The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-07-03
OF NEWS.
Eastern and Middle States.

Eastern and H1001o SC0Cess
William Cullen Bryant, the eminent poet and
editor, is dead at the age Of eighty-four years.
Up to within two weeks Of the DAY Of his death
Mr.. Bryant was in vigorous health, and bis
taking off was the result OF an accident.
We attended the exercises in Central Park,
New York, on the occasion Of the unwilling OF
the statue of Mazzini, the Italian patriot.
During the exercises Mr.. Bryant sat on the
He delivered IN address with bis
head uncovered. An umbrella was for q time
held over his head. but as he advanced to
speak he stepped out from under its shelter
and stood in front Of the statue, with his head
to the scorching rays Of the sun. At
the end Of his speech Mr.. Bryant appeared
and excited, but did not complain OF
being Ill. At the close Of the exercises he was
to dine with an old friend, General
James G.. Wilson, at that gentleman's resi-
dence, and while entering his friends house
Mr.. BRYANT suddenly fell backward, his head
the stone step with q terrible thud.
He was taken to his home and fingered
two weeks, unconscious q portion OF the time.
before his death both sides Of his body
became paralyzed and he failed to recognize
the friends around his bedside. William Gull
len BRYANT was born at Cummington, Mass,
November 8, 1884. At the early age OF ten he
contributed verses to the local paper, and at
fourteen two long poems by the young author
we're published. he entered Williams college
i'm in 1914 81 Stnd REMAINING IaTa ggtt eTG beii yss adnit xaS to the he
bar he practiced q while, but his inclinations
led him to follow literary pursuits. Atthe age
of nineteen he wrote the "Thanatopsis," one
of the most beautiful poems in the English
language, In 1926 Mr.. Bryant moved to New
York and became editor Of the New York
Reviep. In 1S25.he went on the Evening Post
and has ever since been connected with that
paper. MIR. Bryant visited Europe four times
and published several volumes Of travels: On
the arrival Of his SEVENTEEN and eightieth
years, high honors we're paid him by the liter
airy people Of the country. He had a country
residence atRoslyn, L.. l., where much OF his
time was spent, and he had expressed q desire
to be buried there beside his wife.
A boiler in q sawmill near Dayton Station,
C%attaraugus county, N. Y, exploded, killing
three men and more or less severely injur1ng
several others.
While a party Of men were shelterlng them
selves beneath q tree during q storm, near Oil
City, Penn, two Of them, Thomas Donaldson
and his son, were struck by lightning and
instantly killed, and another, named Fink, was
fatally injured,
The grand jury in Philadelphia has found q
true bill Of indictment against General Gideon
Clark for embezzling, in 1874, money received
by him as register of wills in that city.
During a fire on the Bowery, New York city,
the roof Of q building fell in, burying about
thirty fremen in the ruins. Six men were
severely and several slightly hurt.
A wire rope used in lowering a cable on the
new bridge across the East river, New York,
gave way suddenly, killing two workmen and
iDjuring two more.
Lieutenant Edward Totten, Of the Regular
army, was caught between two trains in a
narrow cut on the Hudson river railroad, near
Cold Spring, N. Y, and killed. Three ladies
with him had a narrow escape from q like fate.
Many prominent men and delegates from
numerous societies and associations attended
the funeral of William Cullen Bryant in New
York. After the services at MI. Bryant's church
the body was taken to the dead poets country
home in Roslyn, L. l., and inferred close to
that Of his vito.
While a mine-car containing A. J.. Williams
and Matz Beck was descending in the Maize
Colliery, near Shenandoah, Pa, it broke from
its fastenings and fell to the bottom. Williams
WAS instantly killed and Beck probably fatally
injured.
Samuel Williams, of Rondout, N. Y, the
oldest printer in the State, is dead at the age
Of SO.
A loss of over 800, 900 WAS incurred by a
fire in the extensive pork s]aughtering estab-
lishment Of @. b. North l. Co., Boston, Mass.
S%harpshooters' societies from all parts Of the
United States were represented at the annual
national German shooting festival, or Schuet-
zen fest, which took place at Union Hill, N. j.
The procession in New York was reviewed by
the mayor.
Cbristion K. Ross, father Of the long lost
Charlie Ross, has been appointed harbor-mas-
ter Of Philadelphia.
Several families, at Pittston, Pa, were
poi soned by drinking the milk Of q COW whose
udder had been bitten by q snake. Eighteen
persons suffered great pain, and a kitten, to
which some Of the milk was given as an e1-
pertinent, died instantly.
Western and Southern States.
The Ohio Republican State Convention met
at Cincinnati, and nominated Milton Barnes for
secretary Of State, and William White for su-
preme court judge. The platform adopted
opposes the further agitation OF financial ques
tons, endorses President Hayes and his adj
ministration, and denounces the House presi-
Dental election investigation.
The annual Grafton before the literary 90
cieties Of Roanoke College at Salem, Va, was
delivered this year by Hon. Clarkson N. Pot
ter.
The North Carolina Democrats held their
convention at Raleigh aud unanimously nomi-
mated W. N. 81. Smith for chief-justice and
]. b. billiard for associate justice. There was
no platform.
The Michigan Republican State convention
met at Detroit. A ticket headed by Charles
NJ. Croswell for governor was nominated and
q platform which demands a currency "that will
command its full, value in every market OF the
world " and asserts that "the question Of the
election Of the present incumbents to 1.-THE
Offices Of president and yice-president was
finally settled by the forty-fourth congress "
was adopted.
1 Noah Cherry. Bob Thompson and Harry
Atkinson, all colored, were hanged at Colds
.boro, N. G., for the murder OF MIR. and Mrs.
Worley-a farmer and his wife-in February
last. All three asserted their innocence on
the scaffold. and charged one Cox with having
committed the murders for which they we're
about to suffer execution.
At Coal Creek, Ind, John Kelly, an examiner,
shot Thomas Minis, q colored miner, infiicting
1ortal wound. He then emptied the remain
ill.,, chambers Of his revolver into a squad OF
colored miners near by, %wounding two Of them.
Kelly fed, but WAS pursued and captured.
General Mckenzie, with q force Of 500
troops, entered Mexican territory in pursuit OF
raiders, and fears Of o collision between the
American force and the Me1icans are en-
tertained.
From Warrington.
The Senate has confirmed the nomination Of
General John G.. Fremont to be governor OF
Arizona Territory.
The graves of the confederate dead at Ar
lington cemetery and other places in the vicinity
of Washington were decorated by he's Southern
Memorial Association.
The Senate committee on privileges and
elections, by 8 vote or four to two, decided to
report adversely on the petitions asking for
such action as may lead to the adoption Of the
proposed sixteenth amendment to the constitu-
ton of the United States, in order to secure
female suffrage.
R. ". Fenton, Of New York, William 8.
Groesbeck, Of Ohio, and Francis Walker, have
been nominated to be United States commits
sioners at the international monetary con-
ference.
Tho agricultural department estimates that
the wheat crop Of he country willab 400, 000,-
600 bushels. For the last three years, the yield
has been one-third larger than for the preced-
ing years.
Major Reno, who was in command Of United
States troops stationed near General Custer
when the latter and his men we're massacred,
and whose conduct on that occasion has been
severely criticised, has written q letter to the
House committee on military affairs demanding
an investigation.
Foreign News.
A collision took place in Quebec, the other
day, between q crowd Of several thousand per-
sonswho had broken into -four stores and the
military, which had been called out. After the
riot aat bod haan road hx the MANOR of the city