The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-12-20
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Interesting Items from Ho . and Abroad.
Four masked men stopped q mail coach ten
miles from Los Vegas, Texas, and took every
thing of value except some silver bricks, which
they said were too heavy to carry. Official
returns from all but fourteen email plantations
In Maine, which cast less than three hundred
votes in 1872, give Hayes &C, $50 votes; Tilden,
4O,11O, and scattering, 4SO......The official
vote Of Penn sylvania is as follows Hayes,
1884, 148; Tilden, s66,204; Cooper. 1904;
Smith, Prohibitionist, 1918, and a ticket
headed by . local candidate, eighty-three. 49,.
The official count Of votes in NewJersey shows
that Tilaen received lis, 95s ballots to Hayes
1O3, $40; Tllden's majority being 12,4SS......
Rhode Islands total vote as officially an
nounce5 wss 26, 527, OF which Hayes received
1876, Tilden, 10, 71S, and the balance were
scattelc ...... The extensive foundry and car
works at Toronto, Canada, owned by Messrs.
Hamilton, were destroyed by fire. The loss is
estimated at $500, 900 insured for about $780,
600. 800 The Belgian steamer Delleye Matthieu
has been wrecked on the island of Gothland,
in the Baltic roa. Eleven persons on board
were drowned. The Massachusetts State
debt is given as S39, 565, 1874, a decrease Of
$3.50, 600 during the year. -. The czsrof Russia,
in conversation with the British ambassador,
" pledges bis sacred word Of honor that he
has no intention Of acquiring Constantinople;
and that ii necessity compelled him to occupy
Turkish ground, it would be but temporarily
while protecting fellow Christians. He de-
plored the mistrust manifested by England
and considered absurd the rumors that Russia
intended the future conquest Of india. He
also denied that there was any Intention OF
Servia and Roumania having q separate king
dom. .....M Many coasting vessels we're wrecked
during the recent severe storm which prevailed
on the Atlantic coast from Maine to Florida.
.....Gen. Crook has issued an address Of con-
graduation to his soldiers on their fighting
abilities, and names the honorably wounded.
A:vices from Mexico indicate fresh compli-
cation. E1-Chief Justice Iglesias has pro-
claimed himself provisional president Of the
republic, aud established his seat Of govern
meut at Leon, in the state Of Guanajuato, the
legislature and governor Of which sustain him.
A portion Of the procession escorting Iglesias
to Leon attacked the American missionaries
with the cry Of death to Professionals" The
missionaries bsrricsded themselves in q house
until the police rescued them. Troops are
marching upon Guansjuato, and the flight of
Iglesias and his government may be expected
in a very short time. No other state has
seconded Iglesias' movement in Guanajuato
President Lerdo is receiving con%gratulatory
dispatches and offers Of support from all parts
OF tho country ...... Gen. Diaz, the revolu-
tionsry president, continues to hold the state
o: O.xacs. ..... The new captain. general Of
Cuba is making wholesale arrests OF suspected
insurgents. $3.50. Joseph B. Brown shot and
killed Emma Jared near Fayetteville, Mo.
Brown had been a suitor for Miss Jared's
hand, but her parents objected to his visits
and she dismissed him a short time ago..
The official canvass of the vote Of Connecticut
shows Tllden received 81, 9S4 ballots Hayes,
SO, 034 Cooper, S74, and scattering, 1913. Til
den's plurality being 1900; majority, 1,748.
$500. The official vote of Kansas, minus two
counties, gives Hayes 1850 votes and Tilden'
37,471.... Tho Vermont legislature passed a
joint. resolution instructing their representa-
tives to use their influence to resume specie
payments as early as January, 1877. .Th
latest report gives the following figures
as the status Of the newly elected Congress
Of the United States: Democrats, 1853; Re-
publicans, 40. Democratic majority, thirteen.
The present Congress stands: Democrats, 1873;
Republicans, ITO. Contested seats and mem-
bers to be elected may change the figures Of
the next Congress, but not materially ....T The
report Of the agricultural department states
that the cotton crop, while a trile smaller than
that Of last year, will be one Of tho largest
ever known in the country. 800. Brown, Dart
mouth and Trinity Colleges have formed an
association for rowing purposes for New Eng
land colleges only. The first race will be held
at New London, Conn 49,. Paine's grain eleva-
tor in New York city was burned with its entire
contents. Loss, $40, 900. ..... A largo fire oc-
Cured in NATION, Ill, by which a number OF
buildings were destroyed, involving o less Of
$40, 000. ..... The long projected marriage be-
tween King Alfonso, Of Spain, and the dargh-
ter OF the Duke de Monpensier is now reported
to be definitely arranged. The Younger
brothers, better known as the Mortified
Mimi robbers, have been sentenced to hard
labor for life.
Gen. Sherman, in his report to the secretary
of war, says: The military academy under
Gen. Schofeld's administration will take rank
among the FIRST educational establishments in
tho world. The aggregate force Of the United
States army now consists OF 25,S31 mon, all Of
whom are actively employed as though war
existed. He reviews the reports made by the
officers in command OF the Indian expeditions,
and thinks the Indian winter campaign Of Con.
Crook will be successful. He concludes as
follows: Gen. Sheridan, in his last dispatch
on tile subject, used the following language,
which I heartily indorse: IF successful,
which 1 do not doubt, the Sioux war and all
other Indian wars in the country, Of any mag
nitude, will @ over forever" The complete
arrange ments made for hemming in and cap
turing the remainder Of the hostile Sioux dur
ing the winter must result in comparative or
complete success. Meantime no change can
attempted this year at the agencies but I be
trust that next year all Of the Sioux nation will
be compelled to remove to the Missouri river,
near Fort Randall, where they can be guarded
and fed q. half the present cost, and where, If
there is any chance Of civilizing them, the OPP
portunity for 30 doing will be far better than
in their present scattered agencies.
During the fiscal year ending Sept. 80 the
debt Of tho State Of New York has been re-
duced $5, 900, OOO. ...A bronze statue OF Daniel
Webster, fourteen feet in height, presented
to New York city by one Of Der citizens, was
unveiled in Central park with considerable
ceremony, in the presence Of prominent men
from all parts Of the ountry......The Peoria
wooden mills at Peoria, Ill.,, have been de-
stroyed by fra. Loss, $780, 900; insurance,
about $15, 600. .... The official vote o Penn
s~yIvania gives the total vots as 7R 1857, Of
which Hayes received 1874, 148 Till er. 56s, 204;
Cooper, 1904, and scattering, 1,401. Hayes
plurality; II, 9A majority, $3.50. 80. Missouri's