The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-07-10
NEWS SUMMARY.
Eastern and Middle states

NEWS SUMMARY.
Eastern and Middle states 90
The one hundredth anniversary Of the evac.
uation Of Valley Forge (Pa.) by the revolution
ary army after the winter OF l777-79 vas ceie-
which was reviewed BY Governor Hartranft
and General Hancock, the reading Of an ad-
dress, recitation Of appropriate original poems,
music and religious services. Between thirty
and forty thousand people were present. 1
The Commencements at the various colleges
of the country we're cclsbrated by the usual
exercises. At Princeton On. j. College Gen.
| Sherman delivered an address; at the Madison
IN. ~ ..University Hon. Horatio Seymour DE-
Ivered an Grafton, and George William Curtis
spoke to the graduating. class OF the Brooklyn
Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute.
The steamer Eothen left New York N q
voyage to the arctic regions In search OF relics
! Of Sir John Franklin. The expedition expects
to be gone about two years and q half. An
exploring party will go into the interior Of tho
Esouimau1 country several hundred miles and
further than any previous searching party has
ever gone. Captain Barry commands the YES
| sell and Lieutenant Schwatks, Of the United
States army, is at the head OF the exploring
expedition. .:..r. .r... "a
In q boat-raoe at Pittsburgh, Pa, for the
championship Of America and 81, 1000. Edward
Hanlon, Of Toronto, Canada, defested Evan
Morris. .t. DO -.....-' .ai =: ' ."i
The Democrats Of Vermont held their state
convention at Montpelier and nominated WI.
liam II. b. Bingham for governor Jerome w.
Pierce for. acknowledgement, and George E.
Boyce for treasurer. 9" The platform favors
"honest payment of the public debt" home
ruIe. Hone currency for all and the gradual
substitution Of greenbacks for national bank
notes. thanks the originators OF the present
investigation of the electoral frauds" and az.
serts that "while we would sanction no assault
upon the official title Of President Hayes, We
uree the prosecution and punishment Of all
who aided the frauds by which the Presidency
was wrested from this Democracy" s,.
The indictment Of the grand jury against
the New York board Of aldermenf for permitting
distractions in the streets has been quashed in
court, 800 - .,... ..i..
A notable social event ct Princeton, N. j.,
was the recent marriage Of Ex-Governor Swami,
Of Maryland, and Mrs. ]. R. Thompson. The
BRIDEGROOM is ~seventy-two years old, and this
is his second venture in the matrimonial field.
Fifteen hundred invitations to the wedding
were sent out. y
At ameeting of Plymouth Church Mrs. Eliza
beth r. Triton was unanimously " e1communi-
Gated from the communion and Fellowship OF
the church" - ..sn.-. % . r-.a.'.
Moses A. Wheelock, who had been chairman
Of the New York Stock Exchange tor more than
twenty-five years, and q held hat position
until recently, committed suicide by shooting
himself. He was given to drinking heavily,
had suffered serious business reverses, and bis
.defeat at the last election. for chairman Of the
Stock Exchange seems to have preyed upon bis
mind. ."-'H-"h H;'''7"
The New York Plough Cempany's works In
Newark, N. j., were nearly totally destroyed
byr fire., causing q loss Of over 100000 and
throwing 200 men out Of employment.
The will of William Cullen Bryant has been
filed in the surrogate's Office, at Jamaica,
Queens county, N. Y. he bsqueaths to his
gardener, George B. Cline, of Roslyn, about
$40, 900 in land and money, and 9 few hundred
| dollars to. his gardeners son, William Bryant
Cline. AL the residue Of the estate Is to be
divided between his two daughters, Fannie
bryant Goodwin and Julia Sands Bryant. Mr.
j Bryant's share in the Euening Post and his
copyrights are also left to bis daughters.
There are numerous complaints along the
line of the n~ewly-opened Elevated railroad in
New York on account Of the noise made by
passing trains. People complain that the noise
Is . great sleep-destroyer and Injurious to per-
SONS in sickly health. r'rl .
