The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-10-25
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
Interesting Items from Homo and Aord

vailed upon the Spotted Tail agency chiefs to
sign tho new treaty. The + " York Green-
back party held a convention at Albany, which
vas attended Iy riA hundred ,'eleyates, and
nominated n full State ticket, headed by Rich
ard ". Griffin for governor. 80. Congress ional
nominations New jersey, tecond district.
Fl. zckiah Smith, Dem Perrsylvan!s, sixth,
Washington Townsend, Rep; New Jersey
third, Miles Rnss, Dem. After seven heats
in the 2.24 race, at Boston, Cornee Won in
225, 2.253. 2.24}...... Rear Admiral Rennock
was buried at Norfolk, Va, with naval honors.
An Immense concourse OF friends attended
the funeral. ..... Terrible suffering is reported
among the inhabitants Of Puerto Principe,
Cuba. Four thousand rations are Issued to
the poor twice q week 5000. A correspondent
of the London times writes that seven hun
dred Christians were massacred by the Turks
in Erzeroum. .... The Chinese government
has recently made considerable concessions to
foreign nations regarding trade, and has
opened several new ports ...... At the Louis
vile races Grit won the mile raco for beaten
horses in 1.46, 1.45, !. 501. The GAlt House
stakes, two miles, was won by Harry Hill i'll
3.41&, 3.42& ...... Another hurricane has swept
over the West Indies, doing considerable dam
age at Ma. Unique.
Terence Welsh and Patrick Donohue were
instantly killed and two men seriously wound
ed by the falling Of a rock in a tunnel in which
they were at work in Baltimore county, Md.
oooroos;o~ ,,n;nok;ono. roppaof;opt
third district, John T.. Wait, Rep fourth, DR..
Robert Hubbard, Dem New Jersey, sixth,
VIM. Baxter, Dem; Kentucky, fourth, J.
Proctor Knott, Dem ...... Internal Revenue
Commissioner Raum has instructed the district
attorneys throughout the country to bring
suits against all persons who have not paid
the whole of their income tax The Cherokee
Indians and other civilizsd Indians in Indian
Territory protest against the proposed settle
ment OF the Sioux Indians on their reserva-
tons, and claim that the government will VIC
late its treaty in 20 doing. ..... VIM. n. (Boss)
Tweed has been taken on board the United
States warship Franklin, from Vigo, and 10
now on his way home. His companion was
released by tho authorities see. General Brax-
ton Bragg, OF the late Confederate army,
dropped dead in the street at Galveston, Tex,
from heart disease. Servia rejects tho
conditions of peace proposed by the great
powers, and hostilities have begun again..
A bronze statue Of Vim. q. Seward was un-
yelled in Madison square, New York, Vim. NJ.
Evarts making the Grafton. 1t Was presented
L. 49, .;tr b- al1o;~ora ~ nv Gauord
On the Louisville raoeoourse Harper's horse
Ton Brock ran four miles against time in
7.151-beating the fastest time on record
(Felloworaft's, at Saratoga, 7.193) by three
and one-half seconds. The miles were made
in 1924, LAST, 1.4sl, 1904. .
Congressional nominations: New Jersey,
sixth district, Thos. B. Peddie, Rep; Massa-
chusetts, ninth, George Very, Dem; Connec-
ticut, second, Stephen ". Kellogg, Rep;
Pennsylvania, twentieth, L. A. Mackey, Dem.
...... There we're 26O, 900 people present on
the Exhibition grounds on Pennsylvania
day, 257, 296 Of whom were paying visitors....
A fire in Kingston, Ont, destroyed three
dwellings and a tterehouse which contained
| plU,UUU WOEIu VI IdH lllCoo .....s bph
is reported to havo informed the French an.
thorities that he would not again enter Spain
at the e1penee OF another civil wal. ....I In the
free-to all race at Fleetwood park, near New
York, Goldsmith Maid defeated Judge Fuller.
ton in three straight heats in 2.21%, ALT,
2.24.
The Hudson river steamer Dean Richmond
ran DOWN q brick-laden schooner near Barry
town and the vessel Immediately sunk with all
sails standing. The crew were saved. 900.
Congressional nominations: New York, twenty
first district. T. q. Matterson, DEM; Mary
land, third, Alex. r.. Hobbs, Rep; Massachu-
sets, eighth, W. ". Warren, Dem ...... The
post-ofice authorities at Washington will soon
discontinue the practice Of returning doad
letters to the writer's thereof, in consequence
Of the reduction Of help......T The American
was burned at sea, tho crew escaping in the
boats and being subsequently picked up by a
passing vessol. The imports into the United
States durin August amounted to $35, 3d.
1854, against $44, 1911, CTS for the same month
last yoar. The exports were S43 1856 O74,.
against S35, 699, 437 in 1875. Rev. A. B.
FfennelI, an Episcopal missionary at tn"
Cheyenne agency, waI shot dead by some IN
known assassin. Az no had no enemies it is
thought he was mistaken for some one else.
was capsized on the Delaware river, of Glou-
csster, aud Henry A. Paul and Andrew Dugan
were drowned 1900. The Cuban tobacco crop
ia poor aud small 1.-The Wilmington IN. o.
Daily Journal, the oldest paper in the State,
has suspended for want of funds......T The
people of Ecuador, South America, in CO.
operation with the army, have overturned the
presidency Of Mr.. Bsrrero and placed Gen.
Ventimiia in the chair 900. A three-story build
ing in Springfield, Mass, fell during business
hours from overlooking the upper floors, and
buried seven men in the ruins, four Of whom
were killed, namely George N. Walker, Of
J. Walker & Co., Sheridan and KessIer, two Of
the firms employees, and Erskine Pease, who
vas buying goods at tho time. There wero
forty tons OF tobacco on the upper floor and
forty.four tons OF flour on the second. go.
A terrible scene occurred at the hanging Of
Abraham Wertheimer, at Cosohooton, Ohio,
the fall not breaking his neck or choking him
and necessitating q second springing OF the
trap, the unfortunate victim meanwhile crying
and grooming piteously.
By. cutting holes through two walls, burglars
gained entrance to Horizons 1eWelry store,
New York, and robbed it Of $3.50 0 worth Of
treasures-t,king everything in the store e1-
cept the contents Of one safe and some plated
ware ...... Gen. Babcock and Mr.. Somerville,
on trial in Washington for completely in the
safe burglary, were acquitted. MIR. O'Con-
nor Power, NJ. p, Of England, has arrived as
tho bearer Of a series Of resolutions, passed
in Dublin on tho fourth Of July last, congratu-
la Ing President Grant upon the centennial Of
American independence. Sixty thousand peo-
pie were present at the meeting. The ad-
dress, which was then adopted by reclamation,
is handsomely engrossed on parchment in old
English letter with Illuminated border and
initial letters ..... Julius Blank, 8 blind mu-
stefan, Of New York, shot and killed his wife
and three-year-old daughter and then COM
mitted suicide ...... The American consuls at
Porto Rico report that the recent hurricane
destroyed a great many residences and other
bu;ldinQs and that some Of ,the crops we're