The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-03-11
NEWS SUMMARY
Easscrn and Middle Statcs.

The Marvin Safe company's factory, q
large eight-story building in New York, has
succumbed to the flames. At the time OF the
fire 500 safes, valued at $780, 900, were stored
in the building. The total loss is about
$3.50, 600.
PETER SCHROEDER, an attendant at the
BlockSley almshouse, Philadelphia, has been
arrested, charged with instigating another
elnploye, q colored lad, to fire the building,
their lives. Nadine, the colored boy, de-
tailed circumstantially how, at Schroeder's
request, he had set fire to the building.
Schroeder was arrested, charged with con-
spiracy to commit arson, and Mullen, another
attendant, was held as an accessory after tho
fact.
WILLIAM G. KINGSLEY, a prominent DEM
ocratic politician Of Brooklyn, and one Of tho
founders of the Brooklyn bridge, is dead.
The fortune left by him is estimated at mil
lions.
HORACE V. FERRAN, deputy postmaster at
Batavia, y. y, committed suicide by shoot
ing. Adefalcation had been discovered in
his accounts.
THE wife of John L. Sullivan, the notorious
Boston pugilist, has brought suit for divorce
NJ the charge Of habitual drunkenness and
brutal treatment.
IN the United States district court at New
Haven, James NJ. Mech, Charles Webb and
William Roath, of Norwich, pleaded guilty
to the charge of embeZzling OF tho funds Of
the Merchants National and Shetucket
National banks in that city, of which they
were officers, and were sentenced to hard
labor in the State prison. The two first
named were sentenced to five years and the
last-named to four years imprisonment.
JOHN W. RUBR1eHr, captain of a canal
Loo& l.-,,r ~ - No,, Norl. 1;o, 1roc onrDuad
by boys snowballing him, and fired off his
pistol. The bullet struck Patrick Dugan,
aged nineteen, a laborer on the pier, causing
instant death. Rubright was arrested.
South and West.
GREAT restitution, arising from drought
and ruined crops, prevails in Gilmer, Braxton
and Calhoun counties, W. Va, which are
remote from railroad communication. Cattle
are being killed for food and much sickness
exists among the people.
FRANK JAMES, the noted outlaw, has been
released from Jail in Missouri, the chief witness
against Lin having died.
THE trial of Joseph C.. Mackin, William j.
Gallagher, Arthur Gleason and Henry Biehl,
on the charge of conspiring to affect the re-
suit Of an election for State senator in Chica-
20 at the presidential election in November,
resulted in the conviction of Mackin, Gal
lagher and Gleason and the acquittal of Biehl.
The trial lasted two weeks and aroused grea6
public interest.
THE Oregon legislature adjourned without
having elected a United States Senator to
succeed Senator Slater. The failure was due
to the inability of two factions of the Repub.
lican members, who are in a majority, to
agree upon q candidate. This for the present
leaves Oregon without one representative in
the national Senate.
IRVING LANG (colored) was hanged at
Greenville, n. c., for the murder of Moses
Barrett during a quarrel. The murderer and
his victim were farm hands.
STATE SENATOR W. C. MONTGOMERY, one
of the wealthicst and most prominent citi-
zens of Southern Indiana, committed suicide
at Gosport. Cause, ill health.
Two passenger trains close together were
run into by a freight train near Chebanse,
ILL.,, and q fearful crash followed. Ono
passenger was instantly killed, and eight or
nine others injured more or less severely.
MICHIGAN Democrats and GreenbackerSs
have fused on a State ticket, the principal
nominees being two candidates for supreme
court judge.