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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-23
A STRANGE EXPERIENCE.
A Mans Hand Held Seven Hours
By a Girl in a Trance.

by S1rl III u AfdhSC'
Robert Watts, young farmer from
Chatham, ILL.,, who came to Springfield the
other day to attend faith-cure meeting an
nounces himself quite satisfied with bis ex-
perience up to the present time. Among the
recent converts is Anna Delaney. OF Taylors-
vile, @ young woman about twenty years
old. Since her conversion she has TAKEN up
her residence in Springfield, and is regular
attendant at the afternoon and evening
meetings, going into frances upon the shgn1-
est Vocation. While in trance she some
times walks about the hall
At q meeting the other afternoon the glri
was in trance as usual, and in walking up
and down the aisle passed young Watts, VINO
was standing among group OF sghtseers ID
the rear of the hall As she did 80 she caugnt
hold of his hand with grip so firm that
although he struggled to get loose he was uh.
able to do So Several men tried TO STOP tne
girl, but she continued walking, and Watts
was compelled to follow her. 1t was 4o'clock
in the afternoon when Anna took her COM
panion by the hand, and it was seven
and a-half hours before he regained his Tree
dom. When she walked Watts had to walk,
and when she stood he had to stand. All the
afternoon and evening he suffered as ne
probably had never suffered before, ana
wiped great drops of .perspiration from ms
forehead while the faith-cure band prayed,
shouted. and sang themselves hoarse. Shortly
before midnight Miss Delaney fell to the
floor. She wa.S acsI upon stretcher,, and
in about five minutes let 60 her hold OF
Watts, greatly to that individuals rellef:
The young farmer lost no time in getting out
Of the ball. His hand was swollen SO that ne
was unable to use it for several days. Miss
Delaney came out Of the trance next day,
but las no recollection of what occurred.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-23
TRACHEOTOMY.
Two Successful Cases OF q Dfthcult
Surgical Operation.

Two Successful Cases OF q Dfthcult
Surgical Operation.
One of the most remarkable accidents on
record occurred few days since at Greens
boro, y. c. A young lad named Orrell' IN
running through field, ran against acuckle-
burr hush. ard, as he was craving IN nls
breath MT the time, one Of the burIs was IN
haled into the larnyx. producing great pain
and danger of Immediate sufocaton. fhy-
sicians We're summoned and found it neces-
sary to perform tracheotomy so the patleHo
could breathe. At last accounts the poy WAS
doing we'll .,.
Little ANNE Riley, aged four, Is at the
Children's Hospital, Philadelphia, In as COM
Portable a condition as child can be who
had a three inch shawl pin with large brass
head on the inside of her throat for eleven
days. Annie swallowed the shawl pin on
Christmas Day. She did not say anything
about it for fear of punishment ny her
mother. So sharp was this fear that when
the doctor was called into her fathers mouse
she said it was only little pin she had swal-
lowed, and that it no longer troubled ner.
Spasms of coughing continued, however,
and the little girl was taken to the hospital.
There. as she grew no better, tracheotony
was performed, and vic ent fit OF coughing
supervening. the tube which had been IN
serted after the operation was removes. !he .he
point of the PIN then revealed lrse.I u tne
astopished doctors. 1t was easily taken ouI,
and the child will soon be out OF the hosPitai'
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-23

THE greater part of the village Of Brancon,
Switzerland, has been destroyed by fire.
Many cattle were burned to death. The fir
was ignited by madman.
COCHIN, of the Malabar Coast, has been
almost totally destroyed by fire, causing a
loss of 81, 100000.
A PASSENGER train was blown from the
rails near Fiume, Italy, on the Adriatic,
during violent storm. Three persons were
killed and many injured.
The German man-of-war Olga lost twenty
men killed and thirty wounded out of a
party Of l20 men sent to assist Tamasese, the
rebel, against Mataafa, King of Samoa. The
Germans were compelled to retreat to their
boats.
PRINCE HENRY, Of Battenberg. who mar.
ried Queen Victoria's daughter, has been ap-
pointed Governor Of the Isle of Wight vice
Viscount Eversley, deceased.
SEVERE weather is reported on the Black
Sea. During the past fortnight many sailing
vessels have been wrecked and over hum
dred seamen have lost their lives.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-23
THE LABOR WORLD.

