The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1875-10-06
NEWS ITEMS.
MAKE preparatiens to SOW wheat.


tod States. They Are expected to arrive
in SAN Francisco in December.
The Lunchbmy (Va.) Rcpujlica" re-
ports squirrels migrating southwark IN
large numbers, saying they may DC
seen above and below the city, Just De-
fore nightfali, crossing the river on
their bark boats, using their tai's 's
sails when the wind is favorable"
1t is significant fact that the Ncw
ynrk Times. a journal of considerable
political sagasity, predicts the finai ue-
feot of the hard money men, anu THINKS
there is no room for doubt that, When IL
comes to the final contest, the force OF
>,nn,hers. rs we'll as the boldness, the
aornestness and the hopefulncss so nee
essarv to SUCCESS, are all with the grseh-
back party.
Great prcparations are making for the
State Fair in Columbia, III November:
The buildings are being -whitewasheo
and the grounds cleared of weeds. Mr'
Jefferson Davis will be invited TO oellVc
ar the address, and Gen. Colqultt, OF
Caorrio is TO be asked TO lecture.
Co7ToS TO CHARLESTON by NE"
R0,;rE.-Within the past week, over
two hundred bales of cotton haYe oeen
.hipped to various mcrchahc ~
charleston, over the Air Line railroad
by way Of Charlotte.
Sow OATs.-The chief object of the
farmer now should be preparation 10,
n large crop of oats. Too much seed
cannot be put in and the ground shouid
he we'll prepared. Success in TINS VIII
help him to bear the disappointment OF
a short cotton crop.-Ldncdstcr Leo9c''
Some of the New York papers are be-
ginning to cry against the lavish eA,
f:otham. The total cost of all the cnoirs
10 said to be not less than S50O,0 The
Highest price paid an organist is S2,50o,
ana singer 500, the latter sum being
mid 70 Miss Imogenc Brown, ofSt. Bar
1holomew.
Tbe result of the election in Maine
will put to rest forever the wat issues,
Every effort to revive the passions en-
rendered by the war will be Missed OUT
Of every future election. Morton ana
Blaine have been abused, rldlculed, as
naraped, Knocked and deridcd on account
ftheir efforts to revive those sectional
hotreds which the people have resolved
to bury out of sight forever
In at Edgefield the prisoners have q
high old time, and walk out of the jail
whenever it suits their royal VIII ana
pleasure. They don't take kindly to
n,ush and molasses, and hardly seem 10
appreciate the philanthropy eXpresseI
in dieting them on rancid bacon ana
musty corn meal. They must be all
ungrateful lot of unfortunates
RELEASE OF THE SHELLs.-Judge
Moses. on Monday, entertained the ap-
nIication of Walter l.. Shell and G. w.
Shell for bail. Messrs. Pope & Watts
and Jaeger appeared for the Shells and
Mr.. FIemming for the State. The ar.
pumcnts were lengthy and thoroughly
Covered the ground. Mr.. &. w. Shells
hail was fixed at So 5,0oo.-Grccnr'Hc
NcWs.
It is reported that Senator Gorden, of
Georgia, and Mr.. l.. @. {. Lamar, OF
Mississippi, will lecture in various cues
of the North during the Fall mohths
preceding the assembling OF congress.
it is to be hoped that this report IS true'
for il would be hard to find twos Sen-
tlemen in the whole South more compe-
tent to enforce the lesson the people OF
the North are just learning, and con-
vince them that Southern Democrats
nre not the bandits and negro-klllerS
the Radical press are SO anxious to make
them out.
'rhis is the season when she comes
down town to see if her Summer
hat can he pressed over to look Wen
for Fall wear. The girl in the mlilln
er's shop dos:l't treat her with the DEL
ference accorded to a woman who Buys
a hat all new. but the glance the mlllln
er's girl gets for this lack Of courtesy Is
something she will remember to her
dying day.
IRISH BULL.-We happened in a
LAWYERS office, yesterday, and i'll look
I'm over some papers in u case of bank
runtcv. came to the list of debtors.
where the name, occupation and place
of residence are given and after the
name of a certain late lamented,, 1ound
this entry: "Supposed to be dead place
of residence not known" Irish oloou
flows in the veins Of that lawyer
Charlotte Observer.
GOOD Recommendations. - Chester
County has some funds invested Win
Hardy Solomon, and the Grand Jury
MAKE llc lOllo"i
.Havng reason to believe that the
prefent financial embarrassment OF the
County is the result of depositIng the
public funds in al institution controlled
by the sureties on the County Treasur-
er's bond, who are residents of another
County, ue recommend that the county
commissioners he instructed to approve
no bonds hereafter u.tess Signcd 6y re-
sponxibc parties, residents Of mts co"n-
tn, and whosc financial sttt,nt'ng can Ce
inrcstiyatcd by the Grand Jury.
RAPE UpoN A WHITE LADY. a
rape was committed upon Respectable
white lady at Balair on Thursday last
bv Il negro man. She was out short
distance from her house picking up
brush, when the negro suddenly rushed
ubon, seized, and carried her Off into the
woods where he committed the deed.
\ number of citizens scourgcd the
woods for the villain, but up to Friday
night had not succeeded in capturing
him. We hope there will he no relaXa-
ton in the effort to get him and when
caught, we hope that his captors Will
not hesitate to hang him to the first
tree they come to. A man guilty OF
rape should not be permitted to live
Lancaster Lcdgcr.
Regulations as to the Transportation