The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-01-10

WltQ stOue5 6uu plbtolsI Wueu tuo lo1Co IL
turned tho fire. Twenty colored men and foul
white mon were injured. .Inspectcr-denera
Jas. A. Hardie died in Washington An ex
cursion train consisting Of an engine and ont
coach was thrown from the track near La
fayette, Ind, by q broken wheel, and the coacl
WAS demolished after rolling down a thirty
foot embsnkment. Half a dozen of the occu
pants were seriously injured, among then
several newspaper mon. ..... The Now Hamp
shire Constitutional convention adopted
amendments providing that removals from
ofico shall not be made for political reasons
and that public money shall not be appro
priated for sectsrian schools.
The government forces Of Colombia, Soutt
America, lave defeated the insurgents aftel
several desperate battles. 900. Owing to thu
dizziness Of work four hundred employees d
the government printing bureau in Wash
ipgton have been discharged. Two-.hirds o.
them were women......Th schooner Henr!
Elliott, OF Thomaston, Me-, went ashore neal
Shinnecock light, Long Island. in the recon
severe gale, and the captain, bis wife and nine
year-,ld child were swe.t overheard ant
drowned. Two sailors were drowned while at
tempting to escape from the ship Montroso
ashore near Monauk Point. Numerous othe
disasters arc recorded OF the violence Of The
storm, which prevailed over the entire country
There are grave fears Of a general famine II
the Madris district, India ...... News from
Mexico confirms the information Of the cap
ture Of President Lerdo. Diaz refused to pro
clsim the presidency Of Iglesias unless he wat
to be allowed t. name four members of the
cabinet, which being refused, he proclaimed
himself provisional president. The two rivals
will now contend against each other. go. 1t il
stated on good authority at Alexandria thai
the khedive Of Egypt is dissatisfied with his
American military officers, and has notified
them that their contracts VII not be renewed
......TEe Charter Oak insurance company Of
Hartford, Conn.,, purchased twenty-five build
ings in the business portion Of New York from
Edward Matthews, paying the sum Of So, 797,.
900 therefor. .....B. r. 4 R. Knight & Co..
bleaching and kier houses at Pontiac, r. T..
we're destroyed by fire. Loss from $3.50. 900 tc
$500, 600. 800. George II. Friend & Co. 3 paper
mills at Carrollton, Ohio, were burned, inflict'
ing a loss Of $50, 900 or $50, coo. .....T The trunk
line managers agreed that there should be nc
discrimination in favor Of Baltimore and Phila.
delphia against New York excep. en- fre;ghts
6oSiopn5 Sor 1ono1 cnpuurr{iop Gapcro
VIM. F. Bartlett died at Pittsfield, Mass, after
q lingering il.ness...... Dr. Edwin Eldridge,
the philanthropio gentleman who gave the
handsome park 10 Elmira, New York, died in
that city Of congestion Of the lungs. Eleven
buildings, including the United States land
Office, were destroyed by fro at Fargo, Dakota
Territory. .... 1t is believed in Berlin that war
in Eastern Europe is inevitable. It may be
kept off until spring, but the best German au-
tborities say it Is sure to me...... West Vir-
ginia's official vote gives Tilden sc. 565; Hayes,
II, 996, and Cooper, 1887.
Governor Hampton, Of South Carolina, wrote
a polite note to Governor Chamberlain, in-
forming the latter thai he (Hampton) had
qualified as governor, and requested that the
great seal of State be delivered. Governor
Chamberlain politely replied that he did not
recognize in Gov. H. any right to make such q
demand, and he should not comply with the
request. The correspondence was directed to
D. Il. Chamberlain, Esq, and to Wade Hamp.
ton, Esq. 1t is anticipated that the fret clash
or conflict between the two governors will
probably originate with tho county officials ap-
pointed by the respective governors. The bill
to prevent and punish any person or persons
for setting up a government in opposition to
the legitimate government, passed to its third
reading in the Republican House and was sent
to the Senate. It sets forth that if any person
or persons shall set up, or attempt to set up,
or MAINTAIN or attempt to maintain a govern.
eminent for the State Of South Carolina, With
in the limits of the said State. in opposition to
the legitimate and lawful government thereof,
he or they shall be deemed guilty Of felony,
and on conviction thereof shall be punished by
imprisonment in the penitentisry for q term
Of not less than ten nor more than forty years,
or pay q fine of not less than $40, 900 nor more
than $1,000 0 one or both, within the deere
ton OF the court.
-Four children Of r. McInnes were burned to
death in his house at Second Concession, Gan.
The father was terribly burned in tho endeavor
to rescue them 900. The National paper COM
pany lost their warehouse at Hdyoke, Mass.
by fire. LOSS, $4,000 insurance, S12, 600.
......A fIightful co]liery explosion took place
in the pit Of tho South Wales company neat
Newport. Seventeen bodies were recovered
and many miners taken out seriously injured,
...... The merchants Of Savannah, Ga are
prospecting with good success for a line OF
steamships between that port and Liverpool,
..... Eight persons were killed and fftes,
wounded by a railway collision in Belgium go.
The Legislators Of Denmark are at loggerheadl
with the king, and the situation looks serious.
Minister Wsshburne has presented Presi
dent Grants apologies to the Duke Decazes
minister Of foreign AFFAIRS for the arrest a
Philadelphia OF Capt. Aufrye, naval attacht
to the French legation at Washington, ant
delegate French commissioner to the Centen
NAL Exhibition at Philadelphia, at the in
stance Of one Of the Exhibition policemen. 80.
Another destructive fire broke out in the dis
trict left uniniured from the recent confagra
ton in Little Rock, Ark, and considerabl,
property was destroyed. As before, the watel
supply was limited. ..... The governor Of Ala
bama has arranged with the national bank O.
the State Of New York t. pay the January in
terest on the new Alabama bonds issueL il OK
change for the old ones in order to adjust th'
debt. I'm the inquest before the Brooklyn
coroner, it transpired that when the theate
was burned within which 80 many lives were
lost, the fire e%xtinguishing apparatus OF tb'
stage was covered by heavy scenery. Gen.
Miles has again defeated Sitting Bull, and twt
hundred lodges came in and surrender ed. :,
The auction sale of John Taylor johnston
the first nign!. The highest price paid wal
81, 900 for Meisssnier's I" Soldiers at Cards.
The collection was the finest in the country
:. Gen. Crooks annual report says thai
miners in the Black Hills did not violate the
Sioux treaty until long after the Indians had
ceased to regard it. He seems to think thai
the government has treated the Sioux nation
with unparalleled liberality, which they have
repaid by raids along the border Of tho reser
v~stions, limited only by the power OF the en-