The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-07-28

from Professor :. y. Rt o Ter of Ad5cr College
He reports that institution rs IN n mos Pf rrS
porous condition. Abbcrillc docs hcr lul
share towards its support.
THE beautiful and accomplished Miss Alice
Stuart, after spending II week IN .\pneVlIi'
went to her home at Sims Cross RpaiS yes
terday, taking with her several oi TIC pes
hearts In Abbeville.
Miss FANNIE LAWSON, onc Of our most cs'
timublc young ladies. who has been very 10"
with typhoid fever for several weeks, Is no"
improving, and hopes OF her recovery arr
now entertained.
THE Tocoa Neuy has been received, 1t !:
ouite u nice paper. We are surprised, h0wcN'
or. that II Is not issued on a patent outside
II Is In our opinion a great mistake 10 us'
such large type.
MAJOR J.. F. OSBORN will occupy the Rut
ledge house on " aShington street. ana IL u
by the brick dwelling which Major Osborn
vlcatcS.
ANY one IN want OF good and cheap clcth
ing will find 1t % their advantage oy calllll
on p. Rosenberg & Co., who is selling OH su"i
mer goods very low. Give him u call.
TIE young people at Means Chapel last
Saturday were in need Of Il musician, wler
Capt. =. w. Cochran, we learn kindly consent
I'd TO play Il few tunes on the fiddle.
Miss SALLIE GlBEI,T Of bordeaux. and
Miss Emma Calhoun Of Augusta, Georgia, are
expected TO visit the Misses Norwood during
the latter part OF thiS week.
MESsRs. SEAL & McILwAINE nre building
NJ immense livery stable on Washington
street, to be occupied by Mr.. Wallingiord on
his return from Indiana
TIE most distressing eve t of the week l.
the cuving in of the Hudson River Tunnel al
New York, where twenty out of twenty-eigh'
workmcn were drowned.
Mr.. SAM MILLER'S horse became frishtcn'
cd on the Public Square one day last week,
and ran of. throwing him to the ground and
breaking the vehicle.
ACCORDING to Judge HudSon'S late decision
the life of a bull calf Is more sacred on IN,
Greenville and Columbia Railroad than that
Of Il passenger.
TIE Press and Bnnnrr returns many thanks
to the brethren OF the press who have spoken
so kindly OF Us n our account OF TIC trip &c
cincinnati.
OUR Jail is being flied with prisoners. Some
five or six took lodging there last week, some
of whom we believe are charged with lrlnlhe
offences.
IL lind remembrance In presenting us with a
lot Of the finest peaches that we have seen
this year.
THEsplcndid supper which was given by tho
Doctors, and furnished by Mr.. Rnmcy OF inc
Central Hotel, has been very much comPli-
mcntcd.
ELBrRT JACKSON, n colorcd man In CAT
hcun township, yesterday sent us a boil Ol
cotton which opened ON his farm on the I'D
instant.
LAST Friday Mr.. ]. n. Chalmers put up q
handsome monument over the grave ot Mrs.
DR.. \. 7. Widcinan IN Upper Long Cane chi
ctcry.
WuoOrlSG COUGU.-TwO OF Mr.. II. j. JGr-
dams children have wh00pinG couch. US
yet we have not heard of any other cases III
town.
WHY no let the street hands clean off the
adjacent lots TO the public square. the
health orthe own is endangered by the filthy
lots.
SINCE our last issue the dry sections Of this
county have been favored with refreshing
showers and the cotton crop is promising.
A HANDSOME young couple were out driv-
ing Yesterday afternoon. "Th"rc'S nothingin
life h alf so sweet as loves young DREAM"
ALTHOUGH the tines are hard, and money
is scarce, new Subscribers are received every
week at the Press dRd Banner officer.
TURSI arc good for man and beast. Now
Is the planting season. prepare your iands
and put In n large crop. 1t Will pay.
THE tableauN and charades ut Judge Hus-
sey's were q great success. Our corresponds
ent will give particulars next week.
