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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-07
TEE QUEEN ALARMED.
A Crazy Man Throws a Petition;
Into Vict0ria's Carriage.
The Incident Creates Much Excite
ment in London.

Queen Victoria went in state the other
afternoon to open the ceremony oflaying the
foundation of the new examination hall Of
the College Of Surgeons. on the Thames
embankment, London. She was accompa.
MED by the Prince and Princes of Wales
and other members Of the royal
family. The . weather was clear
and beautiful, and the people turned out
in vast numbers along the route taken by
the Queen. The shops and club buildings
were decked with flags and streamers, and
displayed an abundance Of loyal notices
The royal party was everywherr received
with the heartieSt enthusiasm. The people
rushed alongside the royal carriage during
its progress, greeting her majesty everywhere
with cheering. @..- cBs,s,
After her return from the corner stone lay
ing the queen left Buckingham palace at 4:30s
o'clock for drive She was accompanied by
Princess Beatrice. They went in an open
carriage to hyde park, and everywhere were
cheered by crowds Of people. Among the:
crowd was a man in shabby clothes aud wear
ing slouch hat. He appeared to be much
agitated and elbowed his way to the edge Of
reached point opposite him he threw some
thing into the carriage. Great excitement
followed the strange mans actions. and he
was quickly taken into custody by the police
and hurried from the scene It was learned
that the article was only p'eoe of papsr: 8
When the queen noticed the mars action;
she shrank back and was evidently
startled. Princess Beatrice leaned forward
apparently for the purpose of shielding the
queen from any attack that might be made
upon her. The prisoner offered no resistance
to his arrest, and went without struggle to-
the police station. He said that he lived in
King street, and detectives were at once de-
tailed to work up his history The paper
which he threw into the queens carriage con1
tanned nothing more than petition for re-.
dress Of personal grievanc, under which he
believes he is unjustly suffering.
The man is mentally deranged. The petit
ton is written in a style peculiar to insane
persons, and contained nothing alarming.
The man is about forty years Of age; Is Of
low stature, slen Ter build, sallow complexion,
and emaciated and careworn appearances.
The man, whose name Is Charles Brown,
served for years in the army, and has since
been confined in insane asylums in England.
and Ireland. In his petition, which is well
written, he complains that he was robbed Of
his pension. He was held for an inquiry.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-07

The story of strike, as told in the re-
suits of the Hungarian riots in the coke
region, is dreary record. About ten
iyes were lost, and some twenty persons
arc probably injured for life. During
the thirty days the conflict lasted the
$4,000 men were idle who should have
been earning $1.41 a day, total of
$5C7, 800. Beyond this is about $15,
600 owing for rents and provisions dur
Ing this period, and loss by destruc-
ion of property not far from $150,000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-07
A MYSTERY OF THE SEA.

A Steamer With Twenty-Three Poo
pie on Board Given up for Lost.
All hope for the steamship Rapidan, which
left New York on February for Port
Limon, Costa Rica, has been given up. Hers
is undoubtedly one of those mysterious
cases where a stanch ship sails out
of harbor and is swallowed up
by some unknown fate. No passing
vessel sees the doomed ship struggling with
storm and tempest, no floating wreckage
gives a clew to her fate, no dead bodies
washed ashore come as messengers from thu
lost craft. There seems to be all utter al
complete annihilation of the ship and every
body and everything pertaining to her.
The Rapidan sailed with crew
senger, quantity Of live stock
and some general cargo. She was 60
ing to Port Limon in Costa Rica, and from
there to Colon and Cartagena, in the United
States Of Columbia. She was to have been
the pioneer ship of new line which Z. T.
Kennard, her owner, was to establish be-
tween ports on the Spanish main. The loss on
the steamer and cargo is about S45,00o.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-07

The Chronicu Franco Brasilira proves
that the legal provisions for the gradual
adjustment of slavery have practically
become dead-letter laws. Negro chill
dren arc bought and sold as before;
many provincial papers announce slave
auctions with the special promise of 'un-
conditional sales" There are Brazilian
seaports where even cargo of African
contrabands could rely on the patronage
of discreet customers, for in the great
forest empire of the tropics, the nominal
control of a civilized government goes
hand in hand with good deal Of fcudal
independence.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-07

