The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1875-07-28
NEWS ITEMS.

SsS .SWcel polstloSo i'' wv 7N'1"i>i >%N
strangers in the winter.
The Augusta C0n$tHutionu}iSt gives its
eSpericuce of the relative cost OF burn
Ing gas and kerossne oil in that Office as
:. fOllo#s:
-. 10 Archbishop Whately is ascribed
this paradox: '"rhe larger the income
the Harder it is to live within it,
The, GrcenviNe -NouctoiEecr states
that tie revenue officers are carrying on
a vigorous raid Egairst the illicit dlstil-
.ers in that country
{. It is rumored in New Aorl political
circles that John Kelley and John Nor,
= yissev have settled their differences, and
that harmony reigns in the Iani!nany
:. wigwam. -...
This is Indeed all advanced age; In
stead of wedding anGa minister's lee,
athey lust lump over 2 broomstlck IN IN
diana and cali it "asoul union"
The New Yorls, Financial Croniele
, now estimates the present, crop at
3,S56, 600 bales, Overland ana soatheru
construction are put at 32O, Ooo oales.
! In i,oieyent wilE the crop be likely. to
exceed 3,9oS, ,ooe bales.
g, The Rome Commercial acknowledges
;hthe receipt of q mammoth lemon that
:, ,.srrew in Marion county, Florida, near
Orange lake. !t.is. I3 iuehes iA cir-
!, cumferehce, 9inches long, and weighs
I 2s pounds.
awe now burn Kerosene at q cost per
o,onth of $3.50. Before its introduce
tiou our gas was S95, average: II we
have found any difference at all IN the
4 light, it is il favor of the kerosene.
.s,eS, ZION bfelrow: rrofessorship is abou
tSba. attached to 3owden college in hon
or of the poet. The endowment VIII DC
$4,000, and that sum is now oelhS
raised by the friends Of the poet shd OF
the college.
thomas Moore, the poet, stopped for
several weeks, nearly a century ago. III a
house. in Norfolk, Virginia. The oui!d.
jSris standing, and the .iphabltaEts: OF
ti4Scity tals Of celebrating is centennial
The lead in lead pencils is not lead, at
all though it is called black lead. Ihe
WEIGHT. # nothing else, tells you that.
r. is a mineral called graphitc-from the
Graeg word to write-and is more near
TTrelated to coal than lead.
Ornamental stockings for ladies is all
the rage now. They are made IN cream
low. straw, pink, pale blue, pale green,
nurnle. brown, scarlet, and every lmag-
tnable shade of color, besides being IN
describably varigated.
The Georgia State Press Association,
have adopted the plan of our ASSOCIATION
i. G to allow its members full liberty 10
transact their business affairs as they
nav see fit. This is being adopted. by
the different State Press Associations
Generally, and is the only way by "hlch
SSermanency CAN be established.
MI. A. c. Keys brought us a specimen
81 the Cheatham cotton. 1t is eeautliul-
" formed. end there can be no doubt
that it is a superior cotton as nearly All
tbe forms are twins. 1t would De "eli
il this improved seed could be moro gen
eralIv introduced into our countrywide
6ers0n LnteNigcnccr.
rha var between the ri%al towns OF
Farewell and Blackville has been again
renewed. On the l4th Judge Maher
Urantcd a niiianiidanius to compel the coun,,
f. officers, who had previously removed
hs the records to Blackville, to- return
tn Barnwell. Whereupon the Biack-
Vile men appealed to the supreme cou:'
incidents frequently occur in this or
adjacent t..countics, an account OF wiilGn
II prCn>ptIy reported to US, ~oulu iuo
interest to our columns. we therefore
AK our friends in the different sect!ohs
10 drop us o. line, whenever anything
unusual occurs in their nelghoolhooo.
Considering the necessarily heavy eS-
penses of administration. land the ne
cessity of realizing promptly OF the as
sets Of Bankrupt Bank, we think that
me prustee and his Committee. have
done well to- get as much out OF. thcm. as
rhey have. Bankrupt Estate very rare
" pay anything.-1/ue So"tho".
Kaolin is now shipped in large, guam
tites from near Graniteville to Phiiidei-
phi. Boston and other places, yielding
tehrhome profit, as we learn from the
Es7uefsld 4docrtiser. But what refiec,
don. tlist like our crude cotton, itshould
lie shpped from Our midst to be manu-
iactured. and brought back ana sold to
ds to make other people rich.
The Yorkvile Enquirer announces
that John r. .Grist, Esq, Of that place,
':1has peen appointed Special Deputy
Collector of internal Revenue, for the
Third CORRECTION District of South Car
olina, embracing tlte countries of Abbe-
,%iIIe' Anderson .Siken,, Chester, Edge
1fefd Fairfield, GreenVille, Lhurens,
Fexingtoh Newberry, Oconec, PIckehs;;
Richla.d, Spartanburg, Union and
York"
"Cruiser," the celebrated horse whom
John 6. Rarcy, the famous horse-tamer,
brought under control ii 1861, sitter
:.eyerv body else had.givep' UP, the Joo,
ond hroecht from England to his farm
at Groveport, O., has just died there in
lis 23d year. From most VICIOUS
Brute, he bocme so gentle tl%t inc pe"-
ple about the farm used to make great
net of him, and his colts were noted for
. their kind disposition. In accordance
with the directions of Mr. karey's VIII,
he was given the kindest care III ms
SfdEge.
like MANY celebrated characters, Of
p,sturer wears, who, like himself, had
!heen sentenced to the gallows, Pomeroy
Vie boy murderer, has written history
IF his life. Unlike, however, the other
n1oted criminals Who wrote 20 excite thc
wonder and admiration. of postcrity,
PGmeroy has evidently. taken to author,
shin as a means of saving his neck. lie
denies i s. all his previous statements, and
makes himself out very white sculed
little angel. We hope tile Governor OF
Massachusetts will not be cruel enoNg'i
10 rob him of the martyrs crown.
= Gen. Grants property in the neigh
b6rhood of st. Louis is assessed at 81 O3,.
no, The old Dent place. which has
come into his hands, has Lately risen IN
value by a new railroad, and Is worth
S2OO,O0O. He has received IN salaries