The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1871-10-12
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An attempt is being made in Ken
tucky to combine the Conservative Re
publican party with the Democratic.
The annual convention of the stat'
Colorcd Labor Union is to be held il
Troy, N. Y, on Wednesday, October
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Tho Democratic State Convention 0
Illinois nominated on the 4th instan
S. S. Hayes as Congressman at Large.
Commodore Maury, it is stated, ha:
resigned the presidency of the Alabams
University, which he recently accept
cd. . .s
The Cuban rebellion seems to still g
OH, Notwithstanding the monthly an
nouncements of its suppression. 1t Is
confined to remote mountain districts
however. - ....
Henry Ward Beechcr is Of opinion
that the city government of New York
twill be known as long as SodOm anC
Gomorrah are known, and largely TO,
the same reasons" l.
A defaulting bank cashier in Maine
says that speculation had nothing to DC
with his deficit. He could not live on
his salary of $400 year when he took
the offico. +:,s.,,..,. ... .--
The New York railway depot Of the
New. York Central Railway, said to DC
the largest railway. station in the world
was opened for business on Tuesday. Ii
is as Forty-second street and Fourth
avenue, New York.
DR.. w. II. Tutt has resigned the Pres.
idency of the Cotton States Agricultural
and Mechanical Society, of Augusta,
Ga. P. ]. Berkmans, Esq, has been
unanimously elected President.
William Carlisle, a highly esteemed
citizen of Spartanburg county, died at
Limestone Springs on the 18th ult.
Mr.. Charles G, Conner, operator Of
the Southern and Atlantic Telegraph
Company, and Dir. George @. Goodrich,
of Charleston are dead.
The Edgefield advertiser says the citi-
gems Of IIibler Township assembled at
ShatterGeld on the 23d ult., aud declar-
ed by q vote of forty-seven majority
against further taxation for free school
purposes.
The Journal says: ut has come with
In our knowledge Of late, that frequent
ly the merchants are unable to buy cot
ton,. owing to their inability to get
money from the CitizeDs' Savings Bank,
because there was not suttlciency OF
funds OH hand to meet current expendi-
lures. -
Tho Anderson TrteNiyenoer, says {:
We are informed that the location Of
the Air Line Railroad, from Greenviile
to the Tugalo River, has been definitely
settled, and that the crossing Of thu
river is at Jarrett's Bridge. This would
seem to indicate that Walhalla will be
placed upon the route.
Tie Keowee Courier says: A fro oc-
CURED in our town on the night Of the
30th ultimo. The plank kiln Of Mr..
John Kaufman, containing about seven
thousand feet of LUMBER was entirely
consumed. The loss il estimated ut one
hundred and fifty dollars. This is the
third kiln, which Mr.. Kaufman has lost
by fire in the last twelve months. -
Judge David Davis, of the Supreme
Court, is looming up as q Democratic
candidate for the Presidency. Ken
lucky Democrats ure said to favor him.
Judge Davis was first mentioned by the
Day, of Philadelphia. He was appoint
ed by Lincoln, and halls from Illinois.
The Casey-PacAard wing of office
holding Republicans In Louisiana have
demanded Of the National Radical Tx
ecutiye Committee complete recognition
of their committee as the only represen-
tative of the Republican party In that
State. .6--1 .....- ........'
ETA large magnet, said to be the largest
in the world, was recently manulactur-
ed ut Ansonia, Connecticut. In expert
ments made with 1t, the m,iguctism was
found to be SO powerful as to ruin the
movements Of the watches carried by
people who were near it.