The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-11-08
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
IntereatinK Items from HON. and Abroad.

servia has rejected the offer Of a six months
armistice Russia ~sustsins her in doing &c.,.
Samuel Burkett, colored, entered an African
church at Mount Washington, Ky., during
e~ervice, wien under the influence OF liquor,
and ON Elder VIM. Barnes requesting him to
leave, replied You and your church can go
TO -" Upon repeating the remark, Barnes
SHIT him dead ...... The entire business por-
ton of Sandy Hill, N. Y, was destroyed by a
fire, which originated in the Re1ford House.
Owing to the limited quantity Of water, the
fire was allowed to take its own course. Losses
will reach S2OO, 600; partially insured. ... Two
masked men overpoweredthe treasurer of the
county OF Knoxville, Iowa, and forced him to
open the safe, when they secured $14, 900 and
.escaped..... By q fire In the Mitchell q Row
land lumber c~ompany's yard at Toledo, Ohio,
800, 900 worth Of stock was burned. Insured
$50, 1000. 800. During the athletic sports at
Dartmouth College, Prof. Taylor ran ten
miles in afty-eight minutes and ffty-fve SEQ
onds .....A professional single soull race took
place on Greenwood lake and was contested
by some of the best oarsmen in the country,
namely: Plaisted and Biglin, Of New York,
Powell aud Coulter, Of Pittsburgh, McKiel, Of
Cresskin Station, Pa, and Landers, Of Bos-
ton. The course WAS three miles with q turn.
Plaisted crossed the score first in 21:454, eight
lengths in advance Of Landers, who was CLOSE
ly followed by Coulter, MoKieI, Biglin and
Powell in the order named. As the three first
named turned the stake from west to east in
stead Of the reverse, % ordered by the terms,
the referee gave the purses to the last three.
49,. Congressional nominations New York,
thirteenth district, John o. Whitehouse, Dem. :;
twenty-seyenth, P. b. Van Auken, Dem.
Count Won Arnim, formerly Of the German
cabinet, has been sentenced to serve five
years in prison for treason and offense against
the emperor and Bismarck. The count is in
Switzerland. 800. The nail department con-
nected with Zug's rolling mill at Pittsburgh,
Pa, was completely demolished by the ex-
plosion Of the boiler, nd Of the $50 men en-
ployed in the shop, fifteen were instantly
killed, four fatally injured and t%wenty-nine
seriously hurt. The ruins caught fire from
the furnaces, and 1t was with the utmost diff
Guilty the poor manned wretches end bodies Of
the dead buried in the debris could be res
cued from the orrlble fate Of being burned.
Many Of the wounded were wedged in by tim
bers, and as the fire began sweeping over the
mass of splintered wood, their shrieks for
help were heartrending. The cause Of the
explosion is unknown, as the boiler WAS in
speoted only q few weeks previous. Pieces of
boiler were thrown to sconsiderable distance,
and the ooncussion Of the explosion was sufi-
Client to destroy all window glass for blocks
around. The loss to the proprie ora will
probably be about s25, 600. .....Au officer of
the Egyptian army states that tho Abyssinians
have overcome and massacred three different
expeditions sent by the Egyptian government
to conquer them. The first contained four
thousand men, the second six thousand and
the third nearly as many. The Egyptian ID
thorities have kept these defeats from the
public. 1.-THE Interstate rifle match-each
team to shoot on it's own grounds, under the
same conditions, IS nearly as possible-wae
won by the Louisiana team scoring 1907 out
Of 8 possible 1900. Now York scored 1,423;
Illinois, 1,420; Connecticut, l,971, and Massa.
ohusetts. 1,097 5000. First Chance won the
Members cup at Jerome park, running a mile
and an eighth in 2:03. The Centennial cup,
four miles, all ages, was won by Tom Oohiltree
in 1896. The mile and a quarter dash 70,
three-ye Folds resulted in a victory for War.
lock in :13t. shylock was the winner of the
mile and three. quarters race in S:12i.
The steamboat express train from Fall
River to Boston, drawn by two engines, col.
lided with q freight train pesr EaAdolph,
while running at the rate VI lurty miles an
hour. Three locomotives, the smoking and
several baggage cars were totally wrecked,
One fireman Was killed and two engineers and
two passengers who we're smoking were terri.
bly, injured. Gen. Rufus King died in New
York city after q short illness. He Was fol
many years editor of different Influential jour.
malls, aud at tho breaking out OF the war &C.
cepted q commission in the army-being q
West Pointer. by the giving way Of the
second floor in the exhibition building at the
Franklin county (Me.) fair, two hundred peo'
pie were preoipitated to the story below and
q large number injured, one fatally ...... Or
the demand Of the English minister, the Tur
kish government has arrested Chefket Pashs
for completely in the Bulgarian outrages.. go.
PiDkerton's detectives have captured Frank
James, one Of the Minnesota robbers who suc
ceeded in escaping after the attempted banh
robbery. He Was found in the house Of 6
DR.. Nolan, near Kansas City, being under
treatment for a gunshot wound received dur
ing the fight. He is one of the notorious
James brothers. ..... The Dake Of Abercorr
has resigned his viceroyship Of Ireland, ani
th- Duke Of Marlborough appointed as the sue
cessor.
Capt. Trim, q Mrs. Thsyer and child, re
robbers, who then fred the promises to hid.
the decd. The partially burned bodies were
found. .... Five cadets have been dismissed
from the naval academy at Annapolis for re-
fusing to give the names of some Of their class
mates who were engaged in "~hazing."... :.
On the last day Of the Jerome park meeting
Bill Bruce won the mile and an eighth handi
cap in 1859. Parole came in winner of tn.
mile and a half race in 2:ss-beating St. Mar
tin, Warlook, Virginius aud Rhadamanthus
The three quarters of q mile dash for nader
three-year-olds was easily won by Princeton II
1:19H. The mile and three-quarters selling
race resulted in a victory for Partnership
Time, 3:124 ...... Mrs. Stein, residing q shor
distance from Hamilton, Canada, committed
suicide, and a coroner from that place took
jury to view the remains. While returning
their wagon was overturned and two Of the
Jurors 30 severely injured that one has since
died and another cannot survive. ..... The re-
port from the general land Office gives the re-
ceipts during the past fiscal year as 81, TAI, 245
6,524, 1916 acres OF public lands were disposed
off,. s75. go being absorbed by Homestead
entries.
Fro swept through Mendoza, ILL, causing
tho destruction Of a number Of buildings at
loss Of s22. 600; amply insured. 800. In a trot
between Smuggler and Great Eastern at Mys
tic park, Boston, the champion stallion actei
badly, and was distanced by Great Eastern ii
the second heat. Reports from the Ess