The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1870-07-29

A Cohoes (N. " lady, while drcss.
ing for her wedding exploded q l:cr-
slno lamp, and her funeral, instead or
her marriage, took place.
Tho lowell Courier is authority for
tho statement that "tho prodisaI son
confessed his sins 10 his father in a
husky voice."
Mistress Annie Wclch is tho namo
OF Long Branch belle who dresses
etght times a day, and drives along
the peach behind four different toalns
every time the earth makes q reyolu-
ton.
It is stated that except for a single
mile there is an uninterrupted water
course from tho mouth of tho Hudson
River to tho mouth of the Columbia.
Oh tho Pacific.
Since Queen Victoria took be,.
place on the English throne, thirty
three years ago, every othor throne
In Europe, from tho least unto tho
greatest, has changed occupants.
Miss Mary Gusts Lee, daughter of
tho Goneral is attracting much attcn-
tion at st. Louis.
1t is reported that Pierre Carme,
tho billiard player, has been murder
cd i'll Mexico.
Though men boast of holding tho
reins, the women generally tell them
winch way they must drive.
a girl near Dayton recently won q
bonnet ny throwing her father twice
out OF thrco times in q wrestling
match.
Father Gavazzi is on his wav to tho
United States to attend the fIvanrcl-
zeal Alliance meeting shortly to as
scmble at New York.
Hon. Daniel S. Norton. of Minne-
sofa, was the Senator who died in
Washington last week, not Morton.
Hs 1t was given in our tclcgraphic re-
port.
,irusslan flags were freely display
ed in several Northern and Western
cities on receipt Of tho news Of tho
declaration Of war.
A couple Of gamblers roped news
paper man into their den the other
night, and wcro shocl1ingly disgusted
when they found he had only eleven
cents.
Zoo" Lano is candidate for Sena-
tor from Oregon. Sinoo no ran for
Vice lrcsibcnt on tho ticket with
breckenridge he hns not until now an
pcarcd in politics.
Tho report that Egyptian troors
h"d landed at the Bay of Ashab, on
the Red Soa, and captured tho Italian
trading station thcro is officially con.
tradictcd.
They arc talking Of introducing
iron steamboats, on tho Mississippi.
Somo of the largest London firms
have been tolographing to thoir Amer
lcan correspondents to buy heavily of
gold.
"A proposal is under discussion at
Madrid to confer, for thrco years, roy
al attributes on the Regent Scrrano
General Prim will 60 + Nic..,.
1t is stated that orders hay, -.
received ut tho Brookly Navy-yaru
to fit out Immediately all available
vessels hero for reinforcement of tho
Cuban sqadron.
Tho contrac! for labor IN the Uni
ted States public stores, at New York,
has been awarded at seventy thous-
and dollars per annum, q decrease of
twcnty thousand dollars over last year.
Tho new firm took charge Saturday.
The proposed naval battle between
a German ssand q FrcLch F1igate,
which vessels woro thought to bo in
the lower bay, Now York, will not
take place, as they both sailed over
week ago.
It is asserted that NJ. Paradol, the
new French Minister, came hither
charged by tie Emperor to obtain
indemnity for French residents who
were dcspoiled of their cotton during
tho late war.
Illinois has proachcr who gots the
congregation in church, locks tho
door and breaches at them until tho
deacon collects q specified amount.
Ic preached three hours last Sunday
before they camo down with ono hun
dred dollars, he had levied on them.
A fearful storm swept oyer Mon
treal on Thursday last. It is said to
have blown down houses, sheds, trees,
and loveled everything in its way.
No loss of life is reported.
Nevada, also, trots ont its Enoch
Ardon, ono Of the most sensible as
we'll as successful Of the trlbe. He
played seven-up with the local Philip
Ray for the object Of both their affec,
tions, and won her by two points.
The Tennessee State Government
is in poor way financially. There
is not money enough in the Treasury
to pay the porters at tho State House,
four in number. This is "Reform" in
Tennessee.
,s a female suicide in Vioksburg left
behind her letter directing that the
fact be communicated to her parents
in Warren County, Ohio, and that
she be buricd-in white dress in her
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