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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-04-25
THE CHIEF JUSTICESHIP.
An Expression of President Cleve.
lands Views.

An Expression of President CleVe'
lands Views.
A United States Senator, who has confer
red with the President on the subject OF the
vacant Chief Justiceship, says that the Pres
ident indicated these points: U That he will
promote no Associate Justice; q that he will
not make the assignment from the South; c9
that he will not appoint any man over sixty
wears of age, and that he hopes to find man
from fifty to fifty-five if possible; 9J that he
prefers Western man. He indicated also
that he would be glad to receive any inform.
alton from this Senator which would aid
him in making a selection within the limIt;i-
tion indicated This is probably the first III
ti1nation that the President has given to any
one os to the drift of his opinion with respect
to this vacancy. 1t would seem, therefore,
that the President has concluded not to pro
mote Justice Field. Many of his friends
have believed that because he was for so
many years the solitary Democrat on the
Bench he would be promoted. 1t IS knowl
Ihet several of the members of the Bench
have privately indicated that they would he
Yery much pleased to have Mr.. Field pro,
NOTED, The President, while indicating that
he prefers a Western man, did state that ne
should not stand upon the location provided
a suitable man could be found elsewhere, al
though be said he should not appoint at pres
ent another Justice from the South.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-04-25
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC,

SoNNENTHAL, the great German actor, is
building new theatre in Berlin.
A FRENCH actress recently celebrated her
ninetieth birthday by taking leave of the
stage
! AZ ROBERT MANTELL has obtained gen.
uine success with his new heroic play of
'Monbars"
MADAME PATTI was recently hugged and
kissed by the King of Spain. His royal high
ness is two years old.
: "THE WIFE" at the Lyceum Theater, New
York, celebrated lis 15Oth performance re-
Gently with pretty souvenir.
AHARP to be played upon by keys. as in
q piano forte, is one of the latest inventions
shown in the City of Brussels.
THE Spanish Government orders that all
the theatres in the kingdom shall adopt elec
tric lighting within six months
NINE MINNIE HAUK is making a tour of
Germany. After singing in Copenhagen and
Stockholm she will 60 to London.
THE actual receipts of the Booth and Bar.
rett engagement in San Francisco were $685.
wv, it IS said, for the three weeks.
THE Robson and Crane engagement with
1.-THE Henrietta" will wind up the regular
season at the Chicago Opera House.
CARMEN SYLVIA, which is the literary nom,
de puerre Of the Queen Of Roumania, is
writing q ballet entitled "The Jewels"
MRS. ScorT S1DDoNs, who has not been
seen in New York since 1879, IS arranging
for an entertainment in Steinway Hall in
that city.
MARY ANDERSON, the American actress,
was called eight times before the curtain at a
recent benefit performance in London, and
the last time she appeared she made speech.
LITTLE lone Mathis, of Oxford, Ala, only
three and half years Old, has just composed
piece of music, "Ione's First Thoughts, "
which the critics pronounce to be wonderful
A TEKoNsHA (Mich.) girl, who is only six
years old, bangs off the most difficult piano
music with neatness and despatch, although
she can't read note. She is the marvel of
the community.
THREE are five American singers in the
Italian Opera Company which Mr.. Augustus
Harris has just organized for the forthcom-
ing London season. They are Madames
Aibani, Valerie, Minnie Hauk and Nordicu
and Signor Perngnini.
ARTHUR BIRD, one Of the most gifted OF
Young American composers, who is now iv.
ing in Berlin, has finished a two-act comic
opera entitled "Rubezahl" The book is
founded upon old legions Of the Riesenge-
birpe-the Giant mountains-in Siberia
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-04-25
South and West.

