The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1871-08-31
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For the next season, it is said tha
bonncts are TO have all their trim
mings on tho back, instead Of in iron
as formally.
The potato blight has developed tc
an alarming extent in lrclund, and il
is feared that the crop is almost
ruined. ,. d..
Forty.four vessels, gaugiug 3s,00(
tons, passed through the Sucz Cana
i'm June. One steamer had touched
sixty times on the way. ...-
: 1t has been decided to hold an in
ter, a.ional exhibition in Vienna ir
1878. ...a .'\...
Amelia Garcia, beautiful young
actress who was Il great 1avorite in
New Orleans, having been crossed in
love, k:Iled herself recently.
There is to be thrce-corncred mu.
nicipal contest iu San Francisco, tho
Republicans, Democrats and Labor
Retormers all having full tickets in
the field.
The American Colonization Society
has more than two thousand appica-
ton ah ady for passage to Liberia in
tho vessel which will be sent out in
Novcm Q, next. .
The commissioner Of the public
schools of Lexington County thinks,
so far as can be seen at present, that
t,cre will not be more then enough
money for public school purposes to
k:ep the schools open three months
i'll the next school year.
Mr. Samuel W. Tucker. of Spartan
burg, died on thc 19tl. Mr.. Tucker
was in the 79th year Of his age, and
during his long life has bccnshighlJ
esteemed for the many virtues which
adorned his character. He was the
father Of Hon. Joseph W. Tucker,
once q Citizen Of that town.
Cn Friday last ST. Louis sold seven
ty hogsl,eads of tobacco for shipment
to Dublin, Ireland, and eXults in the
eAte'iS'on oi 0''oo' ''"''0'
The Italien opera season at London
was closed June 22d, by the perlor
mango c' l''''orah' III "h'cl' Aoc'
'in" "''' 'l'l'o'''ca IL VIC iiofo''o'
Eighteen towns in Great Britain
have populations exceeding 100 900
there bcir. thirteen in England,
three in Scotland aud two in Ire
land. "
,
across ,he Mississinpi, at St. Louis,
arc boirsl rapidly Completed. Four
of the appraach piers o. the east side
Of the ri, or arc finished, two arc sunk
and will reach their foundations in
abou. week. ...
1t is now said thas the unfortunatci
wom.n IN New York, whose demise
furnished the basis OF the sensation
III Tint civ was taken Off by lust
such IN attack as one might expect 10
follow a rcpast of twenty over-ripc
Reaches. two cantelopcs and a water
melon, which vas her last ban
auet. .....
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Tho project of emitting a canal TO
u"ite the Baltic and North Sea IS no"
under serious consideration IN Berlin
The enterprise IS SAID TO 30 1caslp'e,
the only serious obstacle IN the WHY
wide and about sixty-eiyht feet at its
highest elcv>.tion.
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tn's t''Ho .nS1, ;i "I''lo'"g ,, III III ,.;m .HT
pop"ne''s % a,h 'I' "nd VIZ ,ro shoi oi'' h"ro
a"a' ~ ''a 49, .,' .'o haut W. '",t ,rn nI % or
cI ."e ssIo.u '1,." rnn",tI,' ,"to @ s",s =. ,hn :"
pu''"" Nl". WnvI. 11cn.''I an,nn. 1s' tho f,;,h
f,I Iol;or".. ~ th;,. ..,l.ni,,;nn W,m
Sutta cotton Tor ascension gowns IS IN
great request.
Tho N,w yo,l, STANDARD s,ys that
n, nro,rr,mmo ~. tho Ronnhlic,ns
vh> 10 lo nnt o,,rco ,hst tho rcnor,in,-
,;an IF GcnSr,} Gront Is wise is 70
nominate Schnvlar Cnle,x Further
th.tlhn ,novcmcnt i nndcr tho csnc.
c;ai ratronaro of NJ Groolov and iIs
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