The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-02-14
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
Interesting Items from Home and Abroad.

Interesting Items from Home and Abroad.
Tho last proposals offered by the European
powers to Turkey were rejected by the grand
council in session. at Constantinoplc, during
great excitement and cries of Death before
aishonor.".... tunnel ut Ncwcomcrsburg,
Ohio. used by the Pittsburgh and Cleveland
railroad, caved in hear its mouth. burying five
labOrers. 80. Daniel Price, colorcd. was hanged
at Warrcnton, Mo-, for the murder of a colored
man last srmmer. He protested his innocence
of the crime to the last 49,. In addition to the
fleet CT gloucester (MasS.) fishing schooners
reported lost it is now feared that four others
have succumbcd to the late fierce storms.
They are the schooncrs Modena B. Jcrrold,
Howard Steele. Robert Emmett and the Wyom-
ing. ..... Ex-(iov. Alvin Saunders has been
elected senator by the Republican majority of
the Nebraska Legislature. ..... Hon. George
Wells. president of the Annapolis (Nd.) Far
mers' and Planters bank. is q defaulter to the
amount of SEQ, 600. He has been considered
one of the first citizens of the place ...... De
~toctivrs succeeded in arrcsting the forScr and
issacr of the bogus SG4, 900 check OF the New
York Life ms. Co. His name is Horace Z.
Brown. .....An election riot occurred in DE
Isle. Canada, between the French and Eng
liSh. ..... Tn money order department of the
New York post-oficc did business to the amount
of SO. 556. 49, 30 i'll 1876 ..... Indians ralded a
ranch and drove off fifty horses within fifty
miles of Cheyenne. The government bonded
warehouse on Hunters island, of Elizabeth
port. n. j., was destroyed by fire. Loss. $50
600. $3.50. Three masked men boarded the en-
press car of an outgoing train when 1t stopped
at Il crossing in Chicago, and after ovcrpowrr-
ing the two occupants. forced open the safe,
containing S25. 600, from which they took. how
ever. but 1i3 in cash, with which they escaped.
England has prohibited the importation of
cattle, sheep and goats from Germany. France
and Belgium. on account. of the prevalence of
the rindcrpest in those countries. Tn disease
is spreading over Europe. The commissioner
of internal revenue estimates that illicit stills
and the fraudulent manufacture and sale of
tobacco in the mountainous districts of the
Southern States annually dcfraud the govern
ment out of -. 600, 900 duty. He has called for
and will receive aid from the army in suppress
ing this state Of affairs. 49,. Canadian news Is to
the effect that five hundred families of Sioux
Indians recently at war with the United States
have crossed the border into Canada to take mp
their abode. They are peacefully inclined. -.
Vim. Hcath's hat factory i'll Brooklyn, \. u.
was destroyed by tire. with two adjoining
buildings. Loss. 500, 0m ..... The German
Protestant orphan asylum near st. Louis was
burned and one child persisted. Loss heavy
insurance. $4,000 ...... The Massachusetts
Legislature, after many ballots. elected MI.
Hoar United States senator. The strongest
opponent was Nh. Boutwell,. ..... James E.
Bailey was elected senator for the short term by
the Tennessee Legislature IA sudden break
mp of the ice in the Potomac caused many yes
sells and bargcS to sink or he crushed, and did
considerable damage to wharvcS at Washington
and GEORGETOWN ...... Funeral services were
held over nineteen unidentified bodies from the
Ashtabula disaster.
David Cranston and Frederick Bord, while
crossing 4 railroad track in a wagon at Troy.
n. y, were struck and killed by a locomotive.
49,. American bonds are in demand III Europe.
...... Since the arrest of Miles Oglc at Pitts
burgh for countcrfeiting. the secret service
officers have unca-thed and seized ITO different
plates for counterfeit printing belonging to the
prisoner, who had grown wealthy III the busl-
ness. Recent advices from China state
that travel on the railway between Shanghai
and WoosunG had been stopped by native
mobs. who INSTRUCTED the track and assaulted
the workmen. The Chinese dislike to all I'M
provemcnts was the CAUSE of the disturbance.
Great distress from famine prevails III the
northern provinces of China. A great famine
prevailed in Corea. and the government had ap-
pealed to Japan for assistance. light young
men residing in Rock Iii Is, y. j., took a mar
ried woman from her bed ut night, and after
tarring and feathcring her, left her in the
snow, where she was discovered by some neigh
bors and rescued in a dangerous condition.
