The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-05-30
NEWS ITEMS.
What IL Doing In the Old World and the
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OF 1uU ,UUU spectators. NesltelllS Ill al Paleo VI
the city made q p~rofusc display of bunting.
The ceremonies consisted of music, the reoep-
ton of the President, an orchestral overture,
prayer by Bishop Steve. s, Oil address by Presl-
dent G.. VI. Biddle, of the exhibition company,
the singing of Oliver Wendell Holmes Ccnten-
! ial HYMN, the formal proclamation OF the
opcning of the exhibition by President Hayes,
tie hallclujah chorus, an address by Mr.. John
Welsh, arother chorus, address by Mr.. Goshorn,
the singing of Mr.. Whittier's Centennial hymn,
and the bcncdi2tion. The exhibits displayed
the Centennial exhibition. 4 new feature Is a
large aquarium, containing fresh and salt
water fish. Gen. Grant was present, but was
taken with a chill and unable to attend the re-
ception to the President in the eve: ing......A
desperate fight between United States marshals
and two brothers running an illicit still, took
place on the outskirts of Glasgow, n. J. Both
brothers were shot and the marshals were
arrested by the sheriff, aided by a posse OF
several hundred citizens; Conrad Boiler, q
furniture dealer of New York, who had been
identified with the Tweed ring, disappeared
suddenly. 4 widow with whom he had been
intimate is also missing, and it is believed they
have gone off together. Both have large fam!-
lies. $50. The committee appointed to lnvestl-
gate charges of official misconduct against
Senator Woodin, of the New York Senate, COM
pletely~ exonerate him. The steamer Dakota,
from Liverpool for New York, was stranded on
the coast of Anglesea, an island of North Wales,
and will prove o total wreck. Her crew and
passengers were safely landed ...... Eighty
saloons in Middletown, n. Y, were closed dur
ing the temperance revival held there .....An
Italian in Fontenello, Neb., killed q young lady
who had rejected him in Italy, and then shot
himself through the heart
III 81 .n.:n rsor n CO. &c ar1,o,3 daDraq-
sion, John G.. Barton, professor of English
literature in the College of the City of New
York, committed suicide by swallowing guam
tity Of sulphuric acid .:..:. The court house at
Rockford, ILL.,, fell in just as the keystone was
being placed in the dome of the main pavilion.
At the time of the accident about thirty men
were at work on the building, several of whom
were killed outright or mortally wounded and q
negro sailor. was brought to New York in irons
from Aspinwall, where he had murdered a ship
mate named G. H. Shirley ..... The schooner
Cod Seeker capsized off Cape Sable, and her
crew of thirteen-all of whom belonged to Bar
rington, N. S--were lost The Pope lie.
ceivcd a body of pilgrims from Canada and
Rhode Island. The body Of Ellen Holland, Of
Williamsburgh, n. Y, was found floating in
the East river. Grief caused by the death OF q
young daughter had dethroned her reason and
she had committed suicide. 49,. The presidents
and other representatives Of the trunk lines OF
railroads held a meeting to arrange q schedule
to meet the competition that is expected at the
opening Of the canal navigation. 80. VIM. L.
Dodge, president of the National Temperance
society, resigned from the New York Union
League club, because q considerable part OF the
clubs annual income is derived from the sale
of intoxicating liquor, and he could not con-
~sistently remain in it. 49,. On the arrival of an
Albany boat in New York, two women began
struggling for the possession of a beautiful and
richly dressed child. One of the women-Mrs.
Louisa Metz, a wealthy resident Of Albany
claimed the child because she had legally
adopted it; the other woman-Mrs. Bridget
Bowen, O domestic-claimed it because it had
been born to her, and taken away while she was
sick in q New York hospital, the officials having
reported her as dead. The child was given to
Mrs. Bowen.
A dispatch from Constantinople says the
Russians attacked the vanguard Of the Turkish
troops in the vicinity of Batoum, and an en-
gagement ensued, lasting nearly nine hours,
and resulting in the complete rout of the Rus
slams, who lost 1000 mon, while the Turkish
lost was inconsiderable. Both Russians and
Turks are gathering large armies in Asia Minor.
