The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1871-06-02
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ed by his physicians as not unlike
ly.
Prince da Lynar, Of Prussia, wa
married on the 10Th to Miss Mar.
Parsons, of Columbus, Ohio. Bishop
McIlvainc officiated.
A Berlin correspondent of the Ma
ton nominatcs Geo. W. Curtis a
Minister of Berlin, in the event tha
Dir. Bancroft resigns or is recall
cd.
Father Cleveland, the Boston city
missionary, will be 80 years old il
June. He has lately been paying {
visit to his son, st.ipling of Z;
years.
Sixty-6vc Japanese tourists arrived
at Chicago from California, Saturday:
e. route to Washington, New York
a the tour of the world.
Jefferson Davis recently assisted at
the decoration of the graves of the
soldiers at Hollywood Cemetery,
Richmond.
1t is now estimated that the French
Khen-oEwar, during the late unpleas-
antacss, captured in all about eighty
German merchant vessels - all of
which Of course are to be paid for.
The Louisiana planters dnd their
1000 Chinese hauds TOO few, and send
for more They. prefer them to nc
groes in everything except mule
handling. There is mutual misun-
dcrstauding between the mule and
the Chiuaman.
1t is proposed to extend the system
Hof weather reports and storm signals
now in use ia the United States to
Canada, the maritime pro ?lnces and
British Columbia.
A Boston gentleman, whose wife
died last year, places fresh flowers
every day upon her grave The fi9r-
Sst wAo furnishes them gets $50 u
.montb.
A detachment of the eth United
States Cavalry, under Lieutenant
Porter, are stationed at Winnsboro.
800 families of American are about
to colonize on the Cheyenne k'ver'
about forty miles from Fort Aber-
.erombie.
A new paper has been started ut
Wild Cat, Arkansas, called the Even-
ing eaterwauI. "
Forty acres of land in Lancaster
county, Pennsylvania recently sold
for $4,000. There is mineral
spring upon the land, ard the water
is said to possess extraordinary medi-
,cinaI qualities.
A little girl in Mcriden, ,Connecti-
cut. about eight years old, seeing a.
man in the street beastly drunk,
around whom half score Of boys
were congregatcd for the purpose Of
making sport, boldly went among
them, took the man by tho hand
sharply reproved the boys and sham
ed them into good behavior. 4
The University Of Kentucky has
purchased Ashland, the home Of
Henry Clay, for $4,000.
Large tracts of land in New Jersey
are to be devoted to the cultivation of
peppermint, bcrgamot aud winter
green, plants valued for their oil,
which is used iu making perfumes
and toilet soaps.
The Sugar crop of British Guinea
is the largest ever known.
The people of Louisville have de-
tcrmincd, by two-thirds vote, to re-
duce the study hours in the public
schuols of that city, from two sessions
of two and q half hours each, to one
session Of three hours. A similar
change is talked Of in Cleveland.
Hon. Alex II. Stephens, of Gcor-
gia, is engaged in writing o school
history Of the United States. In an
swcr to question if it was Intended
especially for the South, he replied,
"No; it is for the whole country,
wherever tho people love and want
truth"
The fremen of Charlotte celcbra-
ted last Saturday in commemoration
of ths Mccklenburg Declaration of
Independence. The frcmen of
Winnsboro, Chester aud Raleigh were
invited guests, and participated in the
festivities.
Some one wrote to Horace,Grecley
inquiring if guano was good to put
on potatoes. lie said it might do for
those whose tastes had become viii
ated with tobacco and rum, but he
preferred gravy or butter.
The Empress Eugene has present
ed to Lady Burgoyne, in whose hus
bands yacht she escaped from France
a costly. gold locket, set with ola
monds, with most exquisite like
ness of her majesty enclosed, as
souvenir Of that memorable voyage
to England.
Mr.. Greeley writes from New Or
;leans that cotton and corn werc never
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