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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-05-30
Terrible Scene at q Bullflght.

The Madrid correspondent . Of the
London Standard gives the following
account of the goring Of Frascuelo, O
noted matadore in the bull ring at
Madrid, recently, in the presence of
King Alfonso and an immense assem-
blage. Frascuelo's injuries were sup
posed to be fatal: ... ...
A bull had knocked over in success
sion two picadors and disposed of their
horses, when third tumble called for
the assistance of the cuadrilla. The bull
was large and ugly beast, with long
sharp horns, and he was in the habit of
returning to goad his fallen foes. See
ing him menace the picador lying help
less under the horse, Hermosilla, mata-
dore, as was his duty, sprang to the res
cue, closely followed by Frascuelo.
Either would hare sufficed to draw of
the incensed animal, made rabid at the
sight of the glaring capas. The two
bullfghters got too close to one another
and caused in their feint moment of
pause, which enabled the bull to come
at them like lightning with head low
cred. Hermosilla managed to escape,
but Frascuelo was caught from behind
and raised off the ground, shaken on the
horn, which had entered his thigh, and
then again gored. The others hurried
up to the rescue and drew off the bull,
which was on the point of again goring
the wounded man. The whole scene
had lasted but few seconds, and loud
cry of horror burst from every part of
the ring.
Everybody sprung to his feet, from
King Alfonso in the royal box to the low
est rabble down near the barriers.
Shrieks of anguish burst from the
women, while others covered their faces
with their hands or fans. Men Of every
rank and age could not refrain from
uttering expressions of dismay and con-
sternation, which were again renewed
when the wretched sufferer, after rising
to his feet, staggered few steps and
fell down pale and covered with blood,
which streamed over his brilliant cos
tune.
The guards and soldiers. had much
trouble in keeping the people from
rushing into the ring and going from the
galleries toward the door at which the
wounded man had been carried out by
the attendants. The confusion lasted
some time, and no one cared much for
the bull or his tormentors, who went on
relentlessly and sternly in their brutal
struggle. The one and sole preoccupa-
ton Of all was Frascuelo, and the people
awaited with anxiety the verdict of the
doctors.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-05-30
The Wives Of Brooklyn Pastors.

A correspondent says: Mrs. Cuyler
never does any pastoral work, is elegant
and refined, and lives in fine mansion
in Oxford street. Mr.. Cuyler's mother
does considerable calling among the
members of his congregation, being ener-
getic and untiring. Mrs. Talmage is,
socially, very active and popular, has
pronounced talents, and frequently pre-
sides at women's meetings. Mrs. Duryea
is in feeble health, and unable even to
attend to the duties of her own house.
hold. Of Mrs. Beecher, the writer says:
"There has always been q little coterie
in Plymouth church as exclusive as that
which surrounds the queen. Outside of
this Mrs. Beecherhas seldom ventured."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-05-30

know where to call on your wife: She is quite
anxious to tell her about the ring which she
gave her.
"What was it, sir, may I inquirer asked
Broad for Ellie had told him what goodj joke
it was, her selling his ring.
"Why, I brought an elderly gentleman-to
whom had been, for number of years, very
much attached-home to dine with me. He
noticed the ring on my wife's finger, and asked
how it came in her possession. told him it
was my mothers; and the ring restored to me
father-to my father, son. He had left
home before was born, and when he returned
he could find no trace of his wife, or of the in
FAINT which he knew must have been born. His
name is Astor> Arlington y and Broad recog:
nized it as that of one of the most influential
bankers in the city.
Mr.. Broad did not prolong his visit. He went
direct to his wife, and related to her what had
transpired.
Ellie bit her lips in rage. She had made q
great mistake when thinking 81 for the future. y
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-05-30

MorHs IN CARPET.-Mrs. rs. T. W."
has tried salt and various other applica-
tions. and still the insects trouble her
carpets. We advise her to try the plan
proposed by Prof. A. J. Cook, in his re-
port on injurious insects. BE advises to
take wet sheet or other cloth, lay it
upon the carpet, and then 60 over the
wet cloth with a hot fiat iron;> the steam
thus produced will penetrate the carpet,
and not only destroy living moths, but
cook their eggs, and prevent them from
Matching. It is cheap and easy of appi-
cation, and we have no doubt that it will
prove effective. The only wonder is,
that no one has thought Of it before.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-05-30
A Contrast.

