The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-05-23
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
Interesting Items from Home and Abroad.

The commission appointed to inquire irto the
affairs of the New York custom house, began
their duties by examining Collector Arthur.
4 delegation of laboring men belonging to tho
Labor League of the United States, and COIL
sisting of twenty-six white and thirty-fve col
ored men, called on President Hayes, and de-
livered an address, asking him to insert III his
message to Congress q recommendation for
the appropriation Of money for internal i'm
provements, so that the unemployed laborers
of the country would be given o chance ......
The first engagement of the Eastern war took
place hear Batoum, in Asiatic Turkey. the
Turks asserting that the Russians were beaten
back with a loss of 500 men. The sultan eH-
pressed a determination to join the army If it
became necessary. Turkish troops wcrc re-
ported to have occupied Kalafat, an important
position on the Danube. 800. Hon. Edward Nc
Pherson, for sixteen years clerk Of the House
of Representatives, has been appointed chief
clerk of the bureau of engraving and printing
of the Treasury department at Washingtsn....
A number Of Democratic officials refused to at
tend a reception given to William NJ. Evarts at
ALBANY, n. Y...... 1t is rumorcd that a visit to
this country in the winter of 1889 will be
made by the Prince of Wales and his wife. -.
All the candidates on the Nichols ticket in
Louisiana have taken possession Of their offices
without opposition, and the legislature has adj
journed sine die. .... The bark ]. j. McClennan
arrived in New York, having on board the crew
Of the schooner Lewis S. Davis, which had
been abandoned by thcmin d sinking condition.
More Cheyenne Indians have surrendered,
and Crazy Horse is expected at Red Cloud
agency with a large band.... Fighting has
been going on near Batoum, with unfavorablc
results to the Russians, as is claimed by the
Turks. The Russian troops have taken pos
session of Giurgevo. on the Danube. 1t is said
that Austria has called on England to uphold
the treaty of Paris. Montenegrin troops have
entered Albania ...... 1t has been decided that
Brigham Young's wife, Ann Eliza, is not en-
titled to 4 divorce The liquor dealers of
New York feel depressed by the outlook, and
the temperance men are more confident. .....A
man in New York waltzed for five consecutive
hours without stopping. . Two men, O woman
and a boy were arrested for the murder of an
aged couple near Orangebmg, N. Y, ton years
ago ...... The district attorneys Of Western
cities have been instructed to press the whisky
ring suits without delay. .....A post morton
examination of the body of a child in Harris
burg, Pa., revealed the fact that death was
caused by starvation. Ia man seventy-two
years of age was charged with abandonment in
a New York police court by his wife, aged fifty
four......A. riot broke out in Quebec. and a
mob of 5000 persons broke in the windows of
the city hall and recorders court......Th
c%oroner's jury in the inquest on the bodies Of
the victims of the st. Louis fire, have closed
their labors. They censured the proprietors
of the Southern Hotel, and made some sug-
gestions looking to the avoidance Of similar
calamities in the future.
John H. Watts, q druggist, of Brooklyn
n. y, became Incorporate and committed
suicide by swallowing g dose of prussic acid.
......SiX Of tile seven men who tarred and
feathered Mrs. Shepherd on Neshanic noun
tain, n. j., last January, have received SEN
fences, varying from eighteen months to three
months $500. The Russians made O. wonderful
forced march Of fifteen hours to Galatz. Tho
khedive of Egypt has been warned by Russia
and France against sending aid to Turkey.
A dispatch says that Us the Russian army I'd
vanccs proclamations will be issued both to the
Christian and Mussulman populations Of Turkey
ordering them to remain quiet and attempt
nothing against each other. as all who remain
quietly in their homes will not be molested.
