The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1881-01-19
Western and Southern States

TIE weather at Columbia, s. c., has been
the coolest over known in that region, the
thermometer going down TO one degree below
zero. Tie ponds in and about Columbia were
nll frozen hard, and the people enjoyed tho
novelty OF skating. The coolest previous
dry was in 1882, when tho thermometer fell 10
seven degrees above zero. At other points IN
tho South, also, the weather was intensely
cold. Near Richmond, Va, O colorod man
was frozen 10 death.
o. account Of the unprecedented cold
weather fears arc entertained Tor the safety Of
the Florida orange crop, only one.third OF
which has been gathered. The weather has
boon the coltest there since 1857. The oranges
On tho trees at Jacksonville, where the ther-
mometer fell to nineteen degrees above zero,
were I'll tCzcn.
Cir.innati is to have the electric light. stock
to the amount OF $500, 900 having been sub.
scribel f. l. the formation OF q company.
John Bruens, twenty-five years old, while
coating the inside OF q cask with brewers
| pitch, ut Memphis, Tenn, was killed By tho
explosion of the cask. Two other persons
weto injured.
HENRY AUGUSTINE, OF Chicago, visited hi
| uncle's family ut Oils, lid, and yainly tried
10 get them TO drink from q bottle which Ii"
carried, and which was altccward found to
contain poisoned whisky. About eleven
% clock at night Henry sought his uncles bed
room, lcvclcd q revolver and began frirg
Mr.. anu Mrs. Augustine were both MORALLY
wounded. Then Henry went downstairs and
with revolver shots killed his cousin Christian
and wounded another cousin, james, alter
which lo LETT the house.
Miss KATE CAMPBELL, of st. Joseph, Mo.
wns visiting ut the residence OF aer friend,
Nnnnie Wood, at Hamburg, H., and while
dressing for u ball Miss Woods dress caugh
lre from the stove. She ran, and in passing
Miss Campbell the %lattur's dress was ignited.
Miss Campbell was SO frighttu!ly burned that
she died tho next morning, and hiss Woo
WAS also badly burned about the lace, arms
and body.
TIE amount OF bullion produced by Load.
vile (Col.) smclters last year is $.5,2SS,0OO
bullion and ore shipment OF the entire State,
S22, 500, eco, IN increase over 1879 Of $780,
600.
HENRY WAsnISGToN, q color ed youth
riohtccn years old, was hnngel ut Jackson.
Mss, for the murder of II. II. Hill. list July.
Tie Marion house, two.story frame, i'll
Jackson, Mich, was burned, with four stores
on the first floor, AMI the adjoining brick
block, containing the Jackson City bank and
four stores. Loss about $4,000.
Tie United States commissioner OF asricu!-
turc has lea, ed 200 acres ct land ut uminer
vile, S. G., fort the purpose OF establishing sn
experimental tea ialm.
DAMAGE to tho amount OF SGt0,0GO was
done by a Glc ut the factor" OF Butord " Co.,
ulow manufacturers, Rock lslnnd, ii. Fifteen
thousand plo ws were destroyed.
Mrs. HARRIET n. COOPER, 4 coIorcd
woman, died IL lew days ago near st. Louis
r.cd lis years aud weighing 4c0 pounds.
FIVE small stores ut Waco, Texas, Lave
been destroyed by fire.
\ NUMBER OF lub rtrs were engaged Ill
saovtlirg Stow in n railroad cut near Ban
croft, Iowa. when they were struck by Il pass
;nr train url moved down Ike grass. Six
men were Ct ns,c! 10 death un!or tho wheel.
and one man lost a leg.
Orro DRESSED, one OF t:ic most proniaeht
Gc.mlrs ufO 10, Il leading lawyer 1T Cotua-
ode by s%hooiins himself through the head.