South ana West.
FIFTEEN school children while at play fell
down deep well at Palmyra, Mo-, and two
were drowned and seven fatally injured.
PROPHET FRAZER was hanged at Water
boro, S. c., for numbering his wife by burn
ing her alive.
THE IFtna Powder Works at Miller, Ind,
exploded, and the bodies of three employees
were literally torn to shreds, and the unrec-
ognizable masses blown hundreds of yards.
KENNEDY PORTER, son of the Ex-Governor
of Tennessee, was shot dead at Paris, Tenn,
by VIM Edmunds, his swestheart's brother.
MARIETTA, Ohio, the oldest city in the ter
ritory northwest of the Ohio River, has brill
iantly celebrated the centennial of its found
ing.
THE entire business portion of the city OF
Cherokee, Kan, has been burned.
The inhabitants of the Wabash Valley in
Indiana are suffering from measles. At Crdw
fordsville there have been over eight hun
dred cases, many of them proving fatal.
THE Indiana State Normal School at Terre
Haute has been totally destroyed by fire,
causing loss of s275,010. The building was
the finest in the State, and was uninsured
The town of Tavares, Fla, has been almost
entirely burned to the ground. Fifteen busi-
ness houses and all the residences in the place
were destroyed.
A CROWD of strikers in Chicago hurled
stones through the cab window at Charles
Sommers, Burlington engineer, when he
fred into the mob, killing one man and
seriously injuring another.
FORTY Kansas farmers made raid on q
den of horse thieves in No Mans Land.
Four Of the thieves were captured and
hanged to the limbs of the nearest trees.
Nine others were chased into the sand hills
and surrounded in a cave.
VERY heavy rains in the vicinity of Nash
vile, Tenn, caused floods which swept away
fences crops and stock in large amounts and
delayed railroad trains.
TREASURER WEIR, of New Albany, Ind,
is defaulter to the extent of $4,000. He
has fled to Canada.
GEORGE BAURLA, the thirteen-year-old
son Of a wealthy resident of Jeffersonville,
Ind, committed suicide by hanging be-
cause his father forced him to attend school.
THE Arkansas Republican Convention met
at Little Rock and nominated delegates to
the Chicago National Convention. None of
the delegates has preference in the matter
of choice for President. The delegation
will 90 uninstructed, and will vote as unit
and for the candidate developing the most
strength in the convention.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-04-25
Suicide of q Wealthy Lady.

news of the suicide of Mrs. Lucy Markey,
the daughter of one Of the leading citizens Of
Western Maryland The family is the
wealthicss in the county. Mrs.
Markey had been twice married.
Since the death of her mother
several months ago, Mrs. Markey has given
evidence OF teing very much worried by the
trouble incidental to the administration of
the estate. When called for supper, she
failed to respond. Her son went to her room,
where he found his mother hanging by
rope to the high bedpost of her antique led.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-04-25
JACOB SHARP'S DEATH.
He Dies While Awaiting His Second
Trial for Bribery

Jacob Sharp, President Of the Broadway
Surface Railroad in New York, and the man
charged with bribing the Doodle Alder
men of 1884, is dead He died at his resi-
dence In the metropolis in presence Of his
family. At the time of his death Mr.. Sharp was
awaitinga second trial'afor bribery. His
first trial resulted In a verdict of guilty, and
low street jail, but the verdict was reversed on
legal grounds by the Court Of Appeals, and q
new trial ordered. He was seventy one
years old, and left fortune estimated at
several millions of dollars
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-04-25

CHoNe Tone, Chinaman, who processes
Christianity at Augusta, Ga, lately is tht
first of this race to join the Baptist Church
in the South He is the proprietor OF q
grocery and a Chinese novelty store II
Augusta, and has accumulated a property oi
several thousand dollars.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-04-25
A CONVICT'S REVENGE.
Murderous Assault On all Concerned
in His Conviction.

in His Conviction.
pired was recently discharged from prison at
Tenesvar, Hungary. He had long nursed the
idea Of revenge, until it became monomania
He went directly from the prison to the
residence of the Judge who had sentenced
him. There he found the Judges
wife, and, drawing a revolver, shot her
dead He then went to the house of
the notary who was engaged in his
trial and killed his chief clerk. Thence he
sought his own home and there cut his wife's
throat and beat out his children's brains. He
then disappeared and left no traces of his
whereabouts
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-04-25

THE astronomical director Of the aristo-
cratic Capital City Club of Atlanta, Ca, is
a colored woman who is noted far and near
for her skill. She is paid $500 year and
allowed $1,000 for an assistant.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-04-25

: GENERAL BOOTH announces that the Sal
walton Army conducts slo0 procession,
through the streets of the United Kingdom
every week, or an average OF 1900 daily.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-04-25

NEARLY SIS, 900 has been subscribed to the
fund that is being raised in Omaha for the re-
lief of the brave teachers who were over
taken by the terrible blizzard. One ccItri'
button OF sl5. so came from Denmark
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-04-25
Hnuae Proceedin0S

