The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-07
LATER NEWS.

holding big flower shows. Rare orchids and
many floral noveltie, were exhibited.
DR.. w. NJ. CHAsTIAN was shot and killed
at Dexter, Kansas by A. B. Elliott, to
whose daughter he was paying addresses
against the fathers wishes.
TIE son of Mrs. Sarah Mckenzie while
shooting at a mark near Waverly, Ind, &C.
cidentally killed his mother.
A COMPROMISE was effected with the strik.
ng switchmel at Kansas City on the 9th,
and the men resumed work.
THE secretary of the interior has decided
that the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad com.
pany has no right to certain lands in Cali
fornia, and has ordered that such lands
amounting to 9,451 200 acres-be restored to
the public domain.
LIEUTENANT MAUs, who was with Captain
Crawford, of the United States army, when
the latter was killed by Mexican troops re-
polt, that Crawford was deliberately and
Intentionally assass.natod. The Mexicans
claim Crawford's party were mistaken fo-
Indians.
ONE Gabriel Dumont, who was Riel's lieu-
tenant during the recent rebellion in Mani.
toba, is said to be melting Indians in Mon
tana to join in al intended insurrection Of
their brethren in Canada.
The Abys;inian troops sent; by King John
to relieve the beleagured garrison at Kassala
in the Soudail have fought battle with the
hostile Arabs near thai place. The Arabs
were defeat.d, and so Of their men were
killei
MRS. FRANcKE, widow, residing near
Reading, Penn, kindled fire with coal oil,
and while so doing the flames spread to the
can, which exploded with terrific force. The
burning oil scattered over the body OF the
wcnlan and upon her two children, aged nine
and eleven years. Mrs. Francke jumped into
a cisteln and was drowned, and her two chill
dreu were fatally burned.
WILLIAM M. SMITH, an eN-spcaker OF the
Illinois legislature, committed suicide at MS
home in Lexington in that State by shooting
himself through the head. He had been In
failing health.
THE President has sent to Congress the
third annual report of the civil service conf
missioners, accompanied by message saying
that wherever this reform has gained
foothold it has steadily advanced in the es-
teen of those charged with pub
lie administrative duties, while the people
who desire good government have constantly
been confirmed in their high estimate of its
value and efficiency During the J ear the
commission examined 1902 persons-G, 772
males and $50 females. The number of per-
sons examined who have been appointed to
Office during the year is 1876. There are
more than 1900 places subject to the ex-
animation.
SECRETARY MASSISG's sudden attack OF
illness on the steps of the treasury depart
ment Oh the 3d. turned out to be worse than
was at first reported 1t was an apoplectic
stroke, and his relatives were summoned
from Albany to his bedside. 1t
was reported on the 25th that
he would probably resign and 60 abroad for
O. long rest; the cares Of office undermined
his health. Another report stated that ne
had expressed desire to resign, but the
Pre- ilcnt had previously refused to accept
bis resignation, and for the present the
secretary would retain his position.
A REMARKABLE duel, resulting from dis.
pute over the relative merits of American
and French female doctors, has just been
fought on the field of Waterloo, in Belgium.
The contestants We're Miss Shelby, an Ameri'
can, and Nine. valsayre, a native of France
The weapons were swords, and Miss Shelby
was slightly wounded in one ann.
THE brig Georgina, Of Liverpool, Nova
Scotia, eight men OH board, has been lost at
sea.
THE governors of Missouri and Texas issued
proc!amations on the 18th relative to the
great railroad strike. All persons were
warned not to interfere with the resumption
Of business by the railroad companies.