The Tuscan women look old before
their time, are sallow complexioned,
and their appearance, as well as their
mode of life, is very different from that of
the natives of the Romagna. There the
women are splendidly developed, yigor-
GUS, healthy, and possessed of extraord-
mary muscular power. They present a
contrast to the men, who leave all the
hardest work to them. You see along
the Roman road leading from Ravenna
to Foril, parties of women coming laden
with heavy weights of cut wood. They
walk erect, and their handsome faces
show no signs of fatigue. By their side
walk the men of the party, carrying the
little baskets which contain their dinner.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-05-30
A Black.and.White Woman.

There is an Of! colored woman i'll He
Flatbush almshouse on Long island,
whose skin has for some years been I'M
dergoing change of color. White spots
have from time to time appeared on Der
face, while the skin of her arms from the
elbows down has become rs delicately
colorrd as that of blonde, under which
tic blue veins are plainlyvisible. White
spots have also appeared on her shoul-
dcrs. The change seems to he steadily
going on.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-05-30
A Wedding at Forty Miles an Hour.

We take the following pleasant episode
in railway travelling from the San Fran
cisco Chronicle The passengers on the
overland train from the East were treated
to little sensation pleasanter than the
regular ones of the rush through Echo
canyon and the rounding Of Cape Horn,
or the occasional one of meeting on the
same track train accidentally bound the
other way. 1t was marriage at the rate
of forty miles an hour between Calf and
Stockton, by the Rev. J. G. Hamilton,
of the latter place, of DR.. Israel Davis,
of Stockton, to Mrs. j. Susan Armstrong,
of Leavenworth, Kansas. 1t would be
too long a story, the romantic one OF
their youthful betrothal, the interposi'
tion of cruel fate that married each to
one other than the first choice. the com
bined death by relenting fortune OF
both the second choices, and the renewal,
through the United States mail, Of the
interrupted love of their younger years.
The engagement was renewed, and Mrs.
Armstrong, very pronounced brunette
verging now upon embonpoint and forty,
set forth to be married. She was de-
tanned for O short time by snow neal
Cheyenne, and the ardent doctor, deter
mined that no malign circumstance
should again put aside his happiness,
set off post haste to meet her. The min
lister set off post haste after the doctor,
and it is supposed that if there had been
any intervening trains the guests would
have set off post haste after the officia-
ting clergyman. The doctor, an elderly
but remarkably well preserved gentle
man, in full dress and faultless beaver
and black three-buttoned kid gloves, met
the train of his affianced at Sacramento.
Both came on to Gait, where they were
met by the Rev. Mr.. Hamilton. AL
three then continued on to Stockton, but
the long endured strain had now become
too severe. There was an ardent and
unheard request by the gentleman, a coy
and blushing consent by the lady; the
peanut boy was dispatched for the con-
ductor to lend IN official air to the cere'
mony; the gentleman and lady stood up
in the aisle as we'll as they could, hang.
ing on to each other and to the ends OF
the seats; the clergyman stood up in
front of them, and, amid the boom and
rush of the train, the questions were
beloved out and responses shouted back
hap-hazard, and then the minister, in q
voice like trombone, declared the low.
ing and long separated couple man and
wife. At Stockton the marriage party
got off and were immediately driven tc
the residence of the groom, and the 'trai1
relapsed into it's humdrum gallop to the
Pacific,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-05-30
AN ETHEREAL BRIDE.
Strange Mnrriaxe--A Mortal Welded to q
Spirit. 90.

