The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-01-20
LATER NEWS.

HENRY BERGII, the well-llnown president
of the New York Society for the Prevention
OF Cruelty to Animals, is strongly opposed to
| NJ PaStctr's method of incubation against
hydrophoba He says that the French
! scientists experiments are cruel and unncces-
| sary.
Mr. JOHN G. STEVENS, president of the
! United New Jersey Railroad and Canal COM
pany, shot himself through the head ut Tren-
ton, N. j. Although his friends denied it,
there was general impression that he COM
mitted suicide
A HEAVY snow storm in Colorado has re-
suited in great mortality among cattle
herds.
A ArIGHT broke out at party in Clay coun-
ty, KY, and in the melee two men were
killed and third mortally wounded.
DURING the recent heavy flood three COL
ored men were drowned in Tangier sound,
Nd, by the upsetting Of their skiff Port
Deposit, Md, was partially submerged, and
great damage was done to property there and
in other places.
A FREIGHT train was derailed in tunnel
near Hinton, W. Va, and three men were
killed and three others injured.
IT is stated that Secretary Whitney is en-
tirely satisfied with the seaworthiness of the
Dolphin rs shown in her recent trial trip, aud
will formally accept the vessel.
THE President gave dinner the other
night at the White House, in honor of the
Misses Tilden, nieces Of Samuel j. Tilden.
A NATIONAL bi-metallic coinage associa-
tion has established headquarters at Wash
ington. Senator JONES' of Nevada, is presi-
dent, and the other officers and members are
from the far West.
In executive session Of the Senate Mr..
Logan objected to the confirmation Of Dorman
B. Eaton as civil service commissioner, and
the nomination went over for day.
A GREAT snow storm has prevailed
throughout England, raging for eight hours
and impeding railroad travel
PRINCE ALoMPRA, pretender to the Bur-
mese throne, has entered the field near Man
dalay, and has assumed the title and attri-
butes of king of Burmah.
MANY arrests of persons in good social
standing have been made at Warsaw in con-
nection with an alleged nihilist plot
AT Boston Rum mining town in Pennsyl-
vania, a cave-in occurred over colliery.
causing three houses to sink out Of sight and
threatening to carry down several others.
GEORGE HOLFoED, of Newark, N. j., went
to Paterson, where his wife, from whom he
was separated, lived, and killed her with
pistol shots, after which he put al end to
himself.
The Chicago Rail'coy Age reports that in
1885 twenty-five railroads, with 5, l5G miles of
road, bonded debt of $l41 so, 900, and
capital stock of s136,9OO,OOO, were sold at
foreclosure.
THE Mississippi Democratic legislative eau
Gus at Jackson nominated Messrs Walthall
and George for reelection as United States
Senator'S
SENATOR JOHN SHERMAN received the
unanimous vote of the Ohio Republican legis-
lative caucus for reelection to the United
States Senate.
THE 1900 employees Of the Cleveland Roll
ing Mill company, one of the largest concerns
of its kind in the country, have just had
their wages raised ten per cent.
SARAH ALTHEA HILL, whose claim that
she was the wife Of the late ex-senator
Sharon, has been thoroughly ventilated i'll
the California courts, has just been married
to her senior counsel, David S. Terry, ,ex-chief
justice of the California supreme court
THE President has, in answer to resolution
adopted by the Senate, sent to that body
copies of documents showing the action taken
by him to ascertain the sentiments Of foreign
governments in regard to the establishment
of an international ratio between gold and
silver
THE French government is to make an Off
cial investigation of the Panama canal II
the official engineers pronounce the canal to
be practicable the government will aid in it's
completion.
NJ. DE FKEYcINET the French premier, has
formed new cabinet, which includes several
members of NJ. Brisson's late cabinet. 1t is
not expected that the new French ministry
will last long.