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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-02
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

Mr.. GLADSTONE declares himself to weigh
16Spounds.
MRS. H1cKs-LoRD was recently in Toronto
visiting friends.
SENATOR INGALLS, is said to be writing
novel on Washington life
PRESIDENT HARRISON has leased his house
in indianapolis for three years.
IRA PAINE the noted American marks
man, died a few days ago in Paris.
PRESIDENT CARNoT's habit of talking in
loud voice is due to his wife's deafness.
ROBERT LINCOLN hos never been known to
refer to any event in his fathers career.
THE Emperor of China has had court as
trologer beheaded for making false pred1c-
ton.
The Woman's National Press Association
intends to erect statue to Mrs Il. b. Hayes,
in Washington.
BUFFALO BILL is spending considerable
money in making collection OF Frencn
paintings of value.
LORD TENNYsoN asserts that his coming
volume of poems will be his absolutely fare-
well contribution to literature.
GENERAL JOHN C. FREMONT is seventy.
eight years old, but looks SO young that his
friends think he is good for the nlnetles
MINISTER WHITELAw REID is showering
lavish hospitality to his countrymen. who
happen to bring letters OF lntroducaon 10
him in Paris.
THE Baroness Cantoni is to start in No.
vember on years journey In the interior OF
Africa. Sheis nineteen, and is celebrated
for her beauty.
MRS. U. s. GRANT, who accompanied Min:
lister Fred Grant to Vienna, is homeslck, and
she will soon return to this country and
spend the coming winter in Washington.
THE new Chinese Minister will bring his
wife to Washington. She is the first woman
Of high caste who has been permitted to &C
company her husband outside of the Celes-
tial Kingdom.
PREMIER CRIsPI, of the Italian Govern
ment has sent a check for 1000 francs to the
gentlemen in New York city who are raising
money for the erection of a statue OF Chris
topher Columbus.
AMONG the distinguished octogenarians
who make practice Of early rising may be
numbered Cardinal Newman. The great
Tractarian is very feeble, but still receives
visitors, and bestows especial cordial1ty upon
American guests.
MISS MARY ANDERSON has recently been
paying her third visit to Malvern Wells, in
| England, where she has captivated every
| one by her unaffected manners 1t is about
mile from where Jenny Lind lived after
her retirement from the stage and where she
| died.
THE heir-apparent to the throne of Japan.
Prince Haree, is lusty and active boy OF
ten years, who is being brought up in very
sensible way. He has plenty of exercise,
| and while he attends the mobiles school, is not
| filled with foolish ideas of his own rank and
Importance.
VICE PRESIDENT MoRToN's new home in
| Washington contains thirtytwo exquisitely
! decorated rooms The suite of rooms on the
| first floor far exceeds in beauty the White
House parlors There is q large new dining
hall, which will be used as a ball room on
State occasions.
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A LONG SEARCH.

Tired Wife-"William, I wish you'd
bring up scuttle of coal. " .,
-"There, that's the way with
women; always expecting a man 10 do
half o dozen things at once. Cant you
see Pm busy?"
"You didn't seem to be doing any
thing except rummaging around" l
haven't asked you to do anything; for
about three weeks, and then I told you
I'd like to have the legs of my sewing
chair made shorter"
"Well, Tm looking for the saw
Exchange.
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South and W est.