THE strike movement is subsiding in Bel
A STRIKE of silk ribbon weavers is i'm
minent
CLEVELAND (Ohio) city workmen labor
nine hours per day.
AT New Bedford, Mass, new automatic
shoe-laSter is at work.
WOMEN in Lynn Mass cotton mills make
s. and men Sl2 week.
THIS country now leads the world IN the
manufacture of perfumes.
The BARRIERS are to have national organ.
and its name is to be the Shaver.
THE German-speaking bakers throughout
the United States are largely organized IN
unions
The Seaman's Union, of Buffalo, N. Y,
has restricted its membership to American
citizens.
OF the G5Ol brick-layers, stone.masons and
stone-cutters in New York city, Ash are OF
foreign birth.
OELMoNIco's chief cook in New York city
is said to have received over 500 in tips on
Christmas morning
The coal mines at Monterey, Cal, which
have been idle for years, are to be reopeneo
and vigorously worked.
BAKERS in Chicago are now required to
stamp the weight Of the loaves and their
names on every loaf of bread.
ACCORDING to Bradstreet's, there were fif-
teen strikes in the United States in December,
lSSS, in which 1851 persons were concerned.
PowDERLY's salary as Grand Master of the
Knights Of Labor is $500 this year. He was
voted $1,000, but would not accept so much.
THE Oxford Iron and Nail Company's
works az Belvidere, N. j., have been closed
indefinitely, throwing l4OO employees OUT OF
work.
STEAM machines for cleaning out the re-
torts in gas works are being used in phlladel'
phia with great success One machine does
the work Of eight men.
A LARGE amount of business has been done
at the marble Quarries, West Rutland, VI,
in tulfillment OF Government contract foi'
2U,OUO soldiers gravestones
A COMPANY has been chartered in Wash
ington for the purpose OF building railroad
cars from sheet steel according to methods
lately invented in California.
BESIDES the $500 all-night bakers in Phlla-
delphia, there are 400 male and female work.
'ers in twenty-five steam bakeries for the max
ing of cakes. crackers end knick-knacks
The gauge of the Cleveland and Canton
Railroad, in Ohio, 161 miles lin length, was
entirely changed to standard on recent
Sunday. One thousand men were engaged
in the work.
THERE are twenty cotton factories in ia.
pan now in operation, with total of $3.50
spindles There are twenty factories now in
process of establishment or extension. with
an estimated capacity of lSO, ,6SO spindlcs.
THE Pope having expressed desire for
the organization of workingmen's pilgrim
ages to Rome next September, arrangements
are being made for taking 10000 French art
isans thither. under the escort Of the Arch
bishop of Rheims.
TIE International Trade Association Of
Hat Finishers Of America was organized in
Philadelphia, June 5, 1854, with II local
unions. 1t now numbers Is locals with 1000
members and has almost complete control Of
every het tCing center.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-23
SHE FOUGHT WILDCATS,
A PIucky Little Womans Single,
Handed Struggle. -

A Plucky Little Woman's SfnRle-
Handed Struggle. - =
On q farm ten miles west Of Mandan, Dak.,s
lives Charles Casperdone with his family,
consisting of wife and two little boys. On
Sunday night while Mr.. Casperdone was az
Mandap the chicIen.roost was visited py.
wildcats. When Mrs. Caspsrdone heard the
nos. she bounced out of bed, grasped an axe
ami sailed forth. -:
At the door of the hennery she encountered
a wildcat, which sprang at her. catchleg one
of its claws in her left arm and laceratlngn "
terribly. Pushing the animal away, sne
struck it a blow which rendered 1t uncont
scious. Another Of the cats sprang at 5er,
seiziny the calf of her right leg and cutslng
it severely with his teeth. Mrs. Casperoone
aimed blow at the beast, which missed, ou1
the animal became frightened and ran INTO
tho woods
The third cat, which had been crouchlng
in a corner, then sprang upon the plueky
little oman. getting its teeth en1sneea ~
her clothing and tearing it almoss lnoo
shreds She succeeded in pushing the IN
furiated animal from her, and, as IL spran9
at her throat the second time, dealt IL do"
which killed it, Mrs. CaSperdone was 50
overcome that she fell in d faint, ana was
found there BY neighbor who had oeen cen
summoned by one of the Eoys. She IS sun
suffering from her wounds, but Will recover
unless blood poisoning sets IN.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-23
A DYNAMITER LYNCHED.
A Bohemian Who Killed Four Peo-
plc Promptly Strung Up.

