The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1871-08-03

Paris is said to pc unusually iall
Of Americans. .s.5,, 80 D

Paris is said to be unusually siall
of Americans. 80 80 s.,
Theslatest German p1iirna donnas &
whose fame is heralded across the
ocean weighs 375 pounds. sE.ss E:,
- Ladies are beginning to return 4
to the primitive style Of wearing q
their hair parted in the midd dle
" The composer Of 81 the ssWacht 5 5
am Rhein" has received an impe-
rial pension of 1000 thalers. as 6 q IS
reward for. the excellent service the &
song did in the late war.
i Mr.sW. w. Corcoran, the wash.
ingtons banker, has almost fullyS
recovered from bis, late, severe HI.
ness. and with his family, Is now 4 !,
at the White: Sulphur Springs,
ginia, 80 g. &. sss;s:s !
The story of William Tell and
the apple is said to- have been dis +
tinctly told in, an. an ancient Peg &
sian manuscript Just discovered 10
the library at Breslau. | ss s .ss.
i Charles D. ! Wilmington, sa me- 4
chanical genius at FairhaYen, Con-
necticut, has recently completed q J.
miniature steam engine, perfect in
every detail, Of; about one mouse
power. The boiler is three inches
long, and the machine contains
over 800 pieces, some Of which are
gold. 1t runs tinely-the,rnsc chiness
we mean, not the mouse. s;ssE
"A scientific expedition to- Brassiif;g
headed by Professor Charles sFrea@s
erick Haftt, Of Cornell Uniyersity,s
isto start from from New z York 8
this week, on the Merrinac, bound :
to Peru ard Rio Jeneiro.
Mrs. Amy Franks, Of Fsyests
County, Penn, is such a woman sas =
the ancients would have celebrated
in song. She is 80 years old, ands;
has 500 living descend inclu-
ding II sons and aughtsrs:
"A correspondent Sof the New.
Tribune states that an. aggravated
case: of cancerin the face was cnr-s
ed by inserting a seton ia the leg,4
and thus keeping up % perpetual !
issue All yestiges Of the usually
fatal afiiction have vanished. 9 e't
"A Georgia young man, after ID & &
absence from his family of thirty.
eight years duration, quietly drop
ped in upon them the other day as
If nothing had happ pened. The
wife, strange to say, had INDUCED
in no Enoch Arden foo lishness, s.
From the Augusta papers it ap.
pears that Mr.. John Clark, q resi-
dent Of Beech Island. 81. e., was
waylaid and robbed Of what q toneys
he had about him, while he was on.
the way to augusta, on the 2Vth
instant. Warrants have been obs
tanned for the arrest Of the parties,
who are all colofed men, ssnd ene
o. shem 81 ~ mas been overnauled ' le ana
Mr.. John Edwards Of Belisfon-
talne, onlo, Is . person 70 OF nnreaa.
onaDie expectations: ca Hls great
granodatner' 90 years ago, leased,
1t IS stated, 9 large tract o. counS
1ry IN h5glano. 20 h.eg deaEge.
aha az. ! now ~. sne lease sAp,t.ng .snrows ss,s
slle PfoRelty lnso els na1os q tae I
le!ls, WIG WI. 20 epilgeu s!o3 take
eaarge, eaa ge, y ann 1s salu q sometnlng Aka
-, :. - -. - -, 81. =
me Jews OF New York. Il is
statea, nave entered INTO arrange
men!s ier the estaplishment goi ?
P9Dlleatlon soclety, WITH the OBJECT
9! s issuing works on jewish lie,
n'stoIy aaa hteratare, exeiualng
tIeaasss 81 9 con5roverslai aescf'p
tlon. II IS intenqeo 3!l 20 unite on
. proaa 9 a ana noeeaa 3. p1a..oIn s sna %
grln ;ue oehensst e,,e ~ - sae ~ o.auass
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