A SHAM battle in commemoration of the
Battleof North Point took place near Balti-
more, Md
DANIEL LOGAN, for many years dock
captain for the Pacific Coast Steamship
Company, has been killed in San Francisco
while trying to protect saloon keeper from
robbery.
AS result of the feud between the Howard
and Turner factions in Kentucky, seven
murders have thus far occurred.
A COLLISION between two trains at Mil
ler's City, Ohio, caused a loss of S1OO, 1000.
Both engineers were badly injured.
FARMER KINNEY, of Somers, Wis, found
two tramps in his barn. He ordered them
out and they attacked him. In the fight
which followed he pitchforSed one of the
atramps to death. ..e
/ TIE attorneys for numerous Chinese cleim.
ants, residents at Portland, Ore. have filed
a suit in the Federal Court at San Francisco
against Leong Using, Chinese Consul General,
for s17, 900 indemnity claims which it is al.
legged he has withheld.
A NUMBER of colored miners at Brammell,
W. Va, who had been drinking got into
dispute. Knives were drawn and s.sDan"
Lambertand ''Tom" Kadle wereliteraily cut
to pieces Three of their companions were
seriously, ifnot fatally, injured. - @:%
A scHooLTEAcHER named Walls, of Gull
man. Ala, was assaulted by some Of the
patrons Of his school, and fatally injured.
They accused him of chastising their chill
dren too severely.
FIFTEEN persons were injured, four ia
tally, byian explosion of gas in; Chicago
plumbers shop.
WILLIAM PLEDGER has issued q call to the
colored men Of Georgia to hold convention
in Atlanta. :...... ..,... y,
Two girls, both aged seventeen, have been
struck with lightning at Columbia City,
Ind, and killed Instantly.
A MORMON emigrant train was wrecked
near Lynchburg, Va, and about twenty Oh
the passengers injured.
TIE whaling bark, Little Ohio, of San
Francisco, has been wrecked in the Arctic
Ocean, with a loss Of twenty-five out of her
crew of thirty-three men.
FRANK AMOS, prominent citizen of Nor
gan County, Ohio. was murdered by ms
niece, Mrs. Hamilton, who hacked his head
to pieces with butchers knife.
DEPUTY UNITED STATES MARSHAL Ma.
GLE. who shot Judge Terry, has been released
on his own recognizance in bonds of $4,000, by
decision of Judge Sawyer, at San Fran
cisco. -,
FIRES have ragged near Spring Valley
| lakes California, in Ventura County,
Sonoma County and other parts OF the State
| Miles of fences much timber and many
buildings have been destroyed.
A PREMATURE discharge of blast at the
Lake Chabot reservoir at Oakland. Cal, has
resulted in the death Of four Cinnamon
and several others were seriously injured.
A CHICAGO letter carrier claims to have
seen LIE Caron, the British spy, in the Post
Office of that city.
A TWo-sToRY brick building on Parl
avenue, Chicago, was blown down in storm
and two men fatally injured.
By the breaking of q lamp in San Francisco
a women and her baby were burned to death
THE south bound Central freight train ha
been deraiied at Atlanta, Ca, and tn
engineer, fireman and brakeman killed.
THOMAS E. JACKSON, aged eighteen, wa
killed in prize fight by ED" Ahearn, IL
ST. Louis
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LATER NEWS.

TEN stores and several residences, tn
Town Hall and the Masonic and Odd Fellows
Hall at Seaford, Del, has been destroyed b.
fire.
THE United States man-of-war Kearsag
has arrived at the Brooklyn Navy Yars
from Hayti. .'...
TuEY GwoK YNG,. the new Chinese EN-
bassador to the United States, has arrived
at San Francisco accompanied by large
delegation of Chinese dignitaries.
Two members of the Common Council o.
Spokane Falls, W. T., are charged with ap'
propriating funds contributed for the relie
Of the sufferers by the recent fire.
The Democratic State Convention o.
Iowa has nominated Horace Boies, o.
Waterloo, for Governor, and S. l.. Bestow,
of Lucas County, for Leutenant-Governor
THE steam yacht Leo, Of Lorain, Ohio
has been lost on Lake Erie, and nine people
were drowned.
A DEMAND has been made upon Virginia
FOR the repayment to the United State:
Treasury of loan made to Military Cover
nor Pierpont before the reconstruction of the
State.
SECRETARY TRACY has decided to builc
one Of the 5000 ton cruisers in the New Yorh
Navy Yard and the other in the Norfolk
Navy Yard. .
A PASSENGER suffering from cholera ha:
been landed at quarantine in Quebec by tht
steamer sAlberta, from noio via Singapore
TIE Haytian Constituent Assembly has
been called to meet at Gonaives. The elec
ton of General Hyppolite is foregone coll
clusion.
AT Fermoy, Ireland, Father ODwyer has
been sentenced to fvemonths' imprisonment
and several companions to various terms fol-
offences under the Grimes Act. After
sentence was pronounced the prisoners sang
:sGod Save Ireland"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-02
Johnstown Rising Again.

That Johnstown, Penn, will rise again
thsre seems to be no doubt. The enormous
task Of restoring the Pennsylvania Railroad
trucks from South Fork to the famous stone
bridge continues day and night With all
possible energy the Cambria Iron Company
Is operating those departments Of its works
which escaped ruin. Its army of employees is
busy and hundreds of men are engaged
in rebuilding the structures demolished
or damaged. Planning mills, gas works, cleo
tric Light works, and other minor industrial
establishments are being put in working or
der. Stores have been reopened, and al
though the merchants are only in temporary
buildings they have q good stock on hand
and find ample demand for their wares
There have been at least 1000 places of hab-
itation erected during the last three months
OF course the majority Of them are only tenn
porary structures, but they answer every
purpose. Some substantial buildings, how
ever, are well under way and many founda-
hons are being laid.
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The Telephone Nets of the World.

