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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1874-12-02
State :of South Carolina.

OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF oIAiE,
Columbia, Jan'y 13, 1878. J
The Abbeville '.PRESS AND
BANNER" is hereby designated
as the Newspaper for the publication
of all Legal Notices aud Official Adyer-
tisements for the County Of Abbevlllea,
under the Act, approved February 22d,
1870, entitled can Act to Regulate the
Publication of Legal and Public NJ
tiCes,n and the Order heretofore issued
d.sig mating tho AJ6eriUe Nef'ium Is
hereby rcscilued.
SAM'L w. MELTON,
.... ..... Attorney General.
S. T.. HOGE. :,
Comptroller General.
II. +. HAINE,
Secretary of State.
certify that the foregoing is a copy Q
the original on file in this Office.
H. +. HAfNE,
Secretary Of State.
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: sW Connect at Aston with trains on
the Spartanqurg and Union Railroad
esnnscting ut Columbia, S. C., with
Might Trains on the South Carolina
Railroad, up and down also with Trains
gslng North and South on Charlotte,
Eolumoia and Augusta Railroad, and
Wilmington, Columbia apd Augusta
Railroad.
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MARRIAGE INsTHE GHERoKEE CoUN-
TRY.-John Arnold, a Young Cicero
kee, agreed to meet q young female
Cherokee at o certain point on q
certain day ysand, spunrry hes. Arnold
was there OH time, hut his intended
bride was not. He had como to ebos
married, and could noesafford TO lose
wife and his time too. So he huntcd
up another Indian maiden, and was
married to her BY the officiating clcr-
gyman, There was a wedding feast
at tho brides fathers house On the
next, DAY, ard the other woman Qla,
Ipsaargds sc tie party. She explained
that she could not possibly meet him
on the day appointed, and gave good.
reasons for her failure. There was
great unpleasantness in the house,
but the minister thought it was not
yet topgdate TO correct the error, Il
one had been made. Mrs. Arnold was'
consulted, and as her acquaintance
with her husband had been very.
slight, she agreed to give him upi
favor Of the prior claimant. The good
Indian forthwith annulled the mar
riage which he had inst clcmlized,l
and Immediately married Arnold 70;
his first lore. The father Of the re-
pudiated bride thou il might al
|bss !isi % lasr the chris
tim dispensation, but hc took occasion
Fto ,s advise the bridegroom not to stay
longer than q minute or two 10 the
Cherokee nation. So Arnold and bis
second wife left the house of feasting
la 40 pressnee of the holy Iaan,;
and aSk TOOK I ttoihe wilderness Of safety.
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IN his newelsome tds write tho tend sss|
messages and mail them 70 the sEriBe
In this city toscopy andspost. The
plan succeeded admirably for d time,
but sons one -fa5sd sday The scribe,
after inditing a most loving epist)e TO
Mary Ann, ndine df course, With d
prayer form repIy retnrnE Einailsin
ft of abstk ctioD signed hissown
instead Of Georges name. The retprn
was q: female, and no. less q sopp than
Mary Annss ownsmoth hef; 10 ssarcli-
ed out The scribe, and lsy Ills last
tender cffusion 10 herd duG so beiore
Bis astonished asked him, ia
such tones as only mn outraged mo-
ther can commdnd how dared le, a
married man. with d family, write
such a letter to her. innocent lamb Sf
q daughters hen that scribe had to
rise and explain how he lad been en- !
gagged in on amicable fraud, md ihe
words must not be taken as p1s OK.
preston Of his own sentinls sl,ts Cob,
mol BY no mems but those 6fs
George. His explanation however,
fully tatisfed the inatrcn, and all is !
again screHeI
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Accommodation Train between Bel
ton and Anderson on Tuesdays, Thurs
days and Saturdays. Leave Belton at
$50 A. NJ, or ON arrival of Down Train
from Greenville. Leave Anderson at
zoo p. NJ, connecting with Up Train
from Columbia. ....- ..---
THOS. DODAMEAD,
Gen'l Superintendent
JAREz NORTON, Gen'l Ticket Agen
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-05-08

