authoritis on fruit growing are al
ready talking of what boon the cold
wave will be to the coming fruit crop,
and 1t is safe to say that all farm pro-
ducts will be healthier than they have
! been In this section for long time.
The sap has been driven back into the
trunks OF fruit trees, which will make
them practically proof against ia
spring freezes that have beset the}
| the past. All of the insects haY s.
killed and the Qpialsnssis =, senas :.
the blizzakeIs = = s =.
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