The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-06-20

cred in dealing with parties who own
ed copyrights of hymns and tunes and
special facilities possessed by only one
or two music typographers in the coun-
try. The work is being put through
the press as fast as it can be done under
the circumstances, and not a moment
is lost by dilatory movement on the
part of the committee or our Publish
ing House. With little farther exer-
else of patience, our people will have
their new Hymn-book-the best, we
believe, in existence. Nashville Advo-
cate. "
The faculty of Cornell College have
added an amendment to the rules of
that institution to the effect that stu
dents found guilty of intoxication,
gambling, or other gross immoraity,
or of interference with the personal
rights of any student, shall be expelled.
1t is stated that the faculty are deter
mined to enforce rigidly this rule in
tended to suppress haziug and intoxi-
cation.
California, if the insanity of herpeo-
pie continues to increase at the ratio of
the past twenty years, will have one
third of her population in the asylum
by the end of the century. There are
now two large asylums and the state
is building third. Of the incurable
insane very few are women. Forty
men to four women die insane. Thir-
ty-three per cent of the California lu-
natics are made so by. drink.
The Emperor Frederick is dead,
Frederick I. of Germany and Freder-
ick III. of Prussia. The good king
passed from earth June Is, at Pots
dam. The nation loses an emporer,
the people a friend. Simplicity and
purity of life amid the pomp and
temptation of court show Frederick
to have been man having strength of
character and the highest purposes.
A deposit of salt 300 feet in thickness
has been struck under the town of
Hutchinson, Kan, alta depth of 425
feet. The salt lacks less than a quar-
ter of l per cent Of absolute purity,
and will be great source of wealth to
the town.
A rope just finished for the Edin-
burgh cable tramway is 1900 feet long.
This is the longest upspliced cable in
Great Britain, but for the Melbourne
(Australia) tramways rope, 10000 and
%, 900 feet in length, and without splic-
ing, have been supplied. The latter
weighs twenty-four tons.
Atlanta, Ga, has tried high license
four months. The Journal, of that
city, has compiled table from the po-
lice records showing the comparative
arrests during four months of local op-
ton and four months of license. This
table shows an increase in four months
of high license from 272 arrests to s1S.
The New York Legislature adjourn
ed ithout making any arrangement
for continuing the State labor in the
prisons, and $4,000 men will be contin-
ued in enforced idleness for a year on
account of the opposition to the con-
tract system.
Rev. James Campbell, of the East
Texas Conference, stationed at Mar
shall, was, on June I'd, elected by the
Joint Board of Publication to the ed
itorship of the Te1ns Christian Adoo-
cate.
1t is thought that the Lick Observa-
tory when finally turned over to the
University will have only about $780,
600 of endowment remaining from the
original 100000. observations made
last week resulted in the discovery OF
two moons to the planet Mars.
The fastest run OH an American rail
road was made on the Philadelphia
and Reading Road, when q train ran
90 miles in SO minutes. One mile was
made in 46 seconds.
A disastrous wind storm and cloud
burst is reported from Arlington, Ore
gon. Several persons were killed, and
and a large number seriously and IA
tally injured.
Timothy Sulliyan, the eighth vic
tim of the Haymarket bomb among
Chicago police died June l3 OF blood
poisoning.
Rev. a. A. Gilbert, Of Gaffhey City,
lost his horse last Friday. His son was
driving him when he became fright
at passing train and demolished
the buggy and broke his leg. His con-
dition was such that he had to be kill
ed.
Central University of Kentucky has
conferred the title of Doctor of Divln-
;tu,,on po,, N M Woo1s DastOr of