The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-08-28
South and West.

EUGENE DEARN and friend were drowned
at San Diego Cal, by the capsizing OF their
boat,
THE committee to examine the books Of
R. q. Stedman, County Treasurer, OF Vinton,
Iowa, reports deficit of S11, 500.
w. HARDEE, for five years Probate Judge
of Towner County, Dakota, has disappeared,
leaving large indebtedness.
HEAVY rain and hail storms prevailed in
Minnesota, Dakota and Montana. Much
damage resulted.
A WISCONSIN CENTRAL passenger train at
4 o'clock in the morning was held up and
robbed by a single man between Chippewa
Falls, Wis, and Abbotsville. He got only
800. The robber pulled the bell rope as soon
as he had completed the robbery, and when
the train came to q stop jumped of and
escaped.
J.D. KING, of Janesville, Wis, has been
appointed Postof6ce Inspector, in charge of
the Washington division, which is composed
of the District of Columbia and the States OF
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, West
Virginia and Delaware.
SHERIFF E. G.. SWAIN, Sheriff of Pauldine
County, Ohio, is short in his accounts to the
amount of over $1,000.
THE eleven one-armed night switch turner's
employed on the Northwestern road, between
Western avenue and Fortieth street, Chicago,
struck for higher wages. Not switch was
turned that night in their district except by
officers of the road.
CHEZ Gong, Chinaman, was hanged ct
Portland, Oregon, for the murder of Lee
Click, fellow countryman, two years ago,
and George Duncan Bryson was hanged at
Boulder Montana, for the murder of Annie
Lindstrom, in September, 1855.
MIs. N. FREEMAN and her twelve-year- old
daughter were killed by lightning at Piper
City, III.
THE great packing houses of George Il.
Hammond, of Hammond Ind, were burned.
Within two hours $500, 600 worth of property
was destroyed. Seven buildings were re
duced to ashes and 700 men thrown out Of
employment
DANIEL K. STEWART, the richest man in
Virginia, died at his residence in Henrico
County, near Richmond, aged elghty-one:
Mr. Stewart was a Scotchman by birth, and
amassed his fortune by dealing in tobacco.
AT Otter Greek, Mich, Charles T..
ber Company, of Racine, Wis, shot
and Instantly killed Under Sheriff Neal
Marshall and DR.. Frank E. Thurber. They
had attached some of the lumber company's
logs for debt.
A WIDOW named Gillis, and two daughters.
who lived in q remote district of Mcdowell
County, W. Va, were found mysteriously
murdered in their home.
The returns from the school elections in
Kansas, on the day after the election. showed
that about $4,000 women voted. Many
ladies were elected to office.
DR.. J. B. WoRTHAM, Of Winchester. Va.
committed suicide by shooting himself
through the head.
THREE brothers, named David, Joe and
Albert Sill, brutally murdered Edward
Stamford. their sisters husband, five miles
north OF Shelbyville, Ind. AL were drunk:
TEE boiler of Thomas Anderson & Co. S
stave factory at Dawson, KY, exploded.
James jackson was killed and six others
seriously injured. Laton Menser and Dennis
Purdy, who were wounded, have since died.
DR.. JAMES L. CAHILL, senior member Of
the faculty of the University Of Virginia,
died few days ago at Overton, Va. He was
born in Nelson County, Va, August &c. 1878,
and graduated from the University of Vir-
ginia in 1888.
"JM' BROOKS, colored, was arrested at
Orange, Texas, for essaulting white woman
nearly eighty years old. He was taken from
the guards next morning by mob OF five
hundred men. who hanged him to tree and
then riddled his body with bullets.
A FIRE ct Truckee, Cal, burned all east
of Bridge street and north Of the railroad to
the roundhotise. Forty dwellings were
burned, rendering many families homeless.
The loss is about SIS, 900.