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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-08-11
BURNED AT THE STAKE.
A Colored Woman's Fiendish Crime
Terribly Expiated. =

In Tattnan county, Ga, recently a negre
named Samuel Frick left his daughter, aged
four years, with negress named Mary Hale
lenbeck, to be cared for during his absence at.
his employment at turpentine still in g
neighboring county. Frick returned, and
upon demanding his child, was met with so
many evasive and contradictory replies as to-
arouse suspicion that something was wrong.
A scar b Of the premises resulted in finding
one.half of the child's body hidden in bar;
rel which hal originally contained salt PORK.
The pickle had not sutiiced to prevent decom-
barrel by the unnatural stencil arising
from it. Other negroes in the neighbor,
hood now joined in the search, and
when the discovery was made there were nj
teen or twenty blacks about the premises
The caraged father was on the rointof BRAIN
ing the woman with an az when she feu ON
her knees and said she would confess every.
thing il he would spare here lifc 1t was do
cided to hear her story, but as the sequel
proved, she W ;uld have Jared better had sne'
mainta; ned silence.
Two DAYS after the child was placed in her
care ne sro picnic was given in the vi unity
and she was called on to prepare the dinner:
Having no meat, and knowing that she would
get no money unless she served some, she'
determined to kill the child and cook its
flesh Being somewhat under the influence OF
liquor, the fendishness Of the idea had no nor
ror for her, and she deliberately Drained the
child with an ave. dismembere1 and boiled
the limbs down into stew with q heteroge-
nous collection of vegetables. When it was
served the negroes remarked upon tt" pecu-
liarity of its flavor, but nevertheless ate.
heartily. Several of the negroes now allege,
that they were nauseated by the mess, but,
none of them were made seriously i'll.
At the conclusion of the revolving recital
the fury Of the hearers was ungovernable,
aud it was quickly decided to burn her alive
at the stake. Sle was taken into field and
chained to q post fixed in the ground In
the midst of a pile OF inhammar
bic PIN, saturated with kerosene.
When the match was applied the flames;
leaped high into the air, and the Wretcn was
soon enveloped in fire. In fifteen minutes
she fell among the blazing knots and was;
burned to crisp, nothing remaining naming after after
and a ring which she had on one OF her TIM
gers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-08-11

Scientific appliances are beginning to
case the labor of farming considerably in
the West. The frost bell is the latest,
and it is doubtless the means cf saving
many tons of grapes in the northern por-
ton OF California, where the frost som,-
times does so much damage. 1t consists
of wire running from different parts of
the vineyard to the house. On the vine
yard end of the wire is an apparatus that
rings bell when the thermometer de-
scends to a certain degr>e. When the
bell is let of the occupants of the house
know that their vines are in danger and
Immediately repair to the vineyard and
light fires in different quarters, and thus
prevent, through the agency of this in
genious electrical device, the loss of tons
of the most luscious fruit grown on the
Pacific slope.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-08-11

The famous Sun cholera cure, which
is certain and speedy remedy for all
summer complaints, diarrhea, dysentery,
and pains in the stomach, is so cheap and
easily obtained at any drug store, that
we republish it for the benefit of our
readers. We advise everyone to keep it
in the house. 1t consists of equal parts
of tincture of opium, tincture of cayenne,
tincture of rhubarb, essence of pepper
mint and spirits of camphor. A dose OF
from ten to twenty drops in wine glass
Of sweetcned water is given, until relief
is felt, at intervals of fifteen or twenty
minutes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-08-11
THE NATIONAL GAME.

