The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-09-11

LOUIS has been accepted Dy tHe y. .
Government as vessel of the frs@
class for mail service
Dr.. 0 E. Bradford, dangerous
counterfeiter has been captured. he
belonged to the famous Rockaway
gang, and is regarded as the most ex-
pert criminal in the country.
Governor Evans has comnuted to
date the sentence of General Thomp-
son, who was convicted in February
last of manslaughter in Anderson
county and sentenced to life imprls-
onment. 1t appears now that the
killing was more accidental than IN
territorial. The Governor has also
granted pardon to Moses Pc
ters, sentenced from Florence
county last May by Judge
Gary to twelve months in the
penitentiary or TO work on the county
road. Peters was convicted of lar
ceny of live stock.
A serious rebellion has broken out
in China, and the Imperial Army has
been routed several times.
The women sufragists who will
work for tie Incorporation of female
suffrage clause in the new Constitu-
tion have begun to arrive in Colum-
bia already.
Cholera is raging in Pekin, China,
and there are 1000 deaths daily
! from that disease.
Nashville has been awarded the
pennant of the Southern Base Ball
| League. Atlanta contests the award.
The Boston Masonic Temple was
badly damaged by fire on Saturday.
September 10.
A special to the Adrerttser from
Huntsville, Ala, says: At New.
market, this county. William L.
Grimmett shot his brother in law, j
B Mitchell, and it is thought he will
die. Mitchell is drinking man, aud
he and his wife, sister of Grimmett,
had separated. she going to her
brothers. Mitchell went to the house
and broke open the door when he was
shot
News has been received from
Smythe county, Va, of peculiar
murder. Peter Pickle and John
Billings in fight which was brought
on by dispute over twenty-five
cent debt. Whenth two men were
separated Pickle threw an open knife
at Billings, which struck between
the ribs, penetrating the heart and
killed him instantly Pickle has been
arrested
One hundred women and girls en-
employees of the Diamond Match
Co at Wilmington. DEL, have struck
for an increase of wages The fac
tory was forced to suspend opera
tions.
The will Of Susan W. Talmage,
wife Of the Rev DR.. Talmage, was
admitted to probate to day. The
property is valued at sl66,0OO, and
goes to Dr.. Talmage The sum, it is
said, represents Dr.. Talmage's earn
ings AZ lecturer.
Mr. n NJ Venters killed Sam Ma
poleon, colored, at Johnsonville, Will
liamsburg county, on Saturday.
The annual encampment of the
! Grand Army of the Republic IS be
ing held in Louisville, Ky.
Fires at Liverpool. Nova Scotia and
San Jose CAL, yesterday caused loss.
es amounting to $270 600
Mrs. Lola Small Jackson, divorced
wife of Jas. R. Jackson, of Knox
vile, Tenn, and daughter of Sam
Small the Evangelist, was married at
Richmond, Va, last evening, to Stew
art H Ford Of that city. The couple
first met two weeks ago.
In the county court, of Sussex,
Va, yesterday, Robert Ridley, a ne
gro, was sentenced to be hung on the
18th October, for the brutal murder of
white man in December. 1894
The Attorney General of New
York has been formally requested to
bring suit to dissolve the corporation
known as the National Wall Paper
Company, on the ground that the con
Germ is a trust within the statutes.
The Attorney General has given each