A Bohemian Who Killed Four Poo
pie Promptly Strung Up.
John Shaelfer, Bohemian, was lynched at
half-past one o'clock the other day at Gilman,
Washington Territory, a coal mining town.
The cause was as follows: Last spring
SchacfTer was arrested for assaulting with
intent to kill the wife of James Bodoyia- He
was convicted and sent to Jail for three
He then swore vengeance on Bodoyla and
soon alter his release he attempted ID blow
the house up, but only succeeded in destroy
ing the front porch. The morning OF the
lynching. at five o'clock, however, he
was more successful. He placed a large
charge of dynamite under the house
and the explosion tore the place to
atoms Bodoyla had his two legs broken,
his daughter was killed outright and his wife
died from her injuries two hours atterward.
rwo men who were staying at the house
we're torn into unacceptable pieces.
The Bohemian was searched tor lmmedlate-
w. When found he was changing his clothes,
the ones discarded being covered with dirt
as though he had been crawling under some
house He was arrested, but the outraged
community soon rose, took the murderer to
the nearest tree and strung him up.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-23
THE NEWS EPITOMIzElL
Eastern and Middle States.

NATHAN G. BLANCHARD, a wealthy farmer
of Aurelius, NY, has committed suicide by
hanging.
Rev. FIELDER ISRAEL, sixty-two years
old, pastor Of the First Unitarian Church,
at Salem, Mass, was found dead by his wife
in his study in the church with his throat
cut. He had been unsettled mentally since
the recent burning Of the steamer Maryland,
on which he was O passenger, barely escap-
ing with his life.
THE process of refining sugar by electricity
has been found to be myth by New York
stockholders in the concern, who broke open
the secret rooms in the factory at Williams
burg, n Y. and discovered that the mys-
terious machines for converting the raw
material into absolutely pure sugar were
only ceverly devised appliances to induce
them to invest their money. 1t is said that
S1,0U0,000 have been sunk in the electric
bubble by credulous English and American
capitalists Shares dropped in London dur
ing one day from $500 to SEQ.
A NRw York artist named William Mann
killed his niece and then committed suicide.
THROUGH the ignorance Of new man at
a mine near Uniontown, Penn, three men
met horrible death in the shaft.
THE twenty-five cities of Massachusetts
have all inaugurated their governments for
JOSEPH JAEGER, Hoboken IN. J.l car
penter, forty-two years old. who lived with
his wife and three children, literally blew his
head off with an old army musket loaded
with charge of shot. 1Il-health and power
ty were the causes
THE Pennsylvania Railroad Company has
been robbed Of brasses from cars to the
amount of 100000 during the past year;
The work was done by regularly organized
gangs of boys at points along the line be-
tween Cleveland and Philadelphia Whole
sale arrests have been made along the line OF
the railroad.
THE body of Augustus j. Pierce, a we'll
known resident of North Andover. Mass,
was found hanging from hedpost in the
house of friend where he had been visiting.
He was sixty years old and in comfortable
circumstances He was undoubtedly in
sane.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-23
REDUCED TO ASHES.
A Mourning Father Cremates the
Body of His Daughter.