THE Southern League season will close
September 4
Ten dozen league balls day per man Is
the rate at which they are made.
THE New Yorks are drawing the best
crowds Of any club in the country.
SrovEY, of the Athletics, has led the coun-
| try with home runs for three seasons.
DUDE EsTERBRooE, of the New Yorks, is
considered the finest third baseman in the
League.
OLD JOE START, who has BEEN playing ball
for about twenty-i five years, has been released
by the Washingtons.
| The american Association never before
had the tenth part of the trouble with uu-
pires that it has experienced this season.
THE Nets lead the Association in fielding
and the Louisvil'es in batting. The Cincin-
natis have scored the greatest number OF
runs.
BURDsCK, with the assistance Of Wise and
Morrill,, of the Bostons, made the first triple
play of the season Oh the Washington grounds
recently.
SUNDAY, the favorite young player Of the
Chicago team, is not only member OF the
Presbyterian Church, but is sad to be an
earnest Christian.
Is there anything in the Western air con.
ducive to heavy batting! In both League and
As s,ociation games Of late out there the slug
ging has been terrific.
e. THE Newarks and Bridgeports played a
perfect fielding game recently. Not an error,
passed ball or wild pitch marred the contest.
1t was phenomenal game.
Since the organization of the Southern
League only two triple plays have been
made in that League, and both have been
made on the Atlanta grounds.
MACON proposes that the Southern League
Cubs next year engage only professional
batteries and fill out the rest of the teams
with local amateur and semi-professional
players.
SEVEN home runs have been made by the
| Kansas CityS on the home grounds, under
the stimulus of an offer Of a silk umbrella for
every home run made. Not member OF any
Of the visiting clubs is carrying one OF those
silk umbrellas yet
In thirty-nine games Of ball played July 5,
by clubs Of the National, International,
Southern, Eastern and New England Leagues
md the American Association, there were,in
round numbers, lis, 900 spectators, an aver
age of nearly 4,500 at each game.
MANAGER WATKINS, of the Detroit Club,
says that il Detroit wins the League cham.
pionship he will try to arrange series OF
games w.th the American Association chanl-
pions Watkins preii is that two OF this
sea:on's Association clubs will be in the
League next year.
The work of the Chicago team in the recent
series of three games won from Detroit was
remarkable: Twenty-six base hits, including
home runs by Anson, Pfeffer and William,
n: threebaggers by Anson, Pfeffer and
| palrymple; doubles by Williamson ~, Ryan,
Flint Burns, Flynn and Pfeffer; in all a
total of AZ bases. In fielding they made but
Il errors On the other hand the Detroits
made but 20 hits, and three bagger by
Richardson was the only long hit. They
made 10 errors in the three games.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-08-11
NEWSY GLEANINGS
)s1o has 80 soo government pensioners.

OHIO has J0, ,.uJ government pensioners
THERE has been no rain in certain sections
of Michigan for three months.
PEOPLE arc leaving Kansas for Louisiana
to engage III agricultural pursuits"
THE Bartholdi statue is booked for compile.
tioa the latter part of September.
NEAR Cannelton, Penn. The ground Leaves
and pllsa.es just like the human breast.
THE al: crop on. tho Wyoming ranges thls
season is the largest for number OF years.
A PEAT deposit, forty acres in extent and
seven feet deep, has been found near Nellsh,
Neb.
An Amador county (Cul.) man has applied
for putent on q process for making butter
by boiling the cream.
COLORADO farmers claim that English conf
ran;cs have taken up all the water rig hts and
established gigantic monopoly.
THE use of paper has been extented in vi
emma to the manufacture of gas and water
pipes, and in other places to tiles for roofing
THE camphor laurel, from which the CAM
phor gum of commerce is obtained, has bean
successfully introduced into California. 1t is
EaUYe OF GNQa -.--..-,.-. ---.--
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-08-11
In New York rich men are paving

In New York rich men are paying for
their clothes as they buy them, at so
much per suit. The old style of paying
. tailor so much per year, which did not
amount to much more than renting of
the clothes, and which went under on
the score of economy, makes way for q
new scheme, which, if the tailors are to
be believed; is good deal more expen-
sive. The average swell in New York
society is spending now from 1900 to
$4,000 year on his tailor, if he is cut
ting any figure at all. Men do not
know much about the cost of clothes and
expenses of manufacture. Show a man
n coat that costs $50 and another that
cests SO, and he will seldom hesitate to
pay the $50 difference to get the higher
priced garment.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-08-11

The Western papers arc again circu-
lating the ancient rumors concerning the
dearth of marriagcable women in the
never States. The St. Louis Post-D's-
patch alleges that in portions of Minne-
sofa men are offering from SO to $50 for
wives, and further out, in Dakota and
Montana, they even 60 so far as to offer
a horse or a mule in exchange for one OF
tie gentler sex.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-08-11