The death of a sea captain recently was
ascribed by medical authorities to blood
poisoning, caused by his vessel carrying
a cargo of nitrate of soda. The sailors
were affected with what they called
rheumatism. The captain, being in the
after caoin, suffered the full force of the
evaporation of nitrc. 1t is said that four
captains in the employ of a leading cast
ern shipping firm have died within a few
.ears from the same cause.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-07

A comparison of ancient and modern
firearms shows, that the bullets Of
our far-reaching rifles are continually
getting smaller and lighter. The Span
ish escopas of the seventeenth century
fred balls weighing nearly three ounces;
The oldest donner- -birchsen fired just FIVE
bullets to the pound. Against such pro-
jectiles the panoply of a mail-clad knight
was, of course, as useless as paper col
lar, but the continued attenuation of
those projectiles may yet lead to the re-
introduction of defensive armor.
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independence

Nature publishes an uncommonly large
story about herring jumping out of the
water when frightened. A correspond
ent says he has 'observcd whole shoals
of this fish, in their anxiety to escape
when parsu,d by whales, piled up above
the surface of the sea to q height of from
three to six feet. On one occasion the
fish formed mass even with the top of
the mast of a fishing boat, viz, about fif-
teen feet, and had part of this mass
fallen into the boat it would doubtless
have sunk No doubt it would, and
the narrator with it, if he had been
$hare
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-07

An old miscr named James Walker
died at his home in Uniontown, Ohio,
recently, possessed of fortune of more
than $50, 1000 that is known of, and there
is, perhaps, more to be discovered. He
was bachelor, and one of the. very pecu-
liar specimens of humanity. He lived
in little log hut, and in the summer
season lived principally on clover and
bran. He spent most of his time in
winter in bed and ate raw corn meal to
avoid the expense of fuel. Once, some
years ago, he walked to the bank in
Cadiz with coupons on $4,000 govern
ment bonds which he had cashed, and
then walked to Wheeling to deposit the
amount. He was dressed only in blue
cotton pantaloons, brown muslin shirt
and straw hat-not another garment,
and he walked the whole forty miles
barefooted. During the last two years
he has been very feeble, and a sister
cared for him. He had apparently a
sound mind and was credited with be-
ing shrewd in business transactions. A
mistake of one cent in his cash and tax
receipts only two years ago caused him to
walk twenty-five miles back to the county
treasurcr's Office, which was given him
by the treasurer out Of his own pocket
to avoid controversy, but sure enough
there was mistake in the cash account
that night. lie was well-known charac-
ter throughout Belmont, Jefferson and
Harrison counties.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-07

The value of the hardware produced
in the United States each year is now
about $50, 600, 900, and half of it is made
In Connecticut. This does not include
firearms, agricultural implements, cut
nails or ornamental ironwork. These,
with other articles which may be regard
ed by some as belonging to the list of
hardware, would swell the total to far
above $1,000 900. The manufacturers
of England, France and Germany send
as about $4,000, 900 worth annually.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-07

A Leipzig physician estimates that in
Western Europe the consumption of
opium exceeds from twenty to thirty
times any amount that could possibly be
explained by therapeutic exigepcies. En-
couraged by this increase of numerical
strength, the opium eaters of the larger
cities have begun to drop all masks and
call for dose of their pet poison as they
would for a glass of soda water. The
doctor predicts that in twenty-five years
every largetown will have public poison
rhon
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-07
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

Ea1rEnoR WILLIAM has temporarily lost
the use OF his voice.
SECRETARY lNDIco-T doe>; not spend much
money in society entertainments.
DOM PEDRO, emperor Of Brazil, IS TO
found big fine arts academy at Rio.
MA!oR-GENERAL POPE, Of the United
States army, has been put upon the retired
list.
LoNGFELsow's son recently submitted to q
very elaborate tattoo decoration at Ioko'
hama.
HENRY B. COURTNEY, the Delaware match
manufacturer, recently deceased, leaves an
estate worth 5000, ,0eO.
THE Duke Of Portland, with million and
a quarter annually from ground rents alone,
is tbe richest nobleman in Britain. .-......
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-07

Two little Cleveland lads, whose
father is in the work house and whose
mother is dead, keep house alone, the
elder doing the housework as we'll as the
average housekeeper can do it. He says
that before his mother died she taught
him houscwork, saying that after she
was dead she wanted him to take care of
his father and little brother.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-07

Medical life in England is subject to
Increasing mortality. According to STA
tistics the death rate among physicians
is higher than among other professional
men or among men in fairly unhealthful
occupations. Contagious diseases of all
sorts except smallpox are dangerous to
physicians.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-07
A FIGHT WITH BRIGANDS.
An Englishman's Plucky Resistance
in Sicily.