F. B. Goddard, of New York, has just
cremated the body of his dead daughter Cen
evieve, at the Buffalo Crematory, conduct
ing the ceremony himself. Mr.. Goddard
went to Buffalo with the body of his beau
tiful daughter and accompanied by his two
sons, one of whom was so i'll that he could
not attend the ceremony. The cremation
was private, only two or three Buffalo
friends of the bereaved father viewing it.
The father would have no minister nor any
assistant except the regular attendant at the
crematory. He read chapter from the
Bible and prayer from the Episcopal SER
vice. Then he placed the body on the car
and consigned it to the flames.
81 could not bear to have any other than
nv hands touch her, said he, land prefer
this method OF dispcsing Of the remains to
burial. Why should not the clouds receive
her dust rather than the cold earth! | be-
lieve that in the future this will be the pre-
ferred mode of disposing Of the dead, when
cremation shall be surrounded by the tears
and flowers and music which now are ex-
hibited at interments. To think Of the
loved one appearing in the radiant sunset IS
not so dreadful a nightmare as 10 think OF
her appearing in the fostering grave"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-23
NEWSY GLEANINGS.

For the first time in years the Car OF
Russia sent friendly Christmas greeting 10
the Pope.
THE number of war veterans in Vermont
is ti571. and the amount yearly paid to them
is SSS2,:Ol.
THE drinking saloons in Berlin number one
TO every ll2 inhabitants; in Heidelberg one
TO eighty-seven.
jim CURRY, the Texas despera 10, who has
murdered nineteen men, has ut lust been sent
to prison for long term.
THE German army consists of 3,5l",4lT
comnietely drilled mon not counting the re.
serves and the Laudsturnl.
ris reported that one hundred OF the lead
;nc business men of Denver. Col, will at
tend the inauguration at Washington dressed
as cowboys.
THERE are $500 members OF the Michigan
Anti-horse Thief Society, and during the
past year they did not have cents worth
of property stolen.
OsNAN DIGNA has 1909 men and five g::ns
at fIandoub, Egypt, where, it is asserted by
deserters, lie intends to make another
formidable stand against the Egyptians aud
blecks.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-23
PLEURO-PNEUM0NIA.
Report of the Bureau for Stamping
Out This Disease.

Report of the Bureau for Stamping
Out This Disease.
The Commissioner OF Agriculture has
transmitted to the House his report of the
operations of the Bureau of Animal Industry
durinp the year 1883. The chief work of the
hureau has been the continued ef-
fort to secure the eradication OF the
contagious ro.pneumonla of cattle. No
cases of the disease have been found west of
the Allegheny Mountains since the last re.
mort The most serious outbreak, outside of
The known infected States, is now in progress
in Orange County, New York, where the
existence of the plague has been concealed for
a year by interested persons. All together
there have been inspected during the year
305. $50 animals. OF these 63l herds, con-
Sl43 animals, were found to be infected, as
they contained l44G diseased animals. There
were purchased for slaughter 2649 affected
cattle. at a cost of SG7, and $3.50 exposed
cattle, at a cost of s13l,227. The total ex-
nepses of the work were $4Sl.5SG.
The Commissioner says that the present is
the most critical period in the work of eradi-
cation. In Maryland, New Jersey and New
York the plague continues to develop at
greater or less intervals. The Commissioner
Submits the draft of bill to enable the De-
partment to successfully cope with the
plague.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-23
EoreiRn.

AT Ekateronburg, Russia, during one, re-
cent day, lis persons were frozen to death.
y THE floods are extending to Bastia, Italy,
and have done much damage. In one house
which collapsed twelve persons were killed,
HEAVY SHOWS in the south Of Russia have
engulfed several trains and stopped all kinds
of traffic.
SEVEN skaters were drowned in the Lud-
wig Canal at Nuremberg, Germany.
FAMINE and drought are prevailing in the
interior of China and are increasing in Sc
verify, causing terrible sutferinss. In the
province of Shang. .tung crops hnve been de-
stroyed by an overflow of the Yellow River.
A NEW Panama Canal Company is being
formed in Paris by the shareholders OF the
present company.
THE Chinese Government has demanded
that Corea depose her King, and that Corea
declare herself dependent on China:
~. MELINE has been reelected President
of the French Chamber of Deputies. receiving
23 votes against l41 for NJ. Andrieux.
In the Windsor (Canadal election Sol
White. the advocate Of political union with
the United States was bsaten by 80 votes
out of a poll of 1900. This is the first contest
on this issue that has taken place at the poiis
i- . .--.'a
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-23
ACROSS THE WIRES.
Some Stories Of Interest Told
BY the Telegraph.
Legitime's Army Thrice Defeated
and His Government Tottering.

