The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1870-06-17
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nj, SHALLOW anu ehoUbieh,'
The Mississlrpians ntc workinr 10
negotiate Y transfer or Mclilc 10 lin,
State. Tho Governor hns sent n
commissioner Tor The purpose - Ala
ba,na.
A bombay (tniiaI dispatch Of Mon.
day lust snys: The prospects Of Tho
rains have hllcn IN The planting ,lis.
triets, md npprrhensions of T. shor,
crop hnre boom removed.
Washington correspondence any the
friends Of Cuba at the capital hQvc
lntcly dispatched from different points
III tho country largo quantities Of
arms to tho insurgents, and that addi.
tional supplies will soon be sent thith.
or.
Tho Union Pacific Railroad Compn.
ny employs Chinese laGorers for sec
ton work, and supplantcd lIibernians
threaten to employ them for disscc-
tion work.
Trinity allows only five minutes for
the orations Of its commencement
and the students think this scarcely
enough for tho commencement If
their orations.
Mrs. Mary Grows, after short ILL.,
ness, died Mt the residence of her son,
Il. B. Crews, at LaurcnsviIlr, on Fri
dny, the 3d instant.
Tho annual address before tho Adcl-
phiam and Philosophian Societies Of
Furman University, will he delivered
by Col. w. Ii. Campbell Of Green
ville, on Tuesday evening, juno 2Ist.
The Hon. II. G. Clemson has been
invited to deliver m address before
tho Oconce Agricultural and Mechan-
ical Society on the first monday in
Jnly, on the subject Of Agricultural
Schools.
ar. E. A. Pollard, while descend
ing flight of spiral stairs in Lynch
burg.'a a few days ago, slipped aud fell
receiving bruises Of painful but net
serious character. Mr.. Pollard has
becn in i'll health for several weeks
past,
The temperance society at Angus
tn, Ark, has dissolved. by the rules
the members wcro permitted TO drink
ale, but ono OF them, as he expressed
it, found that beverage "hunglcsomc
to his stomach and fell back on whis-
key. The other members followed
his example.
Accounts from various portions of
fIprInjO In IL
blown down, with serious apprehcn-
sions Of black rust. Oats look we'll,
and a largo yield was meyer more
promising, Glover is being cut.
Timothy and other grasses look well
and planters havo Il prospect Of
good crop. !:
Judge f. Clifford, late Judge Of the
Tenth Judicial District, Mississippi, is
preparing law treatise for tho use Of
justices of the peace, intending it to
be miniature library for magistrates
containing q condensed exposition OF
tho law upon tho various subjects
coming under the jurisdiction Of a JUS
tice Of tho pevcc.
Tho International Chess Congress
at l}adon, July 18th, will bring to-
gethsr nearly all the most important
players in Europe, 1t is proposed To
revise the rules of tho game, and
make them uniform, and two tour
neys are to be held.
The great question Of tho election
OF king was debated in the Spanish
Cortes on Tuesday. A sensation was
produced by the declaration of the
speaker that tho restoration of the
Bourb bons in Spain wonld never be
permitted, and a dcnunciation of mo-
narchy in general was received Will,
cheors. ~
The Metropolitan bishop of Cana.
da, at Montreal, has issued a form Of
thanksgiving, Sin acknowledgment OF
of Gods mercy in the recent delivery
from Fenian aggression" which was
used yesterday in all the Episcopal
Churches in Canada. A general day
of Thanksgiving is called for hy u
portion Of the Canadian press.
Judge Yelvcrton has discovered
mari in the region south of Coffee
Ala and from which point it may be
easily shipped. The Judge reports
'an immense deposit Of it, which may
prove to be an article Of profitable
traffic in tho way Of fertilizing.
The following prices Of stock in
San Antonio, Texas, are based on act
nal sales: Good unbrokcn mules,
from twelve to fourteen hands high,
at an average: of $3.50. per head. Good
stock ponies, broken to the saddle: in
good order and condition, from $25 to
e30,aud good American three.quar.
ter bred h4ares;. three TO four Vears
.eld, WIS. --~..,
Mr. Rotlrock, of Chester, has re
Gently discovered gold on his farm;
and has beenin negotiation with some
Northern capitalists, who propose to
open put tho vein on shares. The
Reporter says: ."With the climate: and
soil sheipossesses, Chester is ono of
the most desirable locations on: .the
Surface Of Gods green earth. Add
gold Dinesto her. other attractions,
and soon she would be the richest
pace on. the con tinent.p 80 Re-.