An Englishmans F!ucky resistance
in Sicily.
Quite sensation has been produced in
Sicily by daring attempt by brigands to
capture the Hon. Victor Albert Nelson Hood,
a son of Lord Bridport. Mr.. Hood is god
son of Queen Victoria
Lord Bridport is equery to the queen, and
through his mother succeeded to the dukedom
of Br0nte, in Sicily, conferred on Admiral
Nelson. The ficf attached to the dukedom in
cludes the Castillo di Maniaco. Mr.. Hood was
residing there when the brigands, who, it is
believed, had plotted to take him prisoner
and hold him for high ransom, made an at
tack in force upon the place.
The servants were brave and soon rallied IN
defence of their young master. A fierce
fight ensued which resulted in the defeat
and dispersal of the robbers, but only after
many Of them had been disabled by wounds.
-Four of the brigands Were taken t NJ prisoners
ties
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-07
Washington.


In the contest of Hurd VS.. Romes for the
seat in Congress from the tenth Ohio dis
riot, the House committee decided, by vote
of eight to six, to report in favor Of MIR.
Romeis the sitting member.
SECRETARY BATARD has received COM
munication from the consul-general of the
that within the last few weeks not less than
thirty to forty ca 'es'of trichinosis have been
discovered in Zuttichan, town in
Silesia, and vicinity. Similar cases,
the consul general says, are reported
from time to time from other
places in Germany, showing that the theory
which led to the prohibition of American hog
has receiveda a setback by facts which cannot
be denied.
THE President has signed the bill to in
crease the pensions of widows and dependent
relatives Of deceased soldiers and sailors.
BR1GAD1ER-GENERAL HOWARD has been
nominated as najor-general in the army,
vice General Pope, retired.
MAJoR-GENERAL ScHoP1ELD has accepted
the command of the division Of the Atlantic,
with b, adquarters at Governors Island, n.
Y, formerly in charge Of the late General
Hancock.
THE secretary Of the treasury has issued the
one hundred and thirty-fifth call for the re-
demption of bonds. The call is for $40, ,0O0, 900
of the three per cent. loan of 1882, and notice
is given that the principal and accrued inter-
est will be paid at tie treasury in Washing.
ton on May.
ADDITIONAL nominations by the President:
Malcolm G.. Barney, receiver of public
moneys at Spokane Falls, Washington Ter.
ritory; J. Richard Winfield, of Virginia, to
be consul of the United States at San Jose,
Costa Rica, and O number Of presidential
postmaSters.
THE Senate committee ON public buildings
and grounds authorized favorable report
to be made on Senator Morrilrs bill appro-
priating $500, 900 for the erection Of an e1-
tension to the White House.
SECRETARY MANNING was attacked and
Frustrated by vertigo while in the treasury
department on the 22d In falling he
sprained his ankle. He was taken home, at
tended by doctors, and soon recovered.
THE Senate committe, on the District of
Columbia voted to report adversely the noal-
Gnation of James G.. Matthews (colored>, Of
Albany, to succeed Frederick Dougla; As re-
corder Of deeds ia the District. The votes fol-
confirmation were cast by three Republicans
Qngalls, Pike and Palmer) AMI one Demo
crat BROWN, and the votes against confr
nation were cast by three Democrats BLACK
burn, Vance and Harris and one Republican
(Riddleberger).
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-07
South and West.