Dr.. F.. r. CALHOUN has joined the choir In
the Presbyterian church Mt Greenwood. The
music now Is perfectly charming.
Miss LILLE BoZEMAN, as pretty n young
lady as any who lives in Laurens County, Is
on a visit to Mrs. WosmanSky.
Miss ALICE STUART, a handsome young
lady Of Greenwood, Is in town, on q Vlsit tC
the Misses ZeiSlcr OF our town.
FEVER is the result Of cause. Remove the
cause. A dozen rotten potatoes in Il closet OF
In the cellar may cause fever.
DIR. MCBRIDE has bought from Mr.. 4. j
| Ferguson the dwelling recently occupied by
Capt. w. K. White for 81 1866.
NUT grass grows through Calhoun Buffers
Irish potatoes, a sample of which may bcseer
at DIR. McBride's drug store.
MR.. II. D. REESE will go to Williamson
Springs next Friday-but will return on the
evening OF the same day.
BUY your turn,p seed from II. w. Lawson
& Co.. aud plant a big patch Of the most prof
liable crop that is grown.
Mr.. JANIS GREEN has moved from New
Market to Greenwood. His elegant new man
sion Is nearly completed.
This is n good time to save all the hay you
can, ~"ROughncSS' for stock Will DC IN DC
mand the coming winter.
WE hope the town council will exercise
their authority In having the owners of filthy
lots TO clean the same.
Some OF our farmers who have held theil
cotton are worried at the diScouraGing pros
pect for a rise in price.
RED oats are selling at from IS to % cents
cash. Choice lots have brought us high as "
cents In Greenwood.
TIE Abbeville Junior Rifles had a big bio
out in KnoX's Hall last Thursday night. Al
had Il splendid time.
IN the Fork of savannah and Rocky Rivers
they had no rain for six weeks, until las
Wednesday night.
SEE advertisement for scaled proposals fol
contracts to grade six miles Of the Savannah
Valley Railroad.
MIR. III. II. NORWOOD and Mr.. s. S. Mar
shall are off to Elberton to attend the biz
meeting to-day.
We are authorized to announce NJ. F.. HOI,
LINGSWORTH as q candidate for Count.
Commissioner
Mr.. WOODWARD. of Edgefield, who ha
been visiting at Judge McGowan's returned
last Saturday.
Mr.. THOMAS a: CATER of the Fork. had 6
severe attack Of the erysipelas last week, but
Is now better.
The grape crop seems not to have been In
jured by the drought. 1t Is plentiful and o
good quality.
FROM reports there will he n large humble
of eScursionists from this point to Grecnvill
next Friday.
Mrs. AScRUM and her sister-in-law Mis-
Ancrum, are on q visit to her mother, Mrs. {
E.. Calhoun.
Miss KITTIE PERRIN, who has been spend
. ing a week or two at Wellington, rcturne
yesterday.
F.. NOBLE. Esq. has been sick for a week q
TWO. nc now looks improved IN general az
p~earance.
APPLES can now be bought at at seventy
Ave cents a barrel. There is no use OF goin
hungry.
Mr.. J. NJ. GAMBRELL and family have r.
turned from a two weeks trip to Williamsto
Springs.
Z BARKIss sleeps in his watermelon patch e.
I, cry night, to protect it from the incursions
thieves.
Road supervisors will find q call on the,
in the advertising columns Of this paper tn
week.
THE work of transferring the returns Of tn
payers to the Auditors book is now in pro,
a. ress.
Mr.. PATRICK CALHOUN. of Atlanta. h:
| been visiting his relatives at Mrs. Norwood
THE conductor and other employees on IL
Railroad now wear the regulation uniform.
w. H. PARKER, Esq, is in Cashiers Vallc
and will moi return until the 18th of August.
g THERE have BEEN an unusual number
: drummers IN Down during the last month.
q . THE grass and weeds about own should
: ceive the attention of the town council.
Il Mr.. G, V. HAMMOND has recently had sor