The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-03-14
SUMMARY WNEWs.
Interesting Items trm Home and Abroad.

Interesting Items frm Home and Abroad.
4 man named W.. n. Weldon, claiming to hail
from Philadelphi and to be & correspondence OF
the PhiladelphiaP Press. gained admission to the
private room Of GOV. Packard in New Orleans,
and while the governor was conversing with q
number Of gentlemen present. suddenly az
dressed a remarl to Nh. Packard, at winch the
latter turned, oily to confront a drawn Plstoi:
He promptly knocked the weapon down, Dut II
was exploded OH the instant. the ball striking
the governor IN the knee, intlictlng a severe
and painful wound. One 0f the gentlemen
present iumediatclviirc3 RE would-be assas-
sin, shooting him II the AHA. and he was Sc
cured together with an accomplish outside.
Weldon claims there were four Ill the Dahd 70
murder Gov. Packard, but that the others de-
serted at the last moment. ....Ihe Indians are
committing all sorts of dcpredations in Dakota
Territory. ..... The revenue officers discovered
au extensive system Of smuggling from Canada,
und arrested two Of the principals. Another
steamship has cleared from New Haven, Conn.
with arms and ammunition for the Turkish
government, valued at :l,O4S, SOS. and consist
ing of TO- 900, 900 Snider cartridges, 100000
Winchester cartridges. $500 600 Martini shells,
5000, 900 bullets. SO. 600 Martini guns. and 80
600 Martini scabbards. The interior OF
Mexico and the Pacific coast States have all de-
clared for DiaZ.......A fire in the extensive dry
goods establishment Of Edward Malley, New
Haven Conn. caused damage to the amount OF
S75, 600. $500. Ten persons were killed and q
number fatally injured by a boiler explosion in
tbs steel works at st. Etinne, France.
The New York State fair managers have de-
cided to hold it in Rochester from the seven
tenth to the tweuty-arst Of September.:::..
President Grant approved the bill providing
for n deficiency in the appropriation 1or me
public printing and binding, which reduces the
compensation of compositors from sixty to nifty
cents per thousand ems, and forty cents all
hour for time work. Winslow, the treasury
clerk who stole the S11, 900 package OF green
backs, but afterward refunded the larger part
of the amount, has been sentenced to eighteen
months imprisonment. He lays the cause OF
his downfall to the use Of opium. IA s33,0O0
elevator at Peoria, ILL.,. owned by Tying and
Brothcrton, was destroyed by fire Weldon,
who attempted to assassinate Gov. Packard,
pleaded guilty to an assault with intent to muir
der. He is thought to have been deranged at
the time Of the attempt, as he had been drink
ing heavily for some time on account OF q love
disappointment The steamer George Crom-
well, from New York for Newfoundland, which
has been "out " for some time. is now believed
10 have struck on Cape ST. Mary's not far from
where the George Washington, Of the same
line, went down q few weeks ago. The
thirty persons on board the Cromwell went
down with her ...... Antonio Leon, an Italian
Of Brooklyn, n. y, went to the house of his
married daughter Rose, and after shooting her,
beat her head terribly with the butt of his pis-
'tol, stabbed her several times and kicked her
tendishly as she lay on the floor helpless. The
woman subsequently recovered consciousness
enough to explain the cause Of the deadly as
sault to be q confession offered by her to her
husband, to whom she had been married but a
few months, to the effect that previous to her
marriage her father had been guilty of gross
improprieties with her. This led to an es-
arrangement between the families; the father
being terribly afraid OF imprisonment for his
crime. aud threatened his daughter with death.
1t is doubtful if the Woman RECEIVERS.
The ~viceroy's official dispatch, dated Feb.
l6, states that the famine in North Arcot, India.
is much worse than at first supposed. and there
il great distress in Mvsore...... Mail and tcle-
graphic communication has been established
on the Mexican frontier adjacent to tho United
States, and that busines is beginning 10 pick
up under the confidence inspired BIZ the Dlaz
administration ...... Sneak thieves gained ad-
mission to the banking house of James G..
Kings Sons in New York. and during the rush
Of business succeeded III securing z tin box con-
tanning Sl60, 50i in bonds and securities. The
valuables had been deposited in the vault at
the owners risk. AS most Of the bonds were
registered. notice was Immediately given, 50
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Wm. H. Siddle, q bank cashier at minneapolis.
Mimi, was shot and killed by Miss Kate Moo
nan, FOR seducing and then deserving her. The
Young woman, when arrested, manifested no
remorSe for the deed. 800. Rear Admiral Chas.
H. Davis died in Washington Of heart disease,
q: the age Of seventy. He had been in active
service for ffty-four years. IA fire in Medina,
Ohio, destroyed the Empire block and three adj
joining buildings. Loss. $4,000 partially in
sured.... A $4,000 fire occurred at North
Attleboro, Mass, by which 4 number Of stores
were ruined .... Further Indian depredations
are reported from Dakota Territory, and Gen.
Crook has sent three companies Of cavalry to
look after the savagcs.
The University Of the City of New York
graduated and gave diplomas to one hundred
and fifty young doctors Oh the occasion OF
its thirty-sixtb commencement -. Russia has
an organized argnT Uf too, 00J men, half Of
whom arc already ua the frontier. The
wrestling match between Mclaughlin, of Michi-
gan. and Cavanaugh. Of Vermont, took place in
Utica. ". y, aud resulted III a victory for Nc
Laughlin ...... Fire CONSUMED n row " dwell
Jugs in East ST. Loui, and damaged the wooden
approach to tie great bridge to the extent OF
$4,000. 1t will tax, n week At least to put the
bridge in q condition. hit for use. -. Walter
AIKEN lost his $500 0 residence jn Franklin
rails, n. H., by fire. No insurance Rear
Admiral Louis NJ. Gollsborough died in Wash
ington Of typhoid Pneumonia. aged seventy
two. He entered the navy at the early age OF
seven and served through all the ranks. This
makes the sixth admiral to die within 4 month.
......The %rinderpest is spreading i'll England.
......E. D. Kennedy, master commissioner Of
the Garrard county court, was killed by G. {.
Kennedy, his nephew, ct Lancaster, KY, over
a difficulty growing out Of Z lawsuit. The muir