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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-03-31
4 GREAT STRIKE,
$4,000 Miners in the Ritumin0us
Coal Regions Quit Work.
Uniting in an Effort to Obtain an
Increase in Wages

A Huntington, PENN dispatch of the
10th says: "A general strike of the miners
in the competing bituminous coal regions was
formally declared to-day and has been swiftly
carried into effect. A great mass meeting Of
the strikers of the Clearfield, Cumberland and
Broadtop districts, in conjunction with the
members of the executive board of the Feder-
alton of Miners and mine laborers, was held
at Houtzdale to-day to determine upon
the question Of accepting the condi-
tional proposition of the operators, Of
fered yesterday, or to decide upon
a continued strike Delegates were present
from all the districts in Federation No, 3,
including a large number from the Pocahon
tas, Virginia; Elk Garden and Garrett West
Virginia. and Georges Creek, Maryland, dis
tricts, comprising in all representation of
$4,000 miners. Notwithstanding its immense
proportions, the meeting was conducted
quietly and orderly, and after a brief discus
sion concluded in q unanimous declaration
for general strike.
"In all the districts shipping to the sea-
board the miners are now all out, united and
determined. AS the operators maintain that
advances in price, the issue is practically Gen.
tered between the strikers and the consumers.
The general sentiment Of the operators
is expressed in this sentence delivered by q
leading Clearfeld operator to-day. THE
miners have struck and so have we. We can
look QUITO ourselves The present great
strike bears as strongly against the mine
order system as in favor of an advance.
''At to-day's meeting it was revealed that
merchants dealing in mine orders and divvy-
ing with operators take unfair advantage Of
the miners, who are compelled to deal with
them, by charging excessive prices. Though
the strikers have already experienced
untold suffering and privation, their
unyielding determination and concerted ac-
tion prevent the slightest hope of their
giving in. The present outlook is dark and
enveloped only in conjecture"
The great strike on the Gould system ct
railroads in the Southwest, under direction
of the knights of Labor. was still in force on
the 10th. both sides remaining firm.
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PROMINENT PEOPLE.

The eldest son of the shah Of Persia Is
making a tour through Europe.
JAMES BUCHANAN and Zachary Taylor are
members Of the present Congress.
ALL the colonels Of Senator Mahone's old
Confederate brigade are still living.
Mr. PARNELL entered parliament eleven
years ago, at the age Of twenty nine years.
VICE CHANCELLOR BACON is the oldest
judge on the bench in England. He is eighty
eight.
THE Prince Of Wales is sreported to have in
contemplation visit to Canada and the
United States.
GENERAL SHERIDAN is fond of walking
about the streets of Washington with his
four little girls.
NELSON DEWEY, Wisconsin's first gov
ernor, at the age of seventy-two is plaintiff
in divorce suit.
Rev. SAM JONES, the Southern revivalist,
has recently accepted several lecture engage
ments at $500 per night.
ADEL1NA PATTI the singer, is credited
with once having said she wondered what
half-breed theatre looked like. She is living
to see it, they say.
LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SHERIDAN, who
was fifty-five years old short time since, is,
with the exception Of General Miles, the
youngest general officer in the army.
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An examination of map of the United
States will show strip of land several
millions of acres in extent, marked "pub-
lie land" lying between the States of
Kansas and Colorado and Texas. This
strip of country was left out by mistake
in the original surveys, and is not in
cluded in any State or Territorial juris-
diction. Neither is it reached by United
States law. 1t is wholly without ju-
dicial authority, and is, consequently,
the abode of the very worst classes in the
country. Cattle thieves and criminals of
all kinds resort to it as a refuge, and
lately cattlemen have partly taken pos
session of it to evade the action of the
President excluding them from the Indian
Territory. There they have established
their ranches without molcstation.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-03-31
In the Chinese language there are sixt,

In the Chinese language there are sixty
characters and meanings to the syllable
Ling, seventy to Sing and seventy-fve to
Ing. The Chinese child has apretty OF
endearing nickname given it soon after
its birth. Then the boy has school
name when he goes to school, amarital
name when he takes a wife, business
name when he goes into business, an Of
fetal name if he takes an office, and a
death-name to be put on his tombstone
and to 60 down into history. The Chi
nese prefix "Ah" so common in this
country is an endearing diminutive,
equivalent to Sammy, Johnny, Tommy
in the English language.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-03-31
Senator Miller has introduced in

