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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-03-03

It is said that capitalists are seriously
contemplating the utilization Of the
Aleutan islands for cattle-raising pur-
poses. These islands form a portion OF
the territory extending out in the western
chain across the extreme north of the
Pacific ocean almost to the Asiatic con-
.inent. Their total area is 5000 square
miles, of which at least one-fourth, or
more than 1, $50, 900 acres consists Of lux
nriant pasture. The lowest temperature
since 1880 has been one degree above zero.
Cattle can be shipped to San Francisco
for $40 a head. No fencing would be
necessary, the pastures being sea-girt.
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MILLIONS LOST.
Disastrous Result of the Recent
Heavy foundations.
Many Cities and Towns Flooded,
and Great Damage Done.

The greatest rainfall ever known in New
England has been followed by widesdread
disaster and ruin unprecedented in the
memory Of the oldest inhabitants. The
damage amounts to many millions in Eastern
Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. Most cities
tirely isolated.
In the Cape districts hardly bridge is left.
The Boston and Albany was the only rail
road running trains to the south or west of
Boston and then only by transferring pas.
sengers at washouts. Scores of bridges on
the Old Colony and New York and New
England:railroads are gone and the washouts
are simply innumerable. At Taunton, Mass.
hundreds Of families were flooded out, and
many buildings were undermined and threat
ened to tumble into the raging flood The
Whittonton mills, containing $2O0, 900 worth
passage for the water with dynamite and
blowing up portion Of the Worden mills
The damage was estimated at $500, 900.
The loss at Providence r. l., and vicinity
is put at 81, 600, 900, and at Woonsocket, R. l.,
$4,000.
Roxbury, Mass, a suburb of Boston, was
the greatest sufferer by the flood. Two
square miles of the city were under water
from two to eight feet. Nearly a thousand
houses were partly inundated, and the dam
age inflicted was estimated at more than
S5O0,000
At Franklin, Mass, in addition to the i'm
mense losses resulting from the floods the
large Cumberland dam of the Pawtucket
water-works, built last fall, was swept away,
causing further loss of 100000.
In the Hudson river and the Mohawk river
valleys of New York State the damage
wrought by floods to bridges, factories and
other property will aggregate hundreds of
thousands The flood at Troy, N. Y, is the
most disastrous ever know there, even eclips-
ing the great flood of 1857. It is difficult to
estimate the damage done, but it will not be
less than half million of dollars
At Deposit, Nd, the gorge at the mouth Of
the Susquehanna river broke and the ice be.
gan moving freely out into the Chesapeake
bay. The sudden rise resulted more disas-
trously than any that has occurred for many
years. The lumber yards and wharves We're
of lumber were carried away. At Harris
burg, Penn, and in fact all along the Sus-
quehanna river the damage inflicted was
very heavy.
At st. Louis huge masses OF moving ice
have greatly injured property along the river
front. Nearly every boat along the wharves
was showed up on the levee and grounded.
The river then arose five feet, and the boats
were once more atoat.
Throughout the eastern part of Connecti-
cut the losses by freshets will aggregate more
than 81 ,000,0 900.
The losses in and around Boston, where
1000 farms were temporarily homeless, were
estimated at s3,00O,O5O
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An Illinois farmer was prosecuted fo

An Illinois farmer was prosecuted for
cutting off the horns of his cattle. Emil
nent doctors testified that it was cruel
barbarous and unnecessary practice. On
the other hand, one farmer said he had
dehorned thousands of cattle, and, ex-
cept for the momentary pain, which was
slight, they did not suffer from the oper-
alton. Dehorned cattle consumed at
least one-fourth less food than those
whose horns were left on the head, more
of them could be crowded into shed,
and the strong could not drive the weak
from the food. A score oflocal farmers
swore that they had been converted to
dehorning, and believed it human and ad-
visible. The humane society withdrew
the suit.
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NEWsY GLEANINGS.

