The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-10-01

man met his tate without ninohipg. his last
words on the gsllows being that talse tssa'
mony had brought him there.
While a dancing partywas in progress at
New Orleans the galleryigave way. Peter
Delaney was fatally, Maggie Eagan seriously,
and four other persons slightly injured.
Mrs. Bonestul, residing at Shawnee, Jack
son county, Mo-, killed " o Of her children
little girls-by giving them morphine. She
then attempted to commit suicide BY taklng
the same drug, which failing to produce death,
she tried to Kill herself by hanging, but was
discovered before life was extinct. Inc cause
is supposed to have been mental arrangement,
occasioned by domestic troubles.
A deficiency of nearly $24,00 has been dis.
covered in the accounts OF the treasurer OF
Santa Cruz, Cal.
Henry Corbin's hotel at Westerville, Ohio
was blown up by gunpowder the other night
and the proprietor was slightly injured. Cor
bin claims the explosion was the act OF the
villagers on account Of his refusal to quit sell.
ing liquor in the place; but the citizens OF
.Vesterville assert that while they favored re-
sorting to stringent measures to prevent the
sale of liquor in the town, they never wele.in
favor OF going TO such extremes as blowing up
q mans house.
In q letter written to the editor OF O Missis.
sippi newspaper Jefferson Davis declines be-
coming a candidate forthe United 'ates Senate'
Charles Glass was hanged at Jairo, ILL.,, TOR
the murder of Carter Newman, last March.
Both were colored, and the motive OF the
crime was jealousy. Glass met his tate coldly
and refused to talk.
The Wisconsin Deaf and Dumb Institute at
Delevan has heen burned to the ground, caus-
ing a loss OF 500, 900. The school year had
lust commenced, and there were l47 children
in attendance, but no one was injured.
From Washington.
During the last six months SIX national
banks have been established-three IN the
West and three in New England and New
York.
The report of the United States Commits
sioner of Education Tor 1877, just issued, shows
the income Tor all the States and Territories
(Wyolning not included) to be 1885, 1866, 1866
The expenditures (Wyoming included), $780,
233, 458. The school population for thirty
eight States and nine Territories IS said 70
aggregate 1927, 748. The annual expense
per capita for public school pupils ranges from
81. 80 in North Carolina to $35. sin the Cher
okee tribe, Indian Territory. The number OF
normal schools reported is l52, having l,l87
instructors 81 1882 pupils and 2,763 graduates,
Of which 1874 are engaged in teaching OHIO
reports the greatest number OF normal schools,
viz: II. The largest appropriation 10 a nor
NAL school was that OF $4,000 made to the
New York City Normal College by the city.
The beuuests made to educational institutions
for the year equaled SO, 000, 900, OF which sum
institutions for che superior instruction OF
women received $l63, 976. The average OF
salaries paid to public school teachers in the
District OF Columbia is for men, $96.l7; for
women, S7l.2l per month, giving o higher
mean than that reported for any other part OF
the country excepting Nevada.
Foreign News.
At the Toronto Exhibition, the other day,
Secretary Evarts was present as the guest OF
the Marquis 81 Lorne and the Princess Louise.
In the evening Secretary Evarts attended a
reception given to the Governor General and
responded to q complimentary address.
Five persons nave been killed by an ex-
plosion in a colliery at Leycett, England.
King Mtesa, an African king who rules
over a large dominion, has abolished slavery
throughout his territory. His act will tree
500, 900 slaves.
1t is said that n holy war is being preached
throughout Afglanistan. The responsibility
OF the outbreak at Cabul is placed upon the
shoulders OF Ameer Yakob Khan's brother.
The British embassy at Mandaly, in Bur-
NAH, have left, fearing that King Thebaw
would follow the example set Mt Cabul by
massacring them.
All the directors OF the West OF England
and South Wales District Bank, except one,
have been committed tor trial for publishing
ialse balance sheets.
According to present appearances the dis
tress among the working classes OF thickly
populated towns in the northeastern portion
OF England will be most intense during the
coming winter.
Eastern Roumelia is reported to be in a state
of complete anarchy. There has been a series
of massacres. Slav committees multiply daily,
and preach determination oil the Mussulmans
and the union of Eastern Roumelia, Mace
donna and Thrnce with Bulgaria, forming q
Slav kingdom.
Thirteen American race horses have Just ar
rived in England.
The death OF Suleiman Pasha, a prominent
Turkish general OF the Russo-Turkish war, is
announced.
A foreign dispatch gives the following ao-
count OF the massacre oil the British Legation
at Cabul: Four thousand men attacked the
residency in which the British Embassy was
quartered. Tn mutineers brought up artl-
lery against it. Major Cavagnari, head Of the
Embassy, was stabbed in several places. and
all the bodies OF the dead were mutilated.
The Afghan loss exceeded 30U. The Ameer
had other troops, whc remained faithful, but
r,,lo M oHrrfo m foforfara nwfno IN intimi.
dation by the priests. A telegram from La
hore reports that the Alneer begged for the
lives of the members of the Embassy. Mean
while the revolt throughout Afghan is spread
ing, and General Roberts, the commander OF
British troops advancing against the mutineers,
has telegraphed for four additional regiments.
A Russian paper calls on the Car to expel the
British from Central Asia by sending 10000
Russians to defend Afghanistan.
Late advices from Hayti report that the
town OF Gonaives, which had protested against
the provisional government established at
Port-au-P Prince, was attacked by troops from
the latter place and almost totally destroyed.
A fire which broke out in the town OF Jacmel
DESTROYED all the stores in the most flourishing
business centers, except the dre-proof build
ings, c,uslng an estimated loss of$600,0 600.
Tho slaves on the plantations near Santiago
de Cuba, Cuba, have demanded liberty, and
their masters have promised to give them tree
dom if they v i'll engageto work three years for
wages. Many slaves are running away, and
the local authorities have asked Captain-Gen-
eral Blanco what they shall do. A dispatch
from Madrid announces that the government
will propose to the Cortes that all slaves be
given their liberty on the lst OF July, 1880, on
the condition of seven years obligatory labor,
with wages paid.
The number Of cotton operatives on strike
at Ashton, England, is estimated at from 5000
10 1000.
The military correspondent OF the London
Times writes from India cit is difficult, in
the lace of the overwhelming evidences to the
contrary, to believe that Yakob Khan has
played an honorable part in the recent shame
iul deeds at Cabul.. 1t is significant hat Major
Cavagnari's principal native assistant is DO.
lieved to hive died a short time before the
outbreak under somewhat suspicious circum.
stances. Being an Afghan and we'll acquainted
with the workings OF IN Oriental court, his
presence in the British Residency was danger.
Gus to those who were plotting the outbreak"
A dispatch from Simla, India, adds that va
kob Khan has written another letter, ex-
pressing his deep grief and distress at recent
events. He says he has confidence in the
Rr;tisb ooyerp,nent. and announces his inten.