The deposition of Legitimc, President of
tai, or by advancing victorious troops of the
North, under Hyppolite. appears to be
shortly expected by all but the immediate
supporters of Legitime. He has thrown
into prison all prominent citizens and
residents of the North in Portau-
Prince suspected of opposing him. Three
battles have been fought and lost by the
Legitimists in the past ten days. During the
rapid retreat on the capital two divisions of
Fiein Paul and General Rosa, deserted
to the pursuing Northerners. Both
these Generals had supported General
Thelamaque, but had been Eibed by Legi-
time to support him. General Paul was
captured and shot by sentence of drum
head court martial under Hyppolite. Cen
eral Rosa escaped and sought protection at
the French Minister'S at Portau-P Prince.
The army Of the North are entrenching
themselves some twenty miles from Port-au-
Prince, recognizing their army and await
ing the arrival of recently purchased arms
and munitions OF war. They are de-
vastating the great agricultural section
where they are now encamped, and from
which Legitime received the greatest portion
OF his supplies.
ExceSses of every kind are the rule. The
horrid cannibaiistic rites Of Foudooism are
revived, and reports reach Port-au-Prlnce of
a meeting OF several thousand Haytians near
Jacomel, and the sacrifice of a young girl
and the greedy scramble for some portion Of
the half.cooked flesh.
A United States war vessel will remain in
the harbor to protect the lives and
property of American citizens. The
French Minister, by his open backing
of Iegitime, is most unpopular. The schoon-
er Aurora, captured in San Domingo waters,
was found to contain letters duplicating
some thirty prominent persons in Port-au-
Prince. All have been thrown into prison.
and it is feared that all will be shot or held
as hostages. Many Of these persons held
high positions in Legitime's government
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-23
Washin0tOn.

REAR ADMIRAL LUCE telegraphel to tho
Navy Department at Washington from
Kingston, Jamaica, that owing to an out
break of yellow fever on board the Yantio
that vessel had sailed from Port-au- Prince,
Hayti, for a Northern port in the United
States.
THE President has transmitted to Congress-
a recommendation that an appropriation o.
$4,000 be made for the relief of the familiel !
of certain japanese subjects who were killeG
On the Island of Ihsma in March, SSI, by tho
guns from the United States steamer Omaha.
while that vessel was engaged in target
practice.
UNITED STATES TREASURER HYATT hal
signed Treasury check, payable to himself,
for $500, ,OO0 This was to reimburse him.
self for money expended during the p'st
month in the purchase of bonds etc., which
he has theoretically paid from his own
pocket. Mr.. Hyatt said this is the largest
check ne has signed since he has been In
office.
THE President has approved the act to in
corporate the American Historical Associa-
tion and the act to regulate appointments in
the Marine Hospital service.
The Sundry Civil Appropriation bill has
been completed by the Committee on Appro'
priations. 1t carries an aggregate appropria-
tion of SOD So, ,gH, heing Sc, I'll ,43l less than
the regular and special estimates, and So
769, ,OOS less than the appropriation for the
current year.
ADMIRAL LUCE has informed the Navy
Department ut Washington that two more
vessels will be needed to relieve the Galena
at Hayti.
THE Board Of Naval Officers appointed to
examine the plans of Representative lbomLs,
OF illinois, for a submerging monitor, cruiser
reported to the Secretary of the Navy re-
commenting the adoption Of the plan.
THE House Committee on Appropriations
has completed the consideration Of all tn the
re sular. appropriation 6lils' except IN a. .
Iabors is a reduction Of the appropriations
carried by those bills from Sl37, $50, O93, the
provision for the current year, to $751;
22a 9S5.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has sent TO the
Senate the nomination of Charles Baker, OF
Maine, to be Collector of Customs for The
district of Belfast, Me.