Senator Miller has introduced in the
United States Senate bill requiring all
manufacturers of and dealers in oleomar-
garine, butterine, lardine and suine to
display signs in conspicuous place at
their places of business indicating that
they manufacture or sell such articles,
imposing a special tax Of $500 on manu-
facturers, $3.50 on wholesale dealers and
800 on retail dealers in such products
and requiring them to take out annual
license to carry on such business under
penalty of fine and Imprisonment, and re-
quiring all persons engaged in such bnsi-
ness to keep books and enter therein
an accurate and detailed account of all
imitation butter manufactured or sold by
them, such books to be subject at all
times to the inspection of the treasury
officials
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-03-31

Some time since reports reached this
country that new textile had been dis
covered in France, which was likely to
take the place of wool to large extent.
Of course this report created good deal
of sensation in certain quarters where the
wool interests are important. Accord
ingly, United States Consul Williams, of
Rouen, France, was requested to make
complete investigation of the matter and
report at his earliest convenience. This
report has arrived at the state depart
ment. He says that the new textile is
called Berandine, from the name of its
inventor, Maestricht workman, named
Berand. The French have made very
glowing official reports. MIR. Williams
says that in the opinion of experts who
have since made careful examinations OF
this textile, it is safe to say that it is not
likely to take the place of wool, or even
the poorest quality of wool or cotton.
It's presence in mixture of textile mate
rial increases the difficulty of spinning
to such an extent that in no instance
could it be spun fine. Its use in fabrics
of mixed thread diminishes its value by
imparting roughness and harshness to
the touch. The consul thinks that while
this textile may take modest place here
after, it is not at present calculated to
diminish the price of wool. Berandine
is claimed by experts to be the direct
product of certain peat grounds, and is
thus cheaper by far than any other known
raw textile material. The consul draws
the conclusion that the inferiority of the
textile surpasses its cheapness, and thus
places it low on the list of textiles. But
of course it is subject to improvement by
inventive skill, and may in the future be
an important element.
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NEWS SUMMARY
Eastern and Middle States,

FRANK MURGATROYD, of Philadelphia,
sneezed so hard in bed the other morning
that he ruptured blood vessel, and in few
minutes was a corpse
AN aged farmer at Ware, Mass, hanged
himself to end his sufferings from nervous
prostration; another, living near Catawissa,
Penn, stabbed and shot himself to death be-
cause his housekeeper would not marry him.
FRANCIS MAHEDY, chief of the fourth
battalion of the New York Fire department,
was run into by an engine while going to O
tire In his buggy and killed. ...--.
MRS. MARY WILEMAN was found guilty by
jury at Little Valley, N. Y, of numbering
be hanged on April 30
DIR. AUSTIN FLINT, one of the most promi-
nent physicians in the United States, presi-
dent of the International Medical association,
died suddenly at his home in New York few
days since, aged seventy-four years.
THE five-day international billiard match
played in New York, between Jacob Schaefer
Of that city, and M. Vignaux, of Paris, was
won easily by the American, who made q
total of 5000 points to 1855 for the French
champion.
A STREET railroad car in New Haven was
demolished by colliding with freight train,
and twelve persons were injured more or
less seriously.
The miners of the ClcarGeld Penp.) region
have joined the strikers, and work
in the soft coal regions of four
States was at last accounts entirely sus-
pended, between 1000 and II, OOO men being
idle
The entire collection of the late Mrs Nor
gan's pictures, specimens of oriental art,
modern ceramics, books, etchings and en-
cravings, sold at auction in New York,
realized 81 ,207, ,052.
THE total losses incurred by the sinking Of
the Cunard steamer Oregon in collision with
aschooner off the Long Island shore, are esti-
mated at over - ,0OO,O ,OOO.
A TELEPHONE now connects New York
city with Washington, the distance be-
tween the two cities being 22s miles.
Mrs. BANCROFT, wife of the aged histor-
ian, George Bancroft, is dead.
THE,.Grant national monument fund COM
mittee so far has received s12O, 900.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-03-31
BLOWN OVERHEARD.
A Mississippi Steamers Boiler En-
plOdes with Fatal Result.

