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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-12-11
THE POSTOFFICES.
There Were $500 in Operation at
the Close of the Fiscal Year.

There Were $500 in Operation at
the Close of the Fiscal Year.
The annual report of First Assistant Post
master-G General J. S. Clarkson shows that
the total number of postofices in operation
on July /, 1889, was $3.50, of which number
o6s3 were Presidential offices. The whole
number of appointments of postmasters for
fine year is shown to have been 2O,O3O, or
which SS54 were on designations and COM
missions expired, 1858 on removals, 555 on
death of postmaSters, and 2I10 on establish
ment of postofticeS. =
The number of money order ofhces III
operation at the close of the fiscal year was
$3.50, an increase Of 472 for the year; numpe[
of money order stations, IA, an increase OF
IA: number of postal note Offices, 557. Ihere
were 4O1 free delivery postotfices IN opera
ton. an increase of 43 for the year, anu III
about As other offices the free delivery ser
vice has been established since June ~. Inc
number of carriers in the services on July
was S957 an increase of 1911 over the pre-
yious year. This large increase, it is SAID,
is mainly due to the enactment OF the law
limiting the labor of carriers to eight hours
a day. The number of pieces OF mail matter
handled by carriers during the year was vas 90 o.
OS5 SO5, $40. an increase Of nearly 455,VOO,UO
pieces. ,vos
The amount received for local postage was
over So. 500. 900, an increase for the year OF
nearly 81, 10000 The excess of postage on
local matter over the total cost OF the service
was Sc 57S, SO an increase over the previous
year of S219, CAT. ,oeo 1.:,,.+;o1
offices for the year were SAL 754 o9o which q, is
an an increase of SIS per cent for the year. The
aggregate of the salaries of Presidential post
masters for the year was 81, 429, loo repre-
senting an increase of 5.4 per cent. TOR the sn
wear. The aggregate of the estimates lor
compensation Of postmasters clerks IN posi-,
offices, rents light, fuel, etc, for Presdensiai 5l
offices is ssa 5Oa an 1R increase ereeHs ot Year
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-12-11
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

THE Prince of Wales has recently become
very studious.
Mr.. EDISON, the inventor, receives about
1000 letters day.
GENERAL BENJAMIN F. BUTLER mas en-
tered bis seventy-second year.
THE Rev. Sam Jones, the Southern revival
ist. is said to be in failing health.
SECRETARY BLAINE has moved into the
old Seward house in Washington.
ROBERT BROWNING. the English poet, IS
coming to this country next spring.
Ex-SEcRErARY BAYARD is the father OF
six children-four girls and two boys.
THE King of the Sandwich Islands is e1-
pected to visit Washington this winter.
The tomb of the late Crown Prlnce Oh
Austria is constantly covered with no"ers.
KING LOUIS, of Portugal, left the copy
right of his literary works to charitaole III
stitutions.
J, D. W1cKHAM. DID,, of Manchester,
VI is the oldest Yale alumnuS; ne graou-
ated in 1917.
THE income of Ex-Governor Hoadly, OF
Ohio. from his legal practice is said 10 Do
100000 o year.
MRS. BURNETT, the authoress. IS slowly
recovering lTOlll tiiC 'A'JNIJ
some time ago.
Ex-CoNeREssMAN STEPHEN F. WILSON,
of Wellsboro, n. Y, has built for mmsen
granite tomb in the shape ofa log CABIN.
WILLIAM SpRAGuE. the war Governor OF
Rhode Island and the husband OF Cniet Jus
tice Chase's daughter, is now living III pow
erty.
GOVERNOR FoRAKER, of ONO, announces
his intentlon Of resnming his law practice IN
Cincinnati upon the expiration OF MS term
of office.
JACOB BRIGHT, son of the late John
R,.;rht has been in Washington, and was
much pratified to find his fathers bust IN the
Grand corridor of the White House.
SENATOR EDMrNDs, of Vermont, says his
douehter is about as skilled i'll the law as he
is. she acts as his amanuenSis and advises
with him when doubtful legal points arise.
Mrs. E. G. TEwKsBURY is the first woman
enrolled in the Hartford Theological Sem.
mary, Her husband is in the senior class OF
the same seminary Both are preparing Tor
foreign missionary service.
ARcHDEAcoN JONES, late Archdeacon Of
Liverpool, who has attained the age of
ninety eight and has been in holy orders Tor
seventy-four years, is believed to be the
! Oldest clergyman in the Church OF England.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-12-11
FATAL GAS EXPLOSION.
Two Children Killed and Three
Adults Fatally Injured.