By a resolution the Roumanian chamber has in
effect declared Roumania independent Of Tur-
key. Much uneasiness is felt by the European
and other foreign residents Of ~Constantinople,
as threats have been made of q general mas
sacre of Christians. ..... The horses attached
to q carriage in Central Park, New York, became
frightened and ran away. While endeavoribg
to check them the driver, William Ryan, YVES
thrown from his seat and fatally hurt. A lady
named Mrs. Renwick, and her aunt, Mrs. Nc
Doual, who were i'll the carriage, jumped to
the grouud, and the aunt was instantly killed,
,,,l,ln lr, ,,n;oo MN, Io5l, ,rc,,,lol hnnfnar
lady and a child who were in The carriage were
unhurt. .....In Boston the directors Of the
Globe Fire Insurance company determined to
close up the business Oil account OF the de-
probation in value of the investments of the
company. ... Brigham Young refused to. allow
the use Of the Mormon Theater for the delivery
of q lecture by Bob InSersoll. .... The town Of
I~quique, in Peru, was destroyed by an earth
quake on May 10 800. The French statesman,
Mr.. Picard, is dead. .....I In consequence Of in
formation recently received, strong probablli-
ties exist that Charlie Ross is still alive, and
his father held a consultation with P. I. Bar
mum at Bridgeport. Conn. The latter will offer
Il reward of s1O,O 900 for the boys recovery, and
promise his captors exemption from punish
ment. 900. The investigating committee ap-
pointed to look into the affairs Of the New
York custom house have discovered serious
Irregularities in its management. ..... Campbell
g. Thayer's oil works in Brooklyn, N. Y, were
destroyed by fire, mourning o loss of S40G, $50.
...... Mrs. Woodruff and Miss Clafiin have
made q claim of 800, 900 on the estate Of the
late Commodore Vanderbilt 900. A paper mill
at Dalton, Mass, was burned. Loss, $4,000.
The President and Mrs. Hayes, accompanied
by Secretaries Schurz and Evarts, Attorney
General Devens, Gen. W. T. Sherman and
others visited New York......At the annual
dinner of the New York Chamber of Commerce
addresses were made by President Hayes, Sec
~retaries Evarts and Schurz and others. Con-
siderable excitement was created in Hanover
county, Va, by the appearance OF a lioness
providing in the woods. She il supposed to
have escaped from some travelling menagerie.
About sixty miners employed by the YER
million coal company were poisoned by arsenic.
......A severe battle between the Turks and
Russians was fought in Asia Minor near b.
toum, on the Black sea. The Russians were
the ASSISTANTS, but were repulsed with heavy
loss. The Turkish forces are said to have acted
with great gallantry. The Russians advanced
in three bodies toward Simnitza, Giurgevo and
Mogurelli, with the intention Of crossing the
Danube at three places ....Previoust to his de-
parture for Europe ex-PresideIlt Grantheld q re-
ception in Independence Hall Philadelphia. $50.
The death is announced of Judge Emmons, of
the Sixth United States circuit court at Detroit,
Mich. So. Col. Chisolm died of the wounds re-
ceived while defending himself in the attack on
the jail in Dekalb, Miss. ...- The proprietor Of
a lager beer saloon in Williamsburgh, Long
Island, named Gunner, was discovered muir
dered III his bed. His wife also received fatal
wounds. go. William Killian stabbed himself
eleven times with all engravcr's tool and then
leaped into the East river, New York ......A
tour of inspection to the forts aud posts in New
York harbor, Boston and Newport will be made
by the secretary Of war, Gen. Sherman and
other military officials. .....C. J. Vanderbilt has
sued his brother, William H. Yanderbilt-who
was the principal heir Of the commodore for
one million dollars, which he said was prom
ised him in consideration of his not Directing
to the probate of his fathers will.
A carnivsl-the first of its kind in that city
came off in New York after many months OF
preparation and anticipation, and proved o
failure. The king Of the carnival arrived off
the Battery in a-steamboat at noon, and rode i'll
state up Broadway, attended by q body guard
and men dressed to represent the grand Turk,
the khedive of Egypt and other dignitaries.
Following the king came a long. industrial pro-
cession consisting Of several hundred trucks
and wagons, all more or less ingeniously and
gaudily decorated, and advertising the firms to
which they belonged. Newspaper publishers,
brewers, butchers, printers, trunkmakers, etc,
were rnnresentod. The carnival DrODer-the