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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-04-23
THE NEWS EPITOMIZED.
Eastern and Middle States.

A FARMER near Egg Harbor City, N. j.,
burned his house and died in the flames. He
was crazed by the foreclosure and sale of his
property.
FIRE has destroyed the homestead built by
Horace Greeley at Chappaqua, N. Y, forty
years ago, and occupied by him until his
DEATH in 1872 at the close Of his unsuccess-
full campaign for the Presidency.
THE returns from the election in Rhode
Island showed that the choice Of State Off
GERS would be left to the Grand Commit
tee of the Legislature.
THE New York Chamber of Commerce
passed resolutions condemning the Chinese
exclusion legislation as violation Of the
Chinese treaty Of 1880.
EDWARD SYLVESTER, Charles Mason, and
Harry Williams, three noted counterfeiters,
have been arrested in Buffalo, N. Y. They
had number Of counterfeit dollars in their
possession.
The first Connecticut River shad reported
has been caught at Windsor, forty miles
above the mouth Of the river.
THE passenger station and freight depot at
Roxbury, N. j.. have been burned.
ANTRIM OSBORNE. retired and well
known manufacturer Of Rose Valley, Penn,
was run over by locomotive and killed.
Ex-STATE SENATOR EDWARD J. SLAT-
Terry, of South Framingham, Mass, received
letter from the white Caps Of Massa-
chusetts" ordering him to leave the State
forthwith or suffer the consequences.
TWELVE election officers of Jersey City, N.
j., were arrested for connection with the
ballot box frauds, and warrants were issued
for forty-eight more.
The Dittmar dynamite works at Bayches-
ter, N. Y, blew up, killing j. H. Kelmeir
and Max Shultz and shattering window
panes for miles around.
ENGINEER POTTER and three other train
men were buried in landslide on the tracks
of the West Shore Railroad at Diefendorf
Hill N. Y, and all were instantly killed.
THE rolling mill of the johnson Forge
Company and two dwellings adjoining were
destroyed by fire at Wilmington, Del. The
loss was estimated at S4O0, 900.
GEORGE K. S1sTAEEs Sons, Stock Ex-
change brokers in New York city, an
nounced their suspension because Of de-
falcation amounting to about $500, 600 on the
part of Douglass Hilger, managing partner
in charge of the Philadelphia branch of the
firm.
REFEREE MEEKs went to the Tombs in
New York city to serve the thirty days for
which he was sentenced for his participation
in the Sheriff Flack divorce proceedings.
FREDERICK K1MBALL, teller of the Peoples
Savings Bank of Worcester, Mass, has
absconded with about $40, 900 Of the banks
funds.
OREsTEs CLEVELAND was reelected
Mayor of Jersey City, N. j., for the sixth
time by greatly reduced majority.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-04-23
SECOND FLOOR.

rooms are large The parlor Alcoye has O
fireplace and is furnished with bookcases,
which may be glazed with stained glass,
There is. a fireplace and an upholstered seat
in the hall. The bedrooms areof fair size,
and there's are many of them-an essential re-
quirement for a large family. Colonial
features predominate in the exterior.
Cost: In the vicinity of New York city,
$37O0. To reduce cost, omit finishing the
attic rooms to save 500; substitute ash for
oak stair finish to save about 500; build q
smaller cellar, say under the kitchen and
hall only to save about 500.
r. w. SHoPPELL. Architect.
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FOR A FAITHFUL DOG.
A Fine Coffin and a Tombstone Pro
yided by His Master.

