The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-09-08
Domestic.


the meadows near Beverly and was in
stantly killed.
Miss Bessie Mcfarland, sister OF Lieuten-
ant Munroe II. Mcfarland, Adjutant to
the Thirteenth Infantry, and who was one
OF the first American women to enter San
tiago after the surrender, died at Fort
Porter, Buffalo, n. Y. Miss Mcfarland
went to Cuba as nurse, and on her way
back fell i'll OF typhoid fever.
State Health Officer Hunt has raised
the quarantine against Galveston, Texas.
The city was never more healthy than at
present. The quarantine was placed Au-
gust &c, on account of suspicious case OF
fever, at Fort Point.
The torpedo boat Davis, being built at
the Wolff & Sewicker Iron Works, Port
land, Oregon, had a preliminary trial trip
OF forty miles She made about eighteen
knots and the trial was entirely satisfac-
tory. The required speed is 2215 knots.
Robbers secured $4,000 from the Pacific
Express Company in Omaha, Neb. The
money was consigned by the First National
Bank Of Omaha to the Citizens National
Rank, Of st. Paul. Mimi. 1t was placed In
the small iron safe in the dilivery wagon
Of the Express company and short time af-'
terward was missed.
AS the result OIL Il COlllSlOu Dcl"tcu uOlt
and southbound passenger trains on the
Ithaca branch ofthe Lehigh Valley Railroad
at Half Acre, about four miles from Auburn,
Ny. Engineer John Vaughn, Of Ithaca,
was killed The engine Of the southbound
train was derailed and badly damaged.
Former Deputy State Treasurer Hiram
F. Gerrish. OF New Hampshire, took $4,000
belonging to the State, which his bondsmen
made good.
The committee OF the Royal Ulster Yacht
Club, with Sir Thomas Lipton's challenge
for the Americas Cup, arrived at New York
CITY on the Britannia, accompanied by
William Fife, Jr., designer OF the yacht
Shamrock, which is to race Tor the trophy.
The Collector OF Customs at New Orleans,
La, has been authorized to permit steam
er from Havana, Cuba, TO land 1000 goats
at the Port Eads Quarantine Station, in Or
der to fumigate the vessel.
William Morgan was shot twice In the
breast and stabbed in the abdomen once
bv James Moberly at Harrodsburg, Ky.
Morgan died shortly after. There had
been an old grudge between the two men,
which eliminated In personal encounter.
Charles C. Herrick and Miss Fannie Beck
OF Rochester, n. Y, we:e drowned in Lake
Ontario.
Conrad Singerly committed suicide In
Greenfield. Mass, after firing at Mrs.
Joseph Hibbard, who was wounded slightly.
H.T. Higginc, of Chicago, was killed by
the explosion OF vapor bathing appar-
atus, In which he was trying to cure hay
fever.
Major J. VI. Walsh ex-Commissioner OF
the Yukon District, estimated this seasons
gold output from the klondike at S11 ,09o,-
900.
The wife and child OF the Rev. George
JefTeres, Of Philadelphia, died in Shippens-
burg, Penn, from the effects OF eating
toadstools. While taking walk they
found whit they thought were mush-
rooms. They gathered number and ate
them. They were toadstools. Mr.. Jefferes
was very sick, but will recover.
Several revolver shots were fired on Sun
dav morning into John McDermott's
saloon. A few moments later the building
was ablaze and soon burned to the ground.
The charred remains OF John German, with
two bullet holes in the skull, were found in
the ruins. It Is believed that he was muir
dered In the saloon by persons who fired
the building to conceal the crime.
George Griffith, OF Reading, Penn, killed
Harman Trunk, VINO was boarder in his
house. by striking him onthe head with
rifle. Griffith had accused Trunk with be-
ing too friendly with his wife. They quar-
relied with the above result.
Two highwaymen have created reign OF
terror in Omaha, Neb. They stop pedes-
trlans, waylay street cars, and do other
desperate acts.
The burial OF Lieutenant William Tiffany,
OF the trough riders" took place in New.
port, R. I. A. imposing escort rendered
military honors.
Ernest Coison, twenty-eight years old.
was killed while hunting near Tupper
Lake. n. Y, in the Adirondacks. Two
men who approached and fred the fatal
shot probably did it accidentally.
Deputy Sheriff Nathaniel Cloud and John
Cadle were shot and killed at Tazewell,
Tenn, where Cloud was trying to make an
arrest.
The Atlanta (Ga) Exposition buildings
and grounds anve been offered to the Gov
ernment as quarters for troops. Fifteen
thousand mta could be accommodated
there.
Over a thousand persons gathered at
Rokeby, Captain William Astor Chandler's
country seat, near Barrytown, n. Y, and
welcomed h n home from the war. He de-
livered an address.
President Mckinley and his party left
Somerset, P an, for Cleveland at II o'clock
Monday. lie reached Pittsblrg at 230 p.
m. and storpcd to inspect hospital train
and shake lands with sick soldiers. he
arrived N Cleveland at $40 O'Clock.
NJ. R. Todd, cashier OF the Fillmore
County INK. Minnesota, confessed the
theft ~ FL a hanks deDOsitS.