Frank Riggs and William Payne, Ameri-
cans, recently repaired from Paris to the Bel
gian border to fight a duel, but the police in
terfered, and the duelists returned to their
residences.
Tho Suez canal difficulty has been settled
by NJ. De Lesseps' acceptance of the tonnage
rates prescribed by the International Com
mission.
A rumor is current in Madrid that the
Carlists have asked Serrano for amnesty.
A story comes from London that there has
been a serious difficulty, requiring even diplo-
matte intervention, in regard to the rank and
precedence Of the Duchess of Edinburgh. 1t
is said that the Duchess has been struck by
the sudden change from the cordial demon
STATIONS which graced her arrival, and the
humdrum obscurity into which she has since
fallen. Nobody knows her, or takes any no.
tice of her, except in Hyde Park.
Serious disturbances are reported in Po-
land. The people having been commanded to
embrace the Russian National Church, resist
ance was made to the mandate, collisions &C.
CURED between the military ard peasantry.
and many were killed and wounded on both
sides.
The temperance wave has invaded En-
gland.
The natives of Achoen recently attempted
in force to dislodge the Dutch from their
fortress, but were driven back with heavy
loss. All the Dutch troops. it is announced,
,p,lI pInr.l,, H. ,-;.lJu, e.oru ~ l.
Java.
The Prussisn Minister Of Finance reports
a surplus of 81, 900, 600 thalers for 1873.
Dispatches from the seat Of war in Spain
state that "Gen. Concha is moving, with
20, 1000 men, on Valmosa, with a view Of at
lacking the Carlists in the rear. Serrano vii
mako an attack simultaneously in the front.
The Carlists arc reported strongly in
trenched."
The Captain-G Genera of Cuba has issued
a decree establishing an extraordinary con-
tribution of 10 per cent. on all incomes ex-
ceoding $1,000 annually. Only the army and
navy are excepted.
In view Of the failure of the United States
Senate to pass the Finance bill over the Presi5
dents veto, the London Times thinks 'the
of increasing the paper currency has
been permanently avoided"
The House Of Commons will take a recess
May II, lasting till June 1.
A new election has been ordered in
Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, Oh account
Of bribery and corruption.
The English farm-labor troubles are to be
settled by arbitration.
The Spanish Republicans are reported to
have gained additional successes over the
Carl!-ts before Bilbao.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-05-08
CHEAP TRANSPORTATION.

Tie report OF Senator WINDOWS T~ranspor-
tstion Committee has been presented to Con-
gress and the committee discharged. The
document is a long one. 1t acknowledges the
power Of Congress to prescribe rates for
strictly inter-Ststes traffic, whether by land
or water, and that the power to regulate com
mcrco includes power to aid and facilitate it,
and hence Congress- may improve oither land
or water channels that it in doubtful if sutii-
GENTLY cheap an ample facilities can now be
provided, and it is therefore recommended
for present action that all common carriers be
required to publish and post rates in every
station and be prohibited from increasing such
published tolls. II also recommend legislation
to prevent the consolidation of competing
lines also that railroads be required to re-
ceive for and deliver by the quantity in trans
porting grain also that in interstate COM
merce the congressional right to regulate
roads wholly within one State is denied that
lines touching river or lake ports be prohibited
from charging more to or from such port than
for any greater distance on the same line.
Stock watering is relocated to State control.
The Bureau of Commerce is to receive infor-
nation or improvement by tie National
Government: First. the Miss:ssippi river {:
second. a continuous water-line of ade-
quate capacity from tho Mississippi
river to New York. ria the northern lakes :;
third, a route adequate to the wants Of COM
merce through tho central tier Of States, from
the Mississippi ria the Ohio and Kanawha
rivers to a point in West Virginia; there by
canal and slackwater or by freight railway to
tide water: fourth, a route from the Missis-
sippi river ria the Ohio and Tennessee rIver,
to a point in Alabama or Tennessee, thence
by canal or slackwater or by freight railway
to tho ocean. The aggregate cost OF the above
improvements is placed at from $3.50, eco, 600
to :l55, 600, 900, to be completed in six years.
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lantic seaboard and the Western State.
Territories. Referred .... Consideration of ~
Civil Rights bill was resumed. Norwood .ns.
against the measure, and it vas -
informally laid aside. III The Leuis,,,r-
Judicial and Executive Appropriation Nm
was received from the House. :.
referred to the Committee on Appropriation. :
ordered to be printed -. Logan called up the ,,u
making regulations for the pay department O, ~.
army, which fixes the number of Paymasts,, .
nifty, with the rank, pay and emoluments of g,i,~
of cavalry, and it was passed.
House.-E. r. Hoar addressed the Ho,.o
support Of the bill to define the right. :.
Americans residing abroad. 49,. The Ior,,un
and Portland Canal bill was finally nasso, -
provides for the continuance Of the appropr,,,.a"
to pay the debts and meet the interes. ,ns
maturing principal of the bonded debt -
the canal. The Secretary of War is diro...,
to take possession Of the canal, as provided so, ~
the Legislature of Kentucky, and the sec-e,,u-
the Treasury to pay the Directors for all stock hall
by them. The canal is to be held for use and h.n.
mt OF the people of the United States Bszr.,o.
made a report declaring Cannon, sitting msuh.-
from Utah, entitled to the seat.
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Bluff. This squad was captured on last night
by the Baxterites, and are now under guard
Maj.-Gen. Churchill, of the Raxter side, and
10 men were surrounded on last night while
coming from the depot of the Cairo and Fulton
railroad, by a party of so Brooksites, who were
lying in wait for them, and captured. Gen.
Churchill was released a short time after this.
and il to-day in command of his forces. Gen.
King White, who has charge Of the Baxter
forces at Pine Bluff, hearing that a party
of Brooksites were assembled at New Gas
cony, in Jefferson county, committing depre-
dations, moved a column of 200 men down to
that point to-day for the purpose of dispers-
ing them. A dispatch late tonight to Gen.
Newton, from Pine Bluff, says White sent
forward a flag of truce to order the men to
disperse, but they were fired upon, and a
regular battle ensued. in which nine Of the
Brooks party were killed and twenty wounded.
The remainder were taken prisoners, disarmed.
and sent home. Gen. White reports seven
men Of his W command wounded and three
horses killed.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-05-08
RIRES IND CASUALTIES.

Capt. John Reeves and four seamen were
drowned near Cape May, a few days ago, by
the cspsizing Of q boat.
Mrs. Belle Palmer Wheeler, Of Long
Island, n. Y. met with an awful death the
other day. She had just been married, and
shortly after the conclusion of the ceremon
was placed in a light carriage by her husband,
who was preparing to follow her, when some
person fired off a gun in close proximity to
the horse's head as a parting salute to the
young couple. Tho animal took fright, broke
from his fastenings, and ran dow the street.
In attempting to round a short curve. the car
rage was overturned, throwing the young
lady to the ground. AZ she became entangled
i'll the lines. she could not ex:ricate herself,
and was dragged over the rough and stony
road for half a mile. When her friends
reached her they found her head almost torn
from her body. every limb broken in Il number
Of places, and her whole body bruised and
Iacerated in a manner impossible to describe.
BY the fall Of a building which was being
raised in Brooklyn. a few days ago. four work
men were killed and four seriously injured.
The Globe Theater, on Desplaines street.
Chicago. has been burned.
-Four men were recently drowned near
Annapolis, Nd, by the capsizing Of az oyster
boat.
Three laborers were killed on Long Island,
y. Y, the other day, by the falling OF ali en-
bankment.
Destructive fires are reported. one at Lo-
gansport, Ind, and the other st Ottawa, Ont.
The loss in the latter city is 300, 00D.
The steamship Mediator IVES partially
burned while lying at the wharf in Philadel-
phia, Il few days ago. The damage is e=ti-
mated ct $500, 900.
The residence Of Henry Pennington, at
Hautzyille, Cleartield county, Pa. was burned
lost their lives in tho flames.
Edward Pardee, Amos Pardee, Jacob
Bowden, and T.. 5. Irwin were killed recently
near Cresson, Pa, and William Irwin fatally
injured, by being run over by a railway train.
James Jones. F.. Gibney and + Campbell.
while working recently on the steamship
Ocean Queen, in New York, fell into the dock
and were drowned.
Three men Of the engineer corps of the
New York and Canada railroad were drowned
recently at Mullins brook, Lear Port Henry.
n. Y, 10y the capsizing Of a boat. Their
names were Emerson, Mitchell and Flynn.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-05-08
THE ARKANSAS REBELLION.

LITTLE Rock, April pa company Of
Baxter men took possession of the Fort Smith
train to-day, near Lewisburg, to prevent
some reinforcements for Brooks from reach
ing tho city. Capt. William F. Graves, of the
Brooks forces, left the State House this even-
ing, and came into the Baxter lines, stating
that he had quit that party.
Tho Batteries are jubilant. They claim
that the Government has decided in their
favor.
LITTLE Rock, April 29.-Business is almost
fiat. Notwithstanding the quietude Of affairs
Il collision may occur any time. United States
troops occupy their old position at the City
Hall and at the United States Court room.
Baxter received to-day one piece Of artillery
from below, with 200 men from Hampstead
county.
WASHINGTON, April 29.-The attorneys
representing both parties in the Arkansas
dispute for the Governorship have called on
the Acknowledgement, AID will submit written
arguments in support Of their respective
claims. The decision of the President will
be made after n thorough consideration Of
the arguments thus presented. Attorney
General Williams will prepare an opinion for
the Executive.
LITTLE Rock, April 30.-The Brooks side
sent out a squad OIL last evening and cut the
telegraph wires etween this city and Pine
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-05-08
ALL ABOUT ArPOSTAL earn

There is a dreadful rumpus all about
a postal card. MI. johnson. of 81
Joseph, sent n with the label of his
firm pasted on it to a firm in Chicapo
but before it was delivered to the Chi.
cago firm, the Chicago Postmaster de-.
manded and received six cents extra
postage. Mr.. johnson was notified of
the fact, and requested to make good
the amount lost through his infraction
of the postal laws. He took the matter
to the st. Joseph Postmaster and asked
his advice. The st. Joseph Postmaster
declared the decision of the Chicago
Postmaster wrong, and told Mr.. John.
son he might send as many postal cards
with labels pasted on them through the
mails as he pleased to. Thereupon
MIR. johnson sent another postal card
to the Chicago firm, with this super.
scription: "Our Postmaster saws your
Postmaster is an ass" P. NJ. wouldn't
stand this, so he sent the fattering card
to Mr.. Clesswell, who, after profound
and exhaustive consideration of the
matter, sent instructions to the st. Jo-
seph Postmaster to have Mr.. johnson
arrested on a charge of sending sob
scene and scurrilous language" through
the mails. Here the matter rests for
the present, and the lawyers will have
to prove whether the harmless quadru-
ped's name is obscene and scurrilous, or
whether it is merely a term of endear-
ment like my little goose or my darling.
duck.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-05-08
POLITICdL.

The Anti M~onopolirts Of Iowa will hold
their State Convention at Des Moinos on the
oath of June.
The majority of the committee of tho
National House Of Representatives appointed
to inquire into the basis of the complaints OF
the taxpayers Of South Carolina against tho
State Government have reported III favor Of
non-inter ~vention.
Morning new has been developed in the
Wisconsin railroad war further than q firm
determination oil the part of the leading lines
to resist the enforcement of the law. In
order to avoid a crisis, it il supposed the
COMMISSIONER will exercise discretionary
powers in its enforcement.
-Ex-President Johnson liz a candidate for
the United States Senatorship from Ten
nessee.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-05-08
FOREIGN.

The Captain-General of Cuba has decreed
that the premium on gold in that distracted
island shall he so per cent, and no more.
An unusually bitter attack WAS made the
other day in the British House of Commons
on Mr.. Gladstone. Mr.. Smollet characterized
the late dissolution Of Parliament AZ a coup
detdt intended to retain power in an uncon-
stitutional manner, as a stratagem ungener-
Gus to the ex-Premier's friends, ~insolent
to his opponents, and scarcely honest to the
nation. The speaker followed this attack up
by moving a vote of censure. Mr.. Gladstone
retorted with equal bitterness, denouncing
the charge At untrue, indecent, and unmanly,
and Immediately left the House. There was
much excitement during the debate, but the
motion was voted down with a division.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-05-08
4 WEALTHY CITY.

That goodly town founded by Roger
Williams and named with pious regard
for his deliverance, we'll deserves to be
called Providence. According to 2e
census of 1870, it ranked as the twenty
first city in the United States in point
OF population, having g. 1904 inhabit-
ants, and standing between Albany and
Rochester. In wealth and comparative
freedom from the burdens of debt and
taxation it takes the first rank among
the cities Of the world. Its property is
assessed this year at 60 per cent. on its.
cash value, and the assessor returns
SIP, 4S0, 900. This gives a total cash
valuation of about 1885,, O00, 900 for the.
city, and nearly 81, 900 for each inhab-
liant. This is one-sixth the valuation
of New York, whose population is if
teen times greater. Philadelphia with
a population ten times greater than
Providence, only pays taxes on about.
two and Il half times as much property.
The total debt of the city is s., 409, 600,
which is chiefly on account of water
works, the property being worth much
more than the money. Last year the
assessment for all Purposes was Sl.35
on each hundred dollars. Thesetigures,
show how well the affairs of the city
and of the individuals in it have beer,
conducted.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-05-08
FINANCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL,

The bill introduced in Congress by Judge
Poland, of Vermont, it is claimed, represents
the essential features of the financial compro-
mise proposed by Eastern men. The follow
ing lis a synopsis of the bill: Section l repeats
all the acts limiting the amount Of bank cir
c~ulation. Section 2 provides for issuing cir
c~ulation to all banks which may be duly
organized under the existing laws, who fur
nish the required securities. Section 3 pro-
vides that as fast as the circulation is issued
to the banks, so per cent. OF the amount shall
be retired in greenbacks until the amount Of
greenbacks shall be reduced to $3.50, 600, 900.
Section 4 authorizes the issue of 300, 000, 900
of United States bonds. at 5 per cent. for
twenty years, or 4! per cent. for thirty years,
to be used exclusively for retiring green
backs, and provides that every holder Of
greenbacks may exchange the same Cor
such bonds, and all greenbacks thus ex-
changed to be Cancelled. Section 5 provides
that after July 1, 1875, the Government shall
paw all United States notes in coin, on pre-
sentation, and that one-half Of all custom, du-
ties may be paid in United States notes.
1t is announced that the oil producers of
Pennsylvania have again combined for the
purpose of s~uspending operations and bring
ing up the price of the oleaginous fluid.
Representatives OF the iron and stael in
terests were in Washington last week. and
made arguments before the House Ways
and Means Committee in favor OF q specific
duty on steel.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-05-08
CRLMR AND CRIMINALS.

A shocking tragedy is reported from
Dorchester, a suburb Of Boston. The body of
Horace Mullen. a years old, was found in a
marsh, horribly murdered. The head was
nearly severed from the body, and there were
besides about thirty stab wounds. Edward
Pomeroy, a boy Of fifteen, who had recently
been pardoned out of the Penitentiary, CON
feseed to the deed. He is believed to be in
zane.
A. r. Holcomb, Of Vicksburg, Mich, aged
IS years, committed suicide last week by dig
charging his rifle into his head.
B. F. Coleman, a printer from Chicago,
recently committed suicide at Indianapolis.
-ATopeka (Kansas) dispatch announces the
arrival there Of old man Bender and his wife.
the Cherry Vale butchers.
Fritz Dinkle, a German, killed his wife
n italian fortune-teller, at Davenport, Iowa,
a few days ago. by severing her jugular vein
with 8 butcher-knife.
Kate Bender, one OF the Kansas butchers,
il said to be in British Columbia.
Mrs. Nancy Glen, the Indiana murderess,
who was four times tried and convicted of
completely in the murder of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jacob Young at Indianapolis, several years
ago, has at last been released.
Stephen Hood (colored) was executed at
Cleveland, Ohio, on the Goth ult., for the
murder of his stepson over a year ago.
Joe Waltz, under the death sentence at
Catskill. n. Y, killed his keeper, Charles
Ernst, on the 3Oth ult., by smashing his skull
with a piece Of iron.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-05-08

In Australia they have a quadruped
having the beak of a bird ; a bird with
hair, but without wings I; a winged
lizard and n turtle with teeth. But
Brazil has a creature stranger than any
of these. 1t is a fish that crawls on the
land and lives on vegetables. This
strange fish is about thirty-eight inches
long, with average diameter of seven
inches. 1t passes the day in the water,
where it remains nearly motionless. Its
fins being underneath its body, and
very strong, it is able to propel itself on
the land and at night it leaves the
water and goes along the banks of
rivers and streams in search of food. 1t
feeds on grass and other vegetables.
which are under water at high tides.
The quantity of nourishment it takes is.
simply enormous. 1t is believed that
no living creature devours as much as
this fish in proportion to its size. The
stories told of this creature were gen.
orally discredited till Agassiz made it a
study.