Spirit.
All Memphis, Tennessee, is agog over
sensational occurrence at the spirit
rooms Of DR.. Samuel Watson, being no
less than the marriage Of a resident Of
the terrestrial sphere, Mr.. g. a. Still
man, to Miss Alice Robert, long an in
habitant of the spint world. The cere-
mony was performed, with all due
solemnity, by Mr.. Watson, who is a
regularly ordained clergyman, the bride
materializing for the occasion. With
one who was present, the Avalanche re-
porter held the following conversation
Where did the ceremony take
place ?" ,.i a. + ..:.-. !. -.
SAT the residence of Mr.. Watson.
Did you ever see the cabinet ?" . :.
. The reporter had not. :. s-5 d. g.. ..
"There, sir, is where the wonder of
the matter comes in. It is shut off in
corner by curtain, leaving about suf6-
cient room for one person to turn around
comfortably in. The walls behind are of
solid brick masonry. Out Of this email
space the materialized spirits came,
| about dozen in number" ~s. o..
"The bride was to have married Tom
Moore had she not died, I believe. Was
it Tom Moore, the poet?" ,... .'....
"We didn't know what Tom Moore
she referred to, but she was pretty
enough to be any ones bride. She was
the most beautiful thing I ever saw"
Had negotiations for the marriage
between the spirit bride and Stillman
been arranged beforehand 2" '~.'..
"Oh, yes, for some time.a Two or
three times before had preparations for
the ceremony been made, but the bride
had not until this evening acquired suf-
fcient power to remain out long enough
to 60 through tie ceremony. She spoke
only in whisper, but her voice grows
stronger each time she appears"
"What sort of a marriage ceremony
was used ?" ...~ .. ., 80
cit didn't differ much, I think, from
the ordinary religious marriage cere-
mony." ..., -... ...... ....
"Now. is this marriage to hold in the
spirit world?" .... .....
"Oh, certainly; she was very much in
earnest aboutit"
"Does it debar Stillman from marry
ing now on earth ~ 49,.
"I think he so understands it. I do"
The gentleman said that there was
subdued lamp-ight in the room at the
time, and that fully nine materialized
spirits appeared. The company present
was composed of about dozen persons,
and Mrs. Miller was the medium. On
the same evening this gentleman had his
little child baptized by the spirit of a
deceased Episcopal clergyman who came
out from the cabinet in his robes of
Office, and taking the babe in his arms,
performed the baptismal ordinance.
"People who haven't learned the A B
g of the philosophy of spiritualism, I'm
aware, can't understand, and will ridicule
this, but to me, it is all q matter Of
knowledge-of fact" said the gentle
| man. r. s.- 70.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-05-30
A Gingerbread Barometer.

A French editor has invented a new
kind of barometer. It is a general in
gingerbread, which he buys every year
At certain fair. On returning home he
nails his acquisition to the wall. Every
body knows the influence of the temper
ature on gingerbread; the least damp
ness softens it. Dry weather, on the
contrary, dries it up and hardensit. All
that this gentleman has to do every
morning is to ask his servant what the
general says. The faithful domest."
goes and puts his thumb on the figure
and answers either: "The general is
soft to-day; you will please take your
umbrella" or, "The military man is
firm; you can put on your new hat.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-05-30
Then and Now.

used to think you very fair,
And, oh so very simple,
Because you had childlke air
And such a saucy dimple!
fused to think you loved the birds
And lived among the flowers,
And that you meant the whispered word
You in twilight hours;
And oh I thought you would be- true,
Although you were so never;
And yet will be true to you
For ever and for ever.
I wonder if you quite forget
The days we spent together,
Or if you think with vague regret
OF tangled grass and heather.
Iwonder if your eyes are still
AS blue as when we parted
saw them turn away and fill,
And thought you broken hearted.
All, well you were sad coquette
But III forget you never;
III keep your rose it is treasured YETI
For ever and for ever.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-05-30

A sowing machine company in this
country has received an order for 10000
sewing machines from an English firm.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-17

Bullion Withdrawn from Bank Of Eng
land on balance to-day amounted to f7I,-
600
Specie In the Bank OF France was in
creased throc million francs in The past
week
The specie engagements for Europe to-
morrow un t9 noon to-day, in New York,
are s75, CVo gold
one hundred thousand dollars worth of
lumber was burned at Stevens Point, Wis,
Monday
The weekly statement in the imperial
bank IF Germany sfowsa decrease of g
90U 0Qa marks
The imperial bank Of Germany raised its
rate al discount TO > per cent for bills and
6 for advances
Ex- President Grant had farewell re-
eeption in independence Han, Philadel-
phia, for citizens, Monday afternoon.
The Rochester n y j Paper Company )
/ factories at the lower falls burned Satur-
day night Loss 500 ,o0o, insurance $50,
006.
I Tomorrow \ New York steamers, it il
expected Will take out 4 large amount Of
gold coin, one banker alone intending to
send 100000.
i Augustus Seeley. late Secretary Of the
/ G0odenough Horse Shoe company OF New
\ York. has teen declared d bankrupt liza
bilities Sis 900. assets nominal
Anunber OF Polish labovers engaged in
liz firhs Ut Berea, Ohio, last evening, il
which FredricA Lucas was Instantly killed
and John 5. haneey fatally injured
The present shipment OF gold Is to pay
4 for bonds sent thitheg from London, and
some TT the German bankers were sellers
again tc-day for London account
A dispatch reporting The Turks as har-
rsssing the Russians ia the iater's at
tempt Is cross the Danube, assisted the
rise il goI.
Gov Bartranft Of Pennsylvania has Is
sued warrants al execution Tor George "
Fletcher eft Philadelphia. June Il an
Frank Wilson. colored, Of Harrisburg
july III
President Hayes has notified Governor
Hampton thag tie District Attorney O
South Carolina has been instructed to pre-
pare fer trial ia three eases Of the Ellen
ION prisoners
General Grant Aad q reception in tn
Union League House. Philadelphia, al
urtlay afternoon. and afterwards rcvieve.
the first regiment ct Pennsylvania infan
try
Representatives of the trunk railroa,
lines. il conference 81 New York Sarur
day are supposed to have arranged for tn
pooling and pro rate distribution of re
oeipts.
Tie large company Of Western bushes
men, who are having an excursion i
| rSsshu.1uT IA ara Ta1T~B*n3 zr5tb ~
profuse hospitality Of the Virginians
Small pox l. ranging in Sistoya, Tur
KEY, on The Danube. The family OF Mr.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-17
We ElSTERN ItAR-

