The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-02-25
Western and Southern States.

The officers OF the Kansas freedman's relief
association have been directed by the direct
ors of the association to devise some method
! OF diverting the constantly increasing emigra-
ton OF colored people to other States than
Kansas.
A negro cabin on the plantation Of Captain
William Stack, thirteen miles north OF Co.
lumbia, S. c., was burned the other night.
Two men, q woman and six children persisted
in the flames.
AT Baltimore a Count Eugene Mitkicvicz
wns indicted by the grand jury tor obtaining
Sl6. 900 worth OF cool under false pretenses
and was lodged in Jail.
The county court house at Dallas. Texas,
has been destroyed by fire. The building cost
500. 900 and the loss is about halt that
mount.
Ten Cinnamon were burned to death in a
fire which destroyed q Chinese wash house at
Tom Henry, Jim Dorsey, William Randall
n,nl James West, tour desperadoes, attacked
and killed Joseph Carson, the city marshal OF
Los Vegas, New Mexico, because he had
made himself obnoxious to them by seeking
to recover a buggy which they had stolen.
During the fight which followed Carson's
death Randall was killed and his three com-
p%anions were arrested. A few days aiterward
all three were taken from jail by a crowd and
lynched..
Three burglars entered the bank at Knox
lille, ILL.,, seized and bound President Runkle,
who sleeps in the building, and alter gagging
and beating him and burning his feet in a
shocking manner to compel him to reveal the
combination of the safe lock, they left with
SO, 200 which had not been locked up. There
wns a time lock on the safe and Mr.. Runkle
was unable to give the combination.
The supreme court Of Georgia has refused to
grant q new trial to Cox, who was sentenced
to Imprisonment for lie Tor the murder OF
Colonel Aston. The case will be carried to
the supreme court OF the United States.
The iowa house OF representatives, by n
vote OF 81 to 81, has adopted q resolution tor
submitting q constitutional amendment to the
people making women eligible to the legisla-
ture.
The annual carnival season or feast OF Mard
Gra was observed this year at New Orleans,
Mobile and Galveston by professions OF mus
qneraders in tanciiul costumes and tableaux
oil all kinds. The streets OF the three cities
were filed with people and in the evening
were brilliantly illuminated.
The Lehman cotton factory near Prattville,
Ala, burned down a Jew days ago, causing Il
loss OF 500, OO0 and throwing LOU hands out
OF employment.
The California State Normal school has
been destroyed by fire and a loss incurred OF
more than $3.50, O0o.
Miss Louisa Wise and Miss NJ. Downing,
two young ladies OF Onancock, Va, being
both in love with the same young man,
grew desperately jealous of each other, and
when, a few days ago, the former called on
the latter, a terrible fight ensued. Miss Wise
welded a pitchfork and Miss Downing a club.
The result was that both were terribly in
jured, Miss Downing having been wounded
fourteen times by the pitchiork, and Misc
Wise shockingly bruised and beaten about the
head. At last accounts they were suffering
from high fever and the physician had little
hope OF their recovery.
Advices from Fort keogh state that Ser
soldiers and ten Indian scouts, started out to
capture a party OF Sioux Indians, supposed to
belong to Sitting Bulls band and who had
killed a white man a lew days previous.
Coming up with the hostiles a lively skirmish
took place, resulting in the death OF two
Sioux, the capture OF the other three and one
soldier killed and another wounded.
Whilo a concert and ball were in progress al
the opera house in Central City, Col, II heavy
wind carried the entire front of the building
into the street. A scene OF the widest con.
fusion ensued, but fortunately no lives were
lost.
John Rice, who participated in Perry's
victory on Lake Erie, and the only survivor
ofthe tamou, fight, died ut his lone in Shelby.
Ohio, a few days ago.
From Washington
The Senate has rejected the Presidents
nomination of the late Senator Morton's son
TO be collector OF internal revenue in San
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