The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1871-10-12
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Memphis is to havea q building asso
citation. ..,s,. - .t-s...sa. ~.
A great revival is in progress at
Chattanooga. 4.7r.f.a.,,, 49, ~,
The dead to the bier and the living
to good cheer. . i1;,..,.,.; .s. go. -
He that bites on every weed, must
needs light on poison.
Highway robbers are operating in
the vicinity of Knoxville. ,t.i.,.s,,
The Memphis Fair begins October
l7th; the premiums amount. TO- $lQ,-
QUO. .agi /''T,.sea g.;'tga...s} s,EF sse.
The stream Of life forks; andre
.ligion is eptto runin one channel AMI
business in another Z ia.ti33a;:-! w
Female orchestras are fo be en-
ployed in some Of the Newt York
theatres this season. ~ s'': - .h9ss.''i
Rev. W. Il Milburn; the, blind
preacher, has: Withdrawn from, the
Episcopal Church and reunited with
the Methodists. :, -. .,,.5.,,a:,
Nine Caroline Richings-B Bernard is
announced to travel for three months
under the management Of Mr.. John
r. Ford: .,.-z - > a:i:gtiGx
The Russian army makes out To
get along with 100 generals, sand "a
sprinkling Of grand dukes and field
marshals.
The personal property Of, Giles
Loder, a Russian merchant who died
recently in London, was valued at
SI5,oo0,0O0. e,@,l s'Isy5g asaf
The New York Herald has a an ( &C. :ss
count of."a gathering Of generals at
He'll Gate" No news could be moro
gratifying to-the friends Of ciyifzsa- d tIihzs
ton. -. - ~. Z. - '.s ~
The Labor! Reform Convention,
among the delegates to- which there
are :ffteenwomen, met at Farming:
ham, Mass, and nominated E., II.
Chamberlin for Governor. fsiI
The Prohibitory State Convention
in Boston have nominated Judge Pitt
man for Governor. .. II f:illlE src'g
DR.. .Chas. P. Wood, Of Manchester,
ter. N. H., has been convicted Of
causing the death of Elyira Wood
ward by abortion, and sentenced to
twelve years inithe State prisons,
Orange, N.J,~is excited over -aa
elopement in which noted organist,
instead of playing fugues, is playing
fugitive with the entire family Of
rich merchant. - .f'1siAs 10 Y d
James e. Freeman, The American
1 artist, so long a resident Of. Rome,
after !. becoming totally blind from
cataract, has been restored TO- sight
by a German oculist. 5 I'M,
A Washington lady has baqueath-
cd to the Smithsonian Institptelea
punch strainer, made fromi a9sitver
dollar, earned by Ben. Franklin when
u printer boy in Boston. :, 40
t It is announced from st. Peters
burg that Russia is about calling lin
all the officers and men Of her ARMY
who are on furlough; In order to
tr the. efficiency Of mobilization.
/. A wise commentator says: tbat3the
reason why the Jews always. used
NETS to catch their fish was because
Moses expressly stated to them that,
before they crossed the Jordan, they
could, not have Moa,bites. 4aE
The sale Of the personal property
of Alexander Dumas .amoantedato
49, 900 francs. 1t incledes pictures,
statuetts, and other works of art.
Alexander Dumas, Jry purchased
nearly all of these relics Of his'father.
Gotham bellies are made perfectly
happy by earrings consisting OF
wide hoop of FURNISHED gold enolos.
ing the head of q humming bird with
diamond eyes. Thereby they show
the taste Of Digger Indian squaws.
Tho testimony Of Marshall Mae
Mahon before the committee Of inves.
tisation into the conduct Of the war
has burst one bubble. This disaster
of Sedan was denounced by the an
ti-Bonapartists as due to the imbe-
cility Of the Emperor. :ar..~4H
An editor of the Gainesville lGa,)
Eagle has seen an oblong block of
quartz, weighing sixty-6ye pounds,
''thickly studied with particles Of gold
large enough for respectable breast
pins" 1t came from the Battle
Branch mine, near Dahlonega, Geor-
gia.
In one county of Kansas alone
there are one hundred and twenty
one acres of castor beans under cnl-
tivation, and Greedy thinks that it
needs no mathematician to show that
the crop will supply castors to every
bcdstead in the United States. -
The heaviest fleece of wool on rec.
ord is reported by the A gricultural
Department in the last monthly re-
port. Itwas clipped in California,
and is stated to have weighed 7St
hounds, and the first fleece. clipped
from the SAME sheep: weighed "A
poun,s al d over. 1t is needless to
Say the editor Of the rp5rt was i'm
posed upon by some wag.s
A Boston surgeon has just removed
from Lawrence mans neck a rag
ged piece Of the. blade Of a dirk,
which he has carried there ever
since Thanksgiving eve, 1860. 1T
was left therein fight in, which be
HANNA nnnanad In a saloon at that