The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-12-20

Fort .Renoin capital condition, notEithstand-
ing the severity Of the we,ther. New Indian
allies having joined the command, makes
nearly four hundred Indians in all, and brings
the entire force to nearly 1900 Two
dangerous oounterfeiters were arrested in It.
diana aud a large amount Of good limitations
found in their possession Iowa gives
Hayes III, s27 and Tilden 112, 0ss. Hayes ma
jority, SO, 22S ....E ghteen colored men, who
were engaged in an attack on q constsble and
posse at Stafford's cross roads, g.. O., have
been arrested. 80. The regular army contains
25, 1871 men, according to the report Of General
Sherman, just published. -. Wm. NJ. Tweed,
captured in Spain and delivered to the United
States government, arrived in New York by
the United States steamer Franklin and Tas
turned over to the sheriff, and again confined
in Ludlow street Jail, from which be escaped
some mouths ago. Tweed comes back q de-
cripit old man, broken in body aud in spirit.
A relative who visited him In Jail upon his
arrival said ,"He is crushed and broken. He
has lost his old buoyancy and defiant spirit.
In fact, he is suffering from pleurisy now and
is actually ILL.,. he sesmed wesri d aud only
anxious to know about his old acquaintances.
he seemed dssolste anddesirous Of compan-
icnship more, han anything -elte., He is \
nero wreck Of his former self. His vest is Q
third too large for him, and his textures are
shrunken and pinched. He has suffered in.
tensely." It is believed that tho old man will
be kept in Ludlow street Jail during his natural
life.
Horace N. Campbell was overcome and
robbed Of IS, 200, the proceeds Of q sale Of
cheese. near Watertown, New York $50.
David Magoon, who was committed to the
View Hampshire State prison a few weeks
sirce for thirty years, for wife poisoning, COM
mitted suicide by immersing his head in a
bucket Of water. $500. .Sperry d Barnes pork
packing establishment at New Haven, Conn.,,
was utterly destroyed by fire. Loss, 5000, 600.
...... The official vote Of Arkansas is as fol-
lows: Tilden, 58,O83 Hayes, $1,000; Cooper,
211. ..... Kentucky's official returns elect ten
Democratic Congressmen-a full delegation.
The total vote cast WAS 25s, $50, Of which TIL
den received 160, AS, and Hayes. ss,415. TIL
denis majority, 60,030...... Tlden's official
majority in the State Of Georgia is 81: 1S1... 80.
The total vote in tho State Of New York Is
1,022, 047, of which 6 ,174 were cast for green
back and temperance tickets and scattering.
The Democratic total is 522, 518, and the Re-
publican, 4S9, 629; q Democratic majority Of
80, 9s9 $500. Nichigan's Official vote elbows
Hayes received 1864; Tilden, Ill., 95
Cooper, 1850, and scattering, sl4 800. Small
po1 is raging 30 seriously in the West that in
several cities public meetings have been held to
take more serious measures relative to it. .....
The annual report Of Gen. A.. A. Humphreys.
chief Of engineers Of the United States, shows
that Of the IS. 900, 900 appropriated at the last
session of Congress for river and harbor i'm
provements 80, 1000, 900 only were allotted for
various works under instructions Of the secre-
tory Of war. During the past year the work
JPN seacoast defenses has progressed as
rapidly as good workmanship and the amount
Of the appropriations granted permit. IA late
report shows that in North America there are
595, 108 Free Masons and 3S,5lS rsieed men,
bers. The iron trade Of Europe is greatly
depressed. 49, The sherin Of Newcastle, Del,
punished eeveral mon By whipping at the pub
lic post The ~offeoses for which the men were
punished were theft, aud tho revolving scene
was highly enjoyed by those who Witnessed it.
Evacuation day was celebrated with more than
the usual earnestr ess in New York city. Flags
we're generally displayed, and the veterans Of
1912 held their annual reunion.
Accounts from the Bombay presidency, In
dia, relative to the famine are gloomier. This
years rainfall in the distressed districts is not
one-third Of the average f&Q The prospects
10 the presidency Of Madris also contiu7e IN
favorable. ..... Spanish troops continue to ar
rive in Cuba. .Mrs. Mary G. Gale, who
died at Manchester, N. e., leaves among other
requests $50, 600 to found a home for aged and
INDECENT Women. Patrick Taft, night watch
man at the Hunters Point depot Of the Long
Island railroad, Was found dead, in the Office,
with q pistol ball in his heart. subsequently,
Dennis Dyer, another watohman, delivered
himself to the police, ssying he had accident
ally shot Taft whilo they were examining q re-
volver. But az a second wound WSs found in
Taft's head and the marks Of a third bullet in
the floor, his explanation WAS not accepted. .
The Yorktown colliery, near A%udenreid, Penn,
was destroyed by Q fire which originated in
the bollerhouse and quickly communicated
with the breaker. The loss il estimated from
s75, 900 to $780, QUO. 900. The official canvass
OF Illinois gives Hayes 27s, 1882; Tildea, 1853, SO7,
and Cooper, 17,109......On application for
writs Of habeas corpus the board of State can
vsssers OF South Carolina, who had been Ar-
rested ard sent to jail by the supreme court Of
the State, were taken into the United States
supreme court, Judges Bond and Bryan pre-.
siding. The board we're in tho custody Of tho
sheriff, who, through counsel, asked for time
to make q return to the application for the
writs. Tue court signided thst the time would
be granted, and that tie prisoners would he
held in the custody Of the court pending the
return. The application WAS based on the
ground that the board were discharging the
duties Of appointing Presidential electors when
the supreme court Of tho State interfered with
them. The members OF the board we're re-
leased, but put under the charge Of deputy
United States marshals ...... The family resi-
dence Of Wade Hampton, near Columbia, SC,
was utterly destroyed by ~incendiaries, who
fred the house at night in such q manner that
the entire structure was wrapped in flames
simultaneously the generals two sisters and
two young sons barely escaping with their
lives-the general being absent. The only
thing saved from the mansion was q bust Of
Waldo Hampton, the revolutionary patriot. 80.
A number of frame buildings in Chicago, prin-
cipslly occupied as saloons or eating houses,
we're destroyed by fire. -Four Of tho occupants
were burned to death. ..... The deaths from
smallpox in the northwest Of British America
average $50 per day, and the Indians are flee
ing from the soourge. The fur trade is almost
dead in consequence.
A Conscientious Engineer.
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