JOHN B. COUGH has lectured contemporaries
more than 1000 times.
THEY want $40. 900 more to put Bartholdls $
statue of liberty on her perch.
THIRTEEN thousand letters were delivered
to Congressman in one day recently.
THE cold snap destroyed cabbage worth
500, 900 in the gardens at Mobile, Ala.
Gently lad their ears Topped off for stealing.
FIVE thousand German physicians have
petitoned the imperial government in favor
of cremation.
ALAD attending schoolin Webster county,
Iowa, measures six feet six inches and Is
yet in his teens.
Hy HsUEH YEN, the wealthiest man IN
China, has just fallen by the same scythe
that cut Vanderbilt down.
The copy of the first book on arithmetic;
of which only another copy is known, fetched
$500 at sale in London the other day.
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Milling is another interest that is i'm.
proving in the South. During last year
nearly $50 mills have been erected in the
Southern States, not including grist
mills. A Southern manufacturing ex'
change thus summarizes the years work:
Arkansas and Mississippi have erected one
mill each; Alabama, @; South Carolina,
;; West Virginia, 7; Maryland, 8; North
Carolina, 10; Georgia, II; Texas, IS;
Virginia, 20; Tennessee, "a; Kentucky,
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The railway cars of Ru sia are among
:.he most commodious in the world. They
resemble ours rather than the compart-
nent cars in use elsewhere in Europe, but
h Russia the aisle is shifted to one side.
70 that the seats on the left will accom-
modate three passengers, side by side,
snd those on the right but one. This is
especially convenient, when the car is
not crowded, in night travel. The end
doors of the Car, instead of opening upon
the platform, lead into small enclosed
gestibule, whence doors open out at right
and left.
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Foreign.

STRIKING hosiery operatives at Leicester.
England, attacked and sacked several houses,
Many policemen were injured, and twenty
seven rioters arrested.
The Canadian government has expended
$4,000 in relieving distressed settlers and
half-breeds in the Northwest territory
TWELVE alleged dynamiters have been ar
rested in Madrid.
A REBELLION in Kordofan, Egypt, is as
srming large dimensions.
Two Americans have been expelled from
Hulstein, Prussia, for ''having made them
selves troublesome to the authorities"
THE Dublin corporation has adopted reso-
lutions demanding home rule for Ireland,
and expressing reliance on Mr.. Gladstoncs
ability to obtainit
\ REVOLUTION is in progress in Uruguay.
IN Ireland $50 Presbyterian congregations,
numbering altogether 32S, 100 persons, have
adopted resolutions denouncing the project Of
establishing home rule in the country.
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NEWS SUMMARY
Eastern and Middle States.

Eastern and Middle States.
FROM New England and the Middle States
! reports show considerable damage to prop
erty by the recent heavy rains.
CHARLES HERMANN was hanged at Buff
falo, N. Y, on the 18th for wife-murder.
The prolonged rain caused a number of
New Jersey rivers to overflow their banks,
and considerable damage was done to prop,
erty in and about Railway, New Brunswick
Trenton, and other localities.
The New York delegation in Congress
adopted resolutions of regret at the death of
Ex-Governor Seymour, and appointed COM
mlttee of four to represent the delegation at
the funeral in Utica.
MESSAGES of regret at the death Of e1-
Governor Seymour were received at Utica
from President Cleveland, Governor Hill,
Samuel J. Tilden and many Others
The losses by freshets in Eastern Con-
necticut will exceed 81 ,OOO, 600. Nearly the en-
tire eastern end of the State was inundated.
Around Boston 10000 people were rendered
temporarily homeless, and the losses are up
ward of s3,000,000
A STRIKE for increased wages, begun by
the operatives of the Amoskeag mills, Man.
chester, N. H., on the 18th, threw more than
5000 people out of employment.
JOHN B. COUGH, the well known temper
ance lecturer, was stricken with apoplexy in
Philadelphia on the 18th while delivering q
lecture
The subscriptions for the benefit Of
General Hancocks widow up to late date
had reached about $50, 900.
AT the National Agricultural and Dairy
convention, held in New York more than fifty
delegates were present. Various papers bear
ing on agricultural and dairy matters were
read, and q commit ee was appointed to urge
the passage of a bill by Congress appropriate
ing $4,000 to each State for experiment
stations
Ex-Governor HoRAT1o SEYMoUR's fu-
neral at Utica was attended by Governor
Hill, Governor Jones, a delega-
tion from the New York legislature, numer-
GUS State officials, and many others. From
the Trinity Episcopal church, in which the
exercises were held, the body was conveyed
to Forest Hill cemetery. Memorial exercises
were also held in the Utica Opera house,.
Mayor Kinney presiding. Governor Hill
and others culogized the deceased.
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An experiment in tea culture has been
made at Auburn, Placer county, CAL,
where a plantation was set out some
years ago. There are about fifty tea
plants which have for several years been
producing tea that is pronounced of
good quality. Further experiments will
be made with tea-seed, and the result
will be watched with interest.
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A Washington correspondent tells of q