VICE-PREsIDENT HOxIE of the Missouri
Pacific railroad, declined the proposition Of
Master W Workman Powderly, of the Knights
of Labor, to confer with a view to a settle
msnt of the strike on the Gould system Of
railroads in the Southwest. Governors Mar
maduke, of Missouri, and Martin, of Kansas,
with the labor commissioners Of both States,
also met in Kansas City on the Goth, and ad-
vised that last years agreement between the
company and the strikers be renewed.
The subject of foreign ownership of land
is attracting much attention in the West.
One man, a resident of London, is shown to
own nearly 100000 acres Of choice land in
Illinois, Kansas and Nebraska, much Of
which is rented to wretched class Of tenants,
from whom are extracted enormous rentals.
Rev. "SAM" JONES, the Southern revival
ist, lectured to four thousand girls the other
day in Chicago. He took occasion to ridi-
cule the "dude, and denounced many Of the
most cherished institutions of society.
APRoPos1TIoN of the Missouri Pacific Rail
road company, addressed to the governors of
Missouri and Kansas, was on the ed rejected
by the executive board of the Knights Of
Labor at st. Louis, and the great strike was
continued. The rejection by the Knights
of Labor of the railroads proposition was
made on the ground that it granted nothing
asked for by the strikers. The Knights Of
Labor also issued an address to the public,
stating their position The switchmen in all
the railroad yards Of Kansas City also quit
work.
FURIOUS SNOW storms, ice gorges and
floods have caused considerable damage to
property and delay to travel in portions of
the West. A cyclone destroyed two churches
at Williamsport, Ind and damaged many
buildings and barns
AS Jailor Clarke entered a cell in the
prison at Yazoo City, La, to give three ne
gro convicts their supper, he was disarmed
by the prisoners, who escaped into the yard.
Clarke attempted to stop the ringleader, but
was Drained with billet of wood.
THREE valuable blocks, inclu1ing the
opera-house have been burned at Helena,
Ark.
BOTH houses of the Kentucky legislature
have passed bill making gambling afelony.
AsTREET-cAR at Lacrosse, Wis, fell twelve
feet over Ia bridge. The horse was killed,
the car crushed and five passengers seriously
INJURED.
GOVERNOR SToNEMAN, of California, on
the 23d appointed George Hearst United
States Senator in place Of John F. Miller
deceased.
The strike Of the switchmen at Kansas
City blocked traffic on nine railroads, and
threw many truckmen and other persons out
of employment.
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NEWS SUMMARY
Eastern and Middle States.

The bark James Stafford which arrived
at New York from Havre few days since,
had most tempe stuous voyage, and lost four
seamen overheard.
AN enormous mass of rock and earth be-
came detached in a new railroad tunnel at
Pottsville, Penn, and overwhelmed q num-
Der of workmen. Three men were killed or
fatally injured, and about dozen more bad
ly hurt.
The president of Mexico and the mikado
OF Japan have each contributed $500 to the
Grant national monument fund, which has
reached about $122, 900.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-07
ORPHANED IN AN HOUR.
A Wife Dies Before Her Children
on Seeing Her Husbands Corpse.

on seeing heF huSoahu CofPeI'
A sad affair occurred to-day at Montours..
vile, a lumber village twelve miles north OF
years, wealthy lumber merchant, was killed
while driving along the west branch OF the
Susquehana river. His horses became fright
ened and ran away, throwing Pensil into
the river among some logs: breaking his pack
and both legs. He died, however, from
drowning. About an hour after the accident
his 10 iy was recovered and conveyel to
his late residence. His wife, Minnie
Pensil, aged forty years, not having
been tod Of her bereavement, dropped
to the floor and expired in front of
the corpse of her husband and her three
shrieking children. Several friends and
neighbors who were in the house were SO
terrified at the state of affairs that they hed,
and nobody entered to render the children
assistance for some hours or more afterward.
The affair caused great excitement in the
neighborhood.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-07

Two Mormon women met on a street in
Salt Lake City the other day. Say, +"
said one of them. sis it true that Brother
Smith has married a second wife?'
eyes, it is true" was the answer. GLOW
do YOU know" asked number one. Il
can see it in his first wile's face" said
number two.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-07

"STEAMDoAT FRANK Modoc Jndian who
was captured at the time of the Modoc war
and who isstill prisoner OF the United States,
is attending, by permit Of the government,
the Oak Grove seminary in Maine. He now
for the ministry.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-07

