The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-06-06
NEWS ITEMS.
What IL Doing In tho Old World md the

What IL Doing In tho Old World md tho
New.
The Due dc Broglic is at the head Of the new
French cabinet, il The position of president of
the council and minister Of justice. IA force
Of 5000 Russian infantry troops, accompa-
MED by a rroportionatcly large body of cavalry
aid artillery. marched toward Simnitza. with
the intention Of crossing the Danube at that
point. In Asia Minor Inc Russians occupied
karakilissa. 4 OWL situated Oh the leading
ilorouglIfare between liajazid and ErZcrOum.
News comes from ConstantinOp!c that Sock
COON kalc was taken. the CircaSSianS uprising,
burning the town and massacring the garrison
49,. The city Of africa i'll Peru was seriously
damaged 10y M earthquake. The Omnibus
bill passed by the New York Legislature has
been vetoed by Governor Robinson. . During
Il mutinv on the brig c. c. Gwecny tho mate
WIS shot dead. The mutinccrs were subjugatcd
and put III irons =. General Grant sailed for
Europe from Philadelphia on the steamship
Indiana. . . President Hayes returned to Wash
iugton from his New York trip. The schoon-
cr Marietta Tilton collidcd with the collier Har-
risburg, and six persons Oh board the schooner
! --incluiing the captain and his wife-were
drowned. only two scamcn being saved. 1.-The
Russian fleet, for some time past anchored in
| New York harbor, left with sealed orders which
were not to be opened until twenty hours after
' ia AtiN'At -Ae
destroyed ten buildings and q railroad station
! go. While a number of boys were walking to-
ward Washington square. New York, they were
, jostlcd against by thrcc drunken men. an al
t~ercation cnsled, and one of the boys, named
Max Herman, was stabbed i'll the neck and bled
70 death. 1t was the dead boys eighteenth
birthday. E. .Quiglcv. the wife murderer, was
hung in Philadelphia go. Anniversary exercises
we're held by the Yale and Drew theological
semiuaries.
The suspension of Martield's bank at Circle
vile, O., is announced. The liabilities will be
covered by the assets. AT the Episcopal do
cesar convention, held i'll Chattanooga. Tenn,
n sermon was preached by Rev. ]. L. Neon
nell, n colored minister, this being the first
instance in the United States OF q colorcd
clergyman OF tho Episcopal church preaching
before q white congregation. The Russians
made All attempt to lombard the fortress Of
kars. but they made q mistake in the distance,
: and the shots went over the place without doing
any harm. The instruction in the Caucasus
/ assumed formidable proportions, and the
Russian commander near kars was III danger OF
havi & his connections with the main army cut
off. At Arabian in Armenia the Russians car
ried two outworks and captured nine guns.
At SALISBURY and Bennington, VT, n terrific
fall of ur.commonly large hailstones occurred.
go. Some property was destroyed and trees
were uprootcd by n tornado at Stuyvesant, \.
Y.....No little excitement prevailed i'll Paris
upon the breaking up of the old cabinet and
the 70 nation OF n new. Minister Washburn
te%lcgraphcd from Paris to Secretary Evarts
that q revolution was imminent. President
McMahon sent q message to the French Cham
Der Mt Versailles, rrorogring the sitting one
month, and while it was being read an unpar-
allcled scene Of confusion arose, some of the
members applauding, others kissing, and some
actually coming to blows. LAT Mount Vernon,
No., Samuel Orr was hanged for the murder OF
q farmer named Davis. Hchad all accomplish,
who will be hanged next month. The intcn-
ton of making q public statement OF his re-
sumption policy has been abandoned by Secrc-
tary Sherman. BY the famine in India much
suffering has been caused, over one million per-
sons having applied for relief, and many dying
daily tt satisfy Judgment the property Of
Chicago whisky distillcrs was seized by govern
ment officials. Notwithstanding it had been
transferred to another person.
The outworks Of Arabian in Asia Minor, its
Notifications, citadel, sixty guns. immense
stores of. provisions and the camp formerly
occupied by the Turks were captured by the
Russians after q breach had been made il the
walls of tho fortress. TheT Turks have collected
en- army of 200, 600 men between the Danube
and the Balkan mountains to oppose the Rus
sian force of $50, 900. Near Sukum kaleh an
engagement took place, and q company of Co.'S
sacks were nearly destroyed by the Turks. .....