According to the statement of Ger
man authority the telephone nets of the
world are as follows: United States, 75C
nets, with 100000 subscribers; Ger
many, 167 nets, with 26, 900 subscribers
England, 125 nets, with 10000 subscri.
bers; Sweden, $50 nets, with $4,000
subscribers; France, 80 nets, with TO-:
800 subscribers; Italy, 49 nets, with
$500 subscribers; Switzerland, II nets,
with 5000 subscribers; Russia, 36 nets,
with 1900 subscribers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-02
NO BUSINESS THERE.

"I tell you, my fat friend, you have
no business in that boat" said Theodore
Hook, one day to a fat man in dinghy
on the Thames.
"No business in this boat, sir2 What
dye mean" ,
III mean what say" coolly responded
Hook. "You have no business in it,
and I will prove it." :,
II think, sir, you will prove no such
thing" said the navigator. "Perhaps
YOU don't know, sir, this is my own
pleasure boat?"
"That's it," said Hook. "Now you
have it. No man can have any business
in a pleasure boat. Good day, SIR
london Tit-BitS.
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APPOINTED TO OFFICE.

A Number of Interior Department
Vacancies Filled by the President.
The President has made the following aD-
pointments: Richard c. Kerr, Of Mississippi,
to be Register of the Land Office at Jackson
Miss. Joseph W. McClurg, Of Missouri, to be
REGISTER of the Land Office at Springfield,
MO-: Scott Swetland, of Washington Terri
tory, to be Receiver Of Public Moneys at Van
couver, Washington Territory; Walter l..
Stobles, of Washington Territory, to be
Agent for the Indians of the Yakima Agency
in Washington Territory; Warren D; hoos
bins, of Idaho, to be Agent for the Indians OF
the Nez Perces Agency in Idaho.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-02
THE WORK OF LIGHTNING.
Two Girls Killed-AT Tent Blown Down
- !: on a Crowd.

While Sunday school services were being
held in small fame church five miles south
of Columbia City, Ind, lightning struck the
spire and coursed down through the roof,
instantly killing two girls, both aged seven
teen, who were sitting together in the center ae
of their class. The other ten children In the
class were badly stunned, but not seriously
injured. The names of the girls were Mary
Hockemeier and Agnes Freyer. Beyond a
small hole in the roof and plaster the church
was not injured.
At Hartford City, Ind, the Christian tent
in which Elder Aspy has been holding meet
ings, was entirely demolished and panic
was caused in the audience. The large cen,
tire pole of the tent fell among the terrified
people, and the heavy canvas enveloped
them. Above the roar Of the elements could
be heard shrieks from the women and chill
Z dren. Some of the men i'll the audience
crept from beneath the canvas and COM
people was seriously hurt, though many had
narrow escapes from suffocation.
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Saved by a Tramp.

An unknown tramp was walking on the
railroad track from Council Bluffs to Mis-
souri, Valley, and between Crescent and
Stony Greek he found broken rail on a
high embankment where the rail makes
q sharp curve. 1t was an outside
rail next to the river, and no train
could have passed over in safety. The next
resolved to avert terrible wreck il possible.
He ran to honey Greek, three miles distant,
and tried to raise the operator, who was not
at his post. He then aroused the section
hands, and they took the hand car and went
back to the broken rail. arriving there Just in
time to flag the limited and stop it within
few feet of almost certain destruction.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-02
The Prince Of Montenegro.

The palace of this absolute monarch,
says David Ker, in Harper's Bazar, was
meek little whitewashed cottage with
green shutters, but the giant guards at
its door-one blaze of crimson and gold
and white from head to foot-were wor-
thy of Napoleon himself. The Captain
was fully seven feet high, his men but
little less; and as they clashed their gilt
tering swords over our heads with a
hoarse shout of welcome, I began to un.
derstand how this little eagles nest had
defed all Turkey for four hundred years.
On the map of Europe Montenegro is a
mere speek, recalling the French ENJOYS
biting answer to a microscopic German
Grand Duke, who bade him quit his do
n,inions within twenty-four hours: f"H
your Highness will take the trouble to
look out of the window, you will see me
crossing your frontier in less than i've
minutes" But no one can despise a state
which, with 100000 men, has SO sue
cessfully harrassed an empire with 49,
100000 as fully to bear out the pithy
national saying, "Lest we should be strait
ened, God gave us the Turk.
Passing on into the house, we had just
time to notice the neat French furniture
of the inner parlor, and its full length
portraits of the Princess of Montenegro
and her children, when man entered,
who needed no introduction to announce
him to US as no other than the Prince
himself. .r
Like nearly all of the greatest men
whom have ever met, this famous leader
owed little to mere external marks OF
distinction. His giant stature and Her
culean frame, though dwarfng us into
absolute nothingness, were fully equaled
by many of his stalwart subjects; and his
dress was that of an ordinary Montene-
grin warrior-snow-whit tinic open in
front, crimson vest richly embroidered
with gold, partly colored sash around the
waist, loose blue knickerbockers, white
stockings, and close fitting sandals-the
only difference being that he carried no
weapon, and wore small Greek cross OF
silver on his neck. But the strong hand
some features, with their bold martial
air, the firm lips and massive jaw, the
dark hair and soldier-ike mustache, the
large fely eyes, now melting into tender
ness and now flashing like drawn sword,
and, above all, the look of calm dignity
natural to one whose ightest word was
implicitly, obeyed-all combined TO
stamp Nikita Petrovitch as man whom
no change of fortune could make one
whit less or greater than he was.
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A CHANGE OF SENTIMENT.