A little peasant girl in Italy knitted a
pair of stockings and sent them as a
present to Queen Margherita on her fete
day. With characteristic kindliness the
Queen sent the girl in return another
pair of stockings, one containing gold
coin, the other bon-bons, and note ask
ing her to say which of the stockings
gave her the more pleasure. Dear
Madam the Queen" wrote the child, in
reply: II have hal nothing but trouble
with the stockings. My father took the
one with the d pieces and my brother
the one with the sweets"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-08-11
NEWS SUMMARY
Eastern and Middle s.atea

MATTHEW ARNOLD, the English writer,
was overcome while bathing at Long Branch.
and had narrow escape from drowning.
BRoDIE, the New York newsboy who
jumped from the Brooklyn Bridge, will e3.
hibit himself ai dime museum curiosity.
THE Cunard steamer Umbria, which left
Queenstown recently for New YORK, had
among her passengers General James II. Van
Allen, of Newport, r. I. A few days before
Allen, who was seventy years old and quite
feeble, was missed, and search revealed
that be had been lost overheard.
SEwALL FAUNcE, of Boston, agel fifteen,
was killed q few days since and young lady
was INJURED by the fall Of q celebrated snow
arch which forms every year in Tuckerman's
Rayine. White Mountains, and il a great OBJ.
iect of interest to summer tourists.
HUBERT o. THOMPSON, leader OF the New
York County Democracy, ex-Commis' 'ioner
of Public Works, and for years prominent
figure in Metropolitan politics, was found
dead in bed few days since He was thirty.
seven years old, and his death was caused by
cerebral apoplexy.
THE great Bo ton pork-packing establish
ment of John P. Squire & Son has discharged
all employees. Thi; action is understood to
mean war on the knights of Labor. Mr..
Squire said in an interview he could not CON-
tinue business with employees vino are liable
to strike at any time when ordered to do so.
A SUPPOSED attempt has been made to
blow up the Brazilian Prince, Dom Augusta
Leopcldo, grandson Of Emperor Dom Pedro,
with O. dynamite bomb. The Prince is maxim 3
tour of this country, and the alleged bomb
was discovered on board a steamer from
Coney I<a1d, to which he had been taken on
an excursion.
A BITTER fight is waging in New Yorl;
City between the Knights Of Labor and the
Cigarmakers' Progressive Local Assembly,
both workingmen's bodies.
WILLIAM P. PIEHsoN, head bookkeeper OF
the American Baptist Publication Society, of
Philadelphia; with an assistant bookkeeper's
help, has embezzled $4,000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-08-11
There is young woman in the Yves

There is a young woman in the West
who can set az example to most young
men. Out in Dakota lives Miss r. S.
Mills, who has during the last six
months edited the Hawley Star, a
weekly newspaper: and has proved up
on pre-emption, planted five acres OF
trees on tree claim, built saw mill and
raised the largest turnip and the round.
est squash in the county. When she
proves up on her homestead, which she
proposes to do, she will have 4s0 acres
nf land
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-08-11

The sponge industry is likely to become
very important at Long Island in the near
future. There are several varieties Of
sponges which arc indigenous to tho
locality, and they grow we'll; but cap
italists have conceived the idea of send
ing to Florida for a plant, thinking the
extraneous variety will prove more profit
able than the native. The prospects are
encouraging.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-08-11
COLLISION WITH A WHALE.
An Eighty Foot Monster Cut In Half
by q Steamer.