An explosion of natural gas occurred at 10
o'clock A. NJ, at the residence of Scott Haw-
thorne, in the western part of Dayton, Ohio.
The house. which was a two-storE brick
structure, was blown to atoms. Two chill
dren We're killed, and Mr. Hawthorne, his
wife and father received probably fata! in
iuries. They were talen to hospital. The
gas was cut off from the section in which the
Explosion occurred as soon as possible after
the accident The explosion was heard all
over the city.
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FnnUG GOES TO PIECES.
Many Lives Lost by Wreck on the
Oregon Coast.

Many Lives Lost by Wreck on the
Oregon Coast.
The tug Fearless, of Coos Bay, Oregon,
Captain James. Hill commanding, ran on
to North Spit at the mouth of the umpqua
River and soon went TO pieces, not
one of the crew or passengers escap-
ing. She was on her return trip from Asto-
ria, where she had to go to take lot of Chi
nsmen lately discharged from the canneries
on Coos Bay.
She was last seen off Uppar Ten Mile,
steaming slowly down the coast just outside
the breakers which were running very high,
and her whistle was heard off the mouth OF
the Umpqua. Before night she gave three
sharp whistles, which was the last heard Of
her until the next morning, when her pilot
house, with the end stove, a small boat, one
side Of her hull, and numerous small pieces
were discovered coming up the river with
the tide.
The number lost is said to be from ten to
fifteen souls. The Fearless was not generally
considered seaworthy.
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Washington.

THE President has appointed Thomas Clay
Mcdowell, of Kentucky, to be Collector of
Internal Revenue for the Seventh District Of
Kentucky, vice William Cassius Goodloe, who
was recently fatally wounded in fight. Mr..
Mcdowell is the son-in-law Of Mrs. Goodloe.
In the Pan-American Congress, Delegate
Henderson, of the United States, introduced
resolution welcoming Brazil as republic;
the resolution was tabled.
The Republic of Brazil has been definitely
and regularly recognized by the United
States, and the new credentials of its ENJOYS,
both ordinary and extraordinary, have been
ttendered Secretary Blaine, and accepted in
due form BY him,
THE President has appointed Thomas j.
Powers, or Feuusyi kar..., IA oiuls4.
of Customs in the District of Philadelphia,
and John J. Ridgeway, of Pennsylvania, to
be Surveyor of Customs in the District of
Philadelphia.
THE President has appointed William H.
Shelmire, of Pennsylvania, to be Pension
Agent at Philadelphia.
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KILLED BY HIS PATENT.
Fatal Ingenuity of Young Man at
Washington.

Frank T. Barry, fifteen years old, son OF
the late Honorable Henry W. Barry, OF Mis-
sissippi, was found dead in his bed at hls
home in Washington by his mother. He had
rugged string from his bed to the gas bracket
so that he might study in bed ana turn ouI
the gas without leaving the bed when he be-
came sleepy. In his sleep he had involuntarlly
turned on the gas which during the night
illed the room and aspbv1iated him.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-12-11
Another Train Robbery.

Fifteen masked and heavily arnedi men
boarded the south bound SaiHitta Re passenger
train at Berwyn small station in the
Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, and cut
the engine and mail and express car loose
from the coaches. They then ran the train
two miles, and threw the fireman off the 10
comotive. Two miles further on the engi-
neer was thrown off, and after running four
miles further the steam was turned off, and
the locomotive killed.
express car. The guard and messengers
fired twenty shots, but finally gave in after
the robbers had literally riddled the car.
The money stolen is between $20,0 900 and
$50. 900, and came principally from Chicago.
United States Marshals went in pursuit Of
the robbers
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-12-11

A NEW and dangerous cattle disease has
made its appearance in Pratt County. Ill;
The cattle are attacked in the hind legs and
itch so terribly that the animals eat the SKIN
off them. When it goes up i'll their body
death ensues in a short time The animals
never live over twenty-four hours after they
are attacked.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-12-11

An unusually interesting marriage
recently took place in Liverpool Inc
bride and bridegroom, both colored, had
travelled from Lagos, about 5000 miles,
in order that the ceremony might ne
performed by Rev. L. Nicholson OF
Brighton, formerly chaplain at Lagos
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! LANCASTER COUNTY, PennsTl-
vania. pensioner dawing $l4 a month
RECENTLY boasted to stranger that he
conld set more fence than any man IN
the county. When his pension was
stopped he learned that the stranger
WAS q Government detective sent to.
investigate his case.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-12-11

Seven millions Of the nine millions OF
,sfve Germans who are now living out
,ide Of Germany are residing in the
United States. ------.-E
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-12-11

Ex-MAYoR HEWITT, of New York, has
bought an inhabited island, called by its fifty
or sixty people Plum Island. 1t is one of the
small islands in the Sound between Long Isl
and and the Connecticut shore. 1t was sold
under foreclosure for $4,000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-12-11
THE BEST cow.

