The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-11-04
Domestic.


Conn. accused OF iniurinS an aged woman,
were held for trial.
A coroner's jury, in Camden, y. j., de.
clined TO accuse Eli Shaw of the murder oil
his grandmother, Mrs. Zane, despite the
prosecutions efforts.
Word has been received from Ebert, Col.
o, the death BY freezing during the recent
blizzard Of Mrs. Laura Hunter. She had
left her home TO visit neighbor, and was
overcome 800 yards from her home. Near
Monument, Col. John Roach was found
frozen in the snow. He was one or thrash
ing crew.
Judge Tenney, OF the Criminal Branch OF
the United States Circuit Court. New YORK
City. sentenced the counterfeiters OF Costa
Rica notes to two years Imprisonment and
fines Of $1,000 each. A large batch OF other
counterfeiters and postal offenders were
also sentenced.
The building OF the Union Trust Com
pany in Pittsburg was destroyed by fire.
The missouri Presbyterian Synod has
adopted a resolution condemning the policy
Of Princeton University with reference to
the use Of liquor.
Mrs. and Mrs. o. n. P. Robinson, Of Bell.
port, Long Island, celebrated the sixty
fourth anniversary Of their wedding. Mr.
Robinson is the inventor OF ball bearings.
DR.. Helen Densmore, OF California, who
for four years has been working to gain
liberty for Mrs. Florence Maybrick, says
that 1t is but matter Of weeks until the
woman is free.
James E. Simpson, who died few days
ago at Fall River, Mass, was widely known
on both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts OF
the United States among ship builders,
ship owners and shipping merchants, be-
ing the originator o. timber craving docks;
Mr.. Simpson was horn July IS. 1918, and
was therefore In his eighty-ffth year.
The Trustees Of Sailors Snug Harbor,
Staten Island, held long session, at which
many old sailors testified to facts showing
the gross mismanagement OF the institu-
ton.
The forgeries Of Professor Friedberg. the
Toledo (Ohio) suicide, will run up to $780,
900; he had scores Of victims.
Citizens OF Tacoma and Olympia, Wash,
have protested to President Mckinley
against the establishment OF military
reservation at St. Michael's, Alaska.
A report from San Francisco says the
whaling feet In the northern seas is in
great danger Fourteen vessels are known
to be caught in the ice, and provisions are
scarce.
Striking condolences in the murder OF
Policeman Smith, at the Church OF the
Most Holy Redeemer, New York City, by
Fritz Meyer, and that OF Assistant Sexton
Steiz. at the Church OF the Most Holy
Trinity, in Brooklyn, last August. suggest
that both were committed by the same
hand.
The California Insurance Commissioner
has informed all New York companies doing
&lcX thaf he, u
out licenses annually. This is retaliation
on account Of similar New York law.
AtNew York City the jury in the breach
OF promise suit Of Annie Berltner, dear
mute, against Jacob Scharlin, another deal
mute, for $4,000 damages, awarded the
plaintiff verdict OF s175o.
Mrs. Forrest wynne, of Hillsdsle. N. j.,
was taken to court charged with trying to
bewitch neighbor.
At Providence, r. l., Thomas Hull was
sho, and killed by Patrolman Frank NJ. Lq-
by. Hull was an abattoir employe. He
drank heavily, and Luby met him wander
ing and told him the way home. Without
warning, Hull drew o revolver and hred.
The bullet made q slight wound in Luby's
back, and Hull took refuge behind tree.
He fired two more shots, and then Luby
fired at Hull, the bullet penetrating the abb
domen.
John T. Williams, who is charged with
wife murder was arraigned in New Iork
City, and his counsel asked for his dis
charge on the ground that Mrs. Williams
had committed suicide. The Judge. how
ever, recommitted him to prison without
bail for further examination.
Fire at Hudson, n. Y, destroyed the
Union Knitting Mill, causing loss Of $780,
00o Many employees had narrow escapes.
Andrew Hasthe died in the Astoria Hos
pital, Long Island, from injuries received
in football game. He had his neck dis
located and his collar bone broken.
George Scholder, OF Otter Greek, Iowa,
made threats against President Mckinley
in Chicago. He disappeared before he
could be arrested.
Ex-Lieutenant Governor Thomas Gold
Alyord died Of old age at his home in Syra-
cuse, n. Y. He Is survived by two sons,
Elisha Alvord and Thomas G. Alvord, and
one daughter, Mrs. James A. Cheney. Mr..
Alvord, whose career OF public service
lasted from John Tyler's administration to
that OF Chester A. Arthur. was bo-n in the
town and county Of Onondaga, on Decem-
Der 20, 1910.
Testimony was begun in New York City
in suit for ESQ GOO damages for breach OF
promise brought by Annie Berliner, dear
mute. against her former fiance. Jacob
Scharlin, another deaf mute.
Comptroller Fitch, Of New York City,
saws his experts have found many irreSu-
larities in the finance departments oftowns
to be annexed to New York.
Foreign.