BY an explosion Of gas in a vault in the new
municipal building, Brooklyn, N. Y, one man
was fatally injured, another seriously hurt,
and several others slightly injured.
Four large boilers In the puddle mills OF the
Chesapeake Nail Works In Harrisburg. Pa,
exploded with terrible effect. The mill WAS
master, sforeman, was fearfully mutilated and
instantly killed. Henry Ness, John Hsss,
George Frank, and John Hetrick, workmen,
were badly scalded and injured by the flying
debris, One Of the boilers was carried over an
adjacent mill, si1ty-fve feet in height, and
landed in q field about $50 feet from the scene
of the explosion. Another was blown through
the top Of the mill into a brick workhouse. A
third was carried into another workhouse,
boiler was entirely torn to pieces. The loss is
estimated at from $12, 600 to $4,000, ..,.s i:
The board Of officers forming q court Of
inquiry in the ease of General FitE John Porter,
who was removed in 1862 for alleged DISC.
bedienoe Of General Pope's orders, met at
West Point, N. z, and began an examination
for the purpose OF ascertaining whether Gen.
Porter had been ,unjustly treated. ~
Western and Southern states.
The Missouri ,Greenback party convened ct
Sedalia and nominated . ticket with A. 8.
Gilstrap, for supreme court judge. at the head.
The declaration Of principles adopted demands
the repeal OF the resumption act that green
backs shall be equal to gold and silver that
all United States bonds be taxed that equal
wages be paid to equal work for both sexes,
and that all avs not bearing equally upon
capital and labor be abrogated.
Two men named Pearson and Sadler, accused
Of committing Q criminal assault upon Mrs.
Groves, near Mitchellville, Tenn, on May 16,
were taken from the jail at Springfield by 100
armed men and hanged.
Jeremiah Connolly and George Sherry, aged
respectively nineteen and twenty-one years.
were hanged at. Chicago for the unprovoked
murder Of Hugh McConville while they were
under the influence ofGquor John Burns was
hanged at Paris, ILL.,, for the murder Of Eliza
beth Burdwell Perry Bowster was hanged at
Chillicothe, Ohio, for the murder Of an aged
toll-keeper and wife; Edward 81. Costley,
aged twenty, suffered q similar fate at Freder-
erick, Nd, for the murder Of his cousin, Solo
mon Costley, and at Little Rock. Ark, Jacob
Levels, colored, was hanged for the murder Of
another colored man. These six executions
took place in one day. a.. ,.i..y
General Mackenzie, with United States
troops, penetrated Mexico about forty-hye
miles, In pursuit OF raidera. They were met
DIV b Q6GHCQ1u6uG VI LILO moAlCd0 okhy3
up In line of battle, and General Mackenzie
warned them to get out Of the way or else he
would fire upon them The American troops
then formed in line Of battle, when the Me1i-
cans withdrew, but followed the United States
troops until they returned ACROSS the border.
Nine members Of q gang Of contradictions,
having their headquarters near Ba1ter's
Springs, Kan, have been arrested and officers
are In pursuit OF others.--~-
Colonel George F. Kane, Mayorof Baltimore,
Is dead.
A Portland, Or, despatch gives the follow.
ing result Of the late Oregon election !: Full
returns give Whitaker, DEM, for Congress,
49, 54 Hines, Rep, 1884 Campbell, Ind,
$50. For governor Thayer. DEM, has 16, O6S,
1 Beekman, Rep, 1900 Wilkins, Ind, 1853.
The Republicans elect the other State officers.
The other day United States Senator Bruce,
Of Mississippi, was married In Cleveland, Ohio,
to Miss Josephine B. Wilson. Both parties
are colored.
The Indian uprising in the West has cul-
minated in q battle between advance troops Of
General Howard and the hostilities, forty-ive
miles from FortHarney. Colonel Robbins and
several soldiers are reported killed. Couriers
rode 400 miles to furnish General Howard with
the news Of the engagement and to ask for re-