The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1882-10-25
NEWS EVENTS.
Eaatern and Middle States.

Eastern and Middle States.
THE Jongfellow Memorial association of
Boston has issued a circular to the children
of America inviting ~ten-ccnt subscriptions
toward the fulfllment of the plan of the
association for tho erection of a memorial
statue in front of tho poets late residence.
AT Cortland, N. Y, two brothers-Robert
and Luke Gerard-cmploycd at the gas
! works, quarrelcd. Robert struck Luke a
murdcrous blow with a piece of gaspipc,
inflicting n fatal injury.
Mns. MIRIAM OsGooD, Of Warner, N. H.,
widow of the founder Of tho Osgoodite re-
| ligious sect, died a few days ago at the ripe
old age of 1O3 years.
GENERAL BENJAMIN F. BUTLER has accepted
tho nomination Of the Massachusetts Demo-
Gratis and of tho Massachusetts Greenback-
Labor party for governor.
GEORGE +. HUNTINGTON, his wife and four
children, residents of Amesbury, Mass,
were all drowned by the upsetting of 4 snail
boat in which they were crossing from Grape
Island in Plum Island river to Amesbury.
TIE letter of Mayor Cleveland, accepting
the nomination of the New York Democratic
State convention for governor, has been pub
lisled.
A TUMDL1Na barrel containing 10000
~breech-loading caps blew up at the Union
Metallic cartridge shop, Bridgeport, Conn.,,
with terrible force. The building in which
the explosion occurred was blown to atoms,
but fortunately no one was injured.
TIE officers of the Irish National lane
league have issued q circular from Buffalo to
the public relative to the statement which has
been made that tho land league is no longer
in existence, emphatically protesting against
it, and declaring the league to bo in full life
and strength.
JAcoD BECKER, a young man in the employ
of Baily, Farrell & Co., lead pipe works,
Pittsburg, Pa, was standing on n. scatfold-
ing, cleaning the rust off n shaft, which was
making leo revolutions q minute, when by
some means his right leg became c%ntangled
in n telephone wire, and, losing his balance,
he graspcd the shaft. In an instant he was
whirled around with fearful rapidity, and the
telephone wire wrapped round his leg until
the limb was severed from the body. Hefell
through n hatchway to the ground below, and
when picked up was dead. His head was a
shapelcss mass, and his leg was still dangling
from the wire.
Howard CARROLL, a New York Journalist,
thirty-two years old, was nominated by tho
New York Republican State committee for
~ Ior,o IN r1ora IF u Hem
burn, declined.
HENRY WARD BEEcHER astonished tho
meeting of the New York and Brooklyn AS
sociation of Congregational churches, held
in Brooklyn, by Withdrawing from member
ship. Mr.. Beccher made q long address, IN
which he gave as his reasons for withdrawal
that he does not believe in a material hell Or
the future punishment of the body. A rcso-
luton requesting Mr.. Beecher to reconsider
his withdrawal was referred to a committee.
The champion team of Australian cricket
ers, after a highly successful tour i'll Eng
land, are now in this country playing a
serios of matches. The first match, played
at Hobokcn, N. j., against 4 team of eighteen
Americans, resultcdin the easy success of the
Australian eleven.
AT $50 o'clock in the afternoon, when
Fourteenth street, between Broadway and
Sixth avenue, New York, was crowded with
women out shopping, Il man ran westward
from Broadway, holding 4 sharp pair OF
comIasscs" in his hand and s!abbins at every
one he met. Ladies' ran screaming across
the street and rushed headlong into the
nearest stores. The man pursued them, and
stabbed many before he was finally thrown
down and secured. Eight ladies, two boys
and ono man were stabbed. Some Others
who were wounded went to their hoHts
without reporting their names to the police.
The woman who was most seriously injured
was Mrs. Hanlcy, the wife of tho police
man who finally secured the mailman.
Tho man who did the stabbing is q French
man named Ernest D~oubourgnc, n familiar
figure in the streets of New York. lie Is
undoubtedly insane, and at ono time could
be met daily on the streets accompanied by
his father (now dead), the two carrying
large tin signs with inscriptions to the effect
that they had been robbed of largo SUMS OF
money. With these signs pinned to Their
breasts and backs the two paradcd the streets
almost every day, attracting much attention,
but were looked upon MS harmless lunatics.
One or two of the women who were stabbed
received injuries likely to prove fatal.
LARGE number of well-executed counter
felt silver dollars arc being circulated IN the
western part of New York.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR was present at the
Webster celebration at Marslitield, Mass,
the statesman's home. Speeches were made
by tho President, who was escortcdto Marsh
field from Boston by several military and
civil societies, Governor Long and others.
GEORGE D. RISE, cashier of the Lebanon
(Pa.) Dime Savings bank, drew $4,000 in
PHILADELPHIA and returned to his homo in
Lebanon with the money in a satchel. Aftor
supper he was proceeding to the bank with
the money and had reached a dark and lone
ly spot when two unknown mon approached
and, dealing him several blows, finally
knocked him scnseless, tore the satchel from
his grasp and fled.