The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-07-04
NEWS ITEMS.
What IL Doing In the Old World and the
New.

killed, O man was fatally injured, andtwo more
were slightly wounded ...... The centennial Of
the adoption of the American flag WAS cele-
bratcd by the school teachers Of New York, at
the Academy of Music, by an entertainment
consisting of appropriate speeches and music.
...... The robberies of stage coaches in Texas
are getting to be exceedingly common, and a
report upon the subject has been sent to wash
ington. 49,. The election in Georgia resulted in
n majority Of ten thousand in favor of holding
a convention for the purpose of amending the
State constitution 49,. Joseph Mellert, q saloon
keeper at Rondout, N. Y, killed Peter Malloy,
during a quarrel. 800. Adolph Girndt, a New
York banker. fled from the city, leaving in the
lllrch a number of poor people who had been in
the habit of entrustinS money with him to send
to their relatives in Europe. The Russians
made Il determined attack on kars, in Asia
Minor, the fighting lasting three days, but the
Muscovites were defeated by tho Turks With
great slaughter.
John H. Barrett, a saloon keeper, was shot
dead by Cora Young in a disorderly house IN
Auburn, n. Y....Four murdcrcrs were hanged
on the fifteenth of June, as follows At Day
ton, Ohio. Harry Adams was hung for the
murder of q soldier named Mulharrcn. IN Feb
ruary, 1876, the crime being committed for the
purpose of robbery at New Orleans ADRIAN
Eveuue. colorcd. suffered the penaltyof having
killed Richard Turner, also %colorcd, While IN
toxicated, and George Morris, colored, was
executed for the murder of o quadroon named
Sarah Jones: and at Newman, Ga, Stephen
Brinkley was hung for the murder of his wife
four years ago 81 mill dam at Belvederc, N.Y.,
which had become weakened by rain storms,
suddenly broke, and a fishing party on the
pond above, consisting of ten persons, went
down with the rushing water through q slulce
-4o nl,-ao -nronr md nnn man were 0rOWn-
ed and two men were fatally injured......
Jacob Dodd's~ slaughter house in East Buffalo,
N. Y, was struck by lightning and burned,
causing a loss of $40, 1000. Three firemen were
injured at the same time. George Tenant,
wife and child were drowned by the upscttlnS
of a boat on q lake at Smiths Falls, G.. W......
The Maine GrccnbRck convention, which met
at Skowhegan, was largely attended. A plat
form demanding the repeal of the Resumption
act of January II, 1875, was adopted and the
Rev. II. F. Munson was nominated for governor.
Two unsuccessful attempts have been
made to burn the Shaker settlement at New
Lebanon, n. Y..... The Hon. Mrs. Norton,
the %well-known English authoress, is dead.
She was married twice, once at the age OF nine
teen, and the second time last March at the
age Of seventy. .... Gen. Grant was presented
with the freedom Of the city Of London in a
gold casket by the Lord Mayor. Two miners
we're killed by the fall Of a roof ut CayuGa col
licry near Scranton, Pa. ...Reports upon the
condition of the cotton crop in the South indl-
cate that it is not so good as in the past two
years, but better than in 1874.
Three fve-story brick tenement houses on
Twenty-third street, New York, fell in suddenly
with a terrible crash, on n Saturday night,
leaving nothing but a huge mass Of bricks,
mortar. and timber. Fortunately the inmates
*. -..o1 ,.I oD,n,,n11a1 70 Y.nnnfn n
few moments before the crash took place, or
else there would have been a terrible loss of
life, as the buildings were occupied by over
fifty families who lost all their household goods.
......A number of bricklayers at work in q
tunnel at Bergen Hill, N. j., were precipitated
a distance of forty-fye feet by the giving way
of a platform, and two of hem received fatal
injuries, while the rest we're more or less badly
hurt -. Frederick Hendricks, q wealthy farmer
of Old Town, ILL.,, shot his wife dead while in q
drunken rage and then killed himself......
Senator Roscoe Conkling has gone to Europe.