Edi on's patents have ROW become so
numerous that they have a special series
of index or reference numbers in the pat
ent office, the only case in which such
separation from the general index has
been thought necessary.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-07

HENRY WARD BEEcHER's earnings during
the last forty years are estimated as follows:
Salary as preacher, 1920, 900; lecture fees:
S240, ,60O; sundry publications. sl0o, 900; wed.
ding fees. $4,000; incidentals, $4,000; total,
S15J 001
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-07

SENATORS SAWYER, Ingalls, and salisbury
are going to Cuba as the guests Of the COM
bined rail and steamship line which carries
the mails to Havana.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-07

DR.. OLIVER WENDELL HcI.MEs will so
abroad April 21, with Lis daughter, Mrs:
Sargent to be absent all summer His lust
visit to Europe was in 1885.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-07
SUMMARY OF CONGRESS-
Senate SeSaiOnS.

SIxTY-F1RsT DAY.-Mr Coke called up the
bill to establish national livestock highway
and to promote commerce in live stock be-
tween the States. The bill sets apart for
ten years as such highway the public lands
In range No. Al, along the east line Of the
State Of Colorado, it being a fractional
range, averaging about two miles in width.
tinued his discussion in favor of the judiciary
committees report regarding the right Of
the Senate to call upon the President for
papers in cases of remc cvals from Office. Mr..
Salisbury Del.) opposed the resolutions
S1xTY-sECoND DAY.-Mr Logan intro
duced a resolution providing for the holding
OF the Senate's executive sessions with open
doors instead Of in secret. :. The urgent de-
ficiency bill was laid before tie Senate, which,
amendments and agreed to committee of
conference. -. The chair laid before the Sem
ate Mr.. Logan's bill to increase the efficiency
Of the army Mr. Hale moved to strike out
the second section, which provides
for a future force of 10000 en-
listed men in the army.
The amendment was discussed without
action. .Messrs. Colquitt, of Georgia. and
Jackson, Of Tennessee, spoke in opposition to
the judiciary committee in regard to the at
torney generals refusing to furnish papers.
S1XrY-THrRD DAY.-The House bill grant
ing pension of $1,000 to General Hancock's
widow was passed. Mr.. Beck's resolution
relating to the payment Of certain duties in
coin was, upon his motion, referred to the
finance committee. Mr.. Logans bill to in
crease the army was then called up and Mr..
Manderson spoke in its favor. He con.
tended that the Indians were still
brutal savages and more troops were needed.
MIR. Beck opposed and Mr.. Logan supported
the BILL. Mr.. Jacks IN continued his speech
in opposition to the Edmunds resolution rela-
tive to the refusal of the President to furnish
papers regarding removals from Office Mr.
George also spoke in opposition to the reso-
luton.
s1xTY-FoURTH DAY.-The Logan bill to in
crease the efficiency Of the army was dis
p, 900 regulation there were only %, 1926 ef-
fective MEN in the army, and under the pro-
posed increase to 10000 there would prob
ably, owing to casualties, etc., be only about
1900 effective men. Mr.. Teller tCol.) op-
posed the increase. Mr.. Platt (Conn)
favored the increase . The Edmunds' reso-
lutions reported from the judi iary commit
tee were placed before thu Senate, and Mr..
Morgan (Ala) spoke in opposition to the ma
:ority repo; t. The debate was continued by
Senators Mitchell (Ore) and Hoar (Mass.) in
favor Of the majority report, and by Sena-
tors Gray and Harris against it.
S1xTY-F1FTH DAY.-On motion of MIR.
Blair the Senate passed the House bill grant
ing pension of $50 month to the widow Of
Rear Admiral Andrew A. Harwosd. :. Mr..
Voorhees, spoke in opposition to the Edmunds
resolutions concerning presidential appoint
ments and Mr.. .Evarts. in their favor Mr..
Call also opposed the resolutions.
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a Great Feature.

The TRIBUNE has secured the services
of Mr.. ". S. Smith, brilliant and pleas
ant writer aud paragrapher, who will fur
nish this paper with short western sketches
each week, besides serial story which
will be commenced in few weeks. His
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ularly, are invited to send in their subscrip-
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