The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-08-15

1t passed youngstown ana several OF Cne UlulhIy
were injured. The strikers succeeded in wreck
ing the train and causing its detention for some
time. The soldiers arrested about one hundred
| of the strikers go. George W. Peck. editor Of
the Daily advertiser, Of Auburn, N. Y, COM
mitted suicide by shooting himself while suffer-
ing from q ft Of melancholia. ..... Norman
Lindsay (colored) was hanged at Helena, Ark,
for the murder of Rev. Charles Hightower
(also colored) in 1875 .....Joseph Woodruff,
for the past nino years secretary OF the South
Carolina Senate, was arrested in Philadelphia
on a steamer from Charleston. Thu arrest was
made at the request Of Gov. Hampton and the
State attorney of:South Carolina, and tho ar
rested is charged with forgery and larceny.
Seven soldiers we're killed by the accidental ex-
plosion Of = shell in a fort near Paris ...... Gale
Hollingsworth, Of White Pigeon, Iowa "a we'll
TODD farmer, with q famiiy-was shot three
times and killed by q Miss White, who alleged
that he had slandered her,. The Indian
outbreak in the West continues, and Governor
Potts, of Montana, has issued o proclamation
calling on every man to 50 to the front. 49,.
The captain and four men belonging to the
British bark Bertha and Maria arrived in New
York, having been compelled to abandon
their vessel in o sinking condition in mid
ocean.
A destructive food occurred in Brandon, Vt,
by the Overlooking Of Neshobe river after a
heavy rainfall, and great destruction was done
to gardens and houses. Buildings were moved
from their foundations and many houses
we're filed with water. ....A dam near Avon
dale, Pa, gave way and caused great damage to
property in the track of the flood. A cot or
and wooden mill was flooded and fem houses
were washed away gee. The Lock HeVensNa-
tional Bank, Of Lock Haven, Pa, suspended
payment. ....A COW that had been run over
l.. k..,, ,ao NU,lYpi,nSN,, nnl flnonnNInf-
ably got between tho second and third cars,
disconnectiug them and throwing them Off the
track. The cars were completely wrecked and
the passengers were unable; to e~xtricate them
selves and had to be cnt out Of. the'rufns by
workmen. Sixteen persons were injured, some
dangerously. . . Sam Cooper was shot five times
BY ". II. Hunt in a saloon in Nashville, Tenn.
Cooper had been quarreling with Hunts mother
over a game and had been driven from the
saloon -. Herbert Blanchard, aged twenty
five, had been paying his addresses to the
laughter of e. Stark, q resident Of Savoy,
Mass, and had been warned to discontinue his
visits. Soon after he YVES fired at by some nn-
known person, and a few days subsequently he
met the elder Stark in church and shot him
after an alteration. A brother Of Stark. who
came to his assistance, was also shot by Blali-
chard, who next attempted to shoot n lady
standing near but failed, and then made his
escape. The brothers who were shot received
mortal wounds. ..... Charles D. Brown and
F, w. Laughlin were crushed to death aud
three others were badly injured by the caving
in of o street drain at Toronto, Ont.
William H. Vanderbilt, president OF the Ne
York Central railroad. issued Il circular ~rrasing
the employees of the company for the energy
displayed in protecting its property during the
strike and their fidelity to duty, and making
them q present Of 300, 900. to be divided rata
hly. according to their position III the payroll.
1.-THE peach season in New York was opened
by the arrival of twenty five carloads from
/ Delaware and North Carolina ..,...A fire ragged