..... Lizzie Murphy, en- abandoned woman,
was murdered in the streets of New York by q
companion named Mary Simmons ..... Kinds
kor & Tenny, wheat brokers and spectators
of Milwaukee, Wis, failed with liabilities placed
at between 500, 900 and $50, 900. About
forty clergymen from all parts of the country
have gone to Europe, as delegates to the Pres
byterian convention which meets in Edinburgh
shortly ......A terrific scene of uproar and con-
fusion arose in the French Chamber Of Depu-
tics at Versailles. npon the reading of n declara-
ton announcing that President MacMahon had
sent g message to the Senate informing that
body of his intention to dissolve the Chamber.
The adherents of the government and the OPP
position yelled f~uriously at one another, and
the speakers on each side could not be heard on
o.,, .f thn ,nirn GanlHDftl nf 1nA
opposition, tainted Mt the close Of a fierce
laransuo, and a collision was barely prevented.
The Rev. J.. s.. C. Abbott, the well-knoTn
author. died ut Fairhaven, Com.....A Murphy
temperance campaign was opened in Brooklyn,
\. Y, bv an open air meeting ...... Ex-Unltcd
States Senator Pratt died suddenly Of heart
disease at Logansport, Ind.
Letters have been written by Postmaster
General Key and Mr.. DcFrces, the public print
er, rciterating the civil service views OF the
President. 49,. The Bashi-BaZouks have been
committing all sorts of depredations onpersons
and property in the vicinity Of C~onstantinople.
An entire class Of students in Princeton
College was suspended for %tormenting some Of
the other students ..... Nicholas Mitchell, o
dairvman, was fatally stabbed by Edward Har-
vey. a truck driver, during an alteration III
Baltimore ...... Two men were arrested at Dc
catur. ILL.,, for trying to pass counterfeit money,
and it was found they were members of a
well organized band of horse thieves and coun-
terfeiters, numbering over one hundred and
fifty persons, whose operations for the last two
wears have extended all over the Western
States..... The British case before the fishery
commission at Halifax consists of claims for
damages from the United States in the sum Of
nearly fifteen million dollars. .... The %anniveI-
sary Of the battle of Bunker Hill was generally
and appropriately observed in Boston.
In a letter to the syndicate appointed to
place the new issue Of four per cent. bonds
upon the market Secretary Sherman declares
that the interest upon them must be paid in
gold, and in this action he has the support Of
the President and cabinet. ..... Nicholas Fish,
oldest son of ex-Sccrctary Hamilton Fish, has
been appointed to the Swiss mission IAN
Indian outbreak took place in Idaho and Oregon,
and over 4 score Of white men, women and
children were massacred. A body of troops
tiers, and meeting tho Indians a stubborn
battle took place, resulting in the defeat of the
soldiers, with d rumored loss Of one-half the
command. .....A number Of military officers
have been sent to the American legations i'll
Russia and Turkey for the purpose OF observing
the various phases of the Eastern war......
w. H. Vanderbilt was again elected president
Of the New York Central and Harlem railroads.
...... Much Indignation was aroused among
the Hebrews Of New York at the expulsion OF
Joseph Soligman. n prominent banker, from
the Grand Union Hotel at Saratoga, by the
managers, acting under authority from Judge
Hilton, manager Of the estate of Alexander Il.
Stewart, TO whose widow the hotel ~bclongs....
4 portion of a railroad train fell through a
bridge twenty-five feet, ten miles from Wash
ington. Iowa, and several persons were in
iurcd. though none dangerously 8. . 80. The
french Chamber of Deputies declared n want
of confidence in the ministry by q vote of 3G3 to
1853. A lire in Burlington. Iowa. destroyed
property to the amount Of 1928, 00a, Oh Which
there is an insurance Of about sl5O,0G 100.
While five tramps were asleep IN deserted
limc-kilns near Bridgeport, Pa, the walls gave
way and fell upon them, crushing four to death
and fatally injuring the fifth go: The city of
st. Johns, n. T., was visited with a terrible
calamity in the shape Of a fire which swept
through the place, leaving it a mass OF
smoldcring ruins. The fire broke ont in a
boiler shop, and as q strong wind was blowing
at the time the flames spread with startling
rapidity and soon epSclopcd the whole business
part of the city, destroying hundreds OF busl-
ness houses, lumber yards and dwellings.
Several persons lost their lives, and II great
many were reported missing. The area burned
is two hundred acres, and includes all the pub
lie buildings, newspaper Offices and three prin-
:.o1 Iot1, ,,n,lor' Of ,.nsvn1c and rofts