The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1871-05-19

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The strausbourg library will be
rebuilt by the first Of May, 1872 and
will then be re-opened with more
books than it ever contained before.
Several valuable relics of Freder-
ick the great have recently been
stolen from the "Frederick room" at
Sans Souci.
Prince Alfred has been making him
self very popular in New Zealand,
even leading the orchestra on the
violin at. two concerts in aid Of char
tiles: -.
Just before bis death, and while
apparently unconscious, Conductor
Pollard, who died at Nasbau few
days ago, whispered, I'm waiting for
the train" =.
Sir Edwin Landseer's condition is
such that it is feared that he will
never moro be able to paint.
It is stated that Louis Napoleon
has rented St. Johns House, near
Ryde, England, for residence. Z
An organization is nearly perfected
in England for inaugurating q great
emigration movement from that coun.
try to the. British American posses
sions.
Weston, the pedestrian, has besn
walking for three days, ten hours 3
day, on a wager that he can walk
two hundred miles in forty-one
hours.
The managers of the Hollywood
Memorial Association, Richmond,
have fixed upon Wednesday, May17th
as their annual memorial day. !.
All the New York city railroads
have resolved not to employ any apl
plicants, either as driver or conduc-
tor, who comes from political endorse.
ment and without business letters.
A speaker in the New York Nation.
al Labor Convention, on Saturday,
declared that the workingmen Of
New England would run candidates
for President and Vice-P President Of
the United States at the next cleo
ton.
Hon. Horace Greedy addressed the
National Labor Convention at New
York, Saturday, in opposition to free
trade, and will leave for the Texas
State Fair at Houston, Thursday, to
speak on what he knows about per.
simmons.
The revolutionary tendencies Of
Paris are productive Of some queer
names for newspapers. Among the
latest exhibitions in this line is the
establishment Of q journal in that
city called Cain and Abel-Abel being
intended to typify Paris and Cain
VerGailles.
A proposition from the Paris Com.
mune to the Versailles Government to
exchange the Archbishop Of Paris for
N. Blmqui has been refused by the
latter, as Blanqui. who is one Of the
principal revolutionary leaders Of
Paris, is under sentence Of dehth,
pronounced against him by the coun.
Gil Of war.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany now lights thirty-fve passenger
cars with gas, and additions to the
number are being made as rapidly as
possible. Each car takes with it
enough gas for sixty hours steady
burning They have FIVE burners,
and are so brilliantly lighted that
reading is an easy matter il any part
Of the car. .,-s
The latest novelty in the way of
accommodation for travel in New
York is the placing of a line of palace
horse cars on the Third avenue street
railway. They are maryels Of splen-,
dor and comfort, quite rivaling in their
way the celebrated Pullman palace
sleeping car, and are said to be prof.
tably patronized, Notwithstanding
the increased price charged for riding
in them.
A little girl who loves to pray, one
night was very tired and sleepy, and
was getting into her little bed with
out saying her prayers. But her
mamma told her to kneel down first
to pray. So she folded her littlo
hands and said :: "Please, God, remem.
ber what little Polly said last night,
she's so tired tonight Amen"
Tho Appleton (Wis.) Collegian
says: "A wratby female woman at
Markesan sends US virulent note. in
which she remarks, and her language
is plain: 'When I want your paper
any longer, l will let you know and
pay for the same in advance But
dear Madam. will you not stop and
think moment? Hou owe us So;
and because we send you bill for the
same, and since you admit you have
had the papers, it does not look prot.
ty to stand on. your ear after this
fashion. Come, come, let us reason
together"
That was a very happy uncon.
scious pun which Prof c. of Ro-
chester university perpetrated in his
classroom the other day. He had