A Mississippi Steamers Boiler En-
plodes with Fatal Result.
The steamer Ike Bonham, which left Vicks-
burg for Bayou Vidal the other day, ex-
ploded her boiler when eleven miles below the
former city, and short distance from Bell
ford Point, on the Louisiana shore. William
II. Andrews, the mate, and several cololcd
men of the deck crew, were blown overheard
and drowned. E.P. McElroy, the pilot. and
Charles Girard, the engineer, white men, were
seriously scaldeh and bruised. The steamer
L. H. Sargent OF the same line, bound for
Davis Bend, was about a lnlle
distant from the Ike Bonhaa
when the accident occurred. She i'm
reached her as the wreck drifted on the ba'
and settled down in three feet of water. Eli
gineer Charles Girard of the Ike Bonham
makes this statement:
"Pilot McElroy was in command and Mrs.
William Sargent was in charge OF the office:
l had just tried the water in the boiler and
found scant two guages. l had left the
wheel and gone back to the cabin to dinner,
leaving Andrews steering. In an instant
down and hot bricks from the
furnace almost covered me. They were call
ing for help. The explosion tore away the
office, pilot house, chimneys, forward
boiler deck, and all the forward part of
the cabin, throwing them into the river.
Six deck hands were blown overheard.
only one of whom was recovered. All
on board were scalded except Mrs.
Sargent. Immediately after the explosion
she took command Of the boat, went below.
helped to launch the yawl, and commanded
those who were able to rescue those in the
river. By this time the debris around the
boiler had caught fire, and she seized the
draw bucket, drew water from the river
and quenched the flames, after which
she took shovel and threw
all the red-hot furnace brick
overheard. Mrs Sargent by her heroism
saved the wreck from burning, and with it
my life and those Of the other wounded on
board"
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Just before the outbreak of the war
Stonewall Jackson, then a professor in
the Virginia military institute at Lexing-
ton, organized a Sunday school for colored
children, which is still sustained by lead
ing citizens there. This Sunday school
has now set on foot subscription for a
monument to Jackson, which is meeting
with lively response among the people,
black and white, of the South.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-03-31

| "God help the stranger that is taken
sick there, "writes an officer of the United
States steamship Galena, speaking of As
pinwall. cit is not uncommon for peo-
ple to lie down in the street and die in
broad daylight, and when dying receive
no offer of assistance, even in answer to
An appeal for a drink of water. The
people appear to be heartless, as if their
familiarity with death had made them
callOus.''
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-03-31

The American Humane association
will distribute 100000 copies of the num-
Der of Science which contains the report
of the committee of the American Ornith-
ologists' Union for the protection of
birds. The report shows that unless i'm
mediate measures are taken to prevent
the present rate of destruction our woods
and fields will shortly be without birds.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-03-31

S1xTY-F1FTH DAr.-The committee on
appropriations reported back to the House
to-day the urgent deficiency appro-
priatfon bill with the Senate, amend
ments Concurrence wass recommended
in several Senate amendments, and In
several others non-concurrence was rec
commended, among them the one appropriate
ing $4,000 to pay the expenses Of the funeral
Of General Grant. The committee found
neither law nor constitutional authority for
this appropriation, but it had found prece-
dents and felt constrained to recommend an
appropriation for all legitimate expenses ap
proved by General Hancock +. ;. In committee
OF the whole the House considered the Indiar
appropriation bill, Mr.. Wellborn fTexaA
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+ Flour barrels are source of great ex-
pense to the people of this country. Say
there are 5o,OoO,Ooo of barrels of
-four consumed in this country each
year, and there are 100000 of people
who buy it by the barrel, there might be
saved to the people of this country $2,'
400, 900 when twenty cents per barrel is
saved by purchasing -four in sacks.
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: twas the duty of English coroners in
olden days to hold inquests not only on
deaths, but on fires, burglaries and rob-
berries. Inquests on fires are still held in
Northumberland, and it is now proposed
to reintroduce into London the ancient
"crowner's quest law" in the matter of
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-03-31

The largest land sale ever effected in
Arkansas, or in the Southwest perhaps,
was the recent sale of all the land belong
ing to the Little Rock and Fort Smith
Railway company-63O, 900 acres. It
sold at $1.25 per acre.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-03-31
In the ParlOr.

