The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-12-11
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The insurance companies in which the late
Colonel Walton Dwight, of Binghamton, N: T.,
held policies to the amount Of $3.50, 000, claim
p~estuous weather, and thereby lost his hfe,
that his family might be handsomely PROVIDED
fer. The dead mans friends Indignantly deny
the charge.
Mrs. Ellen Hallisy was murdered In New
York by her twelve-year-old stepson, VINO
threw a carving knife which penetrated ner
breast.
Judge Hilton has increased the reward to
$50, 900 for the conviction OF the desecrators
of 4. 7. Stewards grave or $40 900 for the
conviction Of any Of the participants.
Owen Ganaghan and Benjamin Griffith were
killed and two other men badly injured by q
fre-damp explosion in a GOAL mine at Nesqua-
honing, Pa.
The wrestling match between James Owens
and Charles Conner, at Boston, TOR the cnam-
pionship and 81, 900 a side, resulted in a victory
for Owens.
Discrepancies amounting to about $4,000 in
the accounts Of Hon. William T. Davis, presl-
dent Of the Plymouth (Mass.) national bank,
having been discovered, the directors met and
demanded his resignation.
Official returns from all the counties of New
York give the following result for the head OF
LILO OIdlS tlShCVS puplOmo SooAs
publican. 391 ,S41 Democratic, 1853, 1872; Green
back, 1874 Prohibition, 1926.
A dozen buildings in the business part OF
Mayville, N. Y, have been destroyed by fire.
Total loss on buildings estimated at $4,000
insurance, about $4,000.
Three white and six colored persons were
publicly whipped at the jail in Newcastle Dei''
the other day.
Abraham Voorhees,, president OF the broken
State bank Of New Brunswick, N. j., and three
other directors Of the institution, we're arrested
upon the charge of conspiracy to defraud the
depositors by misappropriatins the deposits.
Considerable curiosity and. speculation is
aroused concerning the wonderful case OF MISS
Fancher, Of Brooklyn, who was severely in
jured thirteen years ago, since when she mas
time, eating scarcely enough food IN all these
years to last a healthy person forty-elght
hours. She is reported to have developed e1-
traordinary powers, resembling what IS known
as second sight or clairvoyance, reading with
ease the contents Of sealed letters, describing
articles in hidden packages and perusing books
while absolutely blind. Many clergymen, ply
eicians, men Of letters and Of intelligence have
visited her, and all pronounce her case one OF
the most extraordinary on record.
The steamer John Bramhall, which sailed
lEUm NcH hdtCu WILL VAtUpOVO "a "a "ADo
for Constantinople, some time ago, and went
ashore on Little Gull island in a fog, hasbroken
in two parts. Two thousand cases Of shot and
shell remaining on the wreck will be removed.
The Vermont legislature passed a law grant
ing a new trial to John P. Phair, who was
reprieyed on the morning Of the day on which
he was to be executed. On the day OF the
hanging a gentleman in Boston read in q paper
a statement made by phair, declaring his inno-
cence Of the murder and in this statement
was an important assertion which the gentle
would clear Phair. A telegram stopped the
execution, and Phair now has another chance
for his life.
A number OF New York physicians who have
been questioned in regard to the strange
physical and mental manifestations OF Miss
Fancher, of Brooklyn, express strong doubts
concerning the truth Of the wonderful mental
phenomena attributed to her, and claim that
1t is a case Of hystero.cataIepsy.
While a party of men were tunneling under
q street in Mahanoy City, Pa, the earth fell
over them, killing John and Anthony Richer
and Christopher Post, and severely injuring
Michael %Yempher.
Western and Southern states.
The mayor Of New Orleans, in his message,
suggests the scaling Of the city debt fifty par
cent, and the accumulation Of a sinking fund
to clear of the Indebtedness in twenty-five
years meantime paying five per cent. interest.
The Howard association Of New Orleans ap-
peals for $50, 900 to pay of outstanding in
de%btedness contracted during the prevalence
of the fever.
A distinct shock Of earthquake was expert
enced along the Mississippi valley. No damage
reported.
Senator Gordon has been reelected by the
Georgia legislature.
While a murder trial was in progress in
Indianapolis, Ind, Warren Tate and William
Love, both prominent men, quarreled in the
courthouse over business transactions, and
Tate shot Love twice, fatally.
The jury in the case Of the United States
against certain importers IN Baltimore, In which
it was claimed that Demerara sugars were arti-
fcially colored for the purpose OF evading the
payment Of duties-and which excited consld-
cradle interest among dealers-decided that
the sugars we're colored, but declared their be-
Lief in the non-complioity Of the importers.
Otto Montgomery shot himself dangerously
at st. Paul, MIMI, in an attempt to commit
suicide. While his son stood at the bedside
tending his wounded parent, he tainted from
excitement and dropped a lighted lamp on the
| covering, when it exploded, burning the father
to q crisp.
The twelfth annual session Of the National
Grange, patrons OF husbandry, was held at
Richmond, Va, representations from twenty
five States being in attendance. Reports OF
officers show the order to be in a fourishing
condition throughout the country. At a public
reception in the evening speeches we're made
by Governor Holiday and others.
The quiet little village Of Sullivan, Indiana,
has been the scene Of a coal mine disaster by
which about twelve men were killed and many
more wounded. At a few minutes after four
O'Clock in the afternoon q loud explosion was
heard at the Sullivan coal shaft, and imme-
diately thereafter q huge volume OF smoke and
flame issued from the mouth Of the mine, fol-
lowed by Jumps Of coal, which were thrown
high into the air. The explosion WAS caused
by the gas taking fire from lamps, and ss there
we're eight or ten kegs OF powder in the mine
the report was terrific. The thirty men at
work in the mine we're cut of from all com
munication with the outer world by the fall OF
limbers and rock, which stopped up the pas
sage way. The scene around the shaft was
indescribable. Women and children were there
looking for husbands and fathers, and old men
were seeking their sons. Seyenty-ive miners
from Sherburne, which is six miles away,
boarded the first train with ropes, pulleys and
baskets, snd rendered all the help they could.
Twelve or thirteen men were killed outright,
among them two or the mine proprletors euQ
many more were injured by the suffooating
gas.
Two men were killed and seven others IL
iured by a boiler explosion at the Cooperative
Goal company's works in Springfield, LII. Low
water in the boiler was the cause.
Stephen Grifey was hanged at Newport,
Tenn, for ~assaulting a little girl a year ago.
The Democratic nomination Of Governor
George F. Houston to succeed MIR. Spencer as
United States senator from Alabama, was
equivalent to an election. Mr.. Houston has
been governor Of the State since 1874.
From WASHINGTON.
Gen. Sheridan having sharply criticised the
Indian bureau. Secretary Sohurz has written to
the secretary of war, demanding specific charges.
Tho report of the comptroller OF the our
rency shows there were 2,056 national banks
to existence June Goth, with capital amounting
in $40 800, 900, and deposits aggregatng
s677, 16O 900. The total number OF banks and
private bankers in the country was 6,456. with
s675, ZIG, 900 capital and 81 $780, 54 600 de-
posts.
The estimates for the support Of the United
States navy for the next fiscal year are Sl4.-
coo, 900.
Tho sum appropriated for pay Of army pen
sions during the lat fiscal year WAS S28, 0O0,-
600, and the amount actually paid was $685.
955 982. Is.
The following figures taken from the annual
rep6rt of the comptroller OF the currency, are
of Interest In my last annual report a state
-o,k ,roo oiunp frOm estimates made by the