The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-12-17
1rExs or INTEREST,

THERE'S a good deal n a Gnapae-to q
bank check. ,td GlE2 ssfUinUp
Chickens can be bought in Florida
for four cents apiece! eG nsaG,'
Most of the ice consumed in Califor.
mia is made by artificial means.
/ Young ladies who use newspapers 70
their bustles prefer back numbers.
Even the oyster crop in America, for
1879, is larger than eyer before
Sherman Is, .fifty-nine; Grant, Fifty
seven; and Sheridan, fortyieight.
Potatoes in Ireland are selling to-day
for about twice tile prize in Boston.
Mexico wants q telegraph cable across
the Gulf of Mexico To the United States.
Chicago kills SIX hogs for every min,
ute Of every hour OF every day in the
year. ~ gfBIsatia sfsi'gwi-wnf
high rents--Those made ia a,balloon
at an elevation Of a mile or so.-Grts-
,ooM. !, .gSlr ~ nd 4 ma
The circuit court in,session at Fayette..
vile, Tenn, had to .sus7end on account
of a circus.
The Montreal Wisnsss says the Cana-
dian government Is steadily advancing
oward independence. ~ ei5sr
"A Missouri doctor paid aQpatient 402
visits, and squared the bill for a barrel
of cider and q load of bricksst,B
rq A match factory at Oshkosh employs
300 persons and annual ly converts Q, ,000.-
600 ieet of lumber into matches, on which
the internal revenue is $3.50, 900.
Tie American 800 gold piece Is super
seding the English sovereign as the cur
rent gold coin ofthe world, saysla news
dispatch. ~ IinfE'na b2fys!s zeR
Senator Bayard is an athlete; and has
a reputation both as O pedestrian and
boxer. He is broad-shoul6ered, gray
haired and clean.shaved, r.;as,.n
What forp" His Mamma: Z" Because
YOU arc a bad boy" Master Tom:
"Can'tI be a bad boy here Just as'well"
When Artemus Ward was exhibiting
his show in Salt Lake City, his COM
plimentary tickets to- the city Officers.
read as follows: 7 Admit bearer ..and
one wife,, .,l.,s, .,.ft : q se.p,y
The price of leather betting has adj
vanced from fifteen to twenty per cent;
but what does the small boy ciiree he
knows very we'll that though betting
does come high, he is bound toEhave it,
Chicago Times. paaT -ffgo
A drunkard handed a5bottle of wllis.r
key to his SON for safe-keeping. 81 Stan.
ford, Ky. The boy dropped and broke
it, spilling the liquor. The loss 80 en-
RACED the man that he shot and killed
the boy offender. r".a1g Fiil4.,<2
; White ybrocades strewn5 with plum
boughs or with Clover leaves il arP among
the new importations Of dress goods.
Peonies on tea-rose ground and velvet
dahlias on pink satin are fresh novelties
to be carefully avoided by quiet women.
;....f ':i''" ALL THE LETTERS.
The following verse contains every
letter in the alphabet: i',5'nI ~
i1lGI Except with zeal I'VE strive 10 win
liz. 4 Gods inst and holy love, a.4.:t
We cannot conquer strife apd sll
'."' Nor wnlk with Him above. ''..
Ayouug lady Of Moultrie county sends
in a communication on some .presum.
ably interesting topic, with the request
to "Please print If not too full."a 1t is
hardly necessary to say that we huri
back the base insinuation with scorn-
a? SO the communication. -Clicdgo Tn
Dune. - .''--'' i''''. u "..'
Wages went to the station Of one OF
our railroads the other evening, and tind:
ing the seats all occupied said lin q loud
tone, "Why, this car isn't going" Of
course these words caused a general
stampede, and Wages took the best seat.
The train soon moved off. In the midst
of the indignation the wag was iques-
toned, "You said this car want 90.
ing?" "Well, it wasn't then" replied
Waggs, "but it is now."-Lo'sssr11e
Commercial. a
Horse cars in Philadelphia are now
comfortably warmed. Each car is pro.
vided with two small portable furnaces,
arranged on either side beneaah the body
of the car and between the two wheels;
By means of fues the heat is directed
beneath the cane-covered seats, from
which it becomes diffused throughout
the car. The smoke is conducted to
the front platform, and thence, by means
of pipes, to the roof of the car The
Consumption of 1uel is small, a shove! OF
coal, and few sticks Of wood suthclng
FIR the entire trip, '..'- -'.".