The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1872-01-31
Items.
The Virginia peanut crop for ISL
amounted to 225, ,450 bushels.

The Virginia peanut crop for ISL
amounted to D., ,450 bushels.
The Kings Mountain railroad, Ill
South Carolina, is advertised for sale.
Ganeral Ben. ]. Hill has been elected
Mayor of McMinnville, Tennessee.
The prospect for an extensive wheat
crop in Texas is reported as excellent.
farmer who cleared $1,000 during
the last wear is mentioned as Georgia
curiosity.
hill has been introduced in the New
York Legislature vacating the olllce u
every director in tho Erie ROAD.
Omaha is experiencing the worst
storm of the season, ana Is "4thouI
quorum in the Legislature.
Two companies of the Sixth United
States Cavalry have been oiuereo lioHi
st. Louis to Memphis.
The Louisiana factionists are awaiting
in quiet the coming of the Congressional
committee.
The Wisconsin Legislature have in
structed their Congressional delegation
to support the postal telegraph.
General. r S. Ewell is seriously Ill of
pneumonia, at Nashville. Hiswife died
on Tuesday OF the same disease.
According to the census table the pop
ulation Of Virginia for 1870 is 1,2l5, ,lS3,
of which the number of native born Is
1,2l1, ,7O9; foreign born, 1874.
The Board of Supervisors, Of Wheel
ing, has agreed to make the subscription
of S325, 900 to the capital stock OF the
Pittsburgh, Wheeling and kentucky
Railroad Company.
A new disease has appeared among the
cattle of Texas. Cattle affected by the
disorder run in line, froth at the mouth,
look red-eyed, and have the general ap-
pearance of madness produced by
hydrophobia.
It is said that there is young girl in
Virginia who wears four bullets naue
into the form of u Maltese cross, when
We're extracted from the bodies OF hef
father and brother, W no were killed III
the siege of Richmond.
DIR. Sears, custodian of the Peabody
fund, has appropriated fifteen hundred
dollars to pay an agent to travel over
Tennessee and arouse her people 70 a
sense of the importance of free schools:
Mr.. j. B. Killebrew has been appointed
agent for this purpose.
A Rochester young lady has sued al
photographer of that city for 5000 dam
ages, because he displayed one or her
pictures in front Of his place Dt business
with this placard atlachec: "One-haif
dozen photographs ordered by this very
atylish young lady, and payment re.
spectfully asked and insultingly refused. "
The efforts of the public spirited mer-
chants of Richmond and Norfork nave
resulted in the establishment OF steam
communication between the latter port
and Europe. The Allen line of steamers
now regularly ply every two weeks be-
tween Liverpool and Norfork. Thei
ships are of superior class, with excel
lcnt passenger accommodations.
Russia is suffering from avery singular
complaint, viz: A scarcity OF officers Tor
her regular army. There are twenty-slX
hundred and sixty-tbree vacancies to be
filed.
A Ncwburyport woman lately became
the happy, mother OF triplets' one a., OF |
which has black hair, one red, and the
other white She won't have to tie pieces
OF ribbon on them TO know them apart.
In New York, on Sunday, Rev. DIR. ].
ID. Bradley, known as Father Brad
lev" OF the forty third street Protestant
Episcopal Church, announced his seces-
sion and adoption of the Rom an Catho-
lie religion. DR.. Bradley was educated
at Oxford University, England.
On the 18th ultimo' in New Orleans,
while tile circus os James Robinson waa
parading the streets, d dray Loi!ided with
II car, on. top of which WAS a royal tiger.
The animal was so greatly frightened BY
the accident thst he ruptured blood
vessel and died in few minutes.
This is from Punch: "Music at home
Mrs. Lyons Chacer: How cruel OF You
10 get UP so suddenly, dear Mr. Rumble
tumski Is anything wrong with the
riano?' Herr Rumhletumski, with par
ilonable severity: No, matam, put |
vos uvraid dat inderrubtcd de genera!
conversation Mrs. Lyons Chacer
'Oh dear no! Not atall! Pray go on.''
The "Passion Play" at the Oberam-
mergau seems to be q very profitable
speculation. The total receipts are said
10 amount 10 O-,UOu lis. w lilcSe, ~ ,UiJ
have been the cost, divided, amongst
GV0 co-opcrators; 600 are laid aside for
the erection of theatre; 300 are given
to the poor chest; 5000 for village i'm
provements, &C.. the balance carried
over to the next representation is 5000.
There is now large pear-shapcd spot
on that side of the sun that is turned to-
wards us. 1t is about forty thousand
miles in diameter, which is equal to
thrcc-qunrters of q minute Of an arc
equal to an angle subtendeu by 333 inch
es at 4 distance Of one mile from the eye.
1t is q. very good test OF the vision
through smoked glass, requiring al eye
sight OF little more than the average
penetration to see it without magniticr.
The spot is q little to the left, and about
the same distance below the apparent
centre of the solar disk.
"FIow would you like to sit on a
iury?" asked gentleman Of a strong
minded old maid, "I'd rs soon sit on
hatchet," said the spinster, with 4 shake
OF her bOmbazine skirt.
The steamer Halado, with three
hundred bales Of cotton, was sunk in
Upper Red River. No lives lost.