The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-10-11
Items Of Interest.

! Items OF Interest.
The bank deposits in California exceed
s117, 900, 900, and the capital is over
$50, ,OOo, 900. ,.:'
1t is determined by actual count that
Philadelphia has 125, 900 rooms to letto
Centennial visitors.
A society has been formed in England
for "united prayer for the protection OF
animals from cruelty"
Macon, Ga, expects to receive during
the coming season 76, 900 bales Of cotton,
against "a 900 last year, and Columbus
will have 65, 1000, against $4,000.
English correspondents criticise the
American taste which permits young
lady at boat race to chat with young
man who has only bresch cloth on.
MADAM, good many persons were
very much disturbed at the concert last
night by the crying Of your baby"
"Well, I do wonder such people will go
to concerts I" 49, e.,
A Chicago Chinaman says that he
looks around "alle time" and never
puts his money into bank that has
marble desks or dashing young officers
with diamond pins.
AFrench doctor claims that Life during
the act of drowning remains longest in
the intestines, and that by heroic treat
ment they may be 80 stimulated that the
heart will resume it action.
About $4,000 inhabitants of the city
and suburbs Of Damascus wore carried
off by cholera in three months. Most
of them we're Mohammedans, only about
500 being Jews and Christians.
In little Breton church the beadle
takes up the collection with plate in
one hand and snnf- box in the other,
from which he gives pinch to every
one who contributes to the poor fund.
Much dissatisfaction has been created
at the Chatham dockyard by the British
admiralty having resolved to break up
the useless vessels of war, which are
now rotting there, by the labor OF con-
victs. o.. .- &aasS
Since the beginning of the year j, 22O
miles of railroad have been constructed
in the United States. This is more than
twice the mileage reported in 1875, and
a third more than in the corresponding
portion of 1874.
Allie court has decided that q per-
son divorced in 8 country where divorce
ia allowed cannot enter into matrimon-
ial enpaeement in France during the
lifetime Of the person from whom he or
she has been divorced. ....i
The czar of. Russia, recently address
inc the oficersof the Paulowsky guards,
said he had been able hitherto to spare
the blood of his soldiers, but the time
might soon come when he should lave
to call upon their loyalty and valor.
| A Paris letter says False hair will
be a drug in the market when nost
comes. Short curls and natural hair,
such as the pictures of Nine. Recamier
and Queen Hortense have made familiar
to everybody, will be all the fsshion.
William s. Mercer, prisoner IN the
Nebraska State prison, has succeededn
Getting for that institution the best
library in the State. Many well known
writer's have at his urgent request sent
complete sets of their works, and the
principal publishing houses have made
generous donations. ,'a.,t:
A Chicago schoolgirl, of tender years,
thus writes to her bosom friend Dear
Sosie, I shan't attend school agin until
Get some knew cuffs, kollers and jew
elry-dear mamma agrees with me that
n Ia INV Duty to take the shine out OF
that Upstart Nanny Jones, and IHdo
it if never learn nothing"
Not. long ago q man was tried tor
murder in the usual course. In the
usual course he was found guilty and
condemned, and in the usual course the
iurors were applied to to sign the petit
tion for a commutation Of his sentence.
One wiser than his fellows did so with
the nostscript: "On condition that he
hangs himself"
Youne Fosdick was q member OF
wealthy Cincinnati family. When drunk
in street car he insulted Miss Goshorn,
and her brother, whose family is not
wealthy. boxed his ears. Fosdick stag
eered out to the platform, fell Oh, and
The wheel killed him by passing over
his neck. Goshorn was arrested and
accused acc Of killing Fosdick, but finally
acquitted. .. 1>r-"
A man, one-eighth colofed, married
white girl at Newport, having convinced
her.that he was a Spaniard. Upon learn
ing of the deception, she wished to be
freed. A Rhode Island Law declares the
marriage of white person to "negro
or mulstto void, and upon that ground
a lawyer is trying to have this bond OF
wedlock broken. The husband, how
| aver. answers that he is not mulatto,
but an octoroon. H"
A woman got into q Baltimore street
car. took seat, and carefully examined
a loaded revolver which she took from
her pocket. Then she told the conduc-
tor to let her out at John Nevins' house.
A friend of Nevins' heard the remark,
and. getting out of the car ahead OF
her. ran into the endangered mans resi-
dence and warned him to fly. The
woman was crazy, and she intended to
kill Nevins, against whom she had
grudge. =;
In Spain the heat has been 80 great
this summer that the thermometer rose
to 166 degrees in the sun at Cadiz.
Tallow candles melted and became use
less at night, hundreds offs people
dropped dead in the streets, and held
laborers refused to work in the scorch-
ing sun. Owing to the recent disband-
ment of 100000 soldiers, the labor
market was so glutted that many work
men could only obtain about hfteen
cents daily for twelve hours work. .s',
MeteOrs In Sweden. -
A fall of meteorites took place on the
twenty-eighth of June, between eleven