The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1882-02-22
South and W. st.

A DISPATCH from Coalfeld, Va, states that
shortly after / O'Clock the other day an explo.
sion occurred in the Grove shaft Of the Mid
lothian coal pits. A volume of smoke, .cindcrs,
wood and bark burst from the shaft, which be-
came choked up and closed. Intense excite
ment ensued, as it was known that q large
number of men were at work in the pit, which
is over 1900 feet deep, the galleries extend
ing 8, 900 feet underground. Several efforts were
made to test the pit and to reach the imprisoned
workmcn without success. People from all
quarters focked to the scene Of the explosion.
Thirty-two men--tan white and twenty-five COL
ored--were entombed in the mine, and by
o'clock all hope was abandoned, and the most
narrowing scenes OF wailing women and chill
dren and grier-stricken men followed. A ma
jority OF the entombed were married, and
many leave largo families. Most Of these had
assembled at the mouth Of the shaft, and the
scenes were heartrending in the extreme.
Nelson DECKER, with his wife and boy, was
crossing Crooked lake, in Barry county, Mich,
in q cutter, when it broke through the ice and
all three we're drowned.
ATExAs sheriff, accompanied by . deputy
and three other men, attempted to arrest two
Mexicans near Brownsville, but before he could
do 30 Loot three OF his force and had to kill ono
OF the men no was after.
y. C. WHITE was hanged at Canton, Texas
for the murder of George Conquest, a young
.Englishman, robbery being tho motive for the
crime.
The steamer E. B.. Ward, Jr., collided with
the Swedish bark Heurik, from Rouon, France,
bound for Pensacola, Fla. The collision &C.
CURED in the Gruf of Mexico, and the bark
sank in q few minutes, carrying Town six men
Of the ten on board.
EDWARD MARTIN, brother OF o prominent
merchant of Buchanan, Vs., shot himself
through the heart while delirious from typhoid
fever.
AT Tunnelton, Ind, lack. Whittier, Virgil
Wilson aud Nicholas Vaughan were all killed
while attempting burglary at the'liquor store
of Thomas Clarke. A confederate named Ben
jamin WilIoaglby that morning betrayed them,
thereby giving Clarke and othcrs time to pro-
pare for their reception.
A GREAT religious revival is reported from
Louisville, Ky, among the noted converts being
General Abe Buford, q well-known turfman
and brother of Tom Buford, who killed Judge
Elliott, OF tue supreme court, last year. The
revival meetings are conducted By the Rev.
George O. Barnes, Of Eastern kentucky, whose
surprising success and wonderful powers OF
persuasion and OF imprcssing his own religious
Feryor upon his hearers is the universal theme
Of conversation.
THE Virginia house Of delegates passed tho
bill for the settlement OF the State debt known
as the Riddeborger bill, by q vote of Sc to 80.
AT Mississippi City, Mis-, two men-Patrick
Ryan, Of Troy, N. Y, and John L. Sullivan, OF
Boston, Mass.-engaged in q prize fight "for
the heavyweight championship OF America and
50, 500 q SIDE" Tho pugilists pummeled each
other for eleven minutes and nine rounds in
presence Of an immense crowd. On the ninth
round Ryan was knocked senseless and the
fight was awarded to Sullivan.
Mrs. ISAAC VooELsoN, of Canton, ILL.,, suffered
from cancer Of the stomach, and after going
f~fty.one days without food died Of starvation.
A uASD-cAE on which were seven persons was
run into by construction train on an exten-
sion of the Missouri Pacific railroad near Waco,
Texas. Major Washburn, one Of the best
known railroad builders in the country; Mr..
Stoll, manager. and Mr.. Painter, foreman of
track laying, Mls. Stoll and her little boy,
were all killed.
CHARLEY HING, u chinaman, was hanged at
M~inncmucca, New, for the murder Of All Lick,
a fellow countryman:
WILLIAM MILLER, the oldest Mason in the
United States, died II few nights ago at Call-
well, Ohio, aged ninaty-eight years. He had
been a Mason for siehty-one years.