Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1869-02-12
Miscellaneous.

Lager beer contains copperas and all
"doctored' with suit, liu'e and alum ~.
among the latest adulteration discoveries u
New York.
Three men entered gambling saloon a.
No. 566 Broadway, New York, Tied the
attendant, aud stole seven thousand dol.
lars. =,
The Grecian bepd has reached Cslifor-
mia, but there it is called the Pacific slope.
A bill to pay Walter D. Plowden, a
colored scout and Spy in South Carolina
one thousand dollars, was passed.
"He has bay-seed in his hair yet" il
the New York slang for Legislator whose
vote can be secured by strategy instead Of
money.
l, is now evident that Menard, the
oolored member elect from New Orleans.
=. will not get seat in the present Con-
gress.
The new amendment 10 make negro
suffrage imperative on all the Stales.
passed the House on Saturday by large
majority.
A jury in New Orleans last week rem
dered verdict Of $4,000 against tho
Carrolion Railroad Company in favor OF
lad eight years old, who was ran ever b,
one o: their trains and so severely injare,!
that both his legs had to be anputated.
The New York Sun Gays: We lear,
that the Tribune Association has insured
the life Of Dir. Greeley for the handscn,
sum OF 100000.
General Rober, E. Lee has been elected
President of the Bible Society of Rock
bridge County, Virginia, and has issued It
shor. address to the citizens Of that county
in behalf Of the object Of the society
which is to supply every family in tn,
county with copy of the Bible.
Yesterday the dam at the water work
of Danberry. Conn, broke, causing ter
rible food. Five bodies have been found
and several persons are still missing
Several bridges and houses we're swep
away.
There is much alarm in Duchess county
New York, caused by sudden deaths Q
cattle.
A young man while heipg married WA
shot down by the brother of his bride, o,
Thursday evening. in the town Of Coroe,-
vile. Giles County. Tennessee. He feI
IN The arms Of the girl, who, assisted b,
friends, conveyed him to bed, where tn
marriage ceremony was finished at he
request. In few minutes The newly
made husband expired. Tie mu, d.re
escaped.
A negro woman was found dead in Co
lnmbus, Georgia., on Sunday last, frou
starvation and exposure. She had bee
offered work but refused, re marking that n
she was free she should labor no more
The coroner's jury brought in verdict {
death from sheer laziness.
Refugees in Memphis, from Cri,tende
County, Arkansas. report that the miIi;i
have hung planter and committed u
kinds of vandalism. A planter was kille
and robbed six miles from Little Rock.
A large dry goods jobbiug house i
Philadelphia failed yesterday for half
million. "
The effort of the South tn offset recon
strnction by industry, is bearing fruit. Tb
Baltimore Gazette says: Tired of bein
hutfed and rebuffed, wearied with thei
efforts TO obtain political privileges, tn
sensible aud practical portion Of the South
ern community have like Candide, com
at last to the conclusion that the ouI
secret OF wisdom and true happiness is t
cultivate their own gardens, and it must b
confessed they are doing it very success.
fully.
Eleven lives have been lost by the df,
aster at Danbury, Connecticut. OnIy fiy.
bodies have been recovered. The other.
It is supposed, have lodged under cakes Z
ice and the timber, &C., which was sven
down stream great distance. The dsr
sge to property is very largo. Thre
dams and five bridges were swept ava,
Danbnry would no " be helpless in case {
fire. .~~.,..- >-s.
A w'iter in the Washington Expre.
says: 1t IS preposterous for an utterl
bankrupt concern like the Erie to talk c
buying up all the railroads of. the couu.,,
he says, after thorough investigation. {
the assets Of that great swindle, he find
nothing but printing press kept .ous
striking off bonds with which to purcba,
rogues and fools.9 y -,
Minnesota is fsberman's paradise.
paper Of the State tells story of tw
brothers who set net, and as one bs,
captured two hundred f.h, the smalle.
weighing eight pounds, the largest ,welv,