The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-08-01
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The Philadelphia North American says tina
the police '1 Of lazy New s 11gH had a Inc en %u Tine AM (
knew that they had him. Mr.. Nathan
coachmnn had the idea that his master owe
him 5000 O and the murderer entered by IN
area way, Just as the conchman was IN IN
habit OF doing surreptitiously. Also for sew
eral nights before the murder the coachm2i
bad slept about the wharves on North river
and the murder was committea WIN ~ L. u Slip
then sent him to the Wards Island asylum
without mentioning the fact publicly, tn
family being satisfied that he could not b'
convicted on account OF his INSANITY.
Everybody knows that q mob liz q coarse
fierce and inscriptions wild beast, lot m
time being, and as such must be dealt with
hut how are we to characterize (without 90
ing wild beast injustice) the mob at PITTS
burg, which actually carried q CONN 10 tht
that thew intended to kill her husband and
put him in 1t! She was there with her chll'
dren, her mother and her sister, and no pro
lection, No wonder her hair grew white IN g
single night .:,d i III Is s STTlSus tb 5ee sam mo0 'h"'"
The Governor OF Pennsylvania gives foil
notice that HI intends to put down mob vlo
lence in his State. He has ordered me rioters
to disperse, and now In the exercise OF ms
authority as the chief conseryator OF mo Irt
Ing officers to this effect: "Au other means
of 1uelIing riot and restoring order having
been exhausted, the officer Commanding the
troops shall notify the rioters that they Will
be fired upon, unless they, promptly disperse
The order to fire will then be deliberately
given. and every soldier will be, expected
to fire with effect. The hring Will continue
Unit. the mol disappears"
The Annua; meeting OF the national educa-
tiopa; hsSucl. Jon will be neid at Louisville,
Ky =, AUGUST IA, Is and 10. The CHEF discus,
s,Gne " i. &c concerning lie common schOol
sysItin: LGLsC'iet ecn2atiOn Will also oe
cC.E s,deied, aud Pres,aeLt Ruuk,e Of the
| Mhssarnusc!ss institute o. technology wal
maize an 3GGrrss on the, BIS Specially. Fec
Ie+sry Dick & son vii rrad u paper on "lhe
Relation Of Ike College, 20 tie High School
end Pres .daUt Porter OF Yale on class Sys-
!em," while n.!merous o'lier papers VIII be
read by various prominent teachers ana pro
tessOcs.
A private letter from o prominent repnoli'
can in Name suys tina" IT, cmissaries OF Sen
ator Blaine arc busy in many counties urging
ticn who iayors the administration. A man
connected with the postal service undertook
to give such orders III this locality, but Was
tod that If he wished to retain his position
he had better return to his duties and mind
his official business. "-Boston Journal.
The town Of sitka, Alaska, ia reported in
great danger of destruction. with all Its inhab.
.tants, by the Indians. The troops had hardly
got out of sight on their withdrawal. when
| L1e lNUlQIb CuLllt pOuTlls luoluG lhC ptrSA
sde, and pillaged al the government build.
ings vacated by the troops. More Indians
were expected at last accounts, and, as the
whites number only 40 against probably LOU
redskins in the region, their utter destruction
was feared.
Crops in Iowa were never so good as this
season. 1t IS said by persons who have eA'
amined the matter in that State, that Iowa
will be able to revictuai the world" This
may be true as to Iowa, but Illinois's crops
were never so promising as this season, and
Illinois will not only be able to reyictual tins
world. but the world tn come, from the crops
this year.-Ilinois State Register.
The summer exodus to Europe has begun to
wane, the five steamers that sailed on Satur'
day carrying fcwer passengers than the aver
age for the last few weeks, n scarcely any
body Of prominence except the galnteI
Moran. They were heavily Loaded with
els Of grain, 1000 boxes OF cheese, 1876 cattle,
500 live sheep and lO horses.
The Georgia constitutional convention ha;
adopted O Lill Of righss, which recognizes ai
races Of citizens aud pledges oil protection ~
for debt and whipping for crime are prohibit.
ed, The bill declares that the right of chang
ing the constitution or form OF government II
the sole and Inherent right Of the people q
the State.
Since the decision OF the court Of appeals
That none but hotel keepers In New York car
sell spirituousl liquors, there has oeen u IusI
to get into the hotel business. Thus iar i.iU
applications have been made, n each nPpai'
cant has three beds-sCme VI them on Inc ZOO
and some In the cellar.
Nearly all the American officers IN tht
Eyytiali service are 0 on their way nome
because of the kncdive's friendship ior Iur'
KEY In the war, the Americans mol caring u
tight for O Mohamlnedan power aSalnst d
Christian power.
The Newfoundland shore fisheries are poor
- ,o,.,,, Gnr a tfaan ypprS haH shown 40 HUOrl
| a catch Mt this date. The weathera at Magoa
len is u~nfavorable, and boats lave not Deer
out Tor two weeks.
A rambling old portrait painter named
Cooper, always seen with . TusSy satcnet MI I'm
tins willie, KY, and the bundle when opened
was :ound TO contain $4,000 In government
bonds.
A child in Jefferson county, Tenn, wa,
charmed by a black snake, which she led 10
some DAYS. The father, finding IT coiled up IL
her Jap, killed 1t, whereupon she went intt
sRss"'' refuses 70 'a'' AD0
Tom Paine's farm, consisting OF about l5
acres of elevated, picturesque land, whlcn wal
presented by the State of New YORK In recog.
milton of his patriotic services during thf
Revolutionary war, is the subject OF Mitigation
in O New York court.
Two of the largest silk mills in Patterson
N, j, have received an order from parls lol
the manufacture Of O certain description o
silk goods.
Austin, New, was flooded Sunday by the
bursting of q cloud, damaging property eA
tensiyefy, but no lives were lost.
Mocking birds are getting SO scarce In Vir
oinia that q Jaw has been passed prohibiting
heir capture for sale for the next six years.
There is more or less notable horse-trottin{
going on this week at Saratoga, Cleveland
and Boston.
Senator Morton's committee, 1t Is conceded
viii exoneratc Senator Grover Of bribery
The Scotch verdict Of mot proven" seems u
apply to the Oregon Senator's case.
wild rumors of @ s~ea-serpent of Nahan'
ave found space In the Boston papers OF late
and at last the monster has been caught. Il
proves to be o huge horse-mackerei welghln
some 1900 pounds.
Calcutta reports gloomy accounts from tn
famine districts. n unless rain soon laliS
the mOrtal;!s vii. be terrible.
NJ j.,ey C.. SAD o s. INA ist.c lecturer
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AppEvlL,E. s. c. P, O., J..y IS. 1877
Ru ;ngs of this Office unIilfurTher notice
The office is open from 8 A. NJ. to 4 +
". for transaction of all official bushes
including Money Orders and sale O
stamps. Railroad Mails close at 7:15 A
N. and are open for delivery from $40 tt
10 p. NJ, Al. county horse mails close a
$40 A, M. H. W. LAWSON, P. NJ.