The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-07-11
NEWS ITEMS,
What II Doing In tho Old World and the
Now.

"hnt IL Do'ns In ne oio "orio ana INC
Over twenty thousand dollars worth Of prop
erty was destroyed by fire in Rondout, N. T..
The first conflict in the open field between the
Turks and Russians took place in Asia Minor,
ten miles southwest Of Toprak Kaleh, and re-
suited in the defeat Of the Turks after a dcs-
pcrate fight. A battle lasting three days also
took place in Montenegro, and the Turks suf-
fered heavily without gaining a~nything..:.,.
At the destruction by ire Of the city Of st.
Johns, N. B., thirteen lives we're lost .....Over
Indians who revolted in Oregon and Idaho.
The soldiers sent against them we're defeated
with q loss Of thirty men, and every man on
Salmon river was reported killed, although the
women and children were not harmed.
Eleven mon were hung for murder in Pennsyl-
vania on June Disk in Pottsvillc, four in
Mauch Chunk and one in Wilkesbarre. AS
fears Of a rescue were entertained. the militia
was ordered to be ready at a moment notice to
quell any outbreak that might occur, and q
large number Of special policemen were sworn
in but no disturbance took place, although it
W reported that an unsuccessful attempt was
made to set Pottsville on fire early on the
morning Of the execution. The condemned
men met their doom with frmness, several de-
claring to the last that they were innocent Of
the crime for which they suffered. The men
hung were: At Pottsville-Thomas Duffy,
James Boyle, Hugh Mcclellan, James Roa-ity,
James Carroll and Thomas Munley; at Mauch
Chunk-Jack Donohue, Edward Kelly, Ale1an-
der Campbell and Michael J. Doyle and al
Wilkesbarre, Andrew Lanahan.
The molders Of Troy, n. y, who have been
OH strike for eight months, have resolved to
resume work 49,. One officer and thirty-tbrec
men we're killed in the engagement with
Indians in Idaho 80. Fourteen illicit distilleries
in Tennessee were broken up in one week by
revenue officers. At one Of the seizures fight
occurred, and one distiller was killed and two
others were badly wounded .....P Patrick Nichol-
son, aged eighty, WAS shot to death in his parlor
by q masked man, who escaped: ..:.:A loan for
500, 600, 600 has been authorized by Russia.
..... The French Senate voted in favor OF dis
solution. . Relief from all parts Of the country
has been sent to the sufferers by the fire in st.
John, n. B. The latest estimate Of lireg lost
fixes the number ut eight. ....John L.. Thomas
has been appointed collector and William Coch-
ran naval officer Mt Baltimore ...... Gen. Grant
appeared in full uniform ct n special perform
ance Of the royal Italian opera, given in his
honor, in London. Upon his arrival at the
tlicatcr the entire audience arose while the
performers sang the Star S~pangled Banner
After the opera the general attended the
queens ball at Buckingham palace. ..... The
Pope has created three new cardinals.
President Hayes has issued a circular to all
prominent Federal officials, calling attention to
a paragraph in q letter addressed By him to the
secretary Of the treasury, as follows: "No
officer should be required or permitted to take
part in tho management Of political organiza-
tons, c%aucases, conventions or election CAM
paigns. Their right to vote and to express
their views OIL public questions either orally or
through the press is not denied, provided it
H.. ok i'll klS1 III H..
official duties. No assessment for political
purposes on officers or subordinates should be
allowed" The President says further that
every officer Of the government is expected to
conform to its requirements. 1.-The passage
Of the Danube was made by the Russians at
Galatz, nearly opposite Matchin. They crossed
in boats with an army Of six thousand men,
stormed tho fortified heights Of Matchin and
captured them after a desperate resistance bya
force of Bashi- Bazouks, the town itself ha wing
been abandoned by the Turks. Tho Russians
continued crossing the river at Braila by the
aid Of a steamer and a bridge which they con-
structed. In Asia Minor, o dispatch says, the
Turks have retaken Dajazid. and the Russians
have been defeated with a loss Of $50 cavalry
and 100 infantry. Several fremen were
severely injured by the fall Of q burning build
lug in Boston. 1.-Two men were assassinated
in the mining regions Of Pennsylvania, and two
otuSlo wiz NSAC hltilCooSo p6oAiiDV VA
the murderers executed in that State recently,
have mysteriously disappeared, and it is feared
they too have been murdered ...... Four illicit
distilleries in Pennsylvania were raided upon
and ten men we're arrested by revenue officers.
