The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-11-28
NEWS SUMMARY.
Eastern and Middle States.

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The banking house Of Jarvis J. Cone at
Geneseo, N. Y, failed with Liabilities estmaoeo
at $780, 900 assets, $4,000.
The election in New York resulted in the
success of the Democratic State ticket. both
parties claiming the legislature. JSSNew York
eity the interest conferred l. in the CONTEXT between
Anpnstus schell, one Of the leaders OF TAM
MANI Hall. and its candidate for the Senate
frem the Seventh Senatorial d~istrict-cons
cred the stronghold Of Tammany.and John
Morrissey, candidate Of the Republicans and
Anti-Tammany Democrats. Morr1ssey was
elected by over 5000 majority.
General Mcclellan, the Democratic candisate
for governor Of New Jersey, was elected oy
over 10, 900 majority. It is believed that the
legislature is also Democratic.
According to early dispatches tho Democrats
we're successful in Pennsylvania, electlng heI
State ticket. The vote poled by the LABOR ana
Greenback parties WAS considerable.
In the Connecticut election the Republicans
retained their control nthe legislature, adding
several new members to their majority.
The result ofsthe election in Massachusetts
was the success Of the Republican ticket, klce
being reelected governor. The Prohlbit!onists
polled a larger vote than heretofore, while the
legislature is overwhelmingly by Republican.
At the election in New York State q large
vote was polled by the Workingmen,s ana
Greenback parties along the line Of the Central
and Erie railroads. In Onondaga county they
had !, 500 votes and in Chemung county they
elected an assemblyman.
The Keith Paper Mill, at Turner's Falls,
Mass, was destroyed by fire. Loss, $500 0O0;
insurance. 1896, 600. The mill was built in
1878, and was pronounced. one Of the finest OF
ita kttnd ic the WORLD It employed 800 hands.
The Republicans will have q small majority
in the New York Legislature.
The Democratic majority in Pennsylvania is
about 10000.
One hundred of the most prominent repre-
sentatives of American commerce, science,
trade, and politics, almost every mar. present
being a millionaire and some representing over
$50, 600. 900, we're present at q banquet IN New
York given to Mr.. Junius s. Morgan, OF Lon
don, an American who left Boston nearly
twenty-five years ago to become the partner OF
George Peabody, the celebrated philanthroplst-
Among the company were the governors OF
Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, ex-Governors
Tilden and Morgan, Of New York; August
Belmont, Cyrus W. Field, the presidents Of the
Pennsylvania and the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
roads and others.
Charles s. Caffray's carriage factory at Cam
den, N. j., was entirely destroyed by fire, and
a loss incurred of S87, 900, on which there is
VOA3ooo
During q meeting of the New York Liberal
Club, held in the lecture room Of the College
Of Physicians and Surgeons, q number OF medi-
cal students present showed their disapproba-
ton Of the subject discussed by creating q dis
turbance, and after being elected several
times and always returning, two Of them we're
arrested by the police and locked up.
The snuff mills Of William E. Garrett & Sons
ct York Lynn, Del-the largest mills Of their
kind in the country we're completely destroyed
by fire, and q loss incurred of about $65, 600,
on which the insurance is $780, 600.
In Central Park, New York, q policeman
found the body Of a man, with three bullet
wounds and a note bidding farewell to some
unknown person.
A car driver was arrested IL Trenton, N. j.,
for driving on a Sunday. His arrest caused
considerable excitement, and a collision between
the police and others was barely averted.
Western and Southern States.
The governor of Tennessee has called q
special session in the legislature for December
S, to consider State finances.
The obsequies Of the late Senator Morton
at Indianapolis were witnessed by a large con-
course. The room In which the burial casket
rested and the church in which the funsral
services were held were filled with floral tributes
from all parts Of the country, the President
and Mrs. Hayes contributing anchors, a Tyre
and a pillow Of flowers. The remains were
brought into the church at one o'clock and we're
followed by the pall-bearers, the committees
from the Senate and House Of Representatives.,
Indiana State officers, and prominent men from
different parts Of the country. The exercises
lasted an hour and three quarters, and at their
conclusion the remains were taken to the ceme-
} terry and deposited in a vault with ceremonies
by the Grand Lodge I. O. OF Q. F.
The result Of the election in Virginia was the
selection of the entire Conservative. ticket,
there being no opposition.
Returns from Wisconsin indicate the election
Of the Republican candidates by Increased ma
~jorities.
Maryland and Mississippi went Democratic in
the elections, while in Minnesota, Nebraska
and Kansas the Republicans we're successful.
F. L. Cardozo, former State treasurer Of South
Carolina, who was recently arrested on the
charge OF fraud while in Office, has been found
guilty by a jury.
At Quimby, Mich, George Ecker, who had
only recently been released from the Kalamazoo
insane asylum on the .%supposition that he had
regained his reason, stepped up behind his
mother as she.'was standing in front Of a stove
and shot her dead. He then killed himself
with the same weapon that he had used on his
mother.
COTyuUu UScQy WIZ hCpI q bdfDu6p luo1IubAOu
at Bloomington, I'LL, has failed, with liabilities
amounting to 81, 300, 900 and scarcely any
assets. F. q. Phoenix, owner of 3 celebrated
nursery in Bloomington, also failed for $780,
O0e. His failure was consequent upon that Of
Weed.
Nine hundred cigar makers in New Orleans
struck for an increase Of wages.
Henry Getz, q young German farmer, and
his wife, living near Columbia, Ill, were MUIR
dered, and their house fairgrounds showed evil
dence Of q terrible struggle before the consum-
nation of the crime. Mrs. Getz was found on
the edge Of the cellar door, with her head split
in two, while her husbands body was dragged
into the woods and thrown into o creek.
Charles Strahl, q worthless character living In
their vicinity, was suspected Of the crime, and
o visit to his cabin was paid by the %neighbors,
but he had fed. He was followed to st Louis,
eighteen miles distant, to which place he had
gone with two mules and a wagon belonging to
the victims. Getting drunk he was arrested by
the police and found in the station house by
the pursuers.
A body Of one hundred citizens took Carl
Strahl-the murderer Of the young farmer
Getz and his wife, at Columbia, M.-from jail
and hanged him to a tree, after he had con-
fessed his crime.
The schooner Magellan, on her way from
Chicago to Toronto with a load of corn, foun-
dered off Three Rivers, Lake Michigan, and
every soul on board WAS lost. The crew con-
sisted of eight men.
The trial Of Congressman Robert Smalls, Of
South Carolina, on the charge OF receiving
brides while in the State Senate, resulted in
q conviction.
From Washington.
Governor Williams, of Indiana, has appointed
Daniel W. VOORHEES, to fill the vacancy in the
United States Senate occasioned by the death
Of Senator Morton.
In answer to an inquiry from the House Of
Representatives concerning the hours Of labor
in the different navy yards, the secretary Of the
navy replied, stating that workmen we're
obliged to work only eight hours q day, but
that any who so desired we're permitted to
work ten hours and were paid at the rate OF
wages received per hour.
The President nominated Henry s. Sanford
to be minister to Belgium.
A band Of Ponca Indians arrived in Wash
ington to press their claims for damages conse-
quent upon their hasty removal from Dakota to
the Indian Territory.
The Senate has confirmed Mr.. Welsh as Min
lister to England.
The President will nominate William G.
Goodloe, of Kentucky, as Minister to the
Netherlands.
Forty Constitltionalist Senators in France
have resolved not to support the ministry.
The resignation of General La Grange,
superintendent Of the San Francisco mint, has