The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-09-09
NEWS SUMMARY
rs,,ern and Middle sta.es.

| A FIRE broke out on board the Old warship
Colorado, lying near Port Washington, Long
Island, tile other evening. The flames spread
rom the Colorado to the following ships, all
If which were burned to the waters edge
and sunk: Minnesota, ,Susquehanna, Congress,
South Carolina, Iowa, Lotta Grant, and Fair
play. All, with the exception Of the last
;wo, formerly belonged to the United States
navy. They had been condemned and we're
bought from the government for the old iron
and planks they contained. The estimated
oss is 100000.
JAMES NORTH, New York policeman, was
stabbed and almost instantly killed by
,olored man with whom be had slight al
.ercation.
CHARLES AND ARTHUR WINKLEY, aged
.ighteen and twenty-five respectively, sons
If Alonzo Winkley, OF Lawrence, Mass,
we're drowned at Salisbury Beach while
canoeing.
| FRANZ JOSEF PETMEKY was hanged Mt
Auburn, n Y, for the murder Of Mrs. Pau
inc FroiZcheim, in 1855.
THE ocean steamship Etruria bas just made
The fastest trip ON record across the Atlantic,
;lc run from Queenstown to New York hav-
ng been accomplished in six days, five hours
and thirty-one minutes.
THOMAS SMITH, farm laborer residing
near RockaWay, n. j., was shot dead by his
son Lodi in quarrel over game OF doml'
loeS
D. S. BABcocK, vice president and financial
manager of the New York, Providence and
Boston railroad, was killed by train near
Providence.
! EX.TREAsURER ADAMS, of the Framing
lam Mass) Savings bank whose accounts
nad been made the subject of special lnves,
legation by bank commissioner, committed
suicide OH the oath by cutting his throat with
4 razor Many irregularities in his accounts
lad been discovered.
WHILE young New York lawyer, per-
;onal frendof General Grant, was visiting
The flagship Tennessee, ut Bar Harhor, Me-,
lieutenant on board INDUCED in s'anderous
remarks concerning the dead commander.
The lawyer became very angry, and on his
ceturn to shore Immediately sent the SLAM
ierer challenge to fight duel. The latter
declined OH the ground that duelln3 is IN
violation Of navy regulations Inc irate
gentleman then notified the officer that lie
would shoot him on sight unless he accepted
the challenge. The lieutenant finally accept
I'D, but while the prelimnaries' were being
arranged the admiral heard rumors of the
affair, and declined to permit the lieutenant
20 go ashore, thus frustrating the duel.
JOSEPH T. Bowen, the oldest master ma
son in the United States, died at his resi-
/ lence in Philadelphia the other afternoon.
lie was ninety-four years old, and was IN
sailed the first master Of lodge sixty eight
years ago.
EX-GOVERNOR REUBEN E. FENToN died
suddenly of heart disease, on the 10Th, nj
Jamestown, N. Y. At the time of his death
he was writing at his desk in tho First Ma
tional bank, of which he was president
Governor Fenton was born at Carroll n. T.,
in 1919, and in 1852 was elected as
Democrat to Congress, was defeated
in 1854, but in 1856 was again elected, this
time as Republican, which party he had
Joined upon its organization in New
York in 1855. He remained in the House
in unbroken succession eight years
down to December, 1864, when he resigned
In 1854 Mr.. Fenton was elected
governor over Horatio Seymour, and in lsGG
was re elected over Mr.: Hoffman. He was
elected to the United States Senate in ls69,
and in 1872 joined the Liberal Republican
movement supporting Mr. Greeley Tor presi, u
| lent. After the expiration OF his term as
Senator in 1875, Governor Fenton devoted
himself to business enterprises.
AT q meeting of the New York Republican
State committee the convention for the NOM
ination OF governor ami other Offices was
called to meet at Saratoga on September y,
two DAYS before the Democratic convention,
and in the same hall.
Snow fell at Harvey Lake, Penn, on the
2Gth of August.
THE Smiths of New Jersey metin their an
nual reunion at Peapack, n. J. There were
about three thousand OF them together.
AT the Pennsylvania Democratic State
convention, held in Harrisburg, Conrad B.
Day was nominated for treasurer and plat
form wns adopted which cordially approves
| tho Democratic reform administration OF
President Cleveland" and denounces railroad
nonorolieS
| GENERAL LOGAN and his wife and two
friends were being photographed IN small
boat at the Thousand Islands, n. Y, when
their frail craft was overturned, and all four
were thrown into the water. They were res
cued without difficulty.
ssuth and Wess:
A RECEPTION was givena few days since
in Waukesha, Wis, to Fice-President and
Mrs. Hendricks.
| A LONG freight train was derailed and
wrecked near Cleveland, Ohio: The cars
caught fire and were consumed. Two tramps
who were stealing a ride in one OF the cars
were killed.
Hoes are dying by the hundred in Illinois
of cholera
RETURNS from all the counties in Kentucky
| give Tate (Democrat), for treasurer, major
ity Of 1887 over Fox (Prohibition), who was
supported by the Republicans. This is the
tenth time Tate has been elected treasurer.
| A. S. MARINER, postmaster at Careyville,
Tenn, has been caught robbing the mails and
arrested.
THE captain Of the steamship Alexandria
| Which arrived Mt Beaufort. S. c., reports the
loss of the dredge Beaufort in hurricane of
the Bermuda Islands, with all hands, num-
berng probably ten men. The Beaufort was
built on the Clyde and brought to this side TO
dredgo for phosphate in Beaufort harDor;
She was one of the largest craft OF her KIND
| in the world, and was valued at SloOOOO.
LEONARD GARDNER, Springfield illl.)
restaurant keeper. arrested Tor beating his
wife. procured bail and then went in search
Of the two policemen who had taken him into
custody. when he met his captorS Gardner
Immediately opened fire, killing Policeman
! Camp and MORALLY wounding Policeman
| Gall. The desperate was also killed by Gall.
| 4 PARTIALLY successful attempt has been
made to blow up the Jail ut Murlrcesboroo'
| Ark, with dynamite. One side OF the build
in. was blown to fragments, and prisoner
baily in .ured. The object was to blow up
two brothers confined in the Jail for brutal
murder.
| A NoGALEs (Arizona) dispatch says that
three Americans and eight Mexicans have
been murdered at Basachuca by Apaches-
Two Knights of Pythias-Henry F. Sand
| man, of Cincinnati, and j. F. Farnan.of Gov
in.t ~, Ohio-while at an encampment neal
Cleveland went in bathing, and becoming
chilled were both drowned.
SENATOR JOHN SHERMAN opened the Ohio
campaign for the Republicans in a long speecl