The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-10-31
NEWS SUMMARY.
Eastern and Middle States.

A NUMBER OF leaQuR meTCuduUS I'LL
manufacturers held a meeting in No
York, and formed an association for til
purpose of securing the representatio
Of American exhibitors at the Paris En-
position.
An organized band of horse-thieve
was found to be operating with consider
able success among the stock of farmer
in the vicinity of Bound Brook, N. J.
and the members were pursued int
Monmouth county, where they too,
refuge in a large swamp.
Colonel Forney has sold the Philade]
phia Press for $3.50, 600, and will go t
Europe as its correspondent.
William @. Gilman, the New Yorl
broker, whose recent heavy forgeries O
insurance scrip startled the community
delivered himself up to the law, pleade'
guilty to the charge of forgery, and wa
sentenced to five years imprisonment t.
hard labor.
By an explosion Of fire damp in a col
liery at Pottsville, Pa, James Coyle ant
his nephew were instantly killed, thei
bodies being sh%ockingly mangled.
The large barns and two hundred ton
of hay, grain and tobacco, belonging t.
George ". Jones, of Deerfeld, Mass.
were burned. Loss, $4,000.
The laying of the corner stone of
new armory for the Seventh regiment o
New York city, took place on. Fourtl
avenue near the Central Park. Mayo
Ely introduced the Hon. William M
Evarts, who delivered an Grafton, afte
which the corner stone was laid witt
Masonic rites. The armory is to occup,
an entire block, will cost about $500, 600
and will have the largest drill room il
the country.
The business prtion of GAINESVILLE
Onondaga county, N. Y, was burned
among the building, destroyed being tn,
Episcopal church, t,ree hotels, the tow
hall, post-ofice and fifteen dwellings
The loss will reach $50, 900, on whicl
there is $18, 900 insurance.
A statement published by Dun, Bar
low & Co.'s New FORK commercial
agency shows that tn, total failures il
tie United States fr the last min:
months were 6,265, the total liahilIies
being $141, 952, 256 ; wll1e the failures
for the same time last year we're 1850,
with liabilities amounting 1916, 272,
800. The statement asserts "Taker
in connection with the impoved bust
ness in merchandise which To autumn
months have thus far witnessed, the
certainty that q great crop of Eoduce il
now being marketed at good pices, the
hope may be entertained that to wors'
effects of the depression have bee SEEN
Ten thousand cigar-makers I New
York city began a strike for an ocreast
in wages, basing their claims uon thu
better condition of the marke. Thu
manufacturers held a meeting md de
cided not to accede to the demnds O
their employees. ......
Under q new law making it a enalt,
for interfering with railway tains, 1
number of tramps were arrestd nea.
P~oughkeepsie, N. Y, while stating
ride and for assaulting a brakeran.
The presidents of the four graf rail
road trunk lines held a meetingn New
York, and resolved to advance to rat.
on freights.
Moses A. Snyder, a teller of th Mer
chants National bank, of New Yok, wa,
noticed to be living extravagantlBy tn
officers of the institution, and an e1
animation of his accounts reveted tn,
fact that he had embezzled about C, 900
He was arrested.
The striking miners of Scran5n, Pa,
have unanimously resolved toresum,
work.
The national convention of tb Hone,
Bee Keepers of the United Sites wa
held in New York, many pAminen
apiarists from all parts of theountr,
being present.
The first annual sessiorof the Ma
tional Hide and Leadbr association O
the United STATS was opened in Ne1
York bv1}6n. Marshall Jewell, of Con
hecticut. The tariff on leather, tn
difference between American leather an
that manufactured abroad, and othe
interesting topics, relating to the trade
were to be the subjects of discussion.
A monument to Roger Williams wa
dedicated at Providence, R. l., the cere
monies including a Masonic procession
an Grafton by Prof. J. L. Dimon, an
the singing of an original hymn by Mra
S. h. Whitman.
A legislative committee in Massachu
sets has decided not to lend the Ne'
York and New England railroad compan
S., 900, 900, as had. been proposed, t
enable the company to push thrsugI
their line to the Hudson river.
The centennial of the surrender Q
Burgoyne's army to Gates was celebrate
at Schuylerville, N. Y, by the laying o
a cornerstone commemorative OF tn
event. Forty thousand people collecte
to witness the exercises, and militar
companies were present from Hartford
Conn.,, Bennington, Vt, and diferen
parts Of New York State. Addresse
were delivered by Ex-Governor Horati
Seymour, George William Curtis, Hon
Lafayette s. Foster, and others, and a
original poem by Alfred B. Street wa
recited.
A fire broke out in a fve-story furn1
ture factory on West Eighteenth street
New York city, and the flames e1tende
30 rapidly that sever buildings WEI
burned before they could be subdued
The damage will exceed 100000, pal
TALLY insured.
GeorgeT. Plume, a New York broker
well known in the financial circles of tn
city, sent a message to the Stock E1
change that he was unable to meet hi
contracts; and further development
disclosed that he had appropriated to hi
own use over 800, 900 belonging to tn
Lamont estate, of which he was an e1
ecutor.
The Pennsylvania railroad compan
bought out the Empire transportatio
company, at Philadelphia, paying i
round numbers, 81, 600, 900 for it's mel
chandise, cars and equipment.
William M. Tweed testified before a
aldermanic committee in New York tina
he was now a bankrupt; that since 1877
he had paid to lawyers 81, 400, 500 ; tina
since that period he had lost 81, 2O6, lou
and that SIS, 900 could notbe realized froI
the property now owned by him. d
also stated that it cost him $50, 900 t
escape from Ludlow street jail, tina
sum having been paid to the variou
persons who aided him in getting away
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