The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-04-03
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ITEMS OF INTEREST.
There will be 50 Sundays IN this
year.
The richest man in Vermont only
counts up q triae over:s1OO,O 600. g, 49,:
; Through sleeping cars are now: run
ming from Washington to New Orleans
without change.
: China had fire brigades long before
any other nation. All their manda.
rims ran with the machine.
d: d.. Lambert Offers. q reward Of L.
600 70 any one who will show him a
man 'oversi1 10 years old. " "
! Thrse Michigan editors have left
their Offices tor the pulpit during the
Inst year. .
II Is proposed to hold On exhibition
illustrating electric science and its ap-
plications In: Paris this year.
|, In the East indies the ladies Of the:
country are subjected to the labor. of
building railroads and. keeping them
In running order. =
An economical Japanese family can
live on six centss day at home; but
to obtain the six cents Is what causes
the suffering.
j Maria Davis, charged with bigamy:.
at the UA Bailey, London, was re-
leased! because the first husband, be-.
ing totally blind, was unable to iden-
THY her. sus
! Senator Jones Of Nevada, has had q
prfvstss car built for the exclusive use
Of himself. II Il q richly furnished
house on trucks, and cost $1,000. : :"
In Japan d sun.shower is called "the
Foxes Wedding" in New England
the natives rmysteriously remark, 1.-THE
deyil4s xtl 4ag his wife with a cod
4sn kaA.ivs ~ >r 49, f.
:: Observation-Disclosures estimate thecost.
or TIL" proposed free bridge over the
Ohio. c6M1sctngF Cincinnati With Gov
ington, at present prices Of labor. and
material, at s75o.ono.
The. orange crop Of Los Angeles,
,Osl;, wAl,ne be more. than lone half.
Cd lafgea as last year. :. The lemon crop
a alsosman and the trees ore said to
Leiast dying. ~ :.r,,.:~-.
over. Is7, 200 trees, were planted in
Minnesota during the tree-planting
season, by contestants for certain pre-
miurts;i which had been offered to
thoaeplanting the largest number.
.: Some men are always lucky, A hun.
tel, OF Brainerd, Mimi, while out in
the;woods.recently, discharged his gun
to clear out the barrel, and unknown
to him aaane buck happened to be in
range snd was shot through the heart.
The British War Department has
had, the German; history Of the cam
paign Of 1s70-1s7l translated for tho
benefit Of tho service, and will treat
the forthcoming Russian official story
Of the ,Crirnean war in the same way.
: An exhibition Of manuscripts, coins,
arms, implements and other objects IL.
Illustrative OF the history and: industry
OF the East. will be Q prominent fea-
turei OF the meeting Of Orentalists to
be heidi at st. Petersburg next sum-
mer., ".E ~, 49, :. I, ~ "''.
Great Britain has now five iron-clads
under construction; the InHexible, to
carry four guns Of the heaviest calibre;
the shannon, q nine-gun screw ship;
tho Nelson and Northampton, double
screw ships of twelve guns each, and
the Temsrafre, an eight-gan ship. -
co.,. VllIette, the ,~aide-de-camp OF
Marshal Ra5aipe, who aided In his es-
cape, he's finished the period Of i'm.
prisoamentte which no was sentenced
and has become q wine merchant in
order t.! earn q living, as he has been
deprived; Of the right to a pension.
= An. English artist, Mr.. Hondless,
while asketching recently neor Gavin,
bic, In DunfEieshire, discovered in, an
open drain, the stone head. Of q Celtic
battle-axs, eleven inches and q half In
thickness. This Is said to be. the lar
gest Celtic battle-a1e. found In. Great
Britain.-asa .~----.
Many: British manufacturers and
other employers. have lately changed
payday from Saturday to Monday for
the sake. Of the workmen, many Of
whom have. BEEN nthe habit Of squan-
dering their wages In dissipation on
Sunday. A similar change 10 talked OF
In New England. .n:". .
:RtHIonns has Just produced. a.. com.
.pany: OF youthful actors, whose ages
range from 8 to II years, and who are
giving dramatic performances In the
various theatres Of Germany. Fairy
stories have been dramatized for them,
sndtheir acting Is said to give the ful-
lest satisfaction to both young and
There b q man now serving out a
years imprisonment In the Jail at Lex.
ingtou, Ky., who was convicted Of
stealing cotton umbrella worth sev.
enty.avo esnts. As his boad costs
sixty cents per diem, the authorities
Will be out $9ls at the time Of his re.
lease. But then, he will have been
punished and the majesty Of the law
upheld. 49,
New Orleans is mystihed blythe sud-
den appearance of q young stranger
who casually dropped into o billiard
saloon the other day, said he'd try q
game or two with the proprietor.
Though he didn't play much" and
since that time has used up every good