The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1875-07-14
NEWS ITEMS.

The work on the Lau:cns Railroad is
progressing satisfactorily. The track Is
now laid to Feeders store, or F"Stch'
as it is named by some, a""uC nine ihl'cH
from Newbrrry.
The population of Sumter is as follows:
Total number Off persons. OF All age -
Males s-Whitc472 colorcI IL: fcii;'icS
White SIS, colorrl i;07,. E%i"H loiai
2l40.
We arc having y superabuniance OF
rain, and fears are cntcrtainc! tlat SOME
of our farmers Will get i'll the grass uil-
: lessAhe weather clears up.-Lu"rt"%THc
.-{7crott5.
q KILLED Ry LlGur&I>G.-Mr. Albert
Steadman was, struck and Instantly XIII
ed by Lightning, on Saturday Has, nrar
Valley Fails Factory, five miles 5a9oNc
Spar,anhurg.-&pQltnnb&fy M'F"(".
:. I The 'Oconcc Snapper Club cf Green
County Georgia., has made the discovery
nnulberries are the best catfish bait that
can be used. A few nights ago they
caught seventy-five blue cats ON hooks
thus baited.
Young Mr.. Hardy, OF S"lnda, @n
EdgeiieId man. was tried for murder III
Spartauburs last week aud acquitted.
Iie was charged with killing Il negro III
a difficulty in Newberry ayear OF more
ago.
= Some one complains about the hook
& and ladder company. he states tn;l
the ladder is nScd after dark for c!Imo-
ing into the hen-ho,ise: after which the
hooking is done.
-. A lady should never consent to be
married secretly. She should distru.t a
. man who has any reason to shroud III
darkness the act which, in his own esti-
nation, should lie the crowning glory OF
his life.
The Florida people have more water
melons than they can handle, and have
begun to ship them, thirty car loads at a
time, to Chicago. The Chicago 7fiO"nc
thinks the new trade source should he
- made the subject Of an investigation by
the Beard of Health. Iii the meantime
the Florida melons are pourlngln.
The executive Committee Of Changers
agreed to remove the headquarters to
Louisville by vote Of three to two.
They also resolved to hold the next Ma
tioIYal Grange at Louisville, on the third
p w SuUSSudN III 4NpNSlibSi.
ters will be removed to Louisville with
in month or six months.
On Monday last, two cotton stalks
were laid on our table by u prominent
Salem planter. Each of the stalks con-
tanned one bloom and were about SIX or
seven inches in height, with signs oi
crust" or some other disease. our
friend thinks the estimate Of the crop
of this section much III excess OF what
-. the actual prospect NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Z s Wotchma".
SrRuCk.-The dwelling Of Rodcricll
Russell, residing in this village, was
struck by lightning during the storm
on last Saturday evening. None of the
Inmates were injured i'll the least,
though several persons were in the
sfs6 and several other art!-
: ef&snipsDafE mantle-piece, were struck
by~rligEtning, and completely Destroy
. ed.-Ld,rcMsriWc Hcirtid.
The ease Of the state rs. Arthur A.
Glover, for the killing Of Wm. Gomll
lion, at Edgehcld court house, in june,
1874, was concluded at Ncwhcrry on
Friday by the jury failing TO agree.
At the time the jury were discharged
they stood six for 'nanslaughter an"
six for acQuittal.
LUsUs NNrURF.-NVc are informed
by Mr.. Sol Cochran, the mail carrier TO
Dunbarton, thai on the 2Gth Of June
last, colored twins were born on the farm
of Mr.. Joseph Ashley, near that place.
with q documentary connection near tAr
stomach. One Of the twins has neither
eyes, nose, hands or feet, and the only
orifice answer fer q mouth is 4 pcrpcndlc-
ular slit running lengthwise of her 'ace.
It seems to be perfectly dumb, and to
receive nourishmert entirely from the
other child, who is healthy and well
formed. If the dumb child is touched
the other feels it, and if asleep imnedi-
ately wakens-Aiheya JounM.
. "SrARKIEp, WAS EXHhLED'-AND
WINKED OUT Hardy solomon Bank
in Columbia has smashed, apoloSised,
aud closed doors. This bank has been Il
Radical pet 1t is said the State loses
100000 by its suspension. Amt 1t was
at first supposed that the large sum of
Edgefield County money, tied up by the
famous and was lost. But from AL we
can gather, this is not so. An unit
sual press mp on our colcmns prevents
our telling the tale IN ertenSO this week.
We will do so in our next issue. y
great many Radical institutions are
founded with n design Of their wink
ing out. at the proper tine.-Etlyc-
field A6pcrtiser.
THE PARKER TRtAL-The Green
vile News dwclls upon the fact that
the Columbia Boss Tweed is repre-.
sented by the best Democratic lawyers
in the State and prosecuted by an At
torney General who belongs to the
Republican party. 1t is said that the
head centre ofcorruption IN Louisiana,
Norton, defed tho people, because,
with his plundercd wealth he had re-
tanned the strongest legal talent at the
bar OF the Southwest.
The State canvass-fUr the ciection
Of members Of the General Assembly
has opened in Virginia. The State
Executive Committee has issued an
address to tho people reciting the i'm
portaucc Of the contest and calling
upon the Democrats to preserve the
harmony and organization Of the par
ty, Independent candidates. arc de-
nounced aud the people urged to sup
port only the regular Democratic
nominees. The Firginians have done
hobly since the war and their State is
the only one in the South which has
never bad Radical Governor or Il
Radical Government. There is NO
reason 10 doubt that the Conscrva-
tives will carry the State by the usu.