The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1870-09-09
NEWS SUMMARY.


er-i:ilirg euro for "suiliS:" Silks.
The English papers all print feeling
cu!osiums, OF Farragut.
Temple Bar, tho famous London
gateway, isto be pulled down.
George r.. Pachen. tho wcll.known
troting stallion. died recently at White
water, Wisnonnin.
The London "hfcd;cal Press" SAYS
that tight hoota are nScertaincd to-
Iaye q most injurious effect on the vi
.sion.
The colorcd men Of Wilmington, n.
c.. are about TO establish Il literary
association in that city.
The New York Commercial Advcr-
tjhlr says: "Thc Fighting Corps OF
France is Ike Corps lryia!:,tii."
Chief Justice Chase is seriously i'll
Mt the residence CT lis soE-in,!aw, :sirt,
a,or Srragnr, in ls:loIe Island.
The rrusSiau man .o;.v'ar Meteor VI,
rive: 81 Ny West on Wednesday, :;!:
1ern"nn, am" IS waiting i"s;vurtinmS
lioHl " a'Aih;5son
A Cargo Of tea is now sent t..oa,
'hanghac or l'to Chow 10 New Inr;;
Nia SAN Francisco, ia :i,, ,!ayS. III :,
cost OF only $o,25 per lrH pounds.
An Iowa doctor told a man .i.&t i,c
had n dia:;rnsio Of the p"!yphcmls.
and it scared SO he slot himself dead
That isn't any WAY 10 use !, mar.
Horace Cooke, late pastor Of Tic
Seventh Street Methodist Eji>c"n"l
Church, New York, has obtained :.
situation rs u salesman il, Il down-tov
wh' 10 sale clothing house in til It city.
Tho Flag OF ireland announces thu!
"thc talented lady, Mrs. u'Dorovan
Rosa. is about to treat the Irish pcoplr
in Lcnlon to Il cnurs.' OF readings in
The Egvrtian Hall, Piccadilly.'
Texas exported last year oeI.
!'a!cs Of cotton, >, Goa, ,DHO Of hcclca:ur,
l,90",Go0 Of hides, ;i,NI0GG0 pounds, OF
wool, besides other products, ::muunt-
III altogether to $51 ;n00, go.
=. New Hampshire man is reported
t." have picked from Il tree y large :p
pie, rcd Oh one side, and Il picture Of ::
rooster, in Erccn, on tic other, the
tGpl, comb tail, feathers, legs and all
parts perfect.
The silk mills at Paterson, y. J..
nre very busy, and the demand for
goods for the fall trade is unprrccGcn-
ted.
Elections will be held in California
and Vermont on the second Tuesday.
or sixth OF September, and in Maine
rn tho second Monday, or Twelfth OF
September.
Tho Times reports t, at one Of the
census, takers for Union Comfy u.
ports blind woman named Hannah
coleman, aged 12o, Jack Sims, aged
lo7, and Jim Thomas, aged lcs.
Col. II. +. Graham, Of Marian, tho
latc convert to the radical party,
boasts tlAat IL is Obliged to carry Ma
rion County in the approaching clec-
ti"n, "dlcnnse IL has commoml nf H.,
purse, tic s~o,,', caa tie jaHo-J,r."
Seven pairs OF English sparrows,
fctirco in tho Central Park eleven
Years ago, lave multiplied into 900
600 within Il radius Of thirty miles, OK
te, mina,ing nearly all the insects.
Five car loads Of corlics hav, arriv.
cd ut Selma, Ala, to work for three
years on the Selma aud Gulf Railroad
They arc to receive hoard and lodging
and SIG per month in gold.
The peach trade, says Il New i-orl,
letter, continues on large scale. Be-
tween seventy aud eighty car loads,
from New Jersey and Delaware. cross
O! the CortlanL-s!rcct Ferry between
daylight acd ten O'Clock Monday NOR
ming. They retail at from fifty cents
to one dollar per basket. Tnu quail
ty is unusually fine.
On the 9th nit, place called River
3'cud, on the Pacific Railroad. was Wis.
tied by n severe hail and snow storm.
The hni! stones were as large as hen $
eggs, and the storm WAS stronw enough
10 blow the soldiers tents down. and
stampede their mules
Spcaking Of the recent massacre Of
foreigners in China, the philadelphia,
Press says; 'I'hc mob or ,!'icn;siu is
just abont intelligent cnoumh to bo
Democratic" That it may be. It l.;
certainly far too Intelligent TO Lc rad
icai.
The fortilicaiions cncircling Paris
arc nineteen miles in extent, and 80,
900 men were set at work to put them
in order for tho reception Of the prom
Used Prussian visitors. They ary
'"stcfllly ornamcnlcd with 1000 CAL.
mons.
Tho Wilmington IN. c. Star puts
its items Of the State news under The
head of 'spirits Of Turpcntine."
T: E. Dudley, Esq, of Bcnnctisvii!e
). g.. caught ~ monster fish in Pee
Dee River, few days ago. 1t was
caught with hook and line. and
weighed $50 pounds. The Jourunl
thinks it vas Il species of tho devi
fish. Two men and horse were nee
cssary TO draw it ashore.
Mr.. Henry WnIlack died in New
T. York, on Tuesday. Mr.. .Wailack came
10 this country from England, many
years ago, and was The oldest mana
ger in the United States. At the eel
Soration Of tho opening Of the Erie