LONDON, MAJ 14-Ia the Commons this
afternoon Mr. BouTke, Under Secretary Of
the Foreign Department. said that imme-
diately after the outbreak, The govern
ment learned that an iron-clad. built for
Turkey, WAS lying At Victoria docks, and
took steps to prevent infringement Of the
enlistment act
Stafford Eorthcote Chancellor Of tn
Exchequer. said: Egypt, forming part
Of Turkey. is certainly at war with Russia
Russia. therefore, has the right TO block
ade Egyptian ports and trade IN Egypt
and goods going 70 Egypt may he consid-
ersd con1raband
III. B0urke also SAID il was untrue thai
England and Austria had agreed to pro
test againsta declaration of Rounanian in
dependence.
Ct. PETERsATRG, May 14-An offcia
telegram from Tiais states that after cap
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-17

4 few weeks ago large amounts Of gold
fored into this country rom abroad but now
j reanene move Of some sort is carrying i
back Half million goes trola New York
to- day, and almost every steamer = taking
more or less Pioneer Press.
When gold flowed into this country
andiits price in the New York market
fell, the Ploneer-P Press argued that
we were coming at once to specie pay
ments, and that the policy OF con
traction was a success. VIII the Pho
peer- Press now admit that We are gong
steadily away from specie payments
and that the policy Of contraction IS :
failure 1t is poor rule that Won
work both WAYS.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-17
! continues to rise undeI

Gold continues to rise under the lnHuehce
1t war prospects. -Evenilig New.
Please observe that neither greenbacks nor
inHauor" ID the United States had any
thine h do with that rise Indianapolis Sun
Precisely, it was for a long time Q
standard argument, with the hard.
money men.t that the premium OH gold
was simply evidence that there was
too much paper money in the country.
Yethere we have gold rising three per
cent III the face of a steady c0ntrac'
Of the currency Thus the shallow
arguments of the humbugs are day by
| daE eXnIoded.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-17

sion that those who are rifing the pockets OF
the victims must have set ire 70 the edllice
Pity they couldn't throw the blame
Oil the Changers. But the Grangers
have got scared and have gone out OF
the busidess and all their mighty
enthusiasm is now spent Oh oyster
supperS and pic-nics.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-17

At Braidw BOD, CITY If Illinois, On the 18th
81 April. 1877. the straight Democratic ticket
received Just nine votes. The total number
of votes east at that city election was 81. The
GreenIacl ticket received votes as follows.
D. Mclaughlin ,for Mayor, 676; Wm. Mooney,
CITY Attorney 646 One II the Aldermen, J..
MCINTYRE, had 684 votes The balance q the
ticket was also well mp in the big figures The
Republican 9ote lor Mayor VAS ~ The
Democrats had nine iii their straight ticket.
We should record II as scattering, but there
was not enough IF # "a scatter .-POmeroy' :
Democrat
The people are rapidly getting their
eyes open They perceive that the
cutlery about the bloody shirt was
simply q cunning device to keep them
from considering their own wrongs
ana protecting their own rights
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-17