Nothing will be taken without payment. Russia
does not wish the Christian population to rise,
as this would only result in disorder and Use
less bloodshed; but Christians who wish to
take part in the war can come to the Russian
lines, where they will be given arms and uni
forms, and be regularly enrolled in q special
division. commanded by Russian officers, under
the ~strictest discipline. No irregular bands OF
g~ucrillas will be allowed. No inquiries will be
made respecting the atrocities of last year.
except III such cases as Shcfket Pasha and
others mentioned in the reports of Mr.. Barring
and Mr.. Schuyler. If these arc caught they
will be tried and summarily punished. If more
massacres occur punishment will be swift and
certain. The Russians were again repulsed by
the Turks at Batoum in Asia Minor. England
is organizing an army corps for emergencies.
-. The strike of the locomotive engineers on
the Reading railroad has been practically aban.
doncd. The price for fourth-class freight
from Chicago on Eastern railroads has been i'll
Russia overlooked, and twenty thousand per-
sons became homeless. 900. May & Co., the
largest metal and hardware house in Boston
have failed. with liabilities at 5000, DOC. .....
Judge John E. King has been appointed col
lcctor at New Orleans. LA woman named
Currcy horscwhippcd John Bennett OH Grand
street, New York, for alleged slandcr....:.
Edward Tatro was found guilty OF murder in
the first degree at st. Adams, vt. His victim
was Mrs. Alice W. Butler. of lIishgatc. Vt.
During the course of n fire in Montreal
several iircmcn were trying to erect a ladder.
Suddenly the wind vecrcd. sending the flames
in their direction and enclosing them in n wall
of fire. They were found at the foot of the
ladder, terribly burned. Shortly aftcrward the
wall of q building fell upon a number of fire.
lllcIl stIu pCpllS VIZ IL tiNAiO w - lfoP
ertv, and about ten were taken out of the
ruins dead, while several were badly burned
and manglcd before they could be cXtricatcd.
..... 4 widow OF siXty-eighti in Brooklyn, y. T..
died from the effects OF 4 dose of paris green.
which she took while out of her mind......A
convention has been entered into between
Roumania and Russia, in which tho car binds
himself to respect the rights of Roumania.
GalatZ and Baila, OH the Danube, arc In the
bon6s or fbc Hussions Rev. ". G.. Brown
low, well known as ParSon Brownlow, died in
Knoxville. Tenn. He was scvcnty-two years
old. and had been prominent in the history of
the United States as preacher. editor. governor
and senator. .... In New York a Chinaman-
q political cxilc-wlo has come to this country
to lecture OIL the religion and politics of China:
was given a reception ......A loss of $500. 600
was incurred by the destruction by fire Of one
half the business portion of Canajoharie. n. \.
......It is likely that the war between Turkey
and Russia will ncccssitatc the issuance of a
proclamation of neutrality by the United States.
Two hundred clerks have been discharged
from the bureau of engraving and printing OF
the United States treasury at Washington......
The Russians arc building a bridge over the
Danube at Ibrail. England hasissued a proclG-
nation of neutrality. The Turks and Russians
were fighting before Kars, Asia Minor. The
car has telcSraphed rs follows to the Prince
OF Montenegro: IL ain firmly reserved this
tinc to realize the sacred mission of Russia
and my predecessor. God will aid u.s.. -.
The dry goods and carpet house of Chester,
Morgan & Arcnds, of Buffalo, N. u, has failed;
liabilities, $3.50, OO0. .....At Yokohama. Japan,
Commander J. p. Marvin, of the United States
navy, shot himself on board of his ship the
sloop-of-war Alert -. AT the fire in Montreal
nine persons were killed and ten wounded. 80.
J. D.. Defrces has been appointed to succeed
A.. NJ. Clapp as public printer at Washington.
......Dy tic sale of the Shanghai steam navi-
CATION company to the Chinese, American in
t~erests i'll Shanghai and at the river ports OF
China, have been reduced to zero. IA waiter
in o private dwelling in New lork poured out q
glass of some liquor from a bottle and gave it
to a chambermaid, telling her it was wine. She
drank it, was Immediately seized with convul-
sions and soon expired. Tie liquor was prussic
acid. .....Rev. Hector Brownson, died in Rhine
beck, n. Y, aged cighty-sH years. He was the
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