A Washington correspondent tells OF a
death there recently which is sensational
in its details. A young doctor, hand
some, strong and of great promise, was
called to attend lady in a carriage at
his door. Receiving no answer to his
greeting to his patient, he thought she
had tainted. He stepped into her coupe
and found her already a corpse. He
drove by the side of the dead woman to
her house and thence to the hospital,
where he was expected to participate in
a meeting of the managers. Apologizing
to his colleagues for his lateness, he re-
lated his ghastly experience. Then re-
marking, 81 feel faint" he fell, struck
dead by paralysis.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-03-03

Ward, the sculptor, has completed his
model of the great monument ordered by
the city of Brooklyn, to commemorate
the wars of the republic. 1t is to be a
very elaborate structure of granite and
bronze, eighty feet in height, and will
cost from $3.50, 900 to $3oO,0OO.
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The suffering and loss of cattle in the
Southwest the past winter will tend to
y Kansas rancher, who further says that
public sentiment is against large herds,
and, as the country is rapidly settling
mp, the herds must be made smaller and
receive better care.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-03-03

Mr. BLAND, of silver-bill fame, is a man
below the medium height, and would weigh
about $50 pounds. He has hoarse, deep
voice and u rather dull style of oratory, yet
he has dogged persistence and continuity
of purpose which explain his success. His
complexion is very sallow and marked with
strong shades. His eyes are intensely black
and deep-set.
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HORATIO SEYMOUR.
Passing Away Quietly at Utica
After a Brief Illness.
A Sketch Of His Long and Eventful
Political Career.

The death of Horatio Seymour, so closely
following that of General Hancock, brought
to an earthly close within less than week the
lives Of two Democratic candidates for Presi-
dent. Ex-Governor Seymour died at Utica,
N. Y, on the 18th, at the residence of his
sister, Mrs. Roscoe Conkling. He died after
a brief illness, the cause of his death
being cerebral effusion, the usual process Of
death in old age. Those present when he
passed away were: Mrs. Seymour and her
sister, Mrs. Nelson, Of New Brunswick, NJ
j.; the ex-governor's brother, John F. Sey-
mour, Of Utica; his sisters, Mrs Lincklaen
and Mrs. Conkling; DR.. W. E. Ford and
Judge Bulger.
The beginning of Governor Seymour's ply
sical ailments dates from sunstroke which
befell him in the summer Of 1876, while he
was industriously at work on the roads Of his
town as pathmaster, an Office which he
was won't to say he had asked for
He exerted himself beyond his
strength in extreme heat, and the
consequence was a severe attack Of vertigo,
with pain in the head and some irregularity
of the heart It left him weak, and always
afterward his walking was less easy, and on
occasions he was unsteady while standing on
his feet. He accepted the stroke as warn
ing, and he never felt that he completely re-
covered from it. At the time of his death his
wife was also very sick.
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South and West.