....Tho German banker Girndt, who recently
disappeared from New York, having swindled a
large number Of poor people out Of money
which they had entrusted to him, and who was
supposed to llayo gone to Europe, was discov-
cred concealed in IN icebox in his residence i'll
Now York. ..... Fifteen hundred iron miners in
Pennsylvania struck against a reduction OF
wages. 800. Thc damage to tho cotton crop on
the Arkansas river by n flood is estimated at
80, 900 bales.
Aheavv storm Of wind and rain sweptthrough
portions of Missouri, Iowa, Illinois and Michi-
gan, doing great damage to churches and other
property. .... Marblehead, Mass, q great shoe
manufacturing center was the scene Of a great
fire which destroyed fifteen acres Of factories,
shops and dwelling houses before it was sub
dued. The fire broke out in the rear OF n hotel
and spread with such rapidity that it was soon
beyond the control Of the firemen. In E. few
hours two-thirds of the old town were gone and
thrce-fourths Of the male and female employees
of Marblehcad were thrown out Of employment.
One fireman was fatally injured, and seventy
two buildings. including all but five Of the many
shoe manufactures, We're destroyed. The loss
Will aggregate over S0CU,ouu.. ....NIs. .haiy
Virginia Burrill, whose home was in Brooklyn,
n. Y, and who was boarding in Sing Sing,
killed her seven-year-old daughter and then
shot herself, expiring in q few minutes She
had been in all insane asylum, and was subject
to fits of arrangement. She lad been married
three times, her last husband having procured
q divorce from her, although he had been pro-
viding for her at the time of her death......
Robert Dale Owen, the wel-known author, Is
dead at the age of soventy-six.. 800. Over tTo
hundred thcusand dollars have been collected
in aid Of the sufferers by tho fire at st. John,
n. B.. THE potato bug has arrived III Europe.
General Grant and wife visited the queen Of
England at Windsor ......A letter has been
published by Lieutenant Governor Dorsheimcr,
OF New York, stating that it is personally known
tohim that Mr.. Tilden wasopposod d. othe forma-
ton of the Ell ctoral commission. Ina boat race
on the Connecticut river at Springfield, Mass,
the eight-oared crew Of Columbia College was
defeated by the Harvard College crcw......A
copy Of the pay certificates for the next Con-
gress shows that the Democrats will have q
majority OF sixteen, with seven members i'll
doubt. -. President Hayes and his cabinet ar
rived in Boston on O visit. and were received by
the State and city authorities. \ parade
Of the military was reviewed by the President,
after which he gave q public reception in
Faneuil Hall. IL tile evening q banquet was
given to the President by Gov. Rice. 49,. The
mission to Hayti has been offered to John M.
Langston by the President...... special cleo
ton in Charleston county, South Carolina, for
seventeen members of the legislature, resulted
in the success of the whole Democratic ticket;
consisting of fourteen white and three colorcd
citizens. The Republicans decided not to put
any ticket in tho field. .....A banquet was
given to William Lloyd Garrison in London.
In New York a meeting to aid the sufferers by
the s.. John fire was addressed by Henry Ward
Beccher, and committee appointed to raise
further subscriptions.
The Republican State convention Of Iowa
met ut Dcs Moines and nominated John II.
Gear, of Burlington, for governor and Frank
J.. Campbell for acknowledgements. Hesolu-
tons were adopted declaring that tile United
States Of America is a nation not Il league
that the Republican party had done the work of
preservation to which the nation owes its life.
but that its work is not yet finished ; that B." the
permanent paciGcation Of the South and the
complete protection Of all citizens in the free