S1ST DAY.-The House at 11:45 entered
upon the fourth day Of its contest over the
Direct Tax bill, the legislative day OF
Wednesday still continuing MIR. Reed inn
mediately demanded the regular order,
which the Speaker stated to be the vote on
the motion that when the House adjourned
to-day it be to meet on Saturday next. Mr..
Oates in behalf of the opponents of the bill,
proposed that they be allowed two hours for
general debate, but the supporters OF the
measure obi cted. Efforts at a compromise
having failed, the usual filibustering motions
were again submitted, and the round OF roll
calls began.
SD DAY-The obstruction methods that
have been employed to prevent a consider,
alton of the Direct Tax Bill were continued
when the house met in continuation OF
Wednesdays session. Both sides were as flrm
as ever and nothing was accomplished DUR
the entire day. -,
S3RD.-The House met in continuation OF
Wednesdays session, this being the sixth
consecutive day Of the deadlock and the
day was consumed in flibustering over the
Direct Tax bill. ,
s4TH DAY.-The House convened at II l:45,
the legislative day of Wednesday still con-
tinuing. Mr.. Phelan, as privileged ques-
tion. submitted the conference report on the
bill authorizing the construction OF bridge
across the Mississippi River at Memphis,
Tenn. The Senate amendment repeating the
bridge charter now existing was agreed to;
The report was adopted. =. Mr.. Blonnt asked
unanimous consent to report the Postoftice
Appropriation bill, but a demand for the
regular order from Mr.. Reed operated as an
objection; and the seventh day OF the contest
over the Direct Tax Bill was formally
opened, and filibustering over that measure
consumed the rest of the days session.
S5TH DAY.-The House was still construc-
lively in session as of Wednesday of last
week. The session was continued all night,
and no business whatever was transacted, the
opponents Of the Direct Tax bill objecting to
every measure introduced, yet refusing to
adjourn until the bill was voted on.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-04-25
Assaulted With Shotguns.

There has been serious trouble between
laborers employed on a tunnel which is
being built at Cumberland Gap, Tenn, by the
PowellsValley Railroad and gang Of strikers.
Saturday about 100 laborers struck for an in
crease in wages from S..25 to $l.50 per day.
They notified the contractors and the people
for miles around that who ever attempted
to fill their places on the job, might expect to
be killed. The contractors hired q new lot
of men and put them to work. About
noon large force of the strikers under the
influence Of whisky and armed with Win
chester rifles, shotguns and pistols assaulted
the men, who were also we'll armed, and
the battle lasted for several minutes.
Five men were killed and more than q
dozen wounded, some of them seriously.
A Courier arrived at Knoxville, with
instructions to buy a large supply
of arms and ammunition, as further trouble
was expected. A row occurred the same day
at the Kentucky end Of the tunnel between
the men and the contractors, in which two
men were wounded. The Sheriff of Claiborne
County has gone to the scene of the difficulty
with large posse.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-04-25
Two Youthful Criminals.

Moses Murphy, 13 years old, and Moses
Brown, 16 years old, CT Orangeburg, S, c.,
quarreled about 'egg picking" an anluSe-
INDUCED in for weeks after Easter
They began to fight and Brown
took flight His antagonist thereupon
buried an open pocket knife at him, the blade
entering his back up to the hilt and penetrat-
ing the lungs. Brown died in few minutes.
The young murderer has been arrested.
In Union County, the same State, Libbie
Ashe, little girl eleven years old, was
stabbed and instantly killed by Laney
Walker, nine year-old boy. The girl was at
a spring with a negro woman who was wash
ing clothes, when Laney Walker came up,
cutting a stick with pocket knife. The
children got into quarrel and began throw
ing sticks at each other. They then clinched
and fought until the girl broke away and
ran. The boy overlook her and plunged his
knife into the girls heart. She died in
stantly,
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-06-14
Notice Of Sale Of Bonds

