The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-11-01
SUMMARY OF NEWS.

Interesting Itoms from Home and Abroad.
During q quarrel IN q tavern Z, Blooming
ton, Md, the proprietor, James Casey, was
shot and bis son cut with q knife. Neither is
expected to live. ..... Congressional nomina-
tons Massachusetts,, second district, Edward
Avery, Dem; fifth, N p. Banks, Rep; New
York, twenty-fourth, Chas. Rhoades, DEM.
An unsuccessful attempt was made to assas-
sinate President Canal, OF Hayti.. ... Judge
Shipman rendered an important decision that
erroneous revenue assessments are nj con-
elusive against the government. . . The Moody
and Sankey meetings in Chicago are attended
by immense crowds, and there is every PROS
poet Of a successful revival OF religion ......
Colorado hss' elected the Republican candi-
date for governor by 1900 majority. 49,. Tho
Dwinell mill, at Oldtown, Me-, was destroyed
by fire. Loss, s6l, 600; insurance, $50, 900.
...... $79, 1O4, GAO in money orders we're issued
by the post-ofaces throughout the country
during the past fiscal year, Of which OF, Os5,-
979 were domestic .....Jaoob Lout, q New
York butcher, attended his betrothed's burial
in Greenwood cemetery, and as the grave was
being filled in he drew q revolver and COM
mitted suicide by shooting himself through
the head ...... During the second days races
at New York's Jerome park, Jsnette Norton
won the mile match over eight competitors In
1.49}. The mile and three-quarter race was
won by Sultana In S.16}. The three.quarter
mile race for four-year-olds was easily taken
by Tom Ochiltree in 5.4s4. Virgil was the
victor in the mile and a half dash In 2.46.
The election in Georgia for governor passed
of quietly-the vote being light. The Demo-
cratic candidate was elected by q large ma
jority. ..... Congressional nominations: Con-
n%ecticut, first district, George NJ. Landers,
Dem ; third, Thomas NJ. Waller, DEM; Mas
sachusetts, seventh, e. R. Hoar, Independent;
sixth, George B. Loring, Rep; first, Vim. ".
Grape, Rep. and Joseph NJ. Day, DEM;
Rhode Islard, fret, BENZ. T. Eames, Rep;
second, Latimer W. Ballou, Rep. Ebert A.
Woodward, one Of Tweed's confederates in
the ring swindles, and for whom q large re-
ward was offered at the time Of the exposure,
WAS recognized at the Palmer House, Chicago,
by q gentleman. aud the police took him in
charge. He was registered under an assumed
name as Lailing from Liverpool 80. a special
dispatch fron Madrid announces that Gen.
Martinez Campos has been appointed gov
ernor-general Of Cuba ......A panic has oc-
Cured in the Trarsvaal republic, South Afri-
ca, owing to the constant defeat Of the Dutch
troops by the natives, who threaten to massa-
ore the entire white population. /. The Cuban
insurgents commanded by Vincente Garcia
have captured and now hold the town Of Lag
Tunas, which Is considered an important
strategic movement 49,. American gold coin
is being largely withdrawn from the Bank Of
England for shipment to this county,.
John W. sohwamb, OF Union Hill, N. j., who
shot a neighbor In his endeavor to kill his sis
ter, has been found guilty Of murder in the
first degree. "a fire destroyed the cutting
chop Of the Corning IN. W glass works, doing
535, 900 damage. " Q "':' "
Lauber's German restaurant, one: Of the
most popular resorts in the Exhibition grounds
at Philadelphia, WAS destroyed by fire after
business hours. Loss, s25, 1000. 49,. By the
breaking Of q wheel on the Canadian Great
Western railway the train was precipitated
into a ditch, and five railway employees killed.
......As the ~janitor Of one Of the large New
York public schools turned steam into the
heating pipes, q misplaced joint in one Of the
rooms allowed the steam to escape In volumes
with a loud noi-c, wli,i 80 frightened some
little girls sitting near, that they sprung to
their feet crying fire, and instantly several
hundred children were flying panic stricken to
the door, Notwithstanding the efforts to con-
troll them made blythe teachers. With the
exception Of a teacher, who was trampled on by
the excited scholars, no one was injured q; go
The third day Of the Jerome Park races was
largely attended, notwithstanding the damp
weather and heavy track. Tho first race OF
one and one-half miles was contested by seven
horses, and was won by Galway in 2:45hS.
The grand national handicap, two miles and a
quarter, was won by Vigil in ALL. The third
race was one of mile heats, best two In three
being won by Rhadamsnthus in 1:47H, 1:47.
Congressional nominations: New York, first
district, S.ml. R. Brick, DEM; twenty-ninth,
E. D. Lsveridge, Dem; Connecticut, first,
James Phelps. Dem. ..... The thirty sixth call
Of the Treasury department for the redemp-
ton of $40, 600, 600 worth Of $40 bonds Of
1866, May and November, has been iseued....
An extra train bound east, containing soldiers
from the reunion at Indianapolis, oollided
with q freight train near Greensburg, Ind,
and a number Of passengers and employees
were injured. IA passenger train was thrown
from the; track of the Erie road near Genesee,
NJ, by stirling a'horse, k ling the engineer
and injuring six other persons, three serious
ly..... Four Thousand additional awards have
been announced by the managers Of the Phil
adalphia Exhibition. 49,. Through eating toad
stools in mistake. for mushrooms, Misses
Emma Baker and Louisa Crane, with George
Mellrath. died Of the poison at Connecticut
Farms, N. J .... The Briti-h minister to Tur-
key has been instr uoted to demand repsrstion
and justice for the Bulgarian outrages.
Gen. Sherman and Secretary Cameron were
thrown from . carriage in Illinois, but not
severely hurt. lit is reported that ex-Sultan
Murad is dying ...... The Chinese authorities
have published an apology for the murder of
Mr.. Morgary, the EDglishman, and announce
that the government will hereafter give better
protection to foreigners travelling in any part
Of the kingdom. ..... Baron Lisgar, better
known as Sir John Young, who was governor
general OF Canada from 1868 to 1872, is dead.
..... The bark Europa, long engaged in carry
ing petroleum across the ocean, was laid up at
anew York wharf for repairs, and some sixty
men, carpenters and calkers, sent into the hold
to do the work. While thus engaged, fire
from q candle caught some oakun and instant
ly the flames flashed along the !oil-soaked
woodwork, causing the Rorkmen to make
hssty retreat through the matches. On their
arrival at the wharf it was sscertained that
six men were missing, and Oh the %e1tinguish-