Manager ]. III Farley, of the Sd Paul (
Pacific Railroad Company arrived FROM New
York Yesterday morning, ami he brings the
encouraging Information that the Glyndon
cut off will probably &c al once put IN course
OF construction Surveyors will start for the
scene Of operations o-day and the prospects
are bright nat the dirt Will begin to tiy III thf
course Of another month. This Is glorious
news, and times propose 10 be lively III view
Of the completion oi the dimes from Breckin-
ridge to Glvndon and from Watab 70 Brainerd
Pioneer Press
That ~cut-of to Glyndon vii
make the Main Line Of the st. Paul 4
Pacific the great through route Il
Manitoba. the Black Hills, and the
4 Dakota forts. Il viii add ten pei
cent. ID the value Of every acre Ct lane
along the line.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-17

THE money Gratis have advised the
president to postpone the extra ses-
siOu of Congress until the IAN Ihefe
were too many qremonitlons OF 9 row
On tile financial question.
BIT tha Long Parliament catmot pc
delayed cry long, and Hayes VIII
nave his hands ff1l when il does
meet
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-02
BlackWo0d's Magazine.

Bldckwood for January has been repub.
lished by the Leonard Scott publishing
company, Al Barclay street, N. Y, and,
judging from the contents of the present
number, promises we'll for the coming
year. The place of honor, the first article,
has been given to story which is under
stood to have been written by an American
author, but his name has not been an
nounced. The shadow of an open door,
cast upon window, leads TO the detection
of murder, after the perpetrator of the
deed, who had been suspected by his neigh
bors, has cleared himself to their satisfac-
ton. The incidents are well told, and the
characters are manifestly drawn by close
observer.
The second paper brings before the pub
lie, in easy, gossiping fashion, some of the
peculiaiities and the manner of transacting
business in the house of commons. Many
of the customs will appear very odd, per-
haps ridiculous, to those not conver3ant
with old-time formaities.
The eighth part of "The woman-hater"
is followed by very euloglstic article on
George Sand" suggested by a recently
published autobiography. 1t gives some
short extracts from her writings, mentions
''Indiana, Jacques" and one or two of
her other works, and considers -"La Mare
au Diable" as "the simplest and most per-
feet of all.
"Weariness A Tale from France" is a
quiet story Of harmless little man who
grew tired of this world and stepped into
he other with the aid of razor. We turn
with relief to the lively verses that follow
1t, and echo
"Well, II we didn't weep long for 'em-
'rwasn't In nature, you Know"
The closing article, headed "The New
Year" is devoted mainly to the Eastern
Question.
The periodicals reprinted by The Leo
nard Scott publishing company, Al Barclay
street, New York, are as follows Tho
London Quarterly. Kdin6ugh, Westminster
and British Quarterly RcDieaos, aud Black
GOODS Magazine. Price, 81 year for any
one, or only $15 for all, and the postage is
prepaid by the publishers.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-02
THE "BoTroM FACTS" IN FLORIDA.

An election was held in Florida-a state
with but little more than half the popula-
tion of Vermont-on the seventh day of
November and, on account of the close
ness of the result of the presidential cleo
tion throughout the Union, the people of
the whole country have been more than
usually anxious to ascertain the exact facts
relative to the election in that state. There
have been half-a- dozen, more or less, can
vases of the vote, three or four proceed
ings in courts by quo soarranto or other
wise, a legislative investigation. special
laws, two congressional investigations, and
four congressional reports upon the sub
Ject, and we are now presumed to have the
" bottom facts in the case. Surely, with
all of this pother, We ought to know how
less than fifty thousand citizens voted.
Passing by the decisions Of the court,
and the canvass made by the state Canvass
ing board with different results upon each
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-02

The testimony of Pickett, TO the effect
that J. Madison Wells, the president of
the Louisiana returning board, was ready
to sell out the result of the election In that
state for reasonable compensation,
coupled with the testimony of Joseph H.
Maddox, special agent of the revenue SER
vice, identifying an agreement signed by
him agreeing to have Louisiana counted
tor Tilden for million dollars, and his re-
fusal to explain sundry kilograms addressed
to, or sent by, him, makes the black case
OF Louisiana look blacker than ever. TIE
case cannot be met by sneers; and unless
Wells can satisfactorily explain it, the peo-
pie will be unanimous in the opinion that
he is even bigger scoundrel than General
Sheridan painted him. What pretty dish
to set before the electoral commission.