The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1875-11-17
News Items.

AN acre of barley will pay larger
return for the investment than anything
else. Sow now.
Sumter County is suffering severely
from the depredations OF the cotton
thief and the incendiary.
Hon. 4. II. Stevens is improving
slowly, and hopes to take his seat Ill
Congress qy January next.
The Cundcn Journal takes back
what it said about seeing thunderbolt
last week. 1t was not visible.
THE locals in the Luurcnsrulc Herald
are good. We are only sorry there are
not more of them.
Goldsmith wrote, "She stoops to CON.
uuer,n but that was before the days OF
the pin back skirts, in which there cali
be no STOPPING for anything.
CURE FOR THE EPIzooTIC.-Apply
assafutida on the bride bits. spirits o.
turpeutine on the throat, anu tlhcture
of tar in their drinking water.
Tweuty-fye thousand pounds of sta
tionary arrived in Columbla, iasC "eGN,
for the use of the next Legislature, the
various C0llilllttce looui", o'1Sf
TtE True Southron has reduced its
subscription price from So to -. 1t Is
'on,. nf 0ur best conducted country ex-
changes and deserves liberal support.
Jrn,u BENJAMIN, late Secretary
of the Confederate States, is said to have
an income of 100000 a year from the
practice of law in London.
Illinois. which is principally Chicago
in this instance, proudly ranks fifth IN
business failures for the three-quarters
of the wear previous. The number 2U,
amounting to S6,0l3,97O.
Gov. CHAMBERLAIN favored the mo
fence" law in his address at the Ander-
son Fair. We hope to see his potent
influence brought to secure its passage
by the next Legislature.
State Tax Union is called 10 assemble
IN Columbia on the fourth Tuesday IN
November instant, at - o'clock NJ, ac'
cordinr to the requirement OF the Con-
stitution. 4 full delegation from all the
Counties is desired, as important inter-
ests will be presented for consideration
Hon. REvERDY JOHNSON thinks that
there is no occasion for disagreement on
the bart of the Democrats, ana that
with wise counsels, they must elect their
President in 1876. Grant, he thinks
will be the Republican candidate, and Is
nrepariny the way to that end.
The Supreme Court of Wisconsin has
recently decided that the whipping OF a
child by a public school teacher IS an
assault and battery, and that an offend,
ing teacher may be fined, as well as held
aaswerable for violating the dignity OF
the law.
The annual meeting of the South
Carolina Conference, NJ. .E. ,:Church
South, will begin in Orangeourg on
Wednesday, 18th December. Blsnop
Keener, of New Orleans, will preside
over the Conference, and more tnah
two hundred delegates are expected 70
be present.
THE Cow LAw.-The anderson n
teliioenccr complains that the IoWh or-
'dinance to prevent cows from running
at large within certain limits Is not en-
forced, to the great detrlment especlal1s
Of those who came to town III "asolls
with provender for their stock: A SIM,
liar evil prevails in Aooeville, anu =,
there be an ordinance to prevent ule
Council will do well to enforce II.
STEAM POWER PRINTING.-Pam.
nhIets of oil kinds are cheaply and eXpe-
5itiously printed by Walker, Evans &
'CogswelI, Charleston, 5. Z. Iheli
presses are in full blast on this class OF
work. but still their faculties are so Sfea'
that there is always room for more WORK.
proceedings of meetings, Conventions
Collpre Commencements, Briefs, &c, &c;
are executed in the pest style and win
greatest dispatch. "
TIE Khedive of Egypt has applied L"
England to send him two accountants
70 balance up his books and set his
finances straight. Probably before long
England will take more complete super
vision of the .Khedive's financial mat
ters than the present applicant contem-
plates. TO this end the indicat'ons
now noint, and England is looking t"
the occupancy of Egypt as cheek 10
Russian aggression in Central ASIA.
TIE PRESIDENTIAL PROsPECT.-IHE
New York Herald makes calcula'ion
of the Democratic chances III the elec-
'tion next wear, and arrives at very
cheering conclusions. 1t gives lSS cleo
'toral votes to the Democrats, ana 10! TO
the Republicans. without conhtlns
North Carolina and Wisconsin 1or cae
former. in which case the majority
would be forty-seven for the Democrats,
without counting Ohio.
AppLEToN's CYCLopEDIA makes a
gross blunder as to the origin oi lhe
Son,e "StonewaIrr Jackson. The true
account is given by Easten Cook IN ms
life of Jackson, aud Pollard in his ms
tory of the war, who say that Bee SAID:
mI,ookl There is Jackson standing Ike
a stonewall!" These words are IN
scribed on the pedestal of Foley's statue
of Jackson, and may be accepted as
Bees words at Manassas.
The Grand Jury of Chester County
recommend that hereafter the county
fund be deposited in some safe lhstilu-
ton within the limits of the county
also that hereafter the Board OF County
commissioners refuse to take as securi-
ties on the bonds of public officers any
nersou who lives beyond the limits OF
tho County, and whose financial condl-
ton cannot be fully known ny the
Board.
CAPT, JEFF. d. HOWELL, brother
iu-law of jeff. Davis, was lost at sea on
the 4th inst, OH board the steam sup
pac;t;c when that vessel went down.
Evnrv person on board the ill-fated YES
sci vent down with her beneath the
waters, with the exception OF one pas,
senper. who has survived to tell the SAD
story. He clung to some floating ooJecl
aftar tho shin SINK, and, luckily, was