The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-10-07
Sautll and West.

lIENEKAlI ~ KBlN w AMI oiiA
States Marshal Wright, both citizens of Leb-
anon, Ohio, had heat discussion in a car
on their way home, and the latter struck the
former over the eye, drawing blood. Other
passengers separated the two men. Ihe
trouble grew out Of an attack made upon
Wright by Ward during political speech
at Lebanon. Ward is nearly seventy years
old, and Wright about fifty.
Ten masked colorei men forced their way
into the Jail at Ellicott City, Md, took out
Nicholas Snowden, mulatto imprisoned lot
an outrageous assault OIL little colored glri,
and hanged him to tree. This IS the 1ourtn
lvnching in Maryland within year.
PRAIRIE fires havo destroyed numerous
buildings and an immense amount OF gram
in Dakota.
TWELVE prisoners escaped from the Jetfer-
son county iail at Steubenville Ohio, by
saving the cell and window bars, thereby
making hole large enough to get through.
CH1SAMES are again working at tho Wyo
ming mines, where many of their number
we're recently killed by angry white miners.
FIVE Cinnamon in Jail at Pierce City,
Idaho. for murder and robbery, were taken
out of confinement by a crowd and hanged TO
trees.
CAPTAIN WILLIAM JONES, OF the ilfeboat
service at Racino, Wis, was drowned ~hlle
out practising with his crew.
A STORM on the Great Lakes has resulted
in disasters to shipping at various points
Washington.
A FEW DAYS ago there were three defeated
presidential candidates in Washlngton-Gen-
eral Butler, Belva Lockwood and Governor
st. John. General Butler was in the city 10
argue law case. Belva Lockwood was one
of the listeners to the argument, being lnter.
cstcd in the same case, representing some OF
Tho nar,ies to the suit Governor st. John,
with his wife, called and paid his respects to
President Cleveland.
ROBERT BOWIE, colored youth, of Wash,
inpton, initiating the hero Of q drama he had
witnessed, fired revolver ut his half-brother,
killing him instantly.
THE President has appointed the following
named rostmasters: Thomas Hardeman az
Macon. Ga. :Cherles B. Draper. at Oconomo-
voc Wis: B. y. Meek, ut Eureka, Ill. MIR.
Hardennan, who was appointed postmaster at
Macon, was member Of the last House OF
Representatives..
TIE President has appointed tho following
named additional pOstinls!ers: John +. S1t-
trell at Fort Scott, Kan; +: 8. keeiy, Ely
ria, Ohio; F. d. Denton, Batesvville, ARK;
William +. Williams, Melrose, Mass; Ad-
RIM FOOCC, AStllulNii .huoo. ~. 80.
bakersfield, CAL; Oliver /. Dale, Monticello,
Ind : r. l.. Stephens, Sacramento, Cal
TIE secretary of the treasury has directed
the suspension Of George II. Sterling. recent
" APPOINTED wcigher at tho New York Gus
tomlhousc in pla"e Of Captain George B.
Bacon, pending an investigation 10 he maze
i,v tbc collector of customs Of all the clrcum-
stances attending tho change in tho Office.
The action of tho secretary is based ON m
formation that the appointment Is an I'LL
proper one.
Mrs. SARAH JEN1FER, colored woman
vino died the other day i'll Washington, was
stated in the doctors certificate OF death TO
Loyc been li2 years old. 1t is said that care
ful inyo .tipation has shown that colored
man l.amed Nugent, now living in Washing
ton, is l25 years old.
DonMAN g. EATON, chairman OF the United
States civil service commission, has resigned.
Foreign.
Mr.. GLADSTONE has issued 1our-colunA
manifesto to his constituents. The cX-prenler
Of Eurlal;,l invites comparison between tnc
,vcr,, q IT. ro.rnt ,sl.'iHmnnt and that or
the parliament which preceded it, and conf
IDENTIFY appeals to the electors for verdict
SMALLPOX is increasing in violence ut Mon
trcal the deaths averaging about twenty
five day.
OsMAN n1GNA, second in command to tho
late False Prophet, was killed after crush
ing defeat of his force of three thousand Ha-
dendowas by the Kassala garrison and friend
" tribes Of the Soudan. The latter, after the
defeat of Osmau, sent ample supplies to has
sala.
A REVOLUTION has broken out i'll Gunte-
mala, Central America, and state OF siege
has been declared Prominent military otti-
cials have been arrested and two ex-ministers
will be banished.
GREAT excitement has been aroused in
Mexico by the discovery of vast deposits OF
silver ore in the Sierra Madre mountains.
Many American miners are ilockinS to tho
scene.
HEAVY rains in tho southeastern part of
Spain have resulted in tho loss of many lives
and the destruction Of an immense amount or
property.
REPORTS from Palermo, Italy, regarding
the progress of the cholera show distressing
state OF affairs prevailing there. Thirty
thousand persons have fled from tic city; al
tho shops are closed and the streets are
almost deserted There IS great scarcity OF
food and water, and tho epidemic Is lncreas'
ing with frightful rapidity.
IT is reported that an agreement has been
effected with Germany by which Spain re-
tains the Carollnes and tho Mariana and Pa.
laos islands, while Germany acquires the
Marshall and Gilbert groups.
THE revolt in Roumelia against Turkey
has caused the war drum to sound again in
Europe. Sixty thousand Servian troops have
been called into tho field. for fear of ell up
rising. In Bulgaria. all the uble-bodied men
between eighteen and forty years are to be
put under arms, in anticipation of war with
Turkey. Severe fighting has already occurred
between tho Albanians Of Djakobo, and the
Turks, both sides losing heavily. Turkey
will attempt TO put down the revolt i'll Rou-
meia.