The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-09-04

an old untenanted house at Columbia,
S. c., three days after he had become
the husband of beautiful Miss Sallis
Kelly. The dread Of disgrace on 40
count Of some trouble he was in at the
lunatic asylum. where be was employ
ed, is supposed to have been the cause.
John Murphy, aged 81 years. white,
in drunken stupor, sat down on the
track Of the Southern railway Satur-
day night at Newport, Tenn, and went
to sleep. EARLY in the morning through
freight train came along at rapid gait
and struck him, tearing him to pieces
and scattering fragments Of his body
along the track for 50 yards.
News From the North.
The National association Of postof6ce
clerks will convene in its sixth annual
session in st. Paul on the ninth Of this
month.
The twenty. sixth triennial conclave
Of Knights Templar was held in Boston
lost week, with $4,000 knights in at
tendance.
One hundred and fifty assemblymen
and 80 senator's will be elected under
the new constitutional apportionment
of New York.
Through the states Of New York.
New Jersey and Delaware. seven earth.
quake shocks were felt Sunday morn.
ing. Slight damage was done.
The Putnam Phalan1. of Hartford,
Conn, Major Henry B:ckford COM
manding, has decided to visit the expo.
sitior at Atlanta, Ga, in November.
Friday, at Wilmington, Del, United
States marines captured steam tug
bound for Cuba on fliblstering exps.
dition with arms. ammunition and 20
men.
During the prevalence Of a sguall and
g rain on the st. Clair river, near
Maryville, Mich, rowboat containing
four persons was upset and all were
drowned.
The steam racing yacht Yankee Doo-
die, owned by Mcbride Brothers OF
Philadelphia, has been damaged by fire
to such an extent as to incapacitate her
for service hereafter.
Fred Brown and William Rathline,
Of Allentown, Pa, were killed, and
Harvey Folks was fatally injured by
the explosion Of dynamite bomb in a
stone quarry near Allentown.
The mayor Of New York is working
for the establishment Of free baths in
she various sections Of the city. He
hopes thereby to improve the health
and cleanliness Of the masses.
George R. Rogers, who abandoned
his 5 year. old son, in the Continental
hotel, in New York, three weeks ago,
has been sentenced to two years and
two months in the states prison.
During trial race between the
American yechts. Defender and Wig
liant, the British yacht, Yalkyrie III,
gave little chase for fun and easily
outran both Of them. The wind, it is
claimed, was favorable to the Britisher.
Judge Thayer, to whom appeal was
made in Philadelphia for an injunction
restraining the city from taking Liberty
bell 70 the Atlanta exposition, has an.
nounced that the bell belongs to the
city and the authorities may carry it il
they wish.
At Novi, Mich. Mrs Mary Ann Bush
died Saturd Il at the residence Of her
daughter, Mrs. Alva Sage, aged little
over lI2 years. The figures are based
upon authentic records in possession Of
the family. She was the oldest person
in Michigan.
The Worlds crop letter Of Clapp &
Co., bankers, Mills building, New York.
saws: 1--WE advise buying wheat. Both
importing and exporting countries have
small crops and supplies. Home con.
sumption about equals production.
Prices are low. )"
A telegram from Beaver Island life
saving station in Michigan says that
the body of man which had been in
the water for several months had wash.
ed ashore there. The telegram gives
the impression that the body Is that Of
James Clark, one Of the crew OF the
lost steamer Chicora-
Charles Tuller & Co., coffee brokers
of Philadelphia, made an assignment
Saturday. The liabilities are between
e75. 900 and 100000. The firm was
the Philadelphia agents Of the Brazil
Coffee company and the Gulf Land and
Trading company Of Mexico. The as
signment is maoo without preference
At Pittsburg, Pa, the windowglass
wage scale for the year beginning with
Sept. was settled at conference Of
manufacturers and workmen Saturday
afternoon, by the manufacturers con.
ceding an advance over last years scale
of l.2 per cent. The settlement,
which is a compromise, affects about
1000 men.
David Allison, fireman on the Penn.
sylyania railroad, was killed in pecu-
liar manner at "a coal tipple. The heavy
iron apron of the tipple was lowered
just as the fast running engine shot
under it. The csb of the engine was
torn completely off. Allison was stand
ing on the foosboard Of the tender.
his head was cut completely of and
fell into a gondola car, while his body
was left standing Oh the engine ten
der.
In the case of Albert Rushworth
against the common pleas court Of Hud-
son county to test the constitut!onality
Of the naturalization law passed at the
last Legislature, Justice Van sycSe!, of
the New Jersey supreme court, Fled an
opinion in which the act Is held to be
constitutional. The act IN question
provides that mo person shall hereaf-
ter be uaturalized or admitted to be o
citizen of the United States by any
court Of this state within 30 days next
preceding any national. state, munlcl'
bal, general, special. local or charter
election. -
Foreign Nows Notea-
The Bolivian congress has agreed to
q peace treaty with Chilli