Miss Mabelle HAIRLESS (reading letter.
-'sWhy, mamma, this letter is from
Cousin Fred, and he says that Uncle
David Whyte is dead"
Mrs. Hartless-"He is, eh2 Well; it's
a small loss. The stingiest old skinfiint
on earthl l never could endure the man!'
Mabelle-"But, mamma, just listen
he had his life insured for ten thousand
dollars in our favor!"
Mrs. Hartless-''He did" 1t can't be
dear, good old soul that he was! I
always knew he was kind at heart. Ten
thousand dollars! We must go into
mourning at e!"-Drahe's Magazine.
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Death of Bob Younger.

In the Saltwater (Minn.) Penitentary Bob
Younger, the youngest of the notorious
Younger brothers, who were sentenced to
life imprisonment for murder in connection
with the robbery Of the Mortified Bank, died
few days since Of consumption, from which
he had been slowly wasting away for some
weeks, aud on account of which his pardon
was recently asked Of the Governor but not
granted.
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A VIVID PICTURE,

por 4. 3. Coyle of the Fullerton Avenue
Church Chicago recently created assdn sense 4be
fo1io,r;rlg flTL IL Vivid picture: .
iottT% t.Tha tolling Of the bell at the gate of
c.aaIa a9 nd Jas the funeral procession solennly
oaspos Ehr pugh, mingles with the noise of
Passes .iisses and whisky bottles in the saloon
neer asa;ately opposite, and on no day is this
noise sd PECnoaiG;eu1 ; 1' ot nt-,ot,,ra Sn and onr
Satan's weneYiseo sitn S s o;tI. nfso;aIs ,,,lnv
army ~ J pOton st,ot,'ro ~ +ha davii IN NV
this we w SCI IL s'i nrd,. a. j., Aae1ent
its tremGS - en ~ .nG r.. .,,J ~ ~ d;se--.ass oS
yiolatipn y. .nS ''"' '-''' " '-'o Ne "'o -
the COZ -. .@'T
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Foreign.

THE chemical works of the American firm
of Burroughs 6 Welcome, at Wandsworth,
England, have been burned. Loss, $1OO, 600.
The official report of the Antwerp disas-
ter makes out 1S5 persons killed, twenty
missing, 100 seriously and 200 slightly in
jured.
THOMAS A. EDISON, the inventor, before
his departure from Paris for Berlin, gave
$1,000 for the benefit Of the poor.
The Car of Russia has ordered an immedi-
ate increase of rolling stock on railroads con-
verging upon the Austro- Hungarian frontier
ct an enormous expense.
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Our: Agricultural Exhibits at Paris.


: One Of the employees of the United States
Agricultural Department who has just re-
the American agricultural at the worlds fair
as small but excellent Of the $780, 900 ap-
propriated by Congress, only $4,000 or
thereabouts was obtained for the agricul-
tural show, and that came so late
that it wes impossible to begin
work in collecting materials before Novem-
ber. In spite Of the narrow limits of time
and money, the department. succeeded in get
ting up very credtable exhibit, which has
attracted general attention, and will be rec
ognized in substantial way when the
awards of prizes are published. II is under
stood, from private sources, that a larger
will be carried Off by the United States than
i by any other exhibitor in the agricultural
section.
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MAKING RAPID PROGRESS.

Tucker-sI saw your son in the coun-
try to-day, Parker. He had his camera
with him, I believe. ;" g.
Parker-"Yes, he went out to take
some views, suppose. Was he making
good progress2"
Tucker-"You bet he was; and dust,
too. Somebody's red bull was after him. !"
-TSme."
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HAD BEEN THERE BEFORE.