Two AWaruS at tHe NIIlcrTCdf "'
Stock Show.
In the American Fat Stock Show at
Chicago awards were made In the
milk test for the best COW, three
wears old or over There were nine
entries. The first premium was awarded
to May Overton. a Holstein. the property OF
F. c. Stevens, of Attica, N Y. Her record
was: Total milk is pounds and ounces,
&c. I2 ounces of butter. 1902 ounces OF solid.
A Holstein from Bulger, Penn, took the
second prize, with record Of 81 pounds Is
ounces milk, 90 46 ounces of butter. aud
Ol. 81 ounces solid.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-03-05
DEATHS DOINGS.
Mrs. Sadie 4. Mcclellan Called to
Her Long Home This
Morning.
school. Catalogue fir ee.

The entire CO immunity was shocked
to-day when il was announced that
Mrs. Sadie F. Mcclellan, wife of Mr..
E. E. Mcclellan, the well-knOwn
book seller, had departed this life at
about $3.50 o'clock this morning. Mrs.
Mcclellan was one of the best kaown
ladies in Central Missouri and her
friends were many. she was formerly
Miss Castle, of this county, and was
married to Mr.. E. E. Mcclellan nine
years ago last November, and has
since resided here. Her death was due
to puerpural fever, and she left one
child, wee babe, only a week old.
Her death was serene one and her
dying testimony was sublimely beau
tiful with the faith of the immortal
life beyond the stars. In the most
minute particular she conveyed her
wishes to those about her, and even
while the dew of death gathered upon
her brow and the film of mortality
yelled her eyes, she still showed self
sacrifice and love for the relatives and
friends who watched beside her.
She was a consistent member of the
Congregational church and worked
untiringly in the cau.e of the Master
whenever she saw an opportunity for
such work.
She leaves beside Ter child, de-
voted husband mother and FIVE broth
ers, beside other relatives, to mourn
her loss. The funeral services will
take place at the Congregational
church next Sunday afternoon, Rev.
Boiler officiating.
A special song service will be rem
dered by the choir, of which Mrs.
Mcclellan was a member, and the
following have been selected as the
pail bearers, Messrs. William Craw-
ford, Hardy L. Berry, j. L. HOllo-
way, Lon and Will Van Wagner and
G.. Il. Minter.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-03-05
IMMIGR ALTON.
The People and Legislature of
Missouri Waking up to
Its Importance.
A Real Estate and Mining Con-
ventiOn to be Held at Sc
daiia on the Goth of
March.

The state of Missouri is attracting q
degree of attention at the present time
that she has never done before. Her
vast and varied resources are being
considered, discussed and investigated
by capitalists and investors as they
nave never been before. This, in a
large measure, is attributable to the
well directed and persistent efforts
of the Southwest Missouri Immlgra-
toe society. That organization
mas carried the name and fame of Mis-
souri, and her attractions of soil
climate, agricultural and horticultural
resources, mines, forests, streams,
fisheries and all her long catalogue of
favorable conditions for the highest
physical and intellectual development
of conducting his highest degree of
personal comfort aud happiness to
every home in the denseiy populated
state and cities.
The effects of this work are now so
pronounced that various other quail
Iers of the state have caught the in
spiration from us and are now agitat-
ing the question of organizing lmmi-
grafton and Improvement societies.
The state legislature has also caught
the inspiration, or rather 1t has been
compelled to recognize the clamor
for state recognition OF this work,
and measures are now penfing in the
state legislature to establish a depart
ment of immigration. 5These
measures have the he,,rty support OF
Missouri's young and progressive gov
eminent, and ere long we may ex-
pect to see the grand old common
wealth of Missouri taking the lead In
the march of progress. But let US
not stop here. We are inviting peo-
pie into Missouri to stay, and when
they arrive, we want to entertain them
as becomes citizens of great state.
The real estate and mining conven-
ton called to meet at Sedalis on
March20th next, has in veiw this very
object-to organize so that we may
better show the people what we have,
and better induce capitalists to come
and live among us. Let every county
in Central Missouri send delegate to
this convention and work for the inter-
ests of our grand old state, and in
less than six months many will be
knocking at our doors for admit
ance.
For any further information in
reference to the convention. address,
r. G. SNEED,
Sedalia, Mo
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-03-05
A Sound Legal Opinion.