The Netherland steamer Waesland, which
arrived at New York from Antwerp few
days since, reports that at noon on the second
day out, and just after the Wacsland left tho
channel, a whale was seen floating on th,
vessels course. No attempt was made to
AVOID it. as the natural impression was that
it would get out OF the way of its own ac-
cord. 1t declined to move. however, being
fast asleep most likely, aud the steamer :
sharp iron bows struck full and fair about
midway Of its length.
There was perceptible shock to the vessel
and IN immediate checking of her progress.
Passengers and deck hands ran forward to
see what was the cause of the trouble, an |
found that the whale, which was fully 80 feet
long, had been cut half in two, aud lay dead
aud fast caught on the bows. 1t was neces-
sary to sop the ship and back off to dismgagee
thu carcass, which, when freed, driftcd
asteru.
None of the officers of the ship had ever
witnessed similar occurrence, although it is
by no means an unheard of one. Ships have
struck sleeping whales before, and on several
occasions have suffered damage from the col
GSion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-08-11

The horses in the United States are In
the proportion of about one to every SIX
inh. b:tants. The Scientific american is
responsible for the statement also that
the horse population of New York city IS
between 10000 and $1,000, that of Lon
don 200, 900, of which 10000 are used In
public carriages, an equal number IN
omn. buses and 1O.OO0 in street cars.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-08-11

A BRIDGE of concrete, thirty feet in span,
with u roadway thirteen feet wide and ca
pable OF supporting safely load of POO tons,
was recently built in Switzerland in single
day. Two months time was allowed for ths
complete hardening of the concrete, after
which time heavy traffic began without ap-
parent in jury to the structure.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-08-11

A SINGULAR and beautiful relic OF the
flood last summer is the crop of daisies that,
it sowed through the bottom lands OF Kan:
sas. Some sections are dotted thlcKiy WIN
these flowers. and as they were never known
to grow there before, it seems certain that the
seeds were brought down by the flood. i
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-08-11

Occasionally the address, carefully
copied from the bottom Of an old Ameri.
can letter by some Finn or Hungarian
who does not know word of English, is
tangled up with stray bits of sentences,
such as goodbye" or "many kisses, VI
and one recently received bore, carefully
copied into the superscription:
"Lov to the ole man and the little Doolans>
A letter addressed to "Churhvat jova'
is forwarded by these gifted epistolary
detectives to "What Cheer, Iowa." and
'Wait Kolud NamerIkaa" is at once dis.
patched to "White Cloud, Mich"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-08-11

ACCORDING to recently publ had officia
reports Servia lost in the late war with Bul.
garia IS officers and 669 men in killed, and
SIS o.Ecers and 4,055 men III wounded.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-08-11
"Me Maria Peranala
nura Pa kanllin Ka
ute takkata ter nurt
amerikaa.n

The lady to whom it was allotted read
it over to herself till we'll nigh distract
ed, and finally settled on: Mrs. Maria
Peratola, Nora, Hamlin County, Dakota. "
And it was duly delivered. The word
"azzilitorno" passed through the alembic
comes out "Hazleton,, while 'tPitzkonty
S X Ajowa" reappears on a clean en-
velore as: essex, Page County, Iowa. "
And here is one calculated to drive the
reconstruction into a lunatic asylum
"Gi hon aho la asst ha gcw Ian har yori
ohio laan Pok jas Ameri;ka." Ought an
immortal mind to tackle such super
scription7 1t did, and from the chaos
came the clear designation:
"John Ahola,
Ashtabula Harbor,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-08-11

The clerks in the dead letter office at
Washington show marvellous skill-an
ingenuity that is sometimes almost in
spiration-in deciphering the ignorant
supcrscriptions from across the sea.
What would the reader make of this on
tha back of letter:
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-08-01
cHAPrER CIV.

An Act fixing the compensation of commissioners
constituting city boards having control and
management OF water works and the supply
and distribution of water in cities of this state
having over one hundred thousand inhabitants
L Be 1t enacted by the Senate and General AS
sembly of the State of New Jersey, That the
commissioners constituting city boards having
control and management of water works and the
supply and distribution of water in any city of
this state having over one hundred thousand in
habitants, shall each receive and be paid. in lieu
of compensation and repayment of all expenses
he shall be entitled TO receive as commissioner
under the provisions Of any law incorporating
such city board, an annual Compensation of five
hundred dollars, to be paid monthly out of any
moneys received by said city board; provided,
the provisions of this section shall not apply to
the commissioners of any city board in any city
of this state while the bonded Indebtedness Of
such city exceeds fifteen per centum of its ratables
liable to municipal, taxation in such city. nor
where In any city the said commissioners have
charge of or control over any other department
Of the city government.
3. And be 1t enacted, That all acts and parts of
acts public general, special or local inconsistent
herewith, be and the same are hereby repealed,
and this act shall take effect Immediately.
Passed March 81, 1886.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-08-01

