The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-09

Bait. .....Ts So $50 Phiiad'a 40 So AL
Boston ...75 81 .6SS Louisville 49 62 Al
Nv York.67 80 .6SsjPittsb'g AT GO .4S9
Cincin 'ati62 43 $50 Brooklyn 4S GO 1886
Clevel'd So 80 .514 Wash'n.. 46 6l .430
Chicago so SO .459 st. Louis.27 50 .2fS
An effort is being made to force all the
colored people to leave Ellwood, Ind, and
serious trouble is threatened.
An electric light dynamo in Manning L
Paine's paper mill, Troy, n. Y, burst and
set the building on fire. The mill was de-
stroyed. causing a loss OF 100000, on
which there is an insurance Of s65, 900.
Mrs. Cyria Dwight, seventy-fve years
old, was burned To death in her home at
Auburn, n. I. fer brother. Lawrence
White, with whom she lived. is suffering
from inhaling smoke. His mind Is wander
ing and he cannot tell what caused the fire.
John F. Med onald, who had been Sheriff
Of Milwaukee County and held other re-
sponsible political positions, was sentenced
at Milwaukee. Wis, to six months at the
County Farm for vagrancy. He came to
Milwaukee from Boston in 1S45. Over-in-
dulge in liquor is said to have been the
cause Of his downfall.
A south bound vestibule train on the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Rail-
road ran of the track near Cortland, \. Y.
One person was killed and fifteen were in
jured.
George p Irving, an aercnaut, fell 200
feet at Reading. Penn, but saved his life by
his presence of mind in keeping his feet un-
der him.
The City Council. OF Trenton, n. j., offers
a reward OF 800 for the arrest and convic-
tion Of Grocer, the defaulter.
State Senator Mullin, OF Watertown, N.
Y, was found dead in his room in the Uni
versity Club, New York City, OF heart dis
ease. He was apparently in his usual
m. A servant found him at 1880 lying
across the bed dead. almost fully dressed
and with his spectecles on.
Colonel George Bliss, the well-known
New York lawyer, died at his summer
home at Shadow Farm, near Wakefield,
R. I.
John D. Rockefeller has given the Baptist
Missionary Societies $250,0 to pay their
debts
President Mckinley attended reunion
OF the survivors OF his old regiment at
Fremont, Ohio.
The Silver Republican, Democratic and
Populist Conventions in Nebraska agreed
on the same candidates for State offices.
Herman Mack, whose wife Is charged In
New York City with the murder OF Gulden-
suppe, has made statement in which he
makes public Mrs. Nack's practices as
midwife. and says she disposed OF many
bodies Of infants by burning them.
Jacob Worth was deposed from the lead
ership Of the Republican organization In
Brooklyn. City Works Commissioner T. B.
vv;l1ic ad cnnfrol IN hic nIaca
Frank Miller was killed by electricity in
the Penitentiary annex at Columbus, Ohio,
for the murder last April Of Mrs. John Mil
by the husband Of the murdered
woman.
The corporation Of Brown University
voted to request President E. Benjamin An
drews to withdraw his resignation.
Adyices concerning the coal miners
strike around Hazleton. Penn, point to a
prolonged struggle. The uLtimatum OF
the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Com
company declines to make any conces-
sions, except to advance laborers from
ninety cents to 81 per day.
Democratic primaries were held In South
Carolina to name candidate for United
States Senator to fill tho vacancy caused
BY the death OF Senator Earle. From re-
turns received Senator McLaurln will be
nominated by considerable majority over
Evans and Irby. Evans will have twice as
many votes as Irby.
Edward B. Cuthbert, in the banking and
brokerage business at New York City, un-
der the firm name OF E. B. Cuthbert Il Co.,
made an assignment The liabilities are
between $500. 900 and $500. 900.
William F. Harrity was retired as Ma
tional Committeeman by the Pennsylvania
Democratic State Convention at Reading.
The Chicago platform was reafflrmed.
Walter E. Ritter was nominated for Auditor
General and NJ. E. Brown for State
Treasurer.
Mrs. Croker, wife Of the blacksmith at
Cedar Junction, Kan. and her nine-year-
old SON were run down and killed by
train near Cedar Junction.
Mrs. John Drew. the oldest OF American
died at Larchmont, n. Y.
Ten saloons in Kansas City, Kan, were
raided and $4,000 worth Of liquor was
poured into cutters.
Governor Atkinson, OF Georgia, resisted
the kisses and embraces OF the wife OF
Perry, who killed Lanier, and refused toin-
teriere with the death penalty.
1t was reported in Columbus, Ohio, that
an agreement to settle the coal miners
strike had practically been reached.
A general row took place at q baseball
game at Newberne, Ala. One man was
killed and two others dangerously shot. A
dispute arose about a play between Richard
Lee. Jr., and Sid. Gooden. During the
quarrel Lees father offered to take hand.
Richard Bennett, Marshal at Newberne,
arrested Lee, Sr., and few minutes later
Gooden rushed up and struck Lee over the
head, inflicting fatal injury.