The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-03-06
Oh 0Nattbu1an anu Soutbroa.
WEDNESDAY. MARCH 6, 1895.
ITEMS.

There are said to be over thirty
towns in Maine laying claim to the
first use of autitoxin in that state.
The Commissioners for the colored
exhibit from Florida, have issued an
address, that will attract attention
everywhere, because of its tone of high
intelligence.
San Francisco streets are really
cleaned, not make believe, by the
Merchants Association. One man is
stationed on each business block.
Three members Of the last Coreau
cabinet were Christians who we're edu-
Gated aud made a profession in the
Uuited States. They have been dele
gated by Japan to carry out the work Of
reformation in that country.
Natural gas is reported to have been
discovered iu. the bed of the Rio Plata,
near Buenos Ayres. A bill granting a
monopoly Of it to the d%iscoverer is be-
fore the Congress.
In condemuing a Munich paper to
pay a 6ne Of $25 for an u%ufavorable
criticism of a new portrait, the original
of which is we'll known there. the
Judge said a critic had a right only to
Judge a picture from an artistic point of
view, and not to draw any moral infer
ence.
.'Rureau De sobac" is a favorite form
of announcement in the two French
quarters, aud has been brought over
from France, where the tobacco bust
ness is a government monopoly aud the
shop a sort of Official bureau.
..Trilby'' has even reached the sugar
swamps Of Louisiana. 1t is the name
of a railroad station established by a
Southern railway company a few weeks
ago. It is away down among the
swamps of the Gulf coast, and consists
of a frame station, a store and some two
or three houses.
Spain has just ordered that all steamers
flying the Spanish flag or subsidized by
the government shall 10 future carry
none but Spanish engineers. The pre-
vailing practice is to carry at least two
engineers, aud formerly all were Brit
ish.
liable GOLF has followed the spread
of the real game. A board is marked
out with six holes and hazards of vary
ing nature, and moves toward the put
ling greens are decided by a pack Of
cards played according to certain rules
which accompany the game.
Probably the very largest fire insur-
ance policy in existence. or ever writ
ten is that covering the property of she
Saute Fe Railway Company. 1t was
issued by the Phoenix Fire of London.
England, is 10 amour ST., 600. 900,
and takes a premium Of s170.o00 to
carry.
No less than ten new peers we're en-
titled to take their seats 10 the House Of
Lords at the beginning of the session,
owing to the death of their predeces-
sors. The Bishop of Rochester. Dr..
Davidson, also became a peer, in place
of the Bishop Of Hereford.
Paris tbeaters took in SIS, 900, 600 in
1894. The Grand Opera heads the
list with $3.50. 600; then follow the
Coincide Fraucaise. 100000; the
Opera Couique, $500, 600; the Vaude-
vile. 1928. 900; the Renaissance,
s261, 900. and the variety performance
at the Folies Bergeres, $223.000.
The State of North Carolina owns a
controlipg interest 10 two of the priu-
cipal railroads of the State: the North
Carolina Railroad, extending from
Goldboro to Charlotte, 223 miles, and
the Atlantic and North Carolina. from
Goldboro to Morehead City. This
makes a continuous line of road, 1925
miles 10 length, running through the
richest aud most thickly populated por-
tion of TIE State.
The Interior remarks: As a nstion,
is a child Of the nineteenth Gen.
tury. The progress of Christianity in
is one of the marvels of modern
history. The first Eve years of
Christian struggle produced
one convert. In 1872 was organized
the first Evangelical Church Of eleven
Now there are 365 churches
a membership Of 1855.
The Hamburg F1enadenbaH thinks
that the new magazine riIes will do
away with cavalry in general engage
ments, because every saddle could be
emptied in two minutes in a charge of
less than a nile. 1t says that seventy
I've per cent. of the cavalry will be con.
into Infantry. aud the majority Of
The rest will become bicyclists.