The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-02-07
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
Interesting Items from Homo md Abroad

Interesting Items from Homo md Abroad.
4 $4,000 fire Mt Long Branch, n. j.. de-
stroved the Central Hotel and several adjacent
buildings. 49,. The failures in the United States
III 1876 We're one in siXty-ninc in business III
1875 there were one in every cightv-three, and
in 1873 there was one failure in every 109. H.
Canada in 1876 there was one failure in thirty
two persons engaged III business. and in 1875
enc III every twentv-ciSht 49,. Pope Plus IN,
in reply to an address of students from the
American College. who went with Peters
pence. remarked upon the marvellous progress
of Catholicism in the United States. O.. Ten
Gloucester Mass fishing sctiooicrs are be-
licvrd to have s'icrnWlrd to the recent heavy
gales and sn!ic dow with all on board. They
arc thus named Ellen Francis. David 4. Burn
ham. Gettysburg. John S. Tyler. W. T. Mar
chant. J. F.. Huntress. Robert Emmett. Howard
Steele, Mcdu>. b. ,1crrold and d. L. Woodbury..
The crews. averaging six men each. leave fami-
lies in nearly every instance. ....A bloody
battle was fought at Galte, Ecuador. between
rcyolutioniStS and the government forces. in
which the latter were badly worstcd. prcsi-
dent Horrcro was obliged to flee. The revolu-
ton is now n success. SO. Lucille Western,
well known throughout the country ns an &C
trcss, died Of pneumonia. i'll her thirty-tifth
year,. Fifteen passengers were injured on
the Virginia Midland road by two sleeping
coaches being thrown down an embankmcnt by
a broken rail.......A passenger car on the
Chesapeake and Ohio road Jumped the track
near Grccnbricr river, W. W.. and plunged
down a f~ortv-iiYc foot cmbankmcnt. Several
. persons We're injured. some tatally:....A train
ran off the track rear star Station, Ky. i'll
juring five persons.
An ice gorge in the Ohio near Cincinnati
broke and cut down the steamer Andes, which
sunk. Loss. :2i. OG0 : no insurance. 49,. Sliding
1890, 80. ---c r A. r--l t-.t. 1.N1i -,
New York demolished -, 900 worth of glass.
and thoroughly frightened the inmates of the
cdiiict. Fortunately no one was under the fall
ing mass. ..... The new steamer Calumet was
sunk by moving ice at Cincinnati. Loss. S2i.-
900 insurance 81. 900. detectives arrested
three burglars at work III mi express car on the
Hudson River road \ $4,000 fire is 70
ported from B~rockport. y. Y. by which scvo !
buildings were destroyed. including a Meth , Ist
damaged The Mechanics savings bank Of
Boston has suspended ...... EaStward-bornd
freight ha4 again been advanced ...... The ac-
8 counts Of Alexander Barlow. cashier of the
Fi>hkill q. y National bank. show Il deficiency
Of from S2n.O0 to $50, Geo. Barlow explains 1t
by saving he was forced to sell bonds deposited
in the bank for safe keeping in order TO make
good ovcrdraftS drawn by personal friends. -.
Another cargo of arms and ammunition for the
Turkish government has been dispatched by
the Winchester Arms Go. Of New Haven. Conn.
...... VIM. W.. TwccdS appeal from the de-
cision against linn in the $4,000. 900 suit was
denied by the supreme conrt.
The moving ice in the Ohio and its tributaries
B carried off and wrecked ten. steamers, between
three and four hundred coal bargcs. ten coal
tinpcrS and numerous dry docks. 1t Is e,;i-
mated 9. 800. 600 bushels OF coal were lost. The
aggregate losses will foot up between two and
three million dollars. 800. Sergeant BcSsr. with
two mcl from the Sixth cavalry. while recon-
noitering for the Indians who had cut the tcic-
graphic line between Forts Laramie and Fetter-
man. had n skirmish with fifteen redskins, and
the three troopers were severely wounded IA
cunilagratiml in Scranton. Pa. destroyed the
Exchange block entirely. and INFLICTED a loss OF
5l0O, 900. . . Bishop Nottingham, of the Epis-
COAL diocese of Maryland. has been paralyzcd
in his left side. ...... The Spanish steamer Moe
tcZIma. which was captured by CubanS who
o~ycrpowercl the officers, was burned recently
by her captorS, Oh finding that they would fall
into the hands of q Spanish gunGoat. The
Cuban crew escaped to an adjacent shore in
small boats. -. Where the Western Union and
Atlantic and Pacific telegraph companies con-
pete. the rates have been greatly rcduced......
