The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-16
Domestic.


Board, sent to Mayor Strong a report
which showed that the city's death rate
for the last eleven months, 1852, was the
lowest in its history.
William Tinkham 4 Co., manufacturers
CT worsteds at Harrlsville. r. l., have had
NJ. B. and l.. 4. Marks. formerly jobbers In
woolen goods in New York City. indicted
for the specifc larceny OF $500 worth OF
goods. The defendants are indebted to
the Rhode Island firm to the extent OF
about $4,000.
Charles Middlestetter, nineteen years
old. was either foully murdered or COM
mitted suicide near Dayton. Ohio. His
body was found on the roadside, near his
wheel, with bullet hole in the hend. A
revolver was near by. There Is no cause
known for suicide.
The Treasurer OF ore OF the Fall River
Mass.) cotton mills which have ordered
wages reduced, beginning January l. said
that the reduction was due to Southern
competition.
Governor Elack, OF New York. dismissed
the charges OF misconduct in office and ne
glect Of duty preferred by Thomas c
jerks against District-Attorney Foster l.
Backus, Of Queens County.
Rear Admiral Joseph F. Green. U. s. N
(retired). died at his home In Brookline
Mass. He had been Ill for long time.
Mrs Mary Eppison, Of Omaha, Neb., re
ceived $4,000 from an estate. She was
afraid OF the banks and buried the money
In the rear OF her residence. She watched
the place every day. A few mornings age
she was Mortified to find hole where the
money had been secreted. She found q
few scattered coins, ali that was left Of he,
treasure.
A few days ago Daniel Haynes, we'll
to-do farmer living near Hardinsburg, KY.
buried nearly $4,000 In gold back Of his sta.
. bic, thinking he would keep 1t there safe
from marauding thieves. who have beer
numerous In that locality. He reported
that when he went to dig up his gold he
found 1t had been stolen.
At the trial Of Charles A, Bonai, at Bridge
port, Conn.,, on the charge OF numbering
George Marcus Nichols, Of Daniels Farms
his accomp2ice, David A. Weeks, turned
States evidence, and confessed that In ad.
dition to this crime they committed sew.
eral other crimes elsewhere in Connecticut
in New York State, and Northeastern Penn
sylvania.
Saul Jacobs has boen arrested In Cleyc
land, Ohio, and will be taken to New Yorl
City to plead to an indictment found against
him, charging him with being implicated
in q gold-dust swindle by which Max Bern.
stein was induced to part with nearly SIS,
900 for brass filings worth S6.70.
Russell Harring, a young man of Shell
burne. n. Y, became Respondent because
OF the appearance OF q cancer on bis face
and committed suicide by hanging himself
Kans;.s is suffering from q water famine
Many towns are without water. The pro.
longed drought has become a serious mat.
ter. Streams from which the towns and
cities get their supply are dry and the wells
which afforded the people with water FOL
domestic purposes have failed. In dozer
OF the larger towns the railroads are haul.
ing water and depositlng 1t in tubs for the
use OF the people.
Ernest A. Hummel, jeweler Of st. Paul
Mimi. has invented q device which sends
pictures by telegraph.
Hundreds OF rats attacked Robert Cook
farmer In FairvieW, Penn, who was i'm,
prisoned in narrow space, and swarmed
upon him till he fell senseless. His sight
was destroyed while he lay unconscious.
December wheat sold at S1.O1 in Chicago
and hung within fraction OF 81 ali day
with little trading doing. It Is expected
to go to S1.l5 or 81.
Claus spreckles has purchased 12,0N
acres OF land in Monterey County, Cali
fornia, a large part OF which he will use In
growing sugar beets.
At Williamstown, Mass, Mrs. Hewitt
wife OF Professor J. H. Hewitt, OF Williams
College, was robbed by a highwaymar
within fifty rods OF her home. A roughly.
dressed man sprang ont from the bushes
threw her to the ground, seized her hanG
satchel and made of with It. She was
bruised and breathless, but not otherwise
injured.
Chief Justice Conway, OF the Wyoming
Supreme Court, died in Cheyenne, Wyom
ing. He had been Ill for three weeks and
confined to his home with an attack OF the
grip. He was elected in 1890.
Railroads have calculated on a spring
rush Of SC, 900 people to the Klondike.
Adam Uber killed Hans Anderson at Gard.
nerville, New. The crime was n particu-
larly cold-blooded one, and the murderer
was taken to Genoa for safety. Twenty.
five armed men, all masked, rode into
Genoa, and captured him. He was stripped
and strung up to tree. Then the mob fired
n volley into his body and rode away.
The Republican politicians OF New Jersey
are in flutter over the succession to Gov
ernor Griggs, who has accepted the posi-
tion OF tAttorney-General in the Presidents
Cabinet. Foster NJ. Voorhees, is apparently
the leading candidate for the Presidency of
the Senate, which Office carries with it the
right OF succession TO the Goyernorship.
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