The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1870-07-22

Polygnn1y was not part OF the
Mormon religion originally. 1t was
not until 1859 that the practice of a
plurality of wives was first recon.
monced.
Work is to ut once begin on the
canal across the Isthmus Of Corintb,
IN Greece. s8,O00,0O0 hns already
been subscribed for its construction.
Chicago pays its city treasurer 81
999.99. They couldnt afford to give
him $4,000.
The Tennessee State debt is now
nearly s41, 100000
Tho Senate hns confirmed Commo-
Iorc Henry Walker rs Rear Admiral,
TO succeed Admiral Dahlgreen, de-
ceased.
Tho arguments in tho Richmond
contested election case closed on We'd
nesday. The Judge reserved his de-
Cision.
a cabbage leaf worn In tho hat and
on the chest, next to tho skin, Will
keep q man cool and comfortable on
tho hottest day.
Vincinncs, Indiana, has organized n
brass band, Of which the local paper
says it is composed cnt rely of young
men who have no knowledge what
ever Of music"
The eating of horse flesh appears
to be steadily on the increase in
France. Horse beef still brings less
than half the price Of OK beef.
The greatest pleasure in life is love e;
the greatest treasure contcntment
the greatest possession health the
greatest ease sound s!ocp, and the
bost medicine true friend.
A witty Frenchman said there were
always two parties in q love affair
the party who loves and the one who
consents to be SO treated.
Two members of Napoleon Grand
Army died the other day, within fiji.
teen minutes of each other, at the
Palais dcs Invalides, in Paris.
Arrangements are being made in
New York for tho reception of the
Dauntless and Cambria. Betting is
largely in favor Of the American
yacht.
A Georgian editor has had his pis-
tol stolen. He udvcrtises to give his
thief tho contents, and no questions
asked if ho will return it.
Minister Sicklcs is t"king steps to
obtain from the Spanish Government
indcmn nifcation tor the arrest of
American citizens in Cuba and their
deprivation of property.
A peasant boy swain the Mississip.
pl river at Quincy, 1!linsis, a few days
since for five dollar bill. He had
to swim nearly four miles to get
across.
Vassar College has one feature PC
cnliarly its own. A lady physician
silperintends the sanitary affairs of
the establishment. She in:pects the
foc1 and regulates tho diet according
TO the season and the prevailing dis.
e3scs.
The Oconee Courier says that al.
ready the county tax of Ocpnee "cx.
Deeds by two-fold "the ante-war State
tax" Another argument for Reform
The regular annual fair Of tho to-
bacco trade Of louisville was held in
that city, yesterday. Entries Of to.
bacco were made from Kentucky, In
diana, Tennessee and Illinois.
Crimped waterfall are coming in the
fashion at the East again, and will be
more popular than the braids.
The Queen Of Denmark dresses on
Slo0 year. What desirable W.,
sbe would make for an American Me.
tbanio if the tariff would lot her
dress as cheaply here.
If some enterprising Indiana Judge
would open court in Russia, he
could mako as much in a day there
as in year here. One pobleman has
offered as: high as 100000 for a di.
vorce, and can't get it even at that
price.
A Mr.. Livermore, Of GcorfctoWn,
thinks it wonderful that he should
have survived for several years with
a live lizard in his stomach. The
vitality Of tho lizard strikes as as in.
mnitely more remarkebles
Mr. Coulter, o gentleman and q
touller of Pittsburg, Ps., challenges
Mr.. Reihforth, the champion o;rsman
Ut Rngiead, to: plough American wa
t'srs Cor o. 500 a side:
, xCongress hes made another appro
pfiasfoh for the, discovery of the
N6ssh Pole. IF ta,espoie has got lost
why don't they advettise it in the Off
sial papers. It wonldn't be half sc
foolisH as advert Sing Ii . Washington
paper the sale IF a dozen condemned
army mules at the Post; IN New Mex.
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The Emperor Nxpcison wears. but
ono ring5 containinEni valdabis eame.
shyst, which General de Bszuharasis
afser being imprisoned during the
reign Of Terror, sent to his wife Je.
tsphine. Queen Hortense WORE this
ring sitter ) 5o$ephine' e death, and Louis
Aapoieon has had It. on his hand ever
ttnee his ntothsrS d death. ~;