Seveno Of the cul prits, on being arrested, claimed
the woman's morals were 80 bad they wished to
drive her from the neighborhood. The wo-
mans friends deny the truth of these allega-
tons. ... Chief Engineer Ceilings, of the Lake
Shore road committed suicide by shooting.
Anxiety regarding the .Ashtabula disaster de-
ranged his mind and led him to imagine HIM
self the cause of the broken bridge. The
revolution in Ecuador, South America. Is re-
ported to have been put down by the authorl-
ties. ..... The boatholse of Dartmouth Col
lcge navy, Hanover. n. H., was destroyed by a
heavy gale, together with its boats, shells and
sculls. The loss is estimated from $1,000 to
80, 600. .....A fire at Baeder, Adamson Il Co.'S
glue works at Philadelphia caused 4 loss OF
about 500, 600 which is partially covered by in
surance.
While J. n. Farrar, cashier Of the Abingtoa
National bank of Boston. was eating lunch III q
restaurant, $1,000 belonging to the bank was
stolen from him The boiler III Griffith Il
Huyck' single factory at Ink Bayou, exploded,
causing the death of tire" men and dangerous
~ i~njuring several others. \ large part OF the
boiler, including its top. was blown several
rods through forest cutting down trees twelve
inches in diameter. Information from Eng
land says there is no longer doubt that the
American ship, George Green, was lost with
all on board 80. The Washington Chronicle has
been seized for debt and will suspend adjudication.
1.-The Turkish government has just had ship
ped to them by the Winchester Arms Co., of
New Haven, Conn, a cargo of war material
valued at 81. 1863, GOO, consisting OF 10000 Mar
tint Henry rifles with bayonets, 1000 WlncheS-
ter guns. 10. 600, 600. cartridges, $4,000, 600 Mar
TIM shells. ii, 900, 900 bullets and so, 600, 600
gun wads. IA new vein of silver has been dis
covered in the mine at Newb,uvport, Mass.
Three of the gang of Astoria Nong lsland)
burglars were sentenced to Imprisonment for
terms of t'.irty-tive, twenty and eighteen years
citation received $26, 53l. Ga the past year and ex-
pended 500 Is. 80. Iowa is to organize a
national guard.
The Chinese have suspended commercial i'll
with Russia 49,. Blanchette, COLI
victed of causing the st. Hyacinthe (Canada)
tire. has been sentenced to imprisonment for
seven wears. ..... President DiaZ is now in pos
session of the entire republic of Mexico. cX-
cepting Sinaloa and chihuahua, and his admin
~istratiOn is conducted with prudence and Wis
dom the people complain only of excessive
taxation. EX-Presidcnt L.erdo has embarked
for San Francisco. Iglesias and cabinet are at
Mazatlan awaiting events. There il much
anxiety to know what course the United States
Will take III regard 10 Mexico. DlaH Has Sent
$500, 600 to Vera Cruz to be turned over to the
United States under the award Of the commits
sion ...P. CulbaueS house i'll Hamilton. Ont,
was burned at night. Two children were suf-
located and u third fatally bnrllcd...... BY the
explosion of u boiler in David Haas lager beer
brewery at Buffalo one of the proprictor's Suns
were instantly killed and another fatally ocald-
ed .....A train of ftecn wagons. III charge of
twenty men. on the way to the Black Hills, was
captured by Indians one hundred miles west of
the Missouri river and all the men killed ......
Simon I;agland. colorcd, was hanged at Whita-
ker. =. c., for raping u white lady. He con-
fessed the crime previous to Lis execution. BY
the slipping of the knot when the drop fell,
his death was one of terrible suffering. lasting
eleven minutes ...... BY IL fire III the Stonehill
collicry, near Bolton, Eng, fifteen miners were
burned to death.
The trustees OF the riot relief fund, New
York city, presented a check for : $1,000 to
Policeman John Mcdonnell for bravery IN ar
resting a desperate burglar ...... Holland will
not permit any further inlportations OF cattle
from Germany III account Of the prevalence OF
the rindcrpest ...... The health Of the Pope is
Drecarious ..... Guatemala refuses to all Costa
Rica in warning on Nicaragua. john K. Nc
Phcrson has been elected by the New Jersey