~ lsl9 county C0lectof OF any such
county, to an amount not to exceed one-half OF
one per centum of the assessed value of the tax
able property of any such county exclusive OF the
surplus revenue indebtedness Of such county |;
provided, that nothing in this act shall authorize
any county whose Indebtedness, exclusive OF the
surplus revenue indebtedness of such county
exceeds, or would with such issue of bonds ex-
ceed one-half Of one per centum of the assessed
value of its taxable property 70 issue bonds or IN
cur Indebtedness for any of the purposes OF this
act such bonds may be registered or coupon
bonds, and shall bear rate of interest not ex-
eee.ling five per centum per annum. payable half.
yearly. and shall be redeemable at any time not
exceeding twenty years from their date, in the ne
any such county, which bonds may be sold, either
at public or private sale for the best price that
sold for less than their par value and all real
estate and personal property within any sq zen
principal and interest that may become due on
the bonds TO be issued by virtue of this act.
. And be Il enacted, That this act shall take
effect Immediately.
Passed March 80, 1886.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-08-01
CHAPTER OK.

An Act to enable cities in this state to refund
bonds falling due in one thousand eight hum
bred and eighty-six, for which no sinking fund
has been provided, and to provide sinking
fund therefor. ssls3lss4s & ss
l. Be il enacted by the Senate and General As
ssembly of the State of New jersey, That it shall
and may be lawful for the common council or
other governing body having charge of the
finances of any of the cities of this to issue
the corporate bonds of such city to an amount
sufficient to take up and redeem any bonds OF
sand eight hundred and eight-six, for the redemp-
ton of which no sinking fund has been provided,
and the proceeds of>the bonds hereby authorized
shall be used to take up and pay OF such bonds
so falling due, and for no other purpose whatever
but said bonds shall not be sold at less than par
2 And be it enacted, That the bonds hereby
authorized shall be of such denomination, and
bear such rate of interest, not exceeding five per
centum per annum, and be made payable at such
place and at such time not exceeding thirty years
from the date of their ISSUE as the common coun-
Gil or other governing body may determine
And be it enacted, That i'll every case where
such bonds are issued. in any city it shall be the
duty of such common council or other governing
Y body having charge of the finances of such city,
annually thereafter to provide in the tax ordi-
nance OF such city for the raising by taxation
therein of a sufficient amount to meet and pay
the interest thereon as it accrues. and sufficient
sinking fund for their payment and redemption
when due, which sum so raised shall be devoted
exclusively to such purpose and be. paid over to
the commissioners OF the sinking fund of such
city therefor, where such commissioners exist in
any such city.
4. And be it enacted, That this act shall take
effect Immediately.
Passed March 80, 1886.
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CHAPTER cxxI.

4 Further Supplement to the act entitled "An act
for the organization of the national guard of
the state of New Jersey" approved March
ninth. one thousand eight hundred and sixty
nine and the various amendments thereto.
l. Be it enacted by the Senate and General As
sembly Of the state Of New Jersey That in all sea-
coast cities of this state and in which cities there
are no regularly enrolled company of the national
guard. there may be organized company Of artil-
lery of not less than fifty enlisted men nor more
than one hundred and fifty officers and enlisted
men to each company, which company shall be
entitled to all the rights privileges, benefits and
allowances of like military organizations In the
service of the national guard, and be required to
perform the like duties and services and subject
to the penalties provided by law for the discipline
and efficiency of other state troops well as for
the special service for which these companies may
be organized, excepting as hereinafter provided
2 Aud be it enacted, That any such company
of artillery shall be furnished with the regulation
state uniform upon the terms set forth in the
seventeenth section of the supplement to the act
to which this Is q supplement, approved March
fourteenth, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy nine as amended March tenth, one thou
sand eight hundred and eighty.
s. And be it enacted That all acts and parts OF
acts inconsistent conflicting with the provisions
Of this act in so far as so inconsistent be and the
same are hereby repealed. and that this act shall
take effect immediately
Approved April B. 1886.