The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-08-12
Nouth and West;

JOHN FAuGMAN, his wife, and three.year-
old son have died in Baltimore from trichi-
nosis.
THE prospects of tho cotton crop in Texas
surpass thoss Of the great crop season of 1883.
SEVEN negro train hands werc killed by
the ditching Of train at Suwanee, Ga.
A BOX expressed from Black River Falls,
Wis, to Chicago excited the suspicious OF
the express messenger, and was opened at
Elroy, Wis. Inside was man, heavily
armed and with bottle Of chloroform and
stout cords. He had evidently intended to
rob the express car at some convenient point.
THE present owner of the house at Point
Pleasant, Ohio, in which General Grant was
born, says if sufficient sum is offered he will
let the house 20 elsewhere. He has had one
offer of 81 900 from q gentleman Of Cincin-
natl, which he would not consider. He says
that he could sell the house piecemeal for
relics. and, in fact, has sold window catch
for $500 and a good many splinters from the
weather boarding, which had been renewed.
He says he was careful in making repairs 10
leave the interior intact.
CHICAGO will erect monument to General
Grant in Lincoln Park. The contemplated
statue is of brouze, OF heroic size, and
mounted upon massive granite pedestal.
THOMAS NJ. BRANTLY was arrested at
lOl lCllio 20 SAotAAo 49,
wife At night crowd Of masked men forced
their way into the prison, took out Brantly
and hanged him to a tree.
THE Virginia Democrats at their State con.
vention in Richmond nominated General
Fitzhugh Lee for governor by reclamation.
THE court of commissioners of Alabama
claims has debarred Jerome F. Manning, an
attorney of Boston, New York and Washing
ION, for threatening one of the Judges.
Two brothers-Ed and Bob Hawkins
were shot and instantly killed by Horace
Mallow, near Louisville, KY. The tragedy
was caused by a collision resulting from al
legged offensive remarks made by Mallow
against sister Of tho Hawkins.
Washington.
ADDITIONAL postmasters appointed by the
| President: Frank p. Crotzier at Nanticoke,
| George C.. Rembaugh at Winfield, Kansas;
! Geo. +. Haskell at Larimore, Oak; Thomas
| B. Crawford at Grand Junction, Col; Frank
| Shut at Litchfield, Ill George ]. Spohn at
SUPERIOR, Neb. Nv. E. Lewis at Charlton, Iowa:
| William A. Flemingot Nashua, Iowa. John
| Dave at Edgerton, Wis. VIM. B. Alexan-
| der at Pine Bluff, Ark; S: r. Davis, at
| Creston, Iowa. Richard Siunot, surveyor OF
customs, at the port Of New Orleans: Collec.
lots OIL cuSUO!lSJ 1CUCl l.. SOohAIi, eIASS -
| Petersburg, Va; Benjamin K. Tate, district
| of New London, Conn; Bradley B. Smalley,
district of Vermont; Theodore d. Jersey, dis
trict of Charleston, S. G.. {; Oliver Kelly, dis.
trict of Perth Amboy, N j.
The President has referred charges made
! against the recently appointed Postmaster
Jones, of indianapolis, Ind, to the civil SER
vico commission, and Commissioner Thoman
and Chief Examiner Lymon have gone to
indianapolis to investigate the matter. 1t Is
charged that Postmaster Jones violated the
civil service rules in discharging employees
THE total values Of the imports of mer.
chandse during the twelve months ended
June 80, 1885, were S577, ,4I6, $50, and during
the previous twelve months, $667, ,697 SOB, q
decrease of s9O22o,Si3. The values OF the
exports of merchandise for the twelve months
ended June so, 1885, were SAL, ,S93,6S3, and
Tor the twelve months ended June ~, 1854,
were S740, ,5l3, 600, an increase OF $, l,3s0,O'4
ADDITIONAL appointments by the Presi-
dent: Anthony Ecxhoff, OF New York. to be
| fifth auditor Of the treasury; Conrad Krez,
of Wisconsin, to be collector OF customs for
the district of Milwaukee, Wis; Samue!
| Flower. assistant treasurer of the United
States at New Orleans; Truman II. Allen, OF
| Oakland. Cal, to be pension agent at san
! Francisco; Morris A. Thomas, OF Maryland,
OeOTS6 p tut SOii, VI Two W. ~'AS'~>''
inspectors, and Jason Wheeler, of Oregon,
to be agent for tho Indians of the
Warm Springs agency in Arizona;
Postmasters-Charles W: Howe, Rochester,
n. H.; George W. Bell, Webster City, Iowa;
John F. Pync, Vintop, Iowa; Ebenezer M.
lockwood, Burlington, Kan: William
Becker, Marysvillc, Kan; Henry E. Stay
maker Lancaster, PENN; C. c. Yonge, Jr.,
Pensacola, Fla. ;J. J.Shannon, Meridian, Miss; t;
S. DeWolf, Rochester, Minn. F. L. Thayer,
Waterville, Me-; Nathaniel A: SWEET, Sacca-
rapha, Me. {; Alexander s. Haller, Wythe'
vile, Va; George D. Sandford, Grand Ha-
ven. Mich; Samuel S. -Lucey, Marshall,
Mich. Dudley c. Brown, Brandon, w.; ".
L. Howard, Fair Haven, VT: Francis NJ.
Sitter, Albany, Mo-; William E. Black, Gal
latin, Mo-
The exact amount Of pay due General
Grant at his DEATH as general OF the army,
was ssG2 50; his monthly pay was 81, ,ls5, or
$3.50 per diem.