The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-11-15
SUMMARY , OF NEWS.

Interesting Items from Hon q and Abroad.
Four boilers exploded at the Carbon Hills
coal mines, q few miles from Iichm md, Va,
killing two men and fatally wounding another,
besides wlecking q numhrr Of buildings. Cold
water was introduced into tie boilers when
they were hot and empty. Th. au .holi;ie.
Of Savannah have issued an address to their
benefactcrs throughout the Union, thanking
them for the munifcept help which has been
extended to the yellow fever sufferers during
their w~retchedness and announcing that no
further aid is required. ..... A 5000 900 fire at
Louisville, Ky, destroyed the wholesale houses
of Hecht d Harris, Davis & Hsden, Carson,
David & Co., and A. Levy, besides doing great
damage to other establishments 49,. The In
dams are still marauding on the plains and
killing all whom they can in safety ...... The
plague broke out among the Servians at Agan-
glovatz and S1S Of them sucoumbed before the
maIady ceased. .... The owner of Tom Ochil-
tree has offered to run him against Ten Brock.
The race to be four miles and the stakes &c.
900 q side ...... Vim. Davidson and Luke
Walsh, while wrestling in q New York brewery,
fell against the railing about . ha.chwsy, and
wore precipitated several stories, from which
death resulted.
The Society of the Army Of tho Tennessee
held its tenth annual meeting in Washington,
presided over by Gen. Sherman. Among the
exercises was the unwilling Of an equestrian
statue erected to the memory Of Gen. MoPher
son ...... Wheat has advanced in price on the
Chicago market in consequence Of the proba-
bility Of Russia being engaged in the Turkish
var ..... The health officer Of Savannah has
published a letter advising people who have
left the city not to return at present. ......
Mrs. Irene House, on trial at Trenton, N. j.,
for the murder of her husband, the notorious
divorce lawyer, Was acquitted by the jury.....
Hon. Francis P. Blair, one of the political
leaders of the past, and father Of Montgomery
and the late Frank P. Blair, died at Silver
Springs, Nd, aged eighty-ave years. He was
the founder Of the Washington Globe and all
his life was q prominent man in the country.
...... Sittirs Bull has had the audacity to
send an envoy to one Of the agencies to ask
permission of the government for his braves
to come in and trade for ammunition. The
envoy claims to have been in the Custer fight,
and says that while the white men fought with
the utmost bravery, there was no chance for
them, as there were 30 many Indians on the
ground that they could not all participate. ....
By the loss Of the British ship Rydsl Hall, near
San FRANCISCO, nine Of her crew we're drowned.
......T The aggregate vote on the State ticket
in Indiana is 43S, 1903, of which Mr.. Williams,
Dem, received 21S, OsS I; Mr.. Harrison, Rep,
2O7, 977, and Mr.. Harrington, Ind.,.. 12,226.
Williams majority over Harrison is 5,119. The
largest Independent vote cast Was for Newson,
candidate for treasurer Of the State, IL, 945.
The Legislature Glands: neutrality-suspicious.,
fftj -three; Democrats, forty-fve; Indepen-
de;.ts, two. Senate - Republicans, twenty
three Democrats, twenty-five; independents,
two. The Democratic majority on the Con-
gressionsl tickets is 1913. The Republicans
elect nine and the Democrats four Congress-
men.
The Chinese insurrection ia spreading rapid
through various provinces ...... The great
powers, with the exception of England, coin.
eide with Russia in her demands upon the
Porte. England las been sending troops to
and strengthening Gibralt. r, and is fitting out
warships. .....A terrific tornado swept over
the southern part Of Florida, and much dam
age was undoubtedly Inflicted flames Mo-
Quillan, a wealthy young Canadian farmer, was
convicted in Toronto Of numbering his wife,
and was sentenced to be hanged December
21st. The woman's body, when found, was
scarcely recognizable on account Of the wounds
inflicted with q large stone. Her two little
children covered by the side Of the remains,
their clothing saturated with their mothers
blood .... Three more midshipmen have beer
expelled from the Annapolis academy for re-
fus!ng t. testify in the hazing case. The
whole class Of fifty students is threatened with
expuleion ...... The grand jury, sitting al
Salem, N. j., found a true bill Of murder
against James Weeden, Samuel Collyer, John
Clarke, Richard Goodwin, and Fiddler
Nealy, the men concerned in the killing Of
Walker in the prize ring......Ihe Official
figures Of tie Ohio election excepting Shelby
county, give the total vote for Barnes, Repub-
Lean secretary Of State, ss so, $50; the Demo
cratic candidate received 800, 1877 the Pro.
hibitionist, 1882, Greenback, 4,S7I. RepubL.
can majority, 1856 plurality, GIFT. The
Republicans elected twelve members Of Con.
gress and the Democrats eight. go. Delaware
and Maryland united on a day for State cele'
brstion at the Philadelphia exhibition, and the
plan proved o grand SUCCESS. One hundred
and seventy-ive thousand people we're pres
ent, being the second largest crowd Of the
season. The principal feature WAS tile tourna,
ment on Georges Hill, which Was witnessed
by fully ~seventy-6ve thousand persons. FIT.
teea knights rode at full speed aud endeavored
to pick small rings from arches with the
points Of their lances-a tack requiring good
h~orsemanship, a quick eye, and steady nerves.
The knight of Delaware was tho fortunat'
contestant, securing eight Of the nine rings,
The Witherspoon mum in the Ex
hibition grounds at Philadelphia Was unveiled
in the presence Of q large crowd. Gov. RGdlo,
Of New Jersey, WAS the orator. ..... The single
scull race between Brayley and Wallace Ross
came of at st. Johns, N. B. The distance wss
two miles and turn and the stakes IL, 900.
Boss beat Brayley with ease by five lengths,
Time, $780,. The report Of New Yorks
canal engineers shows that the cost Of canal
engineering during the past year has been
$40, ISL. 60 less than the previous year. 80. Mrs.
Ira Baker, of Glen Lock, Pa, while laboring
under an alteration Of mind, beat in the heade
Of three Of her children, aged two, four and
six years, with a club. An infant Was found
completely covered with q mattress, the object
being to another it. The three children CAL.
not survive. . the trotter Great Eastern
has again defeated %Smuggler. at Boston.
Time, 2:21, 2:2444, 2:25......D During an alterca.
ton in a low lodging house in New York, John
Kelly was stabbed to death by Quimbo Apo,
a Chinaman, who was arrested. This makes
the fourth person he has killed since his ar
rival in this country-having served in diff
ferent prisons nearly sixteen years for the
Grimes. .... 1t is recommended by tho German
commission that the government grant a sub.
vention to enable German exhibitors to COM
pete at the French exposition.