DCRSUANT TO A RESOLUTION OF THE
L Board OF Directors of Modesto Irrigation
District, Only given and msde on the 9Th day of
June. 1885, notice is hereby given that said
Board OF Directors will sell to the highest bid
der, and on the best available terms the bonds
of said irrigation district in the amount of $50
OdO bearing interest at the ra.e OF six (6) per
cent. per Gunum, payable semi-al nually on the
LIST day OF January and July of each year, on
the presentation of the interest coupons at the
ufilce OF the Secretary of said Board.
Said bonds are issued by the Board of Direct
ors OF Modesto Irrigation District in accordance
with and by the authority of an Act of the Leg
lslature of the State of California, entitled IAN
Act 10 provide for the organization and govern
ment OF irrigation districts, and TO provide for
the acquisition Of water and other property,
and for the distribution of water thereby for
irrigation purposes" approved March 7, 1887.
said bonds viii be sod for cash, and for not
Tess IMAM ninety per cent OF the face value
thereof.
Sealed proposals and bids for the purchase of
said bonds VIII be received by the said Board of
Dire ctors at their office, at the First National
Bank, IL Modesto, California, and may be ad-
dressed TO or left with w. w. GRANGER the
Secretary of said Board, at Modesto California.
at any time after the da;e OF this notice. and
until o clock P. un the Sd day of J.iI4Y, 1885
al which Lime and place said sac will be made.
Said bonds viii each be of the denomination
OF not less than one hundred dollars nor more
than i've hundred dollars, to suit the purchaser,
and will be negotiable in form, and will con-
form IN all 1espt cts To the requirement IS Of said
Act.
The right TO reject any and all bids is hereby
reserved. BIDS must be sealed and addressed to
the Secretary of said District and Endorsed
Proposals for Modesto Irrigation District
Bonds"
Any further information respecting said bonds
may be had on application to the Secretary of
said Board
Done by order Of the Board of Directors OF
Modesto Irrigation district June 5, 1855.
ROBERT MCHENRY, President.
W. W. GRANGER, Secretary iell I'd
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-06-14
The Age of the Stars.

A very interesting address delivered at
the annual public session of the five acad-
emies of France, October %, 1887, by NJ.
Jansen, the Director of the observatory at
Meudon, France, is published in the De-
cember number of Ciel ct Ierre and the
January and February numbers of Ids
tronomie. The principal thought is that
the idea of evolution may be applied to
the stars as well as to terrestrial things.
The stars are not fixed and eternal, but
are subject to change and time. They
have beginning, a period of activity, a
decline and an end. By recent advances
in the study of celestial physics, especially
with the spectroscope, we are enabled to
know something of the actual condition
and relative age of some of the stars. We
may assume that the age of stars other
things being equal, will depend upon their
temperature, and that their temperatures
are higher in proportion as their spectra
are richer in violet rays. The majority of
the stars which ae visible to the naked
eve are white or blush, and therefu % at a
high temperature; but many are yellow or
orange, like our sun, showing that they
have passed their youth, while others are
from dark orange to dark red, showing
that their sideral evolution is far advanced.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-06-14
DR.. HOLMES IN HIS LIBRARY.
A Glance at the Poet in His Daily Work
and Its Surroundings.

