The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1871-06-09
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4: A new society of planters is be-
ing formed in Cuba, to bring Chi
nese to Havana. y
Leverricr, the great French ss-
tronomer, is .hopelessly sick Of
consumption at Toulon..: b
Four tons of copper in q mass ;:
nave 2 been discovered at Eagle Har-
Dor, Lake Superior. 81, ,'.,.'..,.'"
A Virginian cofored Girl ghas 3.
two hundred thousand dollar law
suit pending in the courts. ! ~.
Over 200 women are now wo,l
ing farms to their own account IN
the States Of Iowa and Indiana. = .
When the versaillists entered
Paris, the women embraced and
kissed them with great entL usi-s
asm. s4 ~ ~
o'ae, nas Deen decided by the
Massachusetts Legislature not toi
be an Intoxicating liquor.
There is man at Niagara Fs1ls
now who has actually sncceedediii
cheating the hackmen there. .7s.
The Grown Princess Of Prussia
is writing and will soon publish 8
book on Female Labor.
It is computed that thescoal
strike has resulted in a loss irls
wages to the miners Of SO, 500 900.
A copy Of the first edition of
Burns Poems, published aKil.
marnock in 1876, was sold at auc.
f'0n IN Glasgow recently fof !
A New York police captain il
publicly reported to have received
a costly set of diamonds, given By
slot Of gamblers and dance saloon
keepers. ~ Z. sl7g
Breeds Island, Boston, connect.
ed with the battle. of Bunker Hll,-
has been laid out for residen-
ces, and will soon be populated s.
A young Philadelphia, threat.
ened with breach Of promise suit,
says "sue away; contracts made;
op Sunday amt legal" ~ Il
At Montreal, on Thursday Al.
Lodge and George Spraight Of {.
the editorial staff of the Gazette
newspaper, were drowned while
boating. ~
William J. Brooke committed
suicide by shooting himself ia Che
heal at Washington. on Friday,
evening. He was seated byi;ae
young lady, to whom he was affi,
anced at the time. ~ ~ ess 80
- 9ss ~.
At New Orleans, scheme has
been proposed to Gift vessels
over the bar at the mouth Of the
Mississippi. The New Orleans
Picayune ridicules it, but the st.
Louis Board Of Trade approves il.
A whole family were poisoned
in Louisville. lately, from eating
cream puffs made in copper, YES,
sci, supposed not to have been pro-r.
perly cleaned Of the verdigris that
accumuiates in them when negasek
ed. -. - s&!tj 81; fs.t
The war against hoops is renew.
ed this year. With long dresses,
they are not worn, but only q bus
tie, With short walking.dresses q
small hoop (sixty-fve inches at the
base), with a curved back, forming
a small hustle, isin order. . ~
Two of the most successful and
best paid editors i'll New York are ;
woman-Miss Mary L. Booth. of
the Bazaar, who receives "a, 600 o
year and Miss Mary E Dodge Of
the Hearth and Home, who has q
salary of $4,000. r. H..
George D. Prentice is buried in
Cave Hill Cemetery, at Louisville.
Above his grave is a small Greciah
canopy, resting on four columns;
in the centre is All urn,. and on the
top is Tyre with o broken string.
The advertisement Of a Penn
eylvania railroad in December, 1882,
read: "The engine, with a train
of cars, will be run daily, commen-
cling this day, when the weather is
fair. When the weather is not
fair, the horses will draw the cars.
Passengers are requested to be
punctual at the hours Of starting.
The Southern Presbyterian A.
sembly at Huntsville, adjourned on
the 25th. A new Presbytery was
organized in Brazil, South Amer.
lea. The Assembly refused to re-
cognize the baptism Of the Camp
bellite Church.
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