The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1882-10-04
EHE NEWS.
Eastern and Middle Statea-

Eastern and Middle States.
President ARTHUR left Portsmouth, NH,
for New York in the United States steamer
Dispatch, but a heavy gale coming on the
steamer put into the nearest harbor-Wood's
Hole, Mass.-where she remained all night.
On the following morning tho vessel made
Seaconnet, where the President was landed,
and was driven about twenty-eight miles to
Newport in m express wagon. From New
port the President proceeded to New York
by train.
DURING n heavy rain storm lightning
struck one of the oil tanks of the Kings
county refinery in Newtown Creek, Brooklyn,
igniting about 10000 barrels of crude oil. A
second lightning stroke set fire to the largest
oil tank belonging to another refinery near by.
Tho fire rapidly gained Roadway and spread
from one tank to another and then to other
oil refincries in the neighborhood, and finally
Penny bridge across the creek caught fire
and was partly destroyed. The foreman ola
fire company and another man were burned
to death and several other persons were in
jured. The pecuniary damage is estimated
at $2J0,00O.
THE first international military rifle match
between two teams of twelve men each, repre-
senting the Volunteers of Great Britain and
the National Guard of tho United States, was
shot at the Creedmoor (Long Eland) range
and resulted in an easy victory for tho Eng
lishmen by 10 points. The match lasted
two days, the contest on the first day being
ut 200, 900 and GOO yards, and on the second
day at 500, 800 and 900 yards. The English
team was in charge of Sir Henry Halford and
Colonel Bodine was captain of the American
team. The following table shows tho aggre-
gate scores of the two teams at each distance
covered in the two days contest:
30 roo COO 800 900 LOCO
British team .s...... y 90 "a; IS x? ~ y ss KS Il: e.: T 8!
Amer. team $3l 369 3i3 2I al @&-l,a5
British team majority. 10
A FIRE at Elmira, N. Y, destroyed the
extensive boot and shoe factory of J. Rich
ardson Il Co. Three hundred hands were
thrown ont of employment and an estimated
loss of 100000 was inflicted. Four firemen
were seriously hurt by falling walls.
WHEN Engineer Melville, of the lost jean
nette, arrived at his home in Philadelphia,
he found that the many months of anxiety
experienced by his wife upon her husbands
account, and the JOY at his return, were too
much for her mental equilibrium. Mrs.
Melville's sad condition compelled her hus-
band to apply to the navy department for an
indefinite leave of absence, which was
granted.
COURTNEY defeated Ten Eyck and Demp-
sey in a boat race for $1,000 IN the st. Law
renco river near Alexandria, N. Y.
The General Unitarian conference held its
biennial session at Saratoga, N. Y. Cover
ernor John D. Long, of Massachusetts, pre-
sided.
The Rev. DR.. John s. Mitchell, for over
half a century a prominent clergyman OF the
Methodist Episcopal church, died the other
day at Newburg, N. Y, aged eighty-three
years.
AT Dormansville, N. Y, Alonzo Cash,
forty-eight years old, shot and MORALLY
wounded his wife Minnie, seventeen years
of age, and then killed himself. The two we're
married last fall, but had separated.
Names official vote for governor, with the
exception of q few small plantations, whose
returns will change the result but little, is as
follows: Total vote, 1875. For governor
-Rohie, 72,55t; Plaisted, C3,75G; Chase,
1888; Vinton, 2G2; Eustis, 305; Robes
plurality, S,79S. Tho Republican candidates
for Congress are elected by pluralties little in
excess of that for governor. The Repub-
licans carry fourteen of the sixteen counties.
Of the senators, twenty-eight are Republicans
and three Fusionists. Of the members of
the house, 10S are Republicans and forty-one
Fusionists.
TIE long strike of tho i~ron-workers al
Pittsburg, Pa, is over, the strikers having
decided by a large majority to resume work
under the old scale of prices.
TICKET nominated by the Massachusetts
Democratic State convention ut Boston: For
governor, Benjamin F. Butler; lieutenant
governor, Samuel w. Bowcrman; secretary
of state, d. N. Skillinss, of Winchester;
treasurer and receiver, General William A.
Hodges; auditor, John p. Sweeney, of Law
renee; Encouragement, George F. Very, OF
Worcester.
At the New York Republican State con-
vention in Saratoga the Stalwarts through
General Sharpe presented as their candidate
for temporary chairman ox-State Senator
Madden, while the anti-Administration mon
through United States Senator Warner Miller
nominated State Senator +. l.. Pitts. Mr..
Madden was chosen by q vote of PSI to 243.
Judge Folger, Governor Cornell, Congress-
man Wadswortl, JOHN II. Starin and Gen
eral Robinson were nominated for governor,
the name Of Walter A. Wood being with
drawn from the contest. The first ballot re-
suited in 223 votes for Folser, $50 for Cor
nell, GO for Wadsworth, 10 for Starin and 6
for Robinson. Necessary to a choice, 29.
On Tie second ballot, Folgcr received 2j7
votes, Cornell 300 and Wadsworth Is. On
motion of Senator Miller the nomination Of
Judge Folgcr was made unanimous.
PROFESSOR A. 4. HOPKINS for governor, with
n full ticket, was nominated at the New York
State Prohibition convention in Rochester.
The Massachusetts Republicans i'll State
convention mt Worcester nominated Robert
R. Bishop for governor, Oliver Amcs for
lieutenant governor, Henry B. Pierce for
secretary of state, Daniel A. Gleason for
treasurer, Charles R. Ladd for auditor and
T.. j. Sherman for encouragement.
AT the Connecticut Republican State con-
-axI;on -, Na,v Hoynr fha fplInuInO ticket
was nominated by reclamation: For COVER
nor, General William H. Buckley lieutcn-
ant-governor, John d. Candce; secretary of
state, 8. 7. Stanton treasurer, Julius Con-
verso comptroller, Frank D. Sloat.
The general conference of the Seventh
Day Baptists of America held its annual ses-
sion in Ashaway, R. l., with Professor A. r.
Crandall, of tho University of Kentucky, as
president.
THE full New York Republican State ticket
nominated at Saratoga is as follows: For gov
ernor, Charles j. Folger; for lieutenant
governor, B.. Plat Carpenter; for chief JUS
tice of the court of appeals, Charles Andrews;
for congressman-at-larg A. Barton Hep
burn.
ESPECIAL commission appointed last winter
to investigate charges of malfcasance in
Office preferred against the Rev. B. G. Nor
throp. secretary of the Connecticut State
board of education, has made n report. It
inds that there were violations of law in the
expenditure of tho funds, but nothing dis
honest, and that he had not, ns charged, re-
ceiycd any benefit from the approval of edu-
c%ational publications.
South and west
THE Colorado Republicans nominated a
full State ticket headed by Ernest l.. Camp
boil for governor.