E. cambridge, Munday, Esq, county at.
torney, Clay county, Texas, says, "Have
used Electric Bitters with most happy re.
suits. My brother also was very low with
malarial fever and jaundice, but was cured
by timely use of this medicine. Am salts.
fed Electric Bitters saved his life"
Mr.. d. l. Wilco1son, of Horse Cave, Ky,
adds like testimony, saying he positively
believes he would have died, had it not
been for Electric Bitters.
This grea: remedy VIII ward of, as well
as cure, all malaria al diseases, and for all
kidney, liver and stomach disorders stands
unequaled. Price SOC and 81 at Mertz &
Hale's drug store.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-03-05
MISSOURI NOTES.

Greek will be the pame of a new
postoffice in Carroll county.
They tax everything in Clinton
except temperance lectures.
-Nevada's canning factory wants
100 acres of tomatoes planted this
spring. ,
The editors of the state will visit
Excelsior Springs in the latter part of
May.
AT the roundup in johnson coun-
ty last week wild dog was among
the game captured.
The pending bill to separate
Buchanan county into two judicial cir
cults will no doubt become law.
Springfield lis digesting the an
nouncement that there Is not paper
mill west of the Mississippi river.
Two young man of Rich Hill
have been indicted for fooling their
grandfather out of bis vote in the last
election.
The Latter Day Saints of north
west Missouri held their quarterly
conference at st. Joseph, with closed
doors.
Senator Sebree, of Carroll cOun-
| ty, has introduced a bill in the state
to prevent clerks of courts from buy
ing witness fees at less than par value.
The saloon keepers of Fulton
have failed to get their petitions sign
ed by the required number of tax
Dayers, and in consequence Fulton at
present is dry town.
According to the law creating the
state reform school for boys, each
county pays its own bills at the rate
of $3.50 week for every incorrigible
sent from its boundaries.
"A bill has been introduced in the
state legislature requiring each attor-
ney to file a bond With the circuit
clerk in the sum of $4,000 for the
faithful performance of his duty.
The Missouri senate has passed
bill requiring railroads to furnish &C
commodations for all express conf
| panies and to transport express mat
ter without discrimination.
-Warrensburg will hold an elect
ion March 4 to determine whether or
not Warrensburg shall be city of
the fourth or third class. 1t is now
doing buslnes as city of the fourth
class.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-03-05
A VfIlainOus Assault.

MIS-. langley, a white woman, and
George Owens, negro, were arrested yes,
terday afternoon by Deputy Constable
Drake upon a warrant. issued by Justice
Halstead, charging them with assault and
battery upon the person of little boy
named Charley Jackson. They were re.
leased on recognizance to appear Monday
morning at ten o'clock for trial.
Mrs. langley is vicious white woman
who lives with colored people north of the
tracks and west of the gas works. She be.
came enraged at the boy and the negro
Owens caught and held him while the
woman pounded him on the head with q
rock, inflicting several severe cuts.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-03-05
The New Discovery.

You have heard your friends and neigh
bors talking about it. You may yourself
be one of the many who knews from per-
sonal experience just how good q thing if
is. III you have ever tried il, you sre one
of It's stsunch sfrien1s. because the wonder
full thing about it is, that when once given
a trial, DIR. Kings New Discovery ever
after holds place in the house. If you
have never used 1t and should be afflicted
with a cough, cold or any Throat, Lung or
Chest trouble, secure bottle at once and
give it fair trial. Ii is guaranteed every
time, or money refunded. Trial bottles
free at Mertz and Hale's. drug store.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-03-05
HERE AND THERE.