4 scandal was created i'll the Congregational
church Of st. Joseph, Mo-, h crichcst church III
the State except one, by the enforced resigna-
ton of It's pastor. Rev. J.. III. Foster, who had
oficiatcd in that capacity about six months.
1t was discovered that he had been married five
times, and had never be,n divorced from any
of his wives. and that he was q gambler and
swiudler Of plausible mannc ......A former
contractor. JuliusE. Nichols, committed suicide
in New York. .....AI accident occurred to an
excursion train nea: Fleetwood. Kansas, by
which one man was killed and Il number were
more or less severely injured. ..... Extensive
stock stables on the Grass He'll farm at Mill
bury. Mass, were burned, Involving = loss Of
$50, 900 insurance, so. 600. ..... The position
Of solicitor Of the treasury was offered to en-
Gov. Chamberlain, OF South Carolina, but he
declined tho office, and will practice law i'll New
York. . The United States minister to Austria.
Hon. Edward J. Beale, has handed III his reslG-
nation. ..... The st. Charles Hotel i'll Paterson,
\. j., was burned, and other property was dam
aged. Loss, about 81, 500. ..... Tho town of
Crcswcll, n. c., was destroyed Icy ire, and
Il great deal of suffering followed among the
people. the most of whom were uninsured. ....
Three vessels were wrecked Oh the coast Of
Peru. . During o furious hurricane in Canada
tiftecH buildings were overthrown, and the
people were compelled to take refuge III the
cellars to save themselves from injury.
Alarge number of picnics and excursions we're
held by the Germans Of New York III Whit
monday. Tie War department has given
notice that after June 30th, 1877, no money for
services rendered will be paid until Co gress
mas provided for the same....:.Ih outer
lines at Kars were stormed by the Russians,
who preceded the attack with & furious fire
from their heaviest artillery; but the Turkish
batteries replied with such effect that the as
saulting forces were compelled to retire, leaving
several hundred dead and wounded on the
field. A proclamation of independence and a
declaration of war against Turkey have been
issued by Roumania 1911 By the explosion Of a
balloon in Hull, England. cighty-six persons
were injured, some seriously .....A coHsulta-
ton was held in Chicago between Generals
Sheridan and Ord i'll reference to tic outragcs
on the borders Of Mexico. ..... During 3 severe
storm that visited Marion, Ind, u church filled
with worshipers was blown down, and one
man was killed and q number were badly hurt.
......A young lady named Harmon, twenty
two years Of age, died Of hydrophobia at San
ford. Mass. .....An outbreak occurred between
towns-peoplc Of Mallow, Ireland. and some
militia recruits, and a number Of the soldiers
were wounded. The government works in
Boston harbor were inspected by the secretary
Of war and Gen. Sherman. 49,. The chief officer
was shot and stabbed and three men were
wounded during n mutiny on the American
ship Kate Davenport at the port Of Liverpool.
......A deputation of the United Methodist
and Methodist Episcopal churches. in conven-
ton at Baltimore, had al audience with the
President in Washington.
Athree-story brick building in the COURSE of
! erection at Cedar Rapids fell in suddenly, and
! out OF twenty workmcn who were at work on it
at the time seventeen were wounded more or
less dangerously. $500. Seven men were killed
durin. the launch Of the vessel Saratoga at
Hoach's shipyard, Chester, Pa. The men were
at work under the vessels sides, AMI not hear
ing the order to come out they were caught
when she moved down the Stochs and were ter
ribly crushed and mangled. 49,. Fire destroyed
the large white lead works Of Davis, Chambers
& Co.. of Pittsburgh, Pa. Loss, 100000
fully insured. ... Forty-six business firms were
burned out by a fire in GloScrsvillc, y. y, in
curing q loss of about $lOO. 900, on which
there is a partial insurance 1.-The famine in
India is Oh the increase, and terrible suffering
prevails. 1.-Two laborers were at work in 9
sewer in New Haven, Conn, when the water
began to rise rapidly, and before they could es-
cape one Of them-Patrick Farrcll-w was drown
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