The Boston steamer Seminole has been attached
under II suit for $50. 900 by the owner of the
steamer Montgomery. which was run down by
the former steamer ......A dispatch from India
states that in one of the Bombay districts tSho!-
aporeJ The crops lave totally failed. Things
are nearly a bad in two other dl-tricts. The
crops have partially failed in six districts. Al
ready 2S7, 600 persons are on the relief WORKS.
In Nadrast the famine prevails III twelve districts,
and now n million persons are Oh the relief
works. The cost to the State is estimated over
-. 900. 600 sterling in bombay and cl.0OO.0 600
in Madras. "A fire IL Idinburg. Clarion, Co..
Pa. destroyed twenty-five buildings III the
business part of the town. The loss is estilna-
ted ii SEQ, 600.
President Grant, in all order to Gen. Anger,
of New Orleans, ~sustlins the Packard govern
ment in the following language Ii las been
the policy IF the administration To take no part
III the settlement of the question o. the right
full government in the State of Louisiana, at
least not until the CongreSsiona! committees
now there have made their report. But it is
not proper to sit quietly by and sec the State
government gradually taken poSscSSlpn OF iy
one Of The claimants for guhernatoriAl lonors
ly illegal mean. The supreme court sci up by
iIr. Nichols can receive no ln"rc re"oT,nltlull
than any other equal number of lawyers con-
vcned on the call of any other citizen of the
State. i returning board. existing i'll accord
arce with law and having judicial as well -
ministerial powers over the count OF the votes
ana in declaring The result Of the late election.
lliNC SIhCI NSItliiN"NNH VI '-SNN4"t q" tN
legislature o! the State. 4 legal quorum.
of which House holding such certificates. met
and declared Mr.. Packard governor. Should
there lie 4 necessity for the recognition OF
either. il must nc Mr.. Packard. Iou may for
niSh :. copy Of this to Mr.. Packard and to Mr..
Nichols. Upon receipt of this Gov. Packard
issued q proclamation ordering the Nichols
government 10 dispersc.
The order Of President Grant to Gen. Anger,
followed by tie pr"clGm2tinn of Gov. Packard.
created widespread excitement III New Orleans.
II was believed in that city that the administra-
ton nj Washington would not interfere so long
;s force was not used by either sale. and the
proclalnati"i!. which. to 4 certain extent. rcc",,-
nizcl the Packard over the Nichols govern
mcnt. caused the excitement. 4 dispatch says
ihat ~ soon H. the facts became known the
streets were crowded with people. hut that no
acts Gf violence occurred. Gov. Nichols and his
administration declared that they w"lld give 10
attention to Gov. Packards proclamation. but
world continue their government. NOT %lntcrtel-
ing with Packard unless attacked. when they
wouId It SiSt. a. directed By the Louisiana Dem
o~cratic delegation III Congress. Preparations
we're made to uuell any disturbance that might
arise. Gen. Anger said that lie considered the
Presidents order as no! recognizing cth"r
branch. hut should await further Instructions.
which were hourly expected.
The A~nrlo-.tmcrican cable, laid in 1865. has
brci broken. .....A dispatch from Cape Town,
Africa, says that alarming news has been r.
ccivrd trn,l Zulu-laud. The Iula King Getty
wayo refuses 10 permit the occupancy by British
tron;n OF the TERRITORY which Is III dispute hc-
tween himself and the Tr:I>vaal republic. n"
has returned unopened IL letter scnt i:i'a by The
british envoy. and has assembled S.OGD warriors
in Tx. disputed territory. .... Deputy Sulrrl!I-
~tcivlcnt Mctali's report showed that the officers
nf the Security If" insurance company OF New
rity had committed extensive frauds and re-
pca:ed IrrjuricS. and that the assets were less
:lan fifty per cent. of i!r labilitir|.....:liie
revenue cutter Gal!atil rescued the crew "f tie
ic. noiuid schooner Il. {. Tiloma#. "i Maine,
while of the Massachusetts coast. When
found. The feet and hands Of tn crew had
burst olcu from the frost, and they were IN a
most pitiahle plight. 1.-Two iaborcra were III
stautlr killed and three seriously injured by be-
inr struck bv . lornn"iiy" Will" clearing SHOW
from the track near HuHal", y. N.....:Ihc re-
port of Massachusetts auditor places the state
debt at S33. j5N. 00U-a reduction of S336. OOO.-
from the previous year. The net cost of
the Hoosac tunnel and Troy and Greenfield
. 1850. "a 80 .1D n-u