The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1871-07-27
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Miss Tennie G. Clatlin, publicly
announces herself a candidate fol
Congress in the Eigth District o
New York City.
A Hartford dispatch says the
Wesleyan University declares there
is nothing in the charter to exclude
ladies. ...
Mr.. James Anthony Froude, the
English essayist and historian, will
deliver a course of lectures at the
Lowell Institute, Boston, next win
ter.
That is long fence the Burling.
ton and Missouri RAILROAD is build
ing. 1t will put up not less than
two, hundred miles of board fence
this year, at a cost of S175,000 to
100000. 81
Ono single pigeon, a favorite bird
with the pigeon fanciers of Paris,
brought into. that city during the
Siege, five hundred pages of official
dispatches aud fifteen thousand
private dispatches.
The New York Times London
correspondent says the claimant of
the Ticbborne estate is an illegiti-
mate son of old Sir James Itch.
borne by his cook, Mary Ortou !;
that the real Sir Roger perished, as
has been reported, in 1859.
The recent Rookie raids in India
are thus lucidly explained: "A
daughter of the Rookie chief hav-
ing died, number OF mems heads
were wanted to burn with her body,
and his subjects Loyalty proceeded
across our frontier to collect the re-
quisite material"
Heretofore the Empress of Aus.
tria has enjoyed the reputation of
being the hanasomest woman
among the female MEMBERS Of the
royal families of Europe. But the
Princes Dagmar, wife of the Czaro
witz of Russia, now enters the
arena to contest with her the palm
of beauty.
The whirlgig of time has
braught it's revenge in the case OF
John Martin, of the Young Ire
land party, who, now member OF
the British Parliament, was sem
fenced to death tweuty.three years
ago, and afterward had his SEN
tencc commuted to transportation
for life, for participation in the
irish rebellion of that date.
Lady Derby sat at dinner be-
tween the Prussian Ambassador
and the French Ambassador, the
Duke de Broglie. She asked the
latter if the position was disagreea.
lie To him. "Nut a:'all, replied
NJ. de Broglic, loud enough to be-
heard by the whole. company, 'lt
will be the first time ever fonnd
myself at table with u Prussian
when 1 did not have to pay for his
dinner" ....
It is stated that the practice of
brewing beer from rice is rapidly
coming into use in Germany.
This beer is said to be of a very
clear, pale color. of and extremely
. pleasant, mild taste, foaningI
strongly and yet retaining well its
earbonic acid. The Chinese pre-
pare a drink from rice called "Sam-
shu," which is not only Intoxicating
but like absincthce, peculiarly mis-
chievous in its permanent effects. |
The German Correspondent, Of
Munich, says that the committee i'll
that city which directs the religious
movement, headed by DR.. Dollin-
ger, opposed to the dogma of the
infallibility Of the Pope, have re.
solved to form. a church and con-
yregation of their OWE. Their
reason for doing SO is said to be a
desire to compel the government to
manifest an expression of opinion
on the subject, as, in case such a
religious society is formed, the au-
tl,orities will be obliged either to
grant it constitutional rights Or to
dissolve it.
A Boston. correspondent of the
Salem Mass. Gazette has been look
ing at General Butler in court, and
says that his aspect there is ''not
brilliant, but clumsy and gumpish,
rather" Also this: Zone source
of General Buffers success is, he
knows more, and knows better
how and when to use what he
knows than many others in his line.
Another source is, lie despises
nothing and nobody till he is done
with them and can make no more
pse of them" ...
The New Bedford Mass Mercu-
ry says that seaman, returning
from lis first voyage in whale