The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-09-23
NEWS SUMMARY
Eastern and Middle States.

IN a terrific storm near Olean, N. Y,
| George 1saman, Jr. aged twenty three, and
Melvin Youngs, aged sixteen, were instantly
killed by lightning in barn.
Two brothers named Kinney knocked
Henry Lee down at camp meeting in Union.
dale, Penn, and kicked him to death. They
were arrested.
THE Rev. Stephen H. Tying, Sr., for many
years one of the leading Episcopal ministers
in New York city, died there few days
since in his eighty.sixth, year.
OSCAR PARRY, n bright Philadelphia lad
not yet twelve years old, committed suicide
by shooting himself through tho head with
his fathers pistol.
of crime in that city, making a large mum
ber of arrests.
A DOG for which Emmett, the actor, paid
$4,000 was accidentally strangled to death
near Albany, n. Y.
WHILE the Rev. Mr. Clark of the East
Haven tConn.) Congregational church was
| finishing the opening prayer on Sunday,
! dove flew into the church and alighted on the
| centre gallery. When the pastor read
! from the first chapter OF John the clause, II
saw the Spirit descending from heaven like q
dove and it abode upon him, tho dove pcrched
on the open Bible. At the close Of the service,
Of the presence of tho Divine Spirit. AS he
said this the bird alighted upon his head The
clergyman took the winged visitor down
and held it against his breast Many were
moved to tears, and tho whole congregation
were visible affected.
LAWRENCE BRA1NERD. the defaulting ex.
president of the ST. Abans (Et) savings
bank, was kidnapped at Winnipeg Manitoba,
by detectives, who forcibly conveyed him
into the United States
THE annual parade of the United Labor
organizations of New York city and vicinity
brought out from Il. 900 to 15U00 working
ried with inscriptions reciting the demands
and grievances of the working people.
A WEEK after young Moran, q horse
jockey, had been killed at the Brighton Beach
(Corey 1sland) race-course by being thrown
III race and trampled upon, similar acci-
dent occurred at the adjacent Sheepshead
bay track. The victim this time was jockey
named Ford; after falling he was trampled
almost beyond recognition.
Two passenger trains collided near Mid
dlesex, Penn, and both locomotives and
several cars were smashed to pieces. An
engineer and firemen were killed and seven
other men injured, one or two with probably
fatal result
An explosion of sulphur gas at the Otto
colliery, ten miles from Pottsville, Penn.
instantly killed one boy, fatally injured three
men and severely burned ten others.
AT the New y orl Prohibition State con-
vention, held in Syracuse, Governor St John
was present and made an address. A full
ticket headed by Fl. c. Bascom for governor
was nominated and resolutions denouncing
the liquor traffic adopted.
GEORGE o. JONES has been nominated for
governor by the New York Greenback Labor
party at the convention in New York city.
There was also convention in the same hall,
earlier in the day, of the National Anti
Monopoly party, but no coalition was effected
Beside the candidate for governor q full
formity with the principles of the party
adopted.
South and West.
DISEASE is carrying Off many hogs and
cattle in Illinois.
THE Shelbyville (Tenn.) savings bank has
suspended.
Two men were killed and three fatally in
jured by the explosion Of boiler attached to
mill near Knoxville Tenn.
ADvIcEs from Evanston, Wyoming Terri
ritory, state that the number of Cinnamon
slain at the Rock Spring mines by white
miners is variously estimated at from fifty to
100. All Say, who is the head Of Cinnamon
in that region, says there were I'D missing,
and he believes nearly all are killed. Two
companies Of soldiers from Fort Fred Steele
have arrived and gone into camp at Evans
ton There are 1000 Chinamen including
refugees, at that place.
W. p. MITCHELL, n strect-car driver Of
Chattanooga. Tenn, elected Charles Will
liams, Il coorcd man, from his car for disor-
deIly conduct. Williams procured re.
volver, followed Mitchell and shot him dead.
The murderer was captured and lodged in
Jail. At night an immense crowd forcel its
way into the Jail. While the crowd was in
side two companies of coored men, armed
with muskets, appeared before tho Jail to pro
tect Williams. Shots were fired and one white
man was killed and 4 colored man fatally
wounded. Williams was finally taken from
his cell by the maddened crowd and hanged.
The affair created tremendous excitement
throughout the city
THE Rev. Charles W. Price, Presbyter-
ian clergyman of Cherokee, Kansas hanged
himself the other morning. His mind is
thought to have been unsettled by the death of
a brother and sister.
The safe in the county treasurer's Office at
Linn Greek, Mo- was blown open by burglars
and robbed of $1,000.
PERRY WH1TLoCK, twenty EIGHT years DID,
went to the house Of his father in-aw Z. &.
Coe near Danville, ILL.,, and shot his wife
Emily, and her sisters (A1aggie and Tmche>,
and then killed himself. Tho three sisters
wore mortally wounded.
THE commissioners Of emigration Of the
State of New York have reported to the
.ecretary Of the treasury that during 1854
there arrived at the port Of New York $780,
00J emigrants, all OF whom were examined
by the board, and Of such examinations ], l44
persons were found to be either conyicts,
lunatics, idiots or persons unable to take care
of themselves without becoming public
charges, and wcre returned to the countries
whence they came.
A HEAVY gale has prevailed OIL the great
lakes, and many marine disasters are report
ed The schooner Advance, of Chicago, was
capsized on Lake Michigan, and all OH board
except sailor We're drowned.
Miss IDA MAXWELL, q beautiful young
lady of Atlanta, Ca, cloped with John Shell
ton. and the two were married. Miss Max
wells father and brother, armed with pistols,
presented themselves at Shclton's house, and
III the aifray which ensued all three men were
fatally wounded
THE Lee brothers, two of the most noted
despcradoes in Texas, have been hunted down
and killed by three detectives. Rewards ag-
gregating $7,COO had been offered for their