IN The ParIOr.
STANDARDIZATION.
Rehabilitation.
Both-0sculation.
Father-Indignation.
He-Gyration.
All around-Sensation. --Tu-Bits.
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: Should NJ. Pasteur succeed in curing
diphtheria by the same methods that he
can cure hydrophobia, he should have a
monument of marble in every country in
the world. He claims that it will be ac-
complished.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-03-31

COUNT MIRAvALLo and his three sisters,
Senoritas Mariana, Ortiz de Zarata and Dona
Carmen Garcia Trevella, are the living de-
scendants Of the last Mexican MonteAlma.
Their pedigree is undoubted and unhroken.
The family have been pensioned ever since
lie now pays over $1,000 per annum among
than. ..' .. .'
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JOSEPH ARCH, the agricultural laborer
,ubo 10 a member of the British house Of COM
mons. non saws his attention was first strongly
drawn to politics by the reduction Of bis own
wages from eleven to nine shillings per
week.
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Washington.

THE Blair Educational bill, recently passed
by the Senate has been practically killed in
the House by postponement to the third Fri
day in April
In Senate executive session Mr. Ednlunds
from the judiciary committee reported back
the nomination Of Zach Montgomery to be as
sstant attorney-general for the interior de-
partnlent, with recommendation that it be
rejected.
THE House committees examination into
the affairs Of the Pan Electric Telephone COM
pany began on the 18th. Congressman Pull
itzer, the New York editor, and j.. Harris
Rogers, who is the inventor Of the Pan
Electric patents, were examined.
Rev. CHARLES DEWITT HUNTLEY, chap
lain of the United States Senate, has resign
ed, having been appointed pastor of church
in another city.
Ex-Governor MICHAEL HAHN, the only
Republican member of Congress from Louisi-
ana, was found dead in his room at Williard's
hotel, Washington, on the 18th, death result
ing from the rupture of a'blood vessel. He
was born in Bavaria in 1881.
THE cost to the government of the conduct
Of the funeral of the late Senator Miller, of
California, is estimated at $4,000.
The House committee on agriculture ap-
proves Of an item in the appropriation bill
of $3.50, 1000 for the destruction of diseased
cattle.
OUT Of the 1000 bills introduced in the
present Congress three up to recent date
had become laws.
TH1 President has completed the reorgan-
ization of the civil service commission by the
appointment of John Fl. Oberly, of Illinois, to
fill the vacancy caused by the nomination Of
Commissioner Trenholm to the comptroller
ship of the currency, and by the appointment
Of Charles Lyman, Of Connecticut to be civil
service commissioner in place of Dorman B.
Eaton, resigned.
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Foreign.

STRIKING Toronto (Canada) car drivers
came into collision with the police, and nu-
mcrous heads were broken.
NINE PATTI, the we'll known opera singer,
was hissed during a performance in Va1en-
cia, Spain. She left the theatre at once
under police escort and followed by a turbu-
lent crowd.
BRITISH troops have had skirmish with
the Arab rebels near Suakim, and the latter
were defeated with loss Of thirty killed.
WIEsBADEN, the noted German watering
place, has been disturbed by violent earth
quake shock. The city of Granada, Spain,
had similar experience on the same day.
NINETEEN Russian rnujiks have arrived in
Paris to be treated by Pasteur for wolf bites
All the men were terribly mutilated by
wolves.
DESPERATE election riots have occurred at
Huacho, Peru, thirteen persons being killed
or wounded in struggle for possession of the
voting tables.
A DISRUPTION Of the English cabinet is
threatened on account of the opposition of
some members to Premier Gladstones Irish
policy.
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NEW YORK.
Beef cattle, good to prime ! W
Calves. comm to prime veals
The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1886-11-03

GAS a true tonic, effective invigorator and
genuine appetizer, Duffy's Malt Whisky is
unexcelled."
The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1886-11-03

Try Martnelli Cider 1t is absolutely pure'
Macfarlane & Co., agents.
The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1886-11-03

At the Office, No. 30 Merchant st.
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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1886-01-30