Although within the short period of two
manths DR.. Holmes will enter upon his
80th year, SAYS the June Book Buyer, each
day finds him at his desk in the luxurious
library of his Beacon Hill home His
daily life is Systematically divided. The
morning is given to his extensive CORE
spondence. The amiability of Dr. Holmes
is proverbial, and this reputation for good
nature has led many persons who have no
claim whatever to his attention to impose
upon him through the mail OF late, how
ever, he has had an amanuensis for an as
sistant, and letters to strangers in his own
handwriting are becoming fewer. The
afternoon is the part of the day which the
poet devotes to receiving his friends. In
the evening the lamp is lighted, and DIR.
Holmes looks over the latest books, nearly
all of which are sent to him. Books, like
letters, come to him by every mail, some
for perusal, others for critical opinions.
DR.. Holmes books are scattered through
out his house. There is not floor but has
Its separate range of book shelves. Be-
tween the front basement room. where are
stored works in foreign languages, up to
the attic with its innumerable pamphlets
and smaller books ranged on shelves, is
distributed a library of nearly six thousand
volumes.
About one-half of DIR. Holmes books are
in his study, the room on the second floor
SO often described, with its spacious bay
window, from which one has fine view
Of the Charles river In the center of the
room IS the poets desk at which his liter
airy work is performed. 1t is not the typ
ical literary ''den" that the visitor finds,
but large room, luxurious in its furnish
ings, with evidence of scrupulous care and
neatness on every hand. Dr. Holmes is
one of the most methodical and careful of
men. The gold pen with its swans quill
holder, with which "Elsie Venner," the
Autocrat" papers, and the most famous
of the authors other works were written,
lies, carefully wiped, on a FURNISHED rest
beside a crystal inkstand. Books are ranged
on every side along the walls, while three
movable cases stand within easy reach. In
one of these stand the books most fire.
quently consulted. A glance at them dis
closes the Bible the Concordance to the
Bible, copy of the Revised New Tesla
ment, Shakespeare, Familiar Quota
tions," glossary of Milton, Encyclopedias
ofAmerican and English Lit erature, and In
dexes to the Atlantic Monthly and other
periodicals. Carlyle and Scott resi- on adj
joining shelves, while Longfellow and
Thackeray are close by. All the great en-
cyclopedias published here and abroad are
in shelves near by of the library proper.
The American and English poets are all
fully represented in rich bindings, while
here and there in hooks and corners are
hidden rare and old editions. q have n
few" explains DR.. Holmes, Z" but l do not
indulge my fancy for them" A complete
set of the poets own works is found mod
estly turned to the wall in one of the re-
volving book cases.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-06-14
SALE OF BONDS.
Central Irrigation District. Colusa County.
California.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN BY THE
~ Board of Directors of Central Irrigation
District that said Board will, at its Office in the
town of Maxwell, in the County of Colusa State
of California, on tie
Tenth Day of July, in the Year 1883, at
O'Clock Z. NJ.
of said day, sell to the highest responsible bid
der for cash in gold coin of the United States,
Two Hundred Bonds of the said District, to the
amount OF One Hundred Thousand Dollars, be-
ing part of an issue of Bonds aggregating the
sum of Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand
Dollars that sealed proposals for the purchase
OF said Bonds viii be received by said Board at
their Office till the day and hour aforesaid at
which time said Board will open the proposals
and award the purchase of said Bonds to the
highest responsible bidder; but said Board re-
serves the right to reject all bids. and will in no
event sell any of said Bonds for less than ninety
per cent. OF the face value thereof. Said Bonds
are dated the First Day of July, in the year 1885,
and bear interest at the rate of six per cent per
annum, payable semi-annually, and interest
accruing between said date and the date of the
sale and delivery of said Bonds shall be credited
before delivery on the first maturing coupons
attached to said Bonds. X. DELAPPE
Secretary of said Board.
Maxwell, Cal, June 5, 1888. je929t4p
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RAILROAD CONSOLIDATION.

DURSUANT TO THE STATUTE IN SUCH
i case made and provided, notice is hereby
given that the Southern Pacific Railroad Com
pany, the San Jose and Almaden Railroad Com
pany, the Pajaro and Santa Cruz Railroad Com
pany, the Monterey Railroad Company, the
Monterey Extension Railroad Company, the
Southern Pacific Branch Railway Company, the
San Pablo and Tulare Railroad Company, the
San Pablo and Tulare Extension Railroad Com
pany, the San Ramon Valley Railroad Company
the Stockton and Coppernpolis Railroad Com
pany, the Stockton and Tulare Railroad Com
pany, the San Joaqain Valley and Yosemite
Railroad Company, the Los Angeles and San
Diego Railroad Company, the Los Angeles and
1nderendence Railroad Company, the Long
Beach, Whittier and Los Angeles County Rail-
road Company, the Long Beach Railroad Com
pany, the Southern Pacific Railroad Extension
Company, and the Ramona and San Rernardino
Railroad Company, upon the written consent of
the stockholders holding more than three
f0urths in value of all tho stock of each of said
corporations respectively; and by agreement of
the respective Boards of Directors of said cor
porations. made and entered into in accordance
with such consent, and pursuant to the statute
iii such case made ANA provided, have this day
amalgamated and consolidated their capital
stock, debts, property, assets and franchises
under the corporate name and style of he
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
San Francisco May IA, 1855.
J. L. WILLCUTT,
Secretary of the southeTn Pseifc Railroad
Company, my26-Slt A
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THE SADDLE ROCK
ST. CAyiD'S.

10 Howard ST., near Third, San Fran cisco.
A FIRST CLASS LODGING HOTEL, con-
II tainipg 100 rooms; water and gas in each
room; no better beds in the world; no guest
allowed TO use the linen once used by another;
g large reading room; hot and cold water baths
free. ice of rooms: Per night so and rs cents;
per weeK from 81 upwards. Open all night.
X. HUGHES, Proprietor.
So At Market-street Ferry take Omnibus Line
Of street. cars for Third and Howard. TTSf