The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-10-27
LATER NEWS.

JOSIAH E FREEZE, of West Stratford,
Conn.,, few days since put an end to fire.
quent quarrels with his wife by stabbing her
fatally and then jumping down fifteen feet
from bridge upon railroad track, where
he was decapitated by train.
SAM HADDEN,a a crippled soldier, shot and
killed his father in quarrel in Shiawassee
County, Michigan.
MANY non Union men have been en-
ployel at Chicago to take the place Of the
striking meat packers.
THE knights of Labor convention at
Richmond reelected Grand Master Work
man Powderly, and General Worthy Fore
man Grifiths Charles H Litchman was
made General Secretary, and Frederick
Turner General Treasurer. The terms Of
the general officers were extended to two
years, and tho constitution Of the Order was
revised.
The State Department has been notified
that no disrespect was intended by the Cana
dian authorities i'll hauling down the Ameri-
can flag on tie schooner Marion Grimes,
seized for violations Of the custom laws. As
the Grimes has been released, no further no
tice is likely to be taken Of the case by the
Department Of State.
The President has appointed Col James
States army, with the rank Of Brigadier-
General, vice General Newton, resigned.
Colonel Orlando B. Wilcox, Second Infantry,
succeeds Colonel Duane. Other appointments
by the President are: William T. Masinnis,
Of Ohio, to be Chief Justice Of the Supreme
Court of the Territory of Wyoming; W. b.
D. Cochran, of Nashua, N. H., to be Pension
Agent at Concord, N. n Postmasters:
Charles E. McIntire, at Lancaster, N. H.;
Nathan H. Leavitt, at Newmarket N. 81.
REV. AUGUSTUS SroPFoRD BROOKE, the
eminent Unitarian preacher, has become
crazy, and has been confined in Dublin in
sane asylum
On account of the spread Of cholera the
Austrian and Hungarian governments issued
special orders that close watch be kept on
frontier ports.
SLIGHT earthquake shocks have been felt
in various part; OF Germany.
BAYARD PUTNAM, Chief Of the United
States Typographical Survey, hanged himself
to tree at the geologists' camp near North
Adams, Mass, where he had been working.
For the first time in many years the two
leading factions of the New York City Demo
Gratis, the County Democracy and Tammany
Hall, have combined on a municipal ticket
headed by Congressman Hewitt for Mayor.
CHARLESTON, S. c., is rapidly recovering
from the earthquake disaster
INDIAN TERRITORY has been visited by
the most extensive and destructive prairie
fires ever known in that region. Large num-
bers of cattle have been burned to death.
TIE President has granted a pardon to
Charles Thomas, a colored nan now serving
life sentence in the West Virginia Peniten-
tiary for murder committed in Arkansas
about ten years ago.
GERMANY's exports to America during the
fiscal year ending in September, were worth
$500, 900, 900 more thaa for the preceding
fiscal year.
CANON BLANcHINr, prominent member
of the Catholic priesthood, while leaving
ST. Marks Cathedral, Veni;e, was stabbed to
the heart by Signor Vianelli, formerly
Catholic Deacon, but recently converted to
Professionalism. The assassin asserted that he
had been ruined by his victim.