The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-09-02
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GREAT damage has been done in New
Hampshire towns along the Femigewasset
valley by heavy storms.
THE Massachusetts Prohibitionists will hold
their State convention Ut Worcester Septem-
Der 10, and will place complete ticket in the
deld.
FARMERS in the fertile Mohawk Valley n.
Y, have lost $2U0,U00 by damage to land and
crops during the recent heavy storm; The
storm belt was five miles long and three
miles wide. Acres upon acres of the most
fertile f1at lands of the Mohawk Valley are
ruined. These bottom lands are valued at
300 an acre. They are buried IN many
places under three and four feet of gravel,
sand and rocks. The New York Central and
Hudson River railroad loses more than $780,
DUO in damage by washouts.
THE schedules in the assignment Of John
Roach, the ship builder, have been filed.
They state his liabilities to lie $2.99j, OBJ Of
and his actual assets 81 G3l ,4iS.2
FOUR cut of six small boys in a skiff on the
MonongaheIa river near pit:sburg. Penn:
were drowned by the upsetting of their frail
craft.
Mrs. EDWARD McFEE. Of Staleyville, N.
Y, refused to cat or drink for fifteen days,
and then died i'll great agony.
A LAEGE number Of persons daily visit
General Grants tomb at Riverside Park, New
York,
FERDINAND KUDIEZ, employed in Roches.
ter (N " brewery, fell into huge vat OF
ale and was drowned.
BY remarkable series Of casualties the
three grown up sons of Mrs. Sarah TRULY, an
aged widow of Martins Valley, Penn, have
met with violcnt deaths within period OF
twelve hours. john Truhy, who worked on
a railroad. fell into cattle guard and broke
hi; neck The n,xt morning Jason Truby was
drowned in pit in the slate quarries where
he worke |. When messengers hurried to the
mill where Wyman TRULY worked, to break
the sal news to him, men were carrying his
dead body out of the building. He had been
suffocatcd in a grain bin.
EDGAR X. ArGAR, the deputy New York
State treasurer, died at Albany few days
since, aged about forty years. He was the
man whose speech in the Democratic State
convention OF 1882 nominated Grover Cleve-
land, tlcn mayor of buffalo, for governor.
The New York Democratic State commit
tee has issued the call for q convention to
nominate candidates for governor and other
offices at Saratoga, September 2f.
GEORGE HALLocK, employed in pottery
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heavy machin. known MS clay cutter, when
he fell in, and in moment was ground into
pulp.
EX-GovERHoR JULIAN CONVERSE, Of Yer
mont, died at Dirvillc Notch, N. H., the
other night, at tn, age of eighty-six. He
was governor from 1872 to 1874.
GREAT damage has been done by heavy
storm Mt Erie, Penn, and vicinity. The hail
accompanying the storm cut and slashed the
crops, orchards and vineyards in very So
rious manner along the lake Shore from the
city through to the New York State line and
on into Chatauqua county.
Ara fully attended caucus Of the Demo-
cratic members of the New Hampshire legis-
lature resolutions were unanimously adopted,
unuuallledly indorsins the national admin
istratiun.
A CONFERENCE or the project to increase
the usefulnes, of the canal system OF New
York was held the other day at Utica, many
prominent citizens from all parts Of the State
being present. Ex-Governor Seymour. pre-
sided. Resolutions were adopted that the
formation and improvement Of the canals
be urged upon the attention OF the New York
legislature.