Messrs. J. Brooks. Robt. Storms, Chas
Cook and Gaspaid MessiEa returned home
Wednesday morning from Il trip to TIE sea.
shore III a iugser, bringing with tbs III about
sixty barrels CT oysters and 1850 pounds of
fish, comprising reddish, sheeIhead, trout
and several other species. They we're gone
twenty three days and had splendid time,
notwithstanding Tie bitter cold weather
that set i'll just after their arrival at the
mouth Of the I.afourche. Besides a light
fall Of snow. large quantities of ice we're
visible and Timbalier Bay which is nine
miles wide in places, was entirely covered
with coating Of thin ice. Our friends were
protected from the chilling blasts by tent
which they spread over the deck of their
lugser, and managed to keep pretty com
Portable with the aid Of a charcoal furnace.
though other fishing parties III the same vi
cinity suffered intensely from The cold.
They found oysters in great rrofusion. fill,
ing their boat III short order when they set
about it, and picked Up large number of
fish that were hoating on the surface Of the
water benumbed with cold. The editor of
the CHIEF is very much obliged to the party
for samples Of he good things which they
brought home us trophies of their enjoy
able voyage.
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4 Brilliant Wedding.
LENANN- ABRAHAM.


On Wednesday last, ttise 9th of January, Mr..
Meser Lenana, one OF the most prominent and
esteemed young citizens and merchants of our
town. was married at the Temple Sinai, in New
Orleans. to Hiss Carrie Abraham of that city,
daughter or IA leading and wealthy cotton fac
tor, Henry Abraham. ESQ.,. and a yonng lady
greatly admired for her many charms OF mind,
manner and person. The ceremony was per-
formed by that distinguished Rabbi, Rev, J. X.
Gntheim, and was witnessed by large and
brilliant assemblage of the friends of the con-
| tracing parties,
The walk from the street to the door of tie
Temple was covered with an arch or canopy
and the interior of the edifce was exouislteiv
decorated in honor of the occasion. The bridal
party. preceded TO the altar by two of Miss
Abraltam's little sisters, beautifully dressed,
consisted of Mrs. L. Goldsmith, gran tilnother
Of the bride; Mir. and Mrs. II. Abraham, her
parents; Mr.. Jacob LerGann, the groom's father;
the BRIDE and groom; the bridesmaids and
grcomsmen Misses Ida Weiss Justine Haas,
Sarah Kern, Blanche Dreyfous Cecile Bloch,
and Bertha Calm; Messts. Jacob Abraham Ar
thur Jacobs, =. Kern. L. Beer, J. katzcnberser
and Vi. Freiberg. The BRIDES dress ms OF sill
| yer brocaded satin, aud she wore pea:! orna-
ments and the typical orange blossoms The
toilettes of the bridesmaids were also elegant
and lovely, and the toni ensemble of the party
strikingly handsome.
Following the marriage magnificent re-
ception took place at the residence of the
brides parents, No. 1914 Jackson street. The on
tire yard was covered with an awning. profuse-
ly decorated with latest Japanese designs and
many cages Of canary birds. whose occupants
filled the air with rlcl,-throated melody.
Among the several hundred beautiful and
costly presents received by the bride and
groom were complete outfit of silver from
the brides grandmother solid silver dinner
set from her parents, silver tea set from her
brothers, and a check for S5ts0 from Mr.. Jacob
Lemanr, the venerable father of the groom.
To the handsome groom and his lovely bride
we extend our heartfelt congratulations. &C
companied by the hope that the future has in
store for them many years of the most unal-
loyed happiness.
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SaNe:' -.

MIR. D. lls, Mson Of s.-1o7se Cave, KY. says
as. for mans ye.~->r-'fs. badly afflicted with
is:---srr, also Diabetes; the pains were almost
Uncomfortable and wonld sometimes almost
throw him into commissions. He lrice: Electric
i}itters ard relief from first bottle and after
taking >lS bottles, entirely cured aad had
gained flesh eighteen EnGnds. Says ,ie r,ns-
,tsvey believes he wmnio have died, had IT not
i2ean for the relief afforded by Electric i3ittrrs
Sold Al fifty cents bottle by J. II Matthew: 4