The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-04-16
NEWS SUMMARY.
Eastern and Middle States.

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Mr.. Vance reported, in behalf Of the committee
appointed to select u site, that they had visited
and examined several places, and that they
had unanimously agreed that the most desirable
one was Central park. Taken in connection
with Manhattan square there would be $50
acres which could be appropriated to the neces.
sary buildings, the construction and use oil
which would not interfere with the public walks
and drives. Judge Hilton suggested that ap.
p~lication be made ut the December session OF
Congress for the confirmation Of the action OF
the convention and of the committee, and the
passing Of IN act sanctioning the exhibition.
The construction of the buildings should Be
begun on April 80, lSS0-tho' anniversary OF
the Inauguration Of Washington in this city rs
first President. On motion OF Mr.. Hewitt q
resolution was adopted calling Tor the appoint
ment of a committee of five to prepare an act
of incorporation, and to confer with the Ger
man authorities in regard to the time for the
holding OF the worlds fair Mt Berlin. The
chairman appointed A. S. Hewitt, S. d. Bah
cock, Orestes Cleveland, Daniel f. Appleton
and Horace Porter as tho committee. Ben
jnmin B. Sherman was made permanent trcas-
urer Of the committee.
The Connecticut Legislature has adjourned to
january 6, 1880.
Liz "olltlil-ottiiuoS tSeNht
icatcd in the Massachusetts house by a vote OF
eighty-tive 10 cighty-two.
One Of the New York elevated railroads has
been censured by the grand jury for careless
ness in connection with the recent collision by
which several persons were hurt.
The wife and infant child of Michael Garno, OF
Osdensburg, n. Y, were fatally burned BY the
upsetting Of kerosene lamp.
a fire broke out Mt one o'clock in the morn
ing in the office OF the fremont house, Mt
Claremont, n. H., and the flames spread SO
rapidly that the building soon filled with smoke,
compelling most of the forty inmates to make
the;: escape from the windows and roof. Not
withdrawing strenuous efforts to rescue them,
Mrs. Hannah p. Gibson, mother OF one OF The
proprietors; Charles Morgan, n boarder; Lydia
Merrill q table girl; Anna Johnson,
maid, and Mrs. S. A. Price, cook, persisted.
There were many narrow escapes, ana the
cries for help were heartrcnding.
The National bank of Poultney, VT, has
zone out of business. It is said to be able to
pay all liabilities.
The Belmont oil works in Philadelphia have
been destroyed by fire, causing q loss estimated
ut about Sl0O, 900. One workman was fatally
and another seriously burned.
During March the Philadelphia. mint coined
. Las, $50 pieces Of the value OF S2,O5l, 1886.
The recent storm throughout New England
WIS the s~everest OF the season, and did consld-
cradle damage to shipping along the coast.
Forty failures were reported in New York
city In March, with total liabilities amounting
to $3.50, 449 and assets aggregating $2ll,754
In the preceding month there were iorty-eight
failures, with $3.50, 900 in liabilities. In March
of last wear the number OF failures was eighty
five and thu: liabilities SS,4SO,OOO.
Powell, the little E~nglishman, who won the
champion belt Mt the recent walking match IN
(ilmore's Garden, New York.. has sailed for
England, taking along the trophy and $2o,0OO
in cash us his share OF the spoils OF the pedes-
triun mania.
From NIL along the coast, from Portland, Me-,
TO Hatteras, como stories of the wrecks and
| disasters caused by, thd recent heavy storm.
The steamer Frpconia, on her passage from
New York to Portland, saw four vessels ashore
in one locality and passed five other vessels dis
n,asted or otherwise damaged. New Bedford
sends reports OF eleven vessels ashore, four
sunk, four seriously damaged in various ways
/ and the loss of one life. Nantucket reports
seven vessels ashore, two sunk, two damaged
and the loss OF five lives. a schooner from
New York went ashore on Luckcrnuck Shoal,
near A lneSuFQ IluNcuJ LIN IL ~ o'e y
, The signal officers ut Hatterns report the loss
ofn small craft commanded By n colored man,
having on board two male and two female pas
sengers. Almost all vessels reported lost are
schooners. .~
Out Of the eighteen women who started on a
| six days walk in Gilmore's Garden, New York,
Tor q championship belt and money prizes, only
! five were on the truck when the match ended,
one by one having dropped off exhausted. The
exhibition attracted little attention and was o
failure. The sight Of Il number Of weary
, women dragging themselves slowly and pnin-
| fully around n track was Il painful one, and was
characterized US cruel by the city press. The
score at the end stood: Won Berg, 372 miles l
Lup; kilbury, 35l.5; Wallace, 1866; Won kla-
nasch, 800, and Tobias, 292 miles and 5 lnps.
-, Western and Southern States.
Reports from nearly every county in Ohio,
: Indiana and Kentucky indicate that the wheat
crop in those States will be bounteous, while
there is u poor prospect for peaches and apples.
At the burning of the Fairchild block, in
! Madison, Wis.,, twenty tiremen and citizens
were more or less seriously injured by two
explosions.
At Lebanon, Tenn, H. Y. Riddle, member
of the last Congress, committed suicide by
shooting himself through the head with Il pistol
III a fit OF temporary insanity.
The Licking county (Ohio) courthouse, a
handsome structure with four fronts, standing
/ in the center Of the public square ut Newark,
and lust finished Mt Il cost of 5000, 600, caught
lire in the cupola from q gas-jet which was used
/ TO illuminate the clock. The greatest portion
Of the building was destroyed. The loss is
! estimated ut from sec, 900 to $4,000.
Six miles north Of Decatur, ILL.,, q wagon
containing @ man named Robinson, his two
! daughters and Mrs. Jones Nye was struck by
lightning. Robinson and his daughter Kate,
aged sixteen years, were instantly killed. Mrs.
Sye was thrown to the ground unconscious.
Governor Marks, Of Tennessee, has signed
the bill providing for the settlement OF the State
debt at fifty cents ON the dollar aud four per
cent. interest.
Fourteen mponshiners nave been captured
and u number Of illicit whisky stills destroyed
in Eastern Kentucky by revenue officers.
Destructive prairie fires in portions Of Iowa
md Dakota are reported. Il merchant from
Eden from his store door counted thirteen farm
houses in flames Mt once, and lie says TINT more
than forty farmers in that vicinity have lost
observation-disclosures, barns, seed grain, etc.
The fire travelled with such rapidity that people
were unable to save anything. Several per-
sons were burned to death.
As IN express train on the Grnnd. Trunk
railroad wus passing u point two miles east OF
Smiths Creek, Mich, in the night, it was
| thrown from the track. The engine and the
three forward cars were wrecked. Ben Waters,
the engineer, Jerry Mcclure, the fireman, and
Robert Wilson, Il brakeman, were killed, and
several other persons were injured in different
degrees of severity. The disaster was caused
by train wreckers, who removed q rail. They
were traced by their footprints in the mud and
their tools were found Il short distance from the
sce,. @ Of the catastrophe. Two men formerly
employed on the railroad were arrested on
suspicion.
A St. Louis dispatch says the famous stallion
Woodford Mambrino, that made such n fine
record last season, is dead.
Tudor, the man who states that he has un-
dertaken to travel from New York to Pata-
gonna on horseback, arrived recently ut Nash
Vile, Tenn.
In the Chicago city election the entire Demo
cratic ticket was elected by majorities ranging
from 1000 to 5000. Carter H. Harrison, ex-
member of Congress, was the nominee on the
Democratic -Grecnback ticket, DR.. Ernest
Schmidt, IN old Republican, on the Socialists
ticket, and A.. NJ. Wright on the Republicans.
In Milwaukee the Republicans elect a majority
of the city council and seven out of thirteen
supervisors.
Dispatches from Mississippi and Louisiana
report q large emigration OF colored people
from those States to Kansas. Thousands OF
colorcd people hive arrived i'll St. Louis, where
they were qunrtered in the easements OF the
colored churches, and otherwise provided for