The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-02-13
WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED.

| 4Ae cOUOlIIOQ Oh tQe treasury SHOWS.
Available cash balance, S142, ,283, ,Sos:
gold reserve, s42s, s,O45,a3s
The annual dinner of the Harvard
club of the district took place at the
Shoreham, Washington, Wednesday
night.
The spartanburg Headlight states
that South Carolina is being flooded
with worthless kerosene Oil by the
Standard oil trust.
The third annual convention Of the
wholesale druggist of the south meets
in Atlanta today. This association
was organized last year.
The United States treasury Saturday
lost 10000 in gold, s1o4, 600 from New
York and sl25,O00 from Boston, leaving
the gold reserve s41, ,se6, ,sS9
The credentials of Mr.. Perkins, of
California, for the unexpirerl term Of
the late Leland Stanford, has been pre-
sented to the senate and the senator
sworn in.
Mr.. Fardell, conservative, has been
slscted to the house Of commons for
Paddington to I'LL the seat made vacant
by the death of Lord Randolph
Churchill.
One hundred and twenty-five repre-
sentative Michigan lumbermen are on
southern tour and will spend several
days in southwest Georgia looking over
the lumber region.
There died at sylacauga, Ala, few
days since probably the Oldest person
in that state. She was Mrs. Elizabeth
Mizzel and her age was ia years be-
yond all reasonable doubt
The president sent the nomination Of
Mr.. Robert G. Denig to the senate to
be chief engineer in the navy. Mr..
Denig formerly occupied the position
Of passed assistant engineer.
In order to avert crisis IL. the presi-
dency of the reiehstag the members Of
the centre propose q compromise in
creasing the powers of President Won
Lsvetsow.
The British parliament reassembed
Tuesday with the customary ceremo-
MES. The session was opened at !
o'clock by the reading OF the speech
from the throne.
It IS worthy of note that the total
cotton receipts Tuesday at Augusta,
Memphis, St. Louis, Cincinnati and
Houston were 1l,sS4 bales, against only
S,9S7 on that day last year.
Mrs. D. Gill. OF baltimore, wife Of
wholesale lumber dealer. dropped dead
at the Arlington house, Hot Springs,
Ark, while walking out Of the dining
room. Heart disease was the cause
Frank Atkinson, of Peoria, H.,
patent medicine vender, recently shot
his sister-in-law, Lena Sitter, killing
her instantly. He then shot himself
fatally. The cause Of the act was fam
lily troubles
At the North Carolina department Of
agriculture It 10 said there will be an
increase Of ls to 80 per cent in tobacco
acreage, and at least s5 per cent In
truck. There will DO eonside~a bic In
crease in rice.
The steamer Genfeugos, Captain
Smith, of the New York and Cuba line,
which sailed from Nov York January
81 for Santiago via Nassau, stranded
shortly before daylight February 4,
near Harbor Island. All seved.
W. B. Ryan has received the ap-
pointmert Of general eastern joins
agent OF the Mexican International.
Inter-Oeeanie Of Mexico. Mexican
National and Mexican Central lines,
with headquarters in Se- York.
Edger O.. Sayder, yell known
Omaha newspaper man. has teen ap-
pointed private secretary 10 United
States Senator John n. Thrrscn. Mr..
Snyder will continue his editorial work
at Omaha until the next session of con-
gress.
A resolution has been introduced pro
viding for the appointment OF com
mission 31der the direction OF the sec
retary Of war to make preliminary sur
vey and submit plans and estimates
for the construction Of ship canal to
connect the south end of Lake Michigan
with the Wabash river.