The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1870-06-10

NEWS SUMMARY
Pope Plus TX entered Oh tbs Goth
sear May i4h.
The Alabane l.eslslNAAsre hss pass.
rd law imposing h tax Of s40 upon
every Georgia lawyer practising Ia
tho courts Of Alabaana. The Georgia
lawyers thrcRten resistanee.
Thirty.one thousand bales Of cot
ton :aro reported from Bombay to
have been shipped to England by the
Suez Canal wSthin the past few days.
Queen Victoria's birthday was ccle-
b,Uted ON Saturday throughout Eng
land and tho provinces. She was
baru IN lSl9, and has completed her
tfty-6rst year.
Russia, which has hitherto been in
the habit Of buying her artillery
abroad, particularly at the German
works of Krupp, at Essen, is now in
passess;on of 4 factory for war matc-
aial at Perm, in no way infer ior to
those OF other nations.
The President has received tho Off
aial report Of the EXamining Board
at Vest Point in relation to his eldest
son, whick is quite favorable to the
young Ulysses, no doubt OH account
of visions Of prcfcrment TO t he exam
incrs.
Miss Editha Gilbert Montcz, who
claims to be tho daughter OF Lola
Montex and the King Of bavaria, is
.lcctpripg in New York.
Fho citizens Of Atlantis arc making
up q purse Of $4,000, to be offered as
{, premium for the best tfottiRg horse
entered ut the State Fair neNt iall.
The London Skipping and 1fercun-
tile Gozette thinks the Southern States
are planting too much cotton and too
little grain, aad apprchends bad rc-
suite.
The Napoleon (Arls.) Newa says
there is not much danger to be apprc-
i,cndcd from drought in that region,
us the ground is damp too feet above
lhc surface.
An Imperial Commission has rcpor-
ted upon the monitor Onondaga,
which the French Government pur-
chased from the United States in
1867. as Icing the most cifectiyc craft
for coast defence in the whole navy
of France
y one-cyed man in Paris gets his
living by exhibiting the lost eye:
which he has preserved in spirits
of vino. lie lost it when child ty
anunsucccssinl attempt Of his father
hG play William Tell.
Tho Brandon (Miss.) Republican
states that Gen. Robert Lowry, has
received long and friendly letter
from Gen. W. W. Loring, dated Cairo
Egypt. General Iorins is jp the mil-
itary service of the Niccroy, with the
rank of Brigsd;cr-Gcpcr4l. is well
pleased, and speaks in high terms of
1hc Niecroy.
y lot Of boys have been arrested in
New Orlean, for cutting off cows
tails for the sake of the hair. The
New Orleans Republican supposcs
thut some of it low dccoratcs the
lretty heads Of the Canal street
bellies, and passes for human hair.
1t IS rpmored that the iapitor OF q
New York city hospital weekly sells
from seven TO- nine barrels of human
fesh III fragments. remnants of tho
dissecting table, to the soap-fat man.
The finest aud dainticst toilet SOAPS
are made tLcro from it, if rnmor be
believed.
Three young men from Jordan,
New York, took possession Of 4 team
and drove rapidly through the streets
cf that town, when tho horses becom-
;''g frightened, ram off and upset the
Tartv. Chas. Neach was Instantly
killed, and his two companions Sc
yerely injured
& negro was shot at Marcelinc, Ill.,,
ty blood-thirsty Republican, for de-
ilberately winning ten cents from
him. In some places, they haven't
got accustomed to such familiarity
yet, and kill niggcrs before they
think how. it looks.
A.psiitdcal meeting was held at
Greenyille on the evening Of 3lay
3Oth. An address was delivered by
+. +. Stokes, Esq, Democratic candi-
date for Congress from tho Fourth
piatrict: lie was followed by Mr.. II.
G. Hack, Republican.