The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-10-31
NEWsY GLEANINGS.

CHOLERA prevails In tho Philippine Iis
auds
TIE attempt to organize gravestons
trust has failed. l
Four German frigates have BEEN ordered
of to Zanzibar. ess ~
MINNEAPOLIS bakers fix the price Of bread
at seven cents loaf.
THERE will be a national exhibition h
Palermo, Italy, In 1891. 5
The Canadian Government has ordered
survey of the St. Clair River
ENGLAND and Italy have formed mari
time alliance against France.
WISCONSIN cranberries have been dam.
aged twenty-five per cent BY frost.
EXTENSIVE opium smuggling across ltho
Dakota border has been discovered.
EMPEROR WILLIAMS tour has aroused
great enthusiasm throughout Germany.
Ton KING, the once famous English pug1
ist, who defeated Heenan and Mace, Is dead. Z
THERE Is now no lumber in the Canadian
market. ALI Of next seasons cut has been
sold. ssif.ks
A SHORTAGE Of 100000 has been found, ,in /,
the office Of the Public Administrator Of New
Orleans
POISONED candy Is being sent around
Canada by some unknown person through
the mail - 5E
A CuNARD steamer will shortly begin
monthly service between Halifax and The
West Indies
FL. REEs, Chief Of Police at Milwaukee,
has been removed from Office on charges Of
incompetency. .., s3&
The English Currency Commission hasnot
been able to agree on the question OF q bf.
metallic standard y, /:
SEATTLE, Washington Territory. is ship
ping large quantities Of fresh halibut to-
Gloucester. Mass.
The amount of loss to creditors in Eng
land and Wales through bankruptcy last
year was $35,574, ,525. 4. y
KING OTTO, of Bavaria, Is sinking very
fast, and his fits Of insanity are now more
frequent and violent
A BEAUTY show at Wiesbaden, Germany,
ends in free fight among the competitors
the result of Jealousy. S$
GREAT destitution prevails in Dakota be.
cause Of the failure Of the wheat crop, and
an appeal Is made for aid.
THE court house and jail at Sac City,
Iowa, has burned. A prisoner named Charles
Carson was burned to death a. 1
PAsTEUR's method for preventing anthrax
among sheep and cattle has been tried sue
cessfully in New South Wales. ~
THERE are s4O2, ,0U0 900 in mortgages On
lands, lots and chattels In illinois, OF which
$142, ,0OO, COO are in farm mortgages
CORNELL UNIVERSITY has put up a new
building which will be devoted to the scdeu-
tiflc breeding Of bugs and other insectz
The New York Bureau Of Encumbrancee
has removed eli telegraph poles and $780, III
feet of wire from the streets of that city. s,
AMERICANS have captured fifteen diplomas,
twenty-six gold. six silver and three bronzA
medals, at the Brussels International Expo
sition. ...-. =. ,,s..,g3 6 & n
A SAN FRANCISCO jury estimates o mans
legs at $4,000, at least that is the verdict
given George Smith, whose legs were para
| 1yzed by an injury. 10.
A YOUNG woman of twenty-five and a:fe-
male companion stopped and held up Lon
don, England, laboring man and went
through him thoroughly. .4<sg
SAMUEL c. PRATT was parboiled I'm the.
baths at Hot Springs, New, he having
| Jumped into the water, not knowing Its tenn
perature He died Of his injuries.
PATTI has concluded a contract with o.
| Brazilian impresario for next season In:
Buenos Ayres for $3.50 night and further
contingent interest in the receipta
IT is computed that this years corn crop.
il loaded for railroad shipment. would fi1
2.S78,57l cars, and make train that would
reach 16, 449 miles, or two-thirds OF the way
around the world. ~ "a
TIE British Government will pay $3.50, ,00e,
Indemnity on account of the loss sustained
through the collision in the River Tagus Of
the British ironclad Sultan with the French
steamer Vile de Victoria.