The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1869-10-01
"UST AND DIAMONDS.

this year in Italy IF cotton prr.Irco
about $4,000, 1000 pounds mated to be
Boots anfshoes will be rounu,
the toes and similar in styles to ,noso
now in use.
What is the difference between q
fireman and pretty e;irl2 One ,n,s
Ills hose on a reel, and the other her
hose on her leg.
Owing to frequent accidents tho
French Government has pro,,;h;,oa
the exhibition Of persons entering tho
cages Of wild animals.
a fond wife threw a bottle of
halr-renewcr ut her husbands head
at which he said, eve must BART
tho dye is cast"
Hartford City, Indiana; has a Girl
who keeps q lamp burning until mid
night Sunday night, to make her
ncighbors believe she has a beau.
"Stubs, my dear fellow, isn't it
about time you repaid me that little
loan ?" Augustus, my hoy, it ism, a
question Of time, but question OF
money"
About 100000 worth of granite
from the James River quarrics, in Yir-
gIaia, will be taken TO build the
bridge across the Mississipoi at 81
Louis, Mo.
A little Buffalo girl wants to know
"if tlcas arc whitc-oecause unc;o
told her that Mary lad little lamo,
with fcas as white as snow" That
Buffalo girl will soon havc hump on
her back.
Chicago is place of novelties. A
man was recently tried there for biz
amy, and clear case was proven
against him, but he got of the trouble
by shooting ono of his wives before
conviction.
Thousands Of acres of grain aro
yet standing in tho fields of Southern
Minnesota, for want Of hands and
teams to reap and stack. A largo
quantity lies upon tho ground un-
bound.
General Candy has beon appealed
to by black man and whito woman
in Petersburg, Va, who want to get
married, and can't because they have
been refused license.
Pantaloons will continue in the
present somewhat tight style, fitting
in the same. manner round tho boot,
but still less striped at the side than
formerly. The material will be chief.
ly gray plaids. ...'..
John Robinson, with his great cir
Gus and menagcrio, is in Marylan;.
coming South. It is said to be ne
greatest th4rg Of its kind IN existence
having, beside splendid circus, !,
geological display Of sixteen we'll fill
vd dens.
From tho herd Of Mr.. Creighton,
now in the west of Kansas, an OK
was slaughtered in February last,
whose not weight, dressed, VAS 10000
pounds-more than 10000 gross!
This monster was fattened on the
grasses of the Plains, and never was
fed a spear of hay or grain of corn.
A special policeman of Patterson.
N. j., has been detected in arranging
a series Of mirrors in order to reflect
the interior Of tho houses near tho
station, SO that from his own he could
SEQ what was going on in those con-
tiguous.
Tho Pittsburg Commercial thinks
that coke made from bituminous coal
meets every condition of the present
coal problem, beng free from smoke.
faultless in combustion, whether for
domestic or manufacturing purpose
and capable Of being put into mark
at rates which will always bring
thracite to the proper level. %m
A company has been organizeA,
San Francisco to work dosposit Of
native iron ore. Heretofore Califor.
mia, using very large amount of iron
and steel, has imported these products
from this side Of the continent or from
Europe, except a few tons that hayo
lately como from Oregon. It is said
that valuable deposits exist along O.
line of 800 miles in the Sierra Neva,
do, from near the centre of the .ex..
treme Northern end of the chain.
A Raleigh editor, addicted to smok.
ing, complains that 'our pipe has
been seized and bound over to appear
at tho next term oftke United States
Court, because the man who owned
the tobacco didn't have a revenue
stamp on his plantation fence. Rev.
enue said stills had worms which
were subject to taxation, and the
fence wasa worm fence, and had to
pay. 800 license fee for running
[around lOt.l" Evidently the tar
heels don't take to taxes.