SHERIFF FoNTE, of Loudon county, Tenn,
goes to to the penitentiary eighteen years for
cheating in prison accounts.
OLD dad" FREEMAN. (coloreD who died
at Detroit, Mich, a few weeks ago, aged 122
years, is eclipsed by Andrew Lucas, (also
colored), who claims to be 1877 years old. He
was born a slave in the family OF General
Jackson, whom he accompanied to New
Orleans as body servant and there wit
messed the defeat of tho British Lucas
escaped as slave to Canada in 1912, where
he still resides
A FIRE at Flagstaff, Arizona, has laid the
entire business portion, Of the town in ruins.
One man perished in the flames Aggregate
losses, 100000.
TIMOTHY WHELAN. aged twenty-three
ak at San Francisco, Cal, killing him in
stantly. He then stabbed himself, probably
fatally.
FoUE small children were trying to build
fire on Tangier island in Chesapeake bay when
a can of Kerosene exploded, and two of the
little ones were burned to death and the
other two fatally injured.
A. PASSENGER coach attached to train on
the Ohio Central railroad jumped the track
at Ten Mile Trestle, w. Va, and plunged
into the Kanawha river. Several persons
were killed and half dozen more seriously
injured.
THE counties lying along the Tombigbee
river in Alabama have been visited by an
earthquake Chimneys were thrown down,
crockery smashed, and families camped out
all night afraid to re-enter their houses.
THE great Mccormick Reaper works,
Chicago, have closed down, throwing 400
men out of employment. The suspension
was caused by threatened strike against the
employment of non-llnion men.
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1t is stated that the weight Of the
earth is 5,s55, ooo,o 900, 900, 900 tons.
Such statistics as these are calculated to
make the president of fat mems club
realize the utter smallness of human
achievements.
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NJ. PAcHMAN, the Russian pianist, has
fallen in the habit of carrying on with his
nearest auditors kind of facial commentary
on what he is playing; smiling, frowning
and grimacing, more like a clown than an
artist.
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Mr. SUrRo, of California, is about W
build an aquarium 13O feet in diameter IN
the bay of San Francisco. 1t will contain am
every sort of sea snemone, moses and shell
fish.
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In the House Of Representatives, on the
same day, Mr.. Hanback,. of Kansas, intro
duced the following preamble and resolution:
WHEREAS, Grave charges have been made
and are constantly being made by the leading
press of the country refecting on the integ-
rity and official action of certain officers Of
the government Of the United Stat@;
RESOLVED, That special committee con-
sisting Of eleven members Of this House be
appointed, and when so appointed the said
committee is hereby directed at as early q
penditure on the part. of the government
incurred relative to the rights of the
Bell and Electric Telephone compa-
nies to the priority of patents; said inquiry
to include all organizations or companies
that have sprung out Of the Pam Electric
Telephone company or for any other pur-
pose; and also to make full inquiry into the
Issuance of stock known as the Pan Electric
Telephone stock or any stock of
any other company, companies or
organization sprfnging out Of the Pam
Electric Telephone company, to any person
or persons connected with either the legisla-
tive, judicial or executive department of the
government of the United States; to whom,
when, where and in what amount, and for
what consideration in money or influence said
stock was delivered. Also as to what opin-
ions. decisions and orders have been made by
any officers connected with the government
and by whom, and all the circumstances con-
nected Herewith and arising therefrom
And also what suit or suits, II any, have
been brought in the name Of the United
States to test the validity Of patents issued
or any other right in controversy between the
Bell and Pan-Electric Telephone companies;
what contracts have been made, what moneys
paid or to be paid to any person or persons as
assistant counsel to the attorney general or
solicitor general Of the United States, the.
reason or authority for constituting the
And to the end that the people of the United
States may be fully advised, the committee
be granted the right to send for persons and
papers, to sit during the session Of the House,
to employ Stenographer and to incur any
reasonable expenditures that may be deemed
necessary for the purpose Of such inveStga-5
tion Referred to the committee on rules.
Mr.. Pulitzer, of New York, introduced the
following: 49,. ..t.sz l,zta So. -
Resolred, That the resolution creating the
select committee, submitted by Mr.. Hanback,
of Kansas, be SO amended as to authorize said
committee to inquire whether any of the tele-
phone companies have in any way
influenced or attempted to influence
officials or official action through
newspapers acting from interested or inn
proper motives; and also whether any cor
porations or their managers OF representa-
tives have contributed large sums Of money
for political campaign purposes upon the
agreement that certain person acceptable
to them should be appointed judge Of one Of
the Courts Of the United States, which may
have to decide litigation concerning telephone
patents. Referred to the committee on rules.
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Washington.

