The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-05-21
SUMMARY OFNEWS
Eastern and Middle States.

fifty horses were burned to death curing q LII
in the stables of James Colvin, Newport
r. I. Loss, about $4,000.
Brodic, a New York newsboy was the victo
in a six days. pedestrian contest in Philadel
phia, covering 800 miles in the time specified
At New Preston Hill, a mile north of New
Preston, Conn.,, Egbert Cogswell, aged fifty
shot with q gun and instantly killed his wife
aged torty-flve. He then cut his own ti,roa
with a knife, expiring almost Immediately
Cogswell was an habitual d%runkard, and wa
craZed with rum ut the time the deed was com
mitted.
Heavy losses have been incurred by the de
s%truction by fire of hundreds OF acres OF timbe
land in Berks county, Pn.
Messrs. Whittelnore, Peet, Post & Co., on
OF the oldest dry goods firms in New Iorl
city, have failed for about 81, 600, 900, thei
liabilities heing distributed principally in NeV
York and Providence.
While miners were attempting to extinguis
n fire in the Stanton mine ut Wilkesbarre
Pr, an explosion of gas took place, shakin
the pillars of coal to their foundations, ~causin
the death of two men and injuring SIX other
more or less severely.
The long trial by the Brooklyn Presbytery o
the Rev. II. Dewitt Talmage, on the charge G
deceit and fhlsehood, has resulted in an acquit
tal-twenty-five members voting not to sus
tain the charges, sixteen to sustain them full,
and four to sustain them in part. A resolutioI
!, offered by DR.. Rockwell was adopted, embody
ing the result of the vote in m expression
opinion by the Prcsbytcry that MIR. Talmag
had been entirely free from any intentiona
wrong. DIR. Van Dyke presented a notice Q
appeal to the Synod OF Long Island, signed b.
eight members Of the minority. Mr.. Talmag
then stepped forward and addressed the Pres
bytery for half IN hour in one OF his mos
Characteristic speeches. He was conscious G
his own integrity, he said, but he felt a sens
of gratitude that all was over. He felt Yer.
well towards his opponents, and would like t
serve them. AS to Drs. Van Dyke, Crosb.
and Sherwood and Mr.. Greene, he hoped t
meet them in heaven, but not during the frs
two or three days. [Laughtcr.l He compare
the specifications to so many webs whic
crawling spiders had woven across him Us h
Law asleep, and now he had risen and shake
them off. He thanked his counsel, the repor
tiers and the press, and all who acted fairl,
toward him. All others he forgave. He di
not intend to change his manner of preaching
he could catch souls that way, and he was 60
ing to do it.
The Pennsylvania Senate, by a strict part
vote, has adopted the resolution to appoint
committee to receive eX-President Gran O
San Francisco upon his return from his toreig
tour.
After being married one year Mrs. Maggi
Mccoy, Of Pittsburgh, Pa, aged twenty-foul
hung herself in the garnet Of her house. Thi
made the seventh suicide in that city within
sixty hours.
Edward 2. Livingstone, Of Yale College, wa
defeated by Warren N. Goddard, of Harvar
College, in a boat race on Lake Quinsi 5amond
Worcester, Mass, to decide the superiority Q
the champion ~scullers OF the two colleges.
At q meeting ct the National Temperate
Society in New York, addresses were delivere
by the president, William +. Dodge, Rev. Dl
Talmage and others.
The managcrs of the Woodruff Scientific Ex
petition Around the World, which was to sai
from New York n few days ago, announc
that the enterprise is abandoned for the pres
ent, owing to the failure of the persons VIII
expressed their intentions of undertaking tn
voyage to pay the necessary deposit OF $50
before the specified time. The ship is read.
and the details Of the expedition have all BEEF
arranged, but only forty persons have complies
with the conditions. 1t is said that $4,000
have already been expended by the manager
in preparing for the voyage.
Western and Southern States.