Ed Crawford smiled and smiled yes
terday aud said nothing.
Recorder Brady was engaged yester-
day in making his monthly report
The city was full of country people
yesterday despite the miserable roads.
A building boom has struck on East
Fifth street Al. Harris is building a
chicken coop.
Tax collections were reported good
the court house.
All preparations are completed tor the
reception of the state encampment here on
the 18Th and 14th insts.
1t is currently reported in south est
Missouri that Kit Carson, of the Joplin
Herald, recently changed his socks.
City Collector Pilkington had his boil
lanced yesterday and is able to turn his
neck around early two degrees.
The "Black Huzzar Band" with
"The Postage Stamp" company, created
quite sensation yesterday with its loud
clothes and soft music.
Sheriff Garrett, of Barton county,
passed through the city yesterday having
in custody Charles Heskit and Milford
Allen, whom he was taking to the pen, the
former for burglary and the latter for oh
tanning goods under false pretenseS.
H. I'll. Boetjer, the Union depot news
agent, slapped the face of Henry Drexel's
boy yesterday and Drexel went down to
the depot and slapped Boetjer's face. In
this manner the time was passed away
pleasantly.
There is going to be sensation in the
West End one of these days. A married
man is watching tine actions of near
neighhor with a shotgun. The BAzoo has
two reporters detailed to keep a strict
watch on the proceedings.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-03-05
A Number of Leading Repubi IL
cans of the Sixth Dis
trict i'm Secret Ses-
sion.
The Object of Which is tn Farm
Out the POstOffice i'm this
Section of tie State.
Ed. Crawford of the Sntihe.
to be Sedalia'S Next
Postmaster.

For two days there have been a
number of leading republican polti-
ticians of the Sixth congressional dis
trict in secret conference in this city,
the object of which is to make salts
factory distribution of federal patron
age among the truly loil" in this
baIliwick. A BAZoo detective scented
the matter yesterday and started ON
the trail. The place of holding the
secret caucuses has been kept secret
and onlv few faithful republicans
here have, On let into the doings OF
the confere There are now in
the city the foil "eii.Rnown re.
pubIicans Hon. N b. Upton,
of Bolivar; j. j. Sml of 5 ater ;
]. G. Poringey, of Mars hsll Bud
Hastain, of Warsaw Editor Red
man, OF the BoOnville Republican,
and several other prominent radicals.
These men are here for the purpose of
naming the postmasters in this con
gressiopal district, and the sci CT.
ions made here to-day or tomorrow,
will be endorsed at Washington.
1t is candid fact
that Joe Upton carries toe pqtroua &c
of this disiric' in his hip pocket. He
has been the congressional standard
bearer in the last campaign and is IL
:avor with the republican delegation
in congress from Missouri.
Farmer Wade and the three re-
publican representatives-elect from 81.
Louis have agreed that what Joe says
about postoffices in this district
"goes." The man that yearns to lick
stamps in the Sedalia postoffice must
stand in with Joe, or bis name is Den
mis- in box-car letters. Joe Upon
is not inclined to play Boss
FiIley, however. He is a pretty
square man Joe is, and so he called
the council, which is in session here
to-day, for the purpose Of receiving
applications and listening to advice.
When the testimony is all in, Joe
will make his selections for every
prominent postofice in the district
he will stick the list in his pistol
pocket and 60 to Washington, and
every mothers son of the fellows
whose names are on that list, will be
pOstmasters.
Mr.. Upton informed a BAzoo re-
porter last night that he wouli be in
Sedalia until Sunday. When asked
what he was doing here, he smiled in
that Polk county sort of way peculiar
to himself and Dan STATION and re-
piled:
"Pm going to pick out a new post
master for Sedalia"
And that was the end of the inter-
view.
When the conference was adjourned
to-day, one thing was settled, and that
was that Mr.. E. ID. Crawford, the
editor and proprietor of the Sedalia
Sentinel will be the next postmaster in
Sedalia. An effort was made to keep
the matter quiet, but by 3 o'clock this
afternoon it was town talk.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-03-05
Written for the sundas Morning Bazoo.
THE ANSWER.


Written for the sunda! Morning Bazoo
THE ANSWER.
You ssk me why / Ioye you so,
cannot tell | only know
/ love you.
lust as the lily loves the dew
When stars begirt Gods span of blue
love you.
Just as the wild rose newly gun
Expands and loves the kiss of sun
love you.
Just as the eagle loves Its nest
Upon the far free mountain crest
love you.
Just as the heart which hurt and sad
Loves that which heals and makes IL
glad
love you.
Can love explain on sweeter strings?
Then hear, for 10 ! thousand things
/ love you.
Rosa PEARL.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-03-05

About one O'Clock this morning Officers
Myers and Laird arr sted a plumber
named Mike McCawley and a printer
named c. Paul Rogers aud locked them
up in the city calaboose. The printer and
the plumber were painting Ohio street red
and the policemen didn't want it painted
red. Hence the arrest