SECRETARY WHITNEY, Admirals Porter
and Simpson, and others, at the request Of
the House committee on naval affairs have
expressed their views before that body rela-
tive to the reconstruction Of the navy.
A WASHINGTON special says that the pres
sure upon the lands of the Indian Territory
is so strong that no doubt the present Con-
gress will adopt some legislation looking to
their opening to settlement.
THE total receipts of the patent Office dur
ing the past year were 81, ,1S8, ,0S9, and the ex-
pendituies were 81 ,O24,379, leaving balance
of receipts over expenditures OF S163, 10.
The number of applications received was
35, III; the number of caveats filed was 2,552
and the number of issues was Is 69l. OF
domestic patents issued New York received
the largest number-4.532, or one patent to
every /, ,l2l of her populations; but Connecti-
cut, with 1,011 patents, had one patent to
every 6l5 persons.
JOHN O. CANNON, late delegate in Con-
gress from Utah, and for a year past in hid
ing, has been arrested by United States
marshal at Winnemucca. New, under the
Edmunds law against polygamy. Cannon is
regarded as the leading mind in the Mormon
church
The House silver committee, by a vote OF
seven to five, determined to report adversely
Mr.. BANDS bill for the free and unlimited
coinage Of silver. A proposition to report
suspension of silver coinage was also lost by q
tie vote-six to siX-one member being alb
sent.
The House ways and means commi ttee has
adopted joint resoluti, / directing the sec
retary of the treasury to apply the surplus
above $100, 200, 600 to the liquidation of the
interest bearing public debt.
THE committee on invalid pensions agreed
to report favorably the bills repeating tho
limitation of time within which militiamen
can complete and present their claims, and
increasing the rate of pension for total deaf
ness OF both ears from $14 to $50 month.
The President has sent the following noml-
nations of postnlasters to the Senate: Chas.
A. White, at Gardiner, Me- George o. Guild,
at Bellows Falls VT; Dennis D. Dinan, at
Westborough, Mass Joseph H. Wilder, at
Shelburne Falls Mass William j.
Pousler, ut Pennington, N. j.; NJ 0.
Bowdoin, at Griffin, Ga j. w. Renfroe, at
Atlanta Co.; Thomas J. Francisco, at Guy
ahoga Falls, Ohio; George Moore, at Steuben-
Vile, Ohio Nathaniel 8. Bates, at Rensse-
laer, Ind. A. 7. Bitters, at Rochester, Ind. ;
Joseph Edelbrock, at St. Cloud, MINI; james
J. Russell, at Muscatine, Iowa; Frank b.
Smith, at Wichita, Kan. Samuel E. Rigg,
at Beatrice, Neb.
NUMEROUS inquiries are being made on be-
half of loyal citizens whose slaves were en-
listed into the service Of the United States
during the late war as to their right
to compensation for such slaves. General
Butler has declared that these claims are per-
fectly legal. There is fund Of s., 100000
said to be available for the payment Of such
claims.
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GEN. HANC0CK'S FUNERAL.
Simple Services in New York and q
NNrpi Of ovvn

Simple Services in New York and at
Norristown.
General Hancock's body, which had been
lying watched by guard of honor in his
residence on Governors Island. was trans
ferred to Trinity church, New York, on the
18th. Shortly before o'clock the lid of the
coffin was closed for the last time and laurel
wreath brought by Colonel John II. Weeks
from the Philadelphia Division of the
Military Order of the Loyal Legion, was laid
upon it. The coffin was covered with black
cloth and bore the inscription:
Major General Winfield Scott Hancock,
U. S. A.,
Born February IA, 1924,
Died February 8, 1886. {: