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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-09-29

An Italian in New York is whole
band to himself. This is the way the
Tribune describes the novelty: His head
is adorned with sort of compound he'll
met, composed of three stories, around
the edge of which are little bells which
sound whenever the wearer mods or jerks
his head. Strapped to his back is a
drum through which passes a strap
which is fastened at the lower end to
the heel of the musician; the other end
connects with pair of dram-sticks
which are inside the drum. On the top
of the drum is pair of cymbals con-
Meeting through the side of the drum
with the machinery inside to which the
heel strap is fastened. The musician is
further armed with an ACCORDION. When
he is in working order the ACCORDION
gives forth sounds more or less musical,
the bells begin a Naturalization, the
strap sets OF drum beats, the cymbals
clash togethe1-and the small boys rap
idly gather and the pennies for soup and
maccaroni begin to flow in.
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South and West

A SHOCK of earthquake lasting several Sec
onds has been felt at tSummerville, s. c., and
vicinity.
A sKIFF containing six young men upset
in the Ohio River at Cincinnati, and four of
the occurants were drowned.
The California Republicans have nomi-
mated John T. Swift for Governor.
The fourth Southern Exposition has been
successfully opened at Louisville, KY.
y In the twinkling Of ON eye Lafilin &
Rand's powder magazine, in the outskirts of
Chicago was the other morning swept
from the face of the earth by q boltof light
ming and consequent explosion of powder
aud dynamite. One person was killed
jured, a large number were more
or less seriously bruised and cut, and a
great amount of damage was done in the
vicinity aud in Chicago. Nearly 120 900
pounds of powder and dynamite were ex-
ploded, and the conclusion was so great that
everything in the neghborhood was either
leveled to the ground or riddled with flying
stones and timbers. People twenty to thirty
mile; away felt the shock and thought it was
an earthquake.
MRS. FLIzABETH RODGERS, Of Chicago,
has been appointed Master Workman Of Dis
trict No "a, Knights of Labor
THREE negroes were lynched near McNutt
Lake, Miss, the other night, for an attempted
assault OIL some young ladies.
THREE lodges of modern Know Nothings
are in existence near Chicago.
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AN EXCITING EVICTION.
Novel Defence Of Besieged Tenants
in Galway, Ireland.

Novel Defence Of Besieged Tenants
in Galway, Ireland.
Exciting scenes were witnessed during the
recent evictions in Woodford, county Gal
way, ireland. A force Of $50 policemen,
strengthened by large number Of 'emer-
gency men" and extra bailifs, went to the
house OF the tenant named Saunders,
which has for some days bean
defended from within by number Of armed
men, and has been actually in state of siege.
The roof of the dwelling has been pierced with
loopholes, through which the inmates threw
boiling water upon the officers. Several
policemen and bailiffs were severely scalded.
A more novel form Of defence was the let
ting loose of swarm Of angry bees, which
clustered among the attacking party and
proved quite efficient in demoralizing the
officers Of the law. Scaling ladders
we're procured, and finally, after q
desperate hand-to-hand struggle, the
house was carried by storm and its twenty
defenders were made prisoners. The officers,
on entering. found large caldrons OF water
boiling over huge fire, bag Of lime to be
used with the water, and a quantity OF stones
and other missiles.
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David Lindley is an old Irishman who

David Lindley is an old Irishman who
lives in Louisville, Ky. He is possessed
of a singular affliction. About four
years ago he was standing under tree
ut Winters Gap, East Tennessee, when a
violent storm came up. The tree was
struck by lightning and felled to the
ground. Lindley was rendered uncon-
scious by the shock, but otherwise was
uninjured. During every electrical storm
since he has experienced a peculiar ting
ling all over his body similar to that pro-
duced by an electrical battery. When
the storm ceases the sensation leaves
him, and is not again felt until another
storm. Any person can receive slight
shock by catching hold of his hands dur
ing storm. 1t is frequently tried by
his neighbors, by whom he is considered
magnetic wonder. Mr.. Lindley's
health is in no wise impaired by the
electricity, and he is of the opinion that
it benefits him. He has constant fear
of the lightning, and dreads the ap'
proach of q storm.
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A Nevada newspaper calmly alleges
that some months ago W. j. Marsh, OF
Fort Churchill, built fence around one
of his meadows along the bank of the
river, and for posts used young cotton
wood and willow trees. A gate was made
in the fence and an extra heavy post was
put in the ground for the gate to swing
on. 1t was noticed that number of the
green posts were sending out branches,
but no attention was paid to this
fact. After cutting the first crop of al
falta in this field some cattle were turned
into the inclosu7e through another gate,
away from the river. They were soon
found outside of the fence and a man
was sent to find olt where the fence
was broken. He had found the fence
all right, but upon coming to the lower
gate found it raised about five feet in the
air-high enough for cattle to 60 under.
The post to which the gate was hinged
had grown that much and carried the
gate with it.
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The New York Commercial observes !:
''It aim ost seems pity now that we did
not get into war with Mexico. An Off
Ger of our army, sent by General Mac.
kenzie to Investigate the army of Mexico,
reports a standing force of 10000 men,
divided between four great districts.
Ten new batteries of field guns have OF
late years been imported from France.
There is factory for small arms neal
the capital. The officers come from the
National Military School at Chapultepec,
and the rank and file are the lowest of
the poems.
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The United States letter sheet envelope,
unique device for correspondence
through the mail, is combination in
one of letter sheet, envelope and the
new postage stamp of the denomination
of two cents, bearing the military por-
trait of General Grant. These letter en-
velopes will be sold at the rate of twenty
three dollars per thousand, in any de-
sired quantities, separately or in pack
ages or pads of twenty five, fifty or one
hundred each, or folded in incased
packages of twenty-five each, especially
adapted for use when travelling. The
letter sheet is of unruled paper, single,
with aspace nine and quarter by two and
i've eighths for writing. 1t has gummcd
sides and flap, and perforated lines to
serve as guides in folding and opening.
On the face is an ornamental design, a
shield and wreath, and the words
''United States letter sheet envelope"
also two-ccnt stamp bearing portrait
If General U. S. Grant, all engraved in
steel, and printed in green ink. In the
left hand corner are the words, "1f not
called for in ten days, postmaster will
please return to-" and on the flaps, out
aide of the perforations at both ends, the
directions are given, "To open tear off
he ends.n These new letter sheet en-
velopes arc to be furnished only for the
present to few of the larger postofices.
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EXPLOSION ON A FARM
The Boiler Attached to a Threshe1
Bursts With Terrific Effect.
Bodies of Victims Hurled Two Hun
dred Feet Through the Air.

A terrible boiler explosion occurred the
other morning on the farm of Rutger Van,
derburgh, in North Greenbush, about two
miles south of Troy, N. Y, by which two
men were killed and three others seriously
injured, one fatally. The following are the
names of the victims: David A. Phillips, dead
Archie Hankle, dead; Newton De Freest,
fatally injured; William H. Livingston, in
jured; Rutger Vanderburgh, injured.
The boiler was portable one, attached to
thresher, and was purchased, new,
three years ago. The other after
noon the thresher was placed in
Nanderburgh's barn and the boiler aud
engine on the outside. Fire was kindled un-
der the boiler at six o'clock next morning.
Phillips, of North Greenbush, the owner
of the thresher: Archie Hankle, Of Bath,
the engineer; Newton De Freest, the son
Of a neighboring farmer; Nelson Wan
dell. farm hand for Vanderburgh
William H. Livingston, Of Sandlake, and
Rutger Vanderburgh were about the tresher
the two last named being in the barn. Phil
lips stood by the side of the boiler; Hankle
and Dc Freest by the firebox. Waudell ha
just started away to get hayfork, but he had
not proceeded ten steps when the boiler ex
ploded with terrific force, era hing through
the large barn, tearing out the rear wall and
part of thu roof. The largest portion, weigh
ing about fifteen hundred pounds, struck
the ground two hundred feet from the rear
of the barn, and then bounded about twenty
feet further and fell into a small brook.
Smaller pieces were carried still greater dis
tauces The Goals from the tireboN set the
barn in flames, and the structure and its CON-
terts-the entiie crop. of the farm-were lie
stroyed.
P6illips's dead body, with the back of the
head crushed in, was found thirty feet west
Of the spot where the boiler stood. lie
leaves wife and two children. Hankle and
De Freest were hurled over a carriage house
and fell about five feet apart in IN apple
orchard, two hundred feet from the barn.
Hankle was dead, his body being shockinsly
maugled and all his clothing, shoes excepted,
was Stripped from the body. De Freest was
in q semi -comatose condition and mortally
hurt. His clothing from above the knees
was also torn off. He was fourteen years
old and son of Lacas j. Do Freast, a promi-
nent man in the county.
A piece of the burst boiler struck the
broad rim of Livingston's straw hat, cutting
it off clean. Splinters of iron broke his
right arm and cut deep cash in his lie X.
Vanderburgh's right leg was severely cut by
a timber.
Hankle, who was single man, belonged
to q pecrl arly unfortunate farmily. His
father was killed by the cars ut Greenbush
in 1SS1; his brother Charles, brakeman on
the Central and Hudson River Railroad met
his death in q railroad accident in 1854, and
another jesse was killed by the bursting of
O gun on July 4ta last.
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FATAL EARTHQUAKES.
Hundreds of People Killed in Greece
Six Towns Destroyed.

Hundreds of People Killed in Greece
Six Towns Destroyed.
Advices from Athens state that Grace has
again bsen visited by an earthquake, which
has been most disastrous to life and property.
The village Of Pyrgo and the town Of Phi!ia-
ira, both situated on the western coast of the
Morea, were the chief sufferers. In
Pyrgo not a house is left standing, while
PhilIatra is almost swept from the face of
the globe swallowed up in the convulsions OF
the earth The shocks we're experienced
throughout the entire Of Greece in greater
or less degree. In the town Of Zante every
house was damaged and the inhabitants fed
in terror to the open country.
Several towns in Italy were also visited by
the earthquake, but not to any serious ex-
t.nt, Naples Brindisi, F'oggia, Caserta and
Taranto being of the number. Among other
towns in Italy where the earthquake wa'
felt are Syracuse, Reggie, Calabria, Fotenza,
Pozzuoli, Bari and Avellino. The people
were panic-stricken and took refuge in the
fields and churches.
A dispatch from Naples says that second
earthquake shock occurred there. Thepopu-
lation were crowding the streets and many
families were fleeing from the city. There
have been two eruptions of VeSuvius and the
volcano is still very active.
Au earthquake sho:k was also experienced
at Athens.
Violent shocks Of earthquake hare also
been experienced at Alexandria and in other
parts of Egypt, causing terror among the
natives, but so far as known doing no serious
damage.
Later advices state that the area Of the
Q ,rth disturbance in Greece was phenomen-
ally wide. At least six towns were entitely
destroyed aud a score of others were par
TALLY destroyed. On the mainland much
damage was done, but there was little loss
of lie. On the islands it is estimated
that six hundred persons were killed and one
thousand seriously injured. The und,llations
were curiolkly regular The actual shocks
O, e"aged twelve Sc conds in duration. Peo-
pie everywhere are camping out in the fields
The breaking of the telegraph lines de-
lays tile reception of details. Tho Greek
Cabinet has been sitting at Athens almost
continuously, considering relief measures. A
transport with tents, food doctors, medicines.
and company of pompiers was sent to tho
stricken districts.
The latest returns show that 100 persons
were killed at Filiatra and twenty at Garga-
liano Both towns are in ruins.
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Children in Mexico.

A correspondent, writing from Mexico,
says the land is flooded with children,
and small family is thing unknown.
They greet you, he says, at every win
dow, at every corner, on every wonan's
ba k. They fill the carriages on the
plaza, they arc like swarm of bees
around a honcysuckle-one on every tiny
flower and hundreds waiting for their
chance. A man died the other day who
was followed to the grave by eighty
seven sons and daughters, and had buried
thirteen, so that he was the father to the
grand total of 100 chi dren. There is
another man living in Mexico who la
had two wives, and who has living forty
five children. Allow ng the sma
average of five to the family, one an see
how numerous the grandchildren would
be. I am acquainted, he adds, with q
gentleman whose mother is but thirteen
and half years older than he and she
had eighteen more of family. 1t is q
blessed thing that the natives arc able to
live in q cane hut and exist on beans and
rice, ell the list of deaths by starvation
would be something dreadful"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-09-29
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.

SIX HUNDRED American girls are studying
music in Milan.
NINE. PATTI is to begin her American tour
on November l6, in New York.
THERE are nearly 700 musicians in Phila-
delphia aud not one first-class band.
ALICE REEs, the new prin,a donna OF MIR.
Duf's opera company, is young Australian
girl
MARGARET MATHER has made hit in
San Francisco. Tho Call says that she is the
ideal Juliet.
LESTER WALLAcK will open his New York
theatre October II with Halnilton's new play,
Harvest
KATIE PUTNAM, the actress, has an an
nual income of $1,000 from her fruit farm
in Michigan.
MIR. Louis JAMEs, the tragedial,. is one
of the original members OF tho old ELS
worth Zouaves.
THE Anglo-Italian opera company has
completed its bookings for tour from New
York to San Francisco.
MRS. THOMAS JEFFERSON, the wife OF
Joseph Jefferson's youngest son, has wrlt1en
comedy entitled Glass"
MRS. CLEVELAND loves "the music OF the
future" and is one of the most appreciatlVe
of listeners to the works Of Wagner.
MAUD BANKS, daughter Of General N. T.
Banks, made her theatrical debut Us Parthe-
MIA at Portsmouth, N. H., the other night
THE American Opera company will pro-
duce five new plays this season. besides re-
yiying those which met with the greatest
favor last year.
LADY ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, formerly
Miss Blood, in addition to being handsome
young woman aud clever writer, is also
skilful music al composer. Her songs are
very popular in England.
JANAUscHEK, great actress and brave
woman, suffering under mortal disease ana
not appreciated by dull and trivial public,
returns to the stage this year, undnunted by
the disfavor of fortune and fate
Mr. LEWIS MORRISON, who is to play
Mephistopheles in the new version OF Goethe's 8
"Faust," by DR.. Gustavus Haas, Of New
York, will represent the character with
"cloven hoof" from which electric sparks will
issue, as well as from the sword he uses.
GERMAN musical papers place the number
of Lists known compositions at 647. Of
these 81 are orchestral works, 33 being tram
scriptions for the orchestra of other compo-
sitions; SIT arc for the pianoforte, 800 being
transcriptions; 20 are compositions for the
organ, and 81 vocal
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-09-29
A MINE DISASTER.
Five Miners Instantly Killed and
One Badly Injured.


There was terrific explosion Of fre-damp
in the Fairlawn mines, near Scranton, Penn,
at o'clock tho other morning, little whi le
after Edward Pierce, the fire boss, and six
other men had gone down the slope. They
had gone into the mine to blow out the bot
tom rock, preparatory to putting props IN
the chambers
A rescuing party Immediately went in.
search of the men. They had great difficulty
in getting t. TIL, bottom of the slope, 100 feet
from the surface, on count of the escaping
gas and the debris. Six of tho men were
lying behind the door to a chamber,
three of whom were dead. They
were Edward Vaughan, 45 years old,
who leaves n wife and five small chill
dren; Hugh ConnorS, IS years, wife und five
children, aud Mic hazel Pryla, 45 years: mar
ried, but no children. The latters skull was
nearly blown of. John kcrrigan, IS years
and II. married, die:l while he was being carried
up the slope
The boiy of Edward Pierce. the fire boss,
was not foun until the afternoon. Pierce
was single man, about twenty-five yeas
old. The only survivors of the seven
wee Patrick Conner and John Nafin. The
latter was badly burned on the face and
arms He is thirty-five and married.
Conner re eivel two severe scalp wounds
and q wound on the knee He was
ablo to tell how the explosion occurred.
Pierce was several feet ahead Of the party us
they were going up the slope in the lower
vein. His lamp lighted th, fire damp, tre-
mendous explosion followed, and the men
were hurled with great violence against the
side of the passageway.
Miners have long looked upon the Fair.
lawn mine as dangerous one on account OF
the rapidity with which gas accumulates
there and the inadeluacy Of the means to
ventilata.
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RESTORED TO his THRONE.

Prince Alexander, Bulgaria's De-
posed Ruler. Again in Power.
Prince Alexander, deposed from the Bull
garian throne through Russian intrigue,
has been restored to power. His subjects
were c!amorous for his return, and a revolu-
ton in his favor, led by NJ. Stambulo7, was
successful Prince Alexander arrived ut
Sistova at o'clock the other morning. His
entry into the town and his progress through
it were one continuous triumph. The
people lifted the Prince from his
carriage, and carried him on their
shoulders to the y eek Church,
where a te deun, was n,ng. The Prince
af.erward started for Itraova, and arrived
there in the evening. Thence he proceeded
to Sofia, the Bulgarian capital, where an en-
thusiastic reception awaitt him.
A manifesto has been issued by Prince AL
exauder. 1t approves the measures adopted
by the Stambulof regency, confirms the eI.
isting Ministry, and the appointment OF
Mutkouroff as Commander-in-C Chief Of the
army; thanks the people and the army for
their fidelity and resolute attitude in favor
Of independence; implores Gods blessing,
and urges all to unite in promoting the well
fare of Bulgaria.
Advices from Sofa say that the city was
excited, and that some disorders had oc-
Cured M. Zankoff, the revolutionary
leader, was attacked by a mob and nearly
killed. 1t is expected that the military plot.
ters will be executed, and that amnesty will
be granted to the other conspirators.
The Bulgarian Cabinet has been remod-
eled, and is now strongly anti Russian.
NJ. Ma hevies, the Foreign Minister, was the
leading spirit in the movement to counteract
tho Zankotf plot b. which Prince Alexander
was forced to abdicate.
King Milan of Servia has telegraphed to
Prince A exander, congratulating him upon
his return to Bulgaria, and expressing the
fullest sympathy with him.
The Karaveloff -Stambulcf regency has re-
signed it's powers to Prince Alexander.
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Paper is used for the manufacture of
30 many articles that one is not surprised
to hear of the new uses to which this
material is put, Still Californian is
rather ahead in proving its adaptability.
George Phillips, of Binghamton, Solano
county, has just completed an organ
containing 400 pipes, the largest being
sixteen feet. All the pipes are made of
old newspapers rolled and fastened with
paste made of glue and alum. The
woodwork was made entirely of old
fence boards, posts, dry goods boxes and
the like. He was two years in building
this instrument, which is said to have an
excellent tone.
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[nnnranne Hiolatinn of oil son

Ignorance, violation of all sanitary
principles, miserable poverty, the ex-
treme rigor of winter, and neglect by
drunken parents are said to be some of
the principal reasons why out of 1000
children born in Russia scarcely 423 will
reach their twentieth birthday. statis-
tics show that 345 out of each 1000 die
in the first five years. The Russian Gov
ernment is seeking means to diminish
this frightful infant mortality, but with
little hope of speedy success, since the
main causes can only be eradicated by
the progressive education and reforma-
tion of successive generations Of the peo-
pie.
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Most smokers are proud to own a rea

Most smokers are proud to own real
amber mouthpiece. What would they
say to a room, seventy five or one hun
dred feet square, lined on all sides with
amber clear to the lofty ceiling That
is what some American tourists saw the
other day at Tsarskoe Lelo, an imperial
summer palace near St. Petersburg. The
precious fossil gum was cut and dove
tailed so as to make beautiful figures of
cupids, fruits and flowers. The whole
is in the highest state of polish.
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A chimney statistician writes that at

A chimney statistician writes that at
the Mechernich lead works in Germany,
the tallest chimney in the world has re-
Gently been completed. 1t is 44o feet
high, six feet more than the famous
chimney of the St. Rollox chemical
works, near Glasgow, Scotland, which,
until the German one was built, was
without rival. The flue of the Mecher
mich chimney is eleven and half feet in
diameter at the bottom and ten feet at
the ton