An old man, bent nearly double with age,
with small black terrier trotting faithfully
close TO his tottering steps, has been a ia
miliar sight in the neighborhood of Ninth
and Walnut streets, Philadelphia, for many
Wars The affection between the 1.-TWO showed
itself in their daily walks, for they were al
ways together The old man is John Patter-
son, a wealthy bachelor, without kin in the
world.
Prince" the terrier, became sick two or
three weeks ago, and his master grew very
apprehensvc He consulted the different
dog doctors, but prince" died and the heart
of his old bachelor master was almost broken.
The same afternoon old Mr.. Patterson went
to a neighboring carpenter shop and ordered
a small walnut coffin. This was upholstered
as though for human being, and was silver
mounted. On the lid silver plate was put,
and on it the name of the little terrier, his
age and pedigree were inscribed. When the
coffin was brought to the old mans house the
body of the dead terrier was placed into it
by his master and carried to the backyard,
where it was buried with great solemnity::
A tombstone will be erected at the head Of
the grave to his memory.
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PRESIDENT HARRISON has nominated Bnga-
r-General Nelson A. Miles to be Major
General. Colonel Benjamin b. Grierson.
Tenth Cavalry, was also nominated to- be
Brigadier- General.
The nomination of General Lewis A.
Grant of Minneapolis, MINI, to be Assistant
Secretary of War, was sent to the Senate
by President Harrison.
IT has been definitely announced in Wash
ington that James S. Clarkson, First As
sistant Postmaster General, would retire
from his place on June 1.
TIE House Committee on Pensions ordered
q favorable report on the Brookshire bill,
granting pension to Mrs Della T. 8. Par
nell, daughter Of the late Admiral Charles
Stewart and mother Of Cha rles Stewart Par
nell. The original bill, which provided for a
pension of 800 her mon th, was amended so
as to reduce the pension to $50.
The House Committee on Elections has
appointed a sub-committee, consisting Of
Messrs. Lacey, Cooper, Bergen, Outhwaite,
and Wilson, Of Missouri, to visit Arkansas
Immediately and collect testimony relative
to the contested election case of Clayton
against Breckenridge, and the alleged assas-
sination of Clayton.
THE Secretary Of the Navy issued an adj
vertisement for proposals for the construc-
tion of three naval vessels-an armored
cruiser protected cruiser and a naval
academy practice ship.
REPRESENTATIVE W. H. II. CowLEs, Of
North Carolina, received a telegram in
Washington announcing that his young son
had been killed at a North Carolina college,
by the accidental discharge of pistol. The
news was communicated to the father by
Senators Ransom and Vance and he was al
most overcome.
PRESIDENT and Mrs. Harrison gave their
third State dinner at the White House in
Washington, and the Justices of the Supreme
Court were the guests of honor. 1t was the
largest dinner Of the series Covers were laid
for fifty guests and the spread of linen and
flowers was the prettiest of the season.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-04-23
A PLAGUE OF MICE.

Millions of Them Devastating Crops
and Cutting Granaries in Russia.
A terrible plague has swept through Char,
kow, Russia, and over large section oi
Southern Russia.
Millions of field mice, in such numbers as
to be irresistible, have overrun those prov
inces and are passing northward.
They have ruined cultivated fields, COM
pletely guttei granaries and wheat stacks,
and killed and eaten several hundred dogs.
They swim rivers and climb mountains,
and there seems to be no way either OF e1ter'
minating them or of arresting their progress
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-04-23
TAKING THE CENSUS.
The Questions That Will be Asked by
the Census Takers.

| the census ldhSES.
The work of taking the United States Gen.
Nyill begin on June 2, and will, it is ex-
leted, occupy month. The questions that
will be asked by the census takers are as FOL
lows:
/. Give Christian name in full ana lnieia
of middle name, surname.
9. Whether soldier, sailor or marine dur
Ing the civil war UNITED States or Confed-
eratel, or widow of such person.
8. Relationship to head of family.
4. Whether white or black, mulatto quad
room, octoroon, Chinese, japanese or lnolan
s. Sex.
6. Age at nearest birthday. If under one
year give age in months
I. Whether single, married, widowed OF
divorced.
s. Whether married during the census year
June !, 1889, to May 81, 1890.
9. Mother of how many children and num-
Der of these children living.
TO- Place of birth.
II. Place of birth of father.
12.. Place of birth of mother.
13. Number of years in the United States
IA. Whether naturalized.
il. Whether naturalization papers have
been taken out.
16. Profession, trade or occupation.
Ia. Months unemployed during the census
June l, 1889, to May 81, 1s9N
Is. Attendance at school lin months) dur
pg the census year June l. 1889, to May d.
89O.
10. Able to read.
20. Able to write.
81. Able tc speak English. II not, the
language OF dialect spoken.
90. Whether suffering from acute o,
hronic disease, with name OF disease anu
ength of time afflicted
%. Whether defective in mind, sight, near
ng or speech, or whether crippled, manned,
Il deScrmed, name Of defect.
"a. Whether prisoner, convict, homeless
hild, pauper: ,..s -,
.25 and 26. Is the home you live in hired, OF
it owned by the head or by member OF the
hmily?
81 If owned by head or member of family,
the house free from mortgage ncum
hce?
"A. If the head of the family is q farmer,
the farm which he cultivates hired, or Is
owned by him or o. member Oh MS
kmily? s.,-
%. II owned by head or member of family
the farm free from mortgage lncum6rance:
90 II the home or farm is owned by head o!
ember of family and mortgaged, give tne
pstoffc address OF owner.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-04-23
PERSPECTIVE VIEW.

tions, brick; first story, clapboards; second
story, gables, dormers and roof, shingles.
Interior Finish: Hard; white plaster
throughout. Soft wood trim throughout,
stained and finished like hardwood. Double
floor in the first story the diminishing floor
being hard pine. The main staircase in both
stories is finished with quartered oak. Inside
sliding blinds for all front windows; outside
blinds for all other windows.
Exterior Colors: All clapboards, light
drab; trim, including water table, corner
boards castings, cornices, bands, ,veranda
posts and rails dark drab; outside doors,
Stained to initiate hardwood; outside blinds,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-04-23
Zach TAYLOR at Waynesburg,

Zach Taylor was hanged at Waynesburg at
II :12 o'clock in the forenoon.
In a speech on the scaffoid he said he was
an innocent man, that he never saw the man
who was murdered, and that he was going
home to Jesus After religious services Tay,,
lor shackled his own ankles. He bade and
kissed all present goodbye. When all was
ready at 11:l2 he dropped the handkerchief
as Signal to spring the trap. The fall was
three feet, and his neck was broken. His
body was coffined and taken to his home in
Masontown, Fayette County.
On Saturday, September 10, 1887, William
McCausland, a well-to-do stock dealer OF
Allegheny City, was murdered in Cumberr-
land township Green County. A revol-
yer bearing the initials ~. Il. c." was
found beside McCausland, and was the
clew which led to the arrest of John 7. Clark
and Zach Taylor. At the trial, George Clark
and Zach Taylor were found guilty: George
Clark was respited half dozen times, but
was hanged February 26.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-04-23
MADE A MAJOR.GENERAL.
Nelson A. Miles Promoted to
Succeed General Crook.
A. Civilian Who Became a Noted
Indian Fighter.

Brigadier- General Nelson A. Miles has
been promoted to be Major General to sue
ceed Major.General Crook, deceased.
General Miles, who was in Washington at
the time of his promotion, was the recipient
of hearty congratulations In company With
Major-General SchofIeld, General Miles
called on Secretary Proctor and thanked
him for his promotion.
General Nelson Appleton Miles was born
in Westminster, Mass, August 8, 1889. he
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-04-23
FIRST FLOOR.

FIRST FLUUH,
bronze green; sashes and brickwork, POM
peian red; veranda and porch floors and cell
ings, oiled; shingles on side walls treated with
linseed oil and burnt umber; shingles on roofs
left unfinished.
Accommodations: The main rooms and
their sizes, closets, etc., ara shown by the
plans given herewith. Beside these there are
three rooms finished in the attic and there is
o cellar under the whole house. The
cellar has O concrete floor and out
side and inside entrances. The first floor
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-04-23

AN Indian burial place discovered In May,
1885 near the Winthrop Centre depot, In
Winthrop Mass, is being excavated by Pro.
fessor Putnam and his assistants of Harvard
College. Several skulls and one whole sksle.
ton have thus far been found
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-04-23
E-BOOMER COUCH. SHOT
He Was the Eirss Mayor of Oklahoma
City.

Captain W. l.. Couch, e1-Maye- of Okla
bona City and the renowned leader of the
Oklahoma boomers for years. IS contestant
for valuable claim west of Oklahoma City
on which J.. G. Adams had fled. Tho other
afternoon Couch and his son began setting
fence posts on the claim, when Adams
appeared and ordered them to
cease. A quarrel ensued,. when
Couch seized Adams, disarmed him
and began using his revolver on him. Couch
was poor shot and Adams vas unharmed.
Adams went to his house, secured his VIM
chester and shot Couch in the left leg,
breaking both bones ard probably necessi-.
tating amputation. Adams at once swore out
a warrant before United States Commissioner
Scott FOR the arrest of Couch and his son.
The Couches went to Commissioner Monroe
and swore out warrant for Adams for at
tenssted murder. All were arrested and put
un,s,r bonds.
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Charles Carter at Ebensburg.

Charles Carter, the murderer of John
Matthews, was hanged in the county Jail at
Ebensburg at l 80 o'clock in the afternoon.
Charles Carter was about twenty-five
years old. a native of Richmond, Va, and
was rather good-looking colored man. He
had a very bad reputation and came from a
family of criminals His brother, Jesse Car.
ter. was hanged in Allegheny County several
years ago for the murder of man of the
name of Foster.
Another brother is no* serving term in
the Western Penitentiary for killing man
two years ago. The murder for which Charles
Carter was hanged was committed in Noyem-
Der, 1889, in Johnstown, in the house Of John
H. Roberts, also colored. Roberts was mar
ried to white woman.
Carter and his victim, Matthews, became
infatuated with Emma Dunn, white girl
who was also a frequent visitor at the Rob
erts house. Carter and Matthews quarreiled
about the girl. Carter shot Matthews through
the breast killing him.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-04-23
CHURCHES PILLAGED.
Outrages Upon Christians in Crehe
by Turkish Soldiers.

Bodies oG Turkish troops have pilsged
Christian churches and insