The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1875-08-04
NEWS ::iTE''.sas.

has expended 81 ,lno,"''1 on lis "f%ah'|'e-
ton and extension during the past
year.
The new postal card IS to be creamcol-
ored. sThc AsSjstsnt Post-Mast"r Cen
erarlthinks We shall usa 14n,o0o,OoQ .!
them this gear
The Grand Division OF the Sons OF
OF south Carolina Wliimce'
Esfn anderson, in Temperance Hall, on
Wed nesday, the lIth day OF August.
ssszSs;sA stock of an earthquake was felt IN
Milledgevile, Ga, on the evcnlng%oi
the 2Sth inst, lasting three. seconds Te-
se,nbliny the explosion Of a siege gun,
and making every body rush out OF
doors. ., *. -, .~...<a
we1earn from the Columbia Rcgiste
that the Rev. Ellison Capers, or Green-
Tjile. s; C. has been elected 70 Ill the
Electorate of Christ Church, Macon.
The 6aurG,tsriHe Rcrald says:ssWc
are Authorized to announce that MISS
ReIs Isoyd, the renowned confederate
sny. wililecture at Clitnon on next Mon-
day night. -EE,.--
: Seventy head of Kentucky shorthorhs
were recently sold at Ashwood in that
state for SIG. JOS or an average OF little
over six hundred and forty-onc dol
lars.
The Rome Commercial acknowledges
the receipt of mammoth lemon 'lal
grew in Marion county, florloa, near
. Orange lake. 1t is l25 lUchc5 IN CIR
a =, 1Nn,r SnI WplpllsS
2i pounds.
Hon. Jefferson Davis has declined
the offer of the Presidency OF Bryan,
'fexas. Agricultural College, with i sal,
sry of $1,000 year and furnished
house.
The New York Financial Cronlcic
now estimates the present crop al
. 3,S56, 600 bales. Overland and southeru
consumption are put at 330,oU0 bales.
In no event will tile crop be likely to
exceed 3,9O3,O 900 bales.
Secular editors generally comment III
no mild terms on the present style OF Ia
dies dresses. What is rathcrmySterious
is, that, Notwithstanding they look SO
small, it takes as many yards for dress
now as when hoops were fashionable.
Jefferson Davis, Alexander II. Ste
pIrerrs, and all the eX-oilicers ana SOL
diers and sailors of the Confederate ar
my and navy, have been given gcncr-
al invitation to attend a national re-u-
nion of eX-Fedcral soldiers, soon To be
held ut Caldwell, Ohio.
Tile CoIum6in Register says: awe
. u.r,inns nf n tlT(tlnu
editor, and are now prepared with one
TO do the writing and one the lighting.
When we are at disadvantage, the To-
cal will receive the bcueGlcti"h, plc$~
ed are the peaeem;tkere.'
IN Union, according 10 the Times, ev-
'erything is duh. Business is awiu! dull
subscription receipts duller still, p"i!tic~
are dull, newspapers are outraScouSiE
dull The only living buiness is Tight
lug flies and 1leas and hunting bed bugs
A clergyman says, ''I once maYied II
handsome young couple, and rs | took
the bride by the hand, at the close oflh'
ceremony, and gave her my warncai
congratulations, she tossed her pretty
face, and pointing 70 the bridr9roonl
replied, Il think he is the one t" be con-
gratulated.n
The C2'mJin D:iy Union says tha>
: the work shops belonging to the Green
vile and Columbia railroad, near New
berry, are to be removed to that city
and that work man are now engaged III
preparing the new building for the shops
contradcted.
BASE BALL is still popular i'll Green
vile. The Nesrs says:
"The aurora" town) and "W. I.
Sherman (garris0n) base ball clubs had
a trial of their skill yesterday afternoon,
in which the soldiers came of victorious.
There was quite q numerous attendance
upon the grund to witness the sport.
base ball is good exercise, and We hope
the sport will become POPULAR
The crop news continues very dis
couraging. The country press received,
without hardly an exception, cry Tor
rain, and declare corn willing and with
ering and dying under the hot rays Of
the sun. The heat througout the mid
die and lower tiers Of counties has been
over 80 degrees every day during the
past week.
MulOT w IitiCl \ ''itN''
States Commissioner of Greenvllie in
forms the Enterprise and Mount0incc''
there have been between sixty and sew
enty warrants issued against parties in
this country for violations of Internal
Revenue Laws. About forty arrests
have been made. We suppose the return
for the others have to be; ''non cOmdti-
bus in SaOdnlpo."
GREEvILLE FACToRY.-The stock
oders ofthe new factory met in the
court house last Thursday and organized
the company. There were present
$50 shares represented, each share
worth 500. The capital stock is not TO
be less than one hundred and seventy
five thousand dollars. Application will
be made at the next session Of the Leg
islature tor q charter.
FRIED TOMATOES are an excellent
dish Slice rather thicky; salt, pepper
and roll in flour; then fry brown lii but
ter kept to a boiling heat all the time.
4 GOOD way to prepare tomatoes Is to
add ii little flour and sweet cream 10 stew
cd tomatoes just before diShinG t!em.
40 crackers or bread is needed; pepper,
sul. and butter, as in other dishes ;ls *p:,
soning,
THE FIRST GEORGIA BALE.-r!lc Ma
con 1ciegrd0h, Of the 2Sth, says: We
received q despatch from Albany, lat
night, stating that "Welch, Cook d ba-
con received the first pale OF new cotton
to-day from Primus Jones, Of Baker
County," This is the first Georgia bale
received this year, and much earlier
than the Earliest Of last year.
THE TEACuErs- CoNvENTlON.--Thc
school teachers of Spartanburg county
will meet in convention on the l3th,
10Th and 2lst August. This is one Of