Crop reports from Ohio and Indiana shoV
that the acreage of wheat is from ten II
twenty-five per cent. greater than last year
Oats are looking well, and there will be tn
usual amount Of corn planted.
The village OF Hillsdale, Mich, has beer
partly destroyed by fire.
j. 7. Young and John Riley, who had beer
confined in iail for drunkenness at Overton
Texas, attempted to escape by setting fire t.
the building. The flames spread rapidly, and
being unable to cxtinguish them, the men wer'
both burned to death.
Samuel Pavey and his son, Taylor Pavey
extensive dealers in live stock, were shot ant
instantly killed near Leesburg, Ohio, by Johl
Link, Pavey's stepson. Link, who surrenderet
to the marshal, states that he was engaged il
her residence, when the Pnveys came up an
after some words, attacked him with clubs
when, to save his life, he drew Il revolver an
shot both. The cause OF the trouble was i'll
treatment by Samuel Pavey OF his second wife
who is Links mother.
George C. Harding, editor OF the Indian
upOlLo l1slusJ IItIutbt SAlCACu IhS SoiAShS v
Calvin A. Light, editor of the Democrat, an
attempted to shoot the latter because o~fcertail
publications in the Democrat. Mr.. Ligh
grasped the pistol, getting his finger under tn
hammer, preventing an explosion, and hold
ing on until assistance came. Mr.. Hardin!
was arrested and remained in custody unit
the next morning, when he gave bail. A
500 o'clock the same morning he entered MIR
Lights Office and fired at him several times
missing Mr.. Light, but hitting an employees
named Gerhard Lizius, inflicting o seriou
wound. Another employee of Mr.. Light
named Richard Walters, jumped out OF tn
second story window during the firing, break
ing both ankles. Mr.. Harding was arrested
In the trial of Cox for the murder OF Colone
Aston at Atlanta, Ga, the jury found the &c
cused guilty and recommended him 10 tn
mercy of the court. THIS verdict is equivalen
to Imprisonment ut hard labor lor lite. Upol
request OF defendants counsel the Judge sus
pended sentence for twenty days, to give tim
to prepare a motion for u new trial.
The National Woman's Suffrage Conventio,
opened its annual conference in st. Louis.
During Il street fight in Detroit, Mich.
Michael Hurley, aged sixteen, was stabbed
nine times and fatally wounded by John Burke
aged thirteen.
The National Colored Conference, in session
ut Nashville. adopted resolutions d%enouncin'
the Tennessee railroad for having forced JUBILEE
singers to ride in the smoking-car after the,
had paid first-class fare, and appointed q com
mittee Of three to employ legal counse to in
stitute suit against the rnilroad.
The people OF California have adopted tn
new constitution drawn up by the recent con
v~ention. The majority in its favor is abou
1000. By its provisions it will be unlawful
for my corporation organized under the law
OF the State to employ a Chinaman in an,
capacity, directly or indirectly, and unlawful
also for Il Chinaman to be employed upon any
public work, whether of the State, or Of any
county or city, except rs a convict. All con
tracts tor coolie labor, formed after January l
1880, will be void, and all contracts for the i'm
portatiOn of such labor are made unlawful.
The9Legislature will proceed to delegated the
cities and towns all tho necessary authority fol
the semoval ofthc Chinese frGm the municipal
limits, or to contlne them within certain quar-
tiers Of the cities and towns. The Legislature
is also directed to prohibit the introduction o
Chinese into the State.
A committee of medical experts have de
cided that Mark Gray, who tried to shoe
Edwin Booth, the actor, at u Chicago theater
is insane.
DR.. Lewis II. Sayre, of New York city, wa
elected president of the American Medical AS
ISOLATION, in session for several days at Allan
Ia, Ga. The next meeting Of the associatio,
will be held in New York, on June l, 1880.
Richard Lee, q colored man, was hanged n
Fayetteville, n. c., for burglary; and q
Appling, Ga, Henry Messed and Tom Jones
both colored, were executed. the former TO
killing his son and the latter for the murder o