A nephew to his old and wealthy uncle:
II am desperate and unless you send me
two thousand dollars by this evening
shall take my life; by midnight I shall be
no more"
Reply of the Uncle--"Yours of this
date received. When, some time ago,
YOU sent me a missive of similar import,
and I sent you my revolver, what did you
do9 You 'spouted' the weapon. have
no more revolvers. ."-Judge.
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"And what is the favor my little girl
wants2"
.'Pa, you have infeunce with the ves-
try, haven't youa"
"Well, yes, my dear"
''Then have them move that gas lamp
away from right in front of our gate. "
Thus it was that the fond father dis
covered that daughter isn't little girl
always. She had beau.
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THE ADVANCED METHOD.

First Omaha Miss-"I'm so glad you
like the story of The Phantom Mist; or
the Shadow of Sound How far have
you gotten with it?"
Second Omaha Miss-"I've read the
last three chapters and little in the mid
die of the book"
First Omaha Miss-"Well, you will be
charmed. when you read the opening OF
the story."-0maha World Herald.
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HAD BEEN THERE.

Mrs. Blotterwick-"J -"Joshua, there was
q tramp here this afternoon, and he
looked so hungry that I gave him a large
piece of gooseberry pie. I wonder how
he feels now2"
Blotterick (gloomily)-"I know how
he feels. I had piece of that pie at
dinner, you remember. .""-Drake's 4aga-
cine. x Il
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m aAL..lnUsS RESPECT.
The Natio Woman's Chrlstlan

The Natio Woman,s Christian Temper
ice Union, hich holds Its sixteenSn annual
invention Chicago from the Sth to the
th of Nov her. is an organization prob.
,ly uniou n history. It is composed
holly of men. 1t has nothing to do
ith polite ezc-pS as all ss9eNS refornf ~
their br der sense poNlcaf.SC9e.
ords ''Ch tiSp" and Lemperance' J.
tle indicat lib special lines of work wit
hich it e1 ts its energies In the ram
tions of slAt touches even such SuoJec
public 81 non ana prlvate nsgIsh
le theory thslght condltions OF Pyea PnysL
se make ne'St casls ior moral ue!eioR
ent. To ;al 'stinence rom .rahhc III, ~
,nsumpN on alconoAc stilnulah.s ~ ~
nal prin clp ot tne soeie.f' o; anI osnIL Iarsa
It's .tention in every community
mntains a branch. Although
rleie ~ cDrged with too radical notions
slneS n ,ansoccasionany erring on the side
! Tiu1rutinizing laws and pushing
has0e otinportanca, the influence Of the
leasuresH wblsome, and every good citizen
mon Is ad O encourage its work with his
an ahor1ync, and where desired, with fipan-
ountenafJ Al oreSization which, even at the
ai ala. tlixteen wears, hes by its own efforts
nd or .ystem d 10000 local auxiliary
ull1 up spread q network of juvenile So
rancnes er the territofg from Tampa Bay to
!etles oYund, established>a publishing house
uge1 annual issue of 60,SQ0, ,0G0 psges and
'ltn all fper organ of 90, 600 circulation, chal-
neMsE hiversal respect for the business abli-
.nsvo =. ~ aoree of character of the women wao
y = "a a had charge Of its fortunes Wdst''n9-
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TOO FRESH.

Jones was sitting on the front steps of
an Austin mansion one night, waiting
for his sweetheart to come out. She
knew what time to come, and Jones
didn't wish to ring the bell for fear Of
alarming the old folks.
Presently he heard the door open, and
the old man muttered something about
somebody's being "too fresh"
ssDid you address yourself to me7"
asked Jones, springing up with flash
ing eye.
"No," replied the old gentleman,
mildly; II was speaking of the paint on
the steps. 1t was put there only this af-
ternoon."
Jones found with dismay that the
statement was true, and it only required
about two minutes for him to reach his
room and soap and water.-Tezas st-
in1s ....
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HOW LONG, Oh, HOW LONG!

Boarding House Mistress (at Sum
day dinner )-"Mr. Jones, why do you
not eat some chickenW
Jones (who has labored fifteen minutes
trying to carve a leg)-"Thanks, I never
work on Sunday. ."-LJs.
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SOMETHING IN A NAME.

'Why do you call your insti-
tuition The Healthery' when you have so
many sick patients?"
Quack Doctor-"Because I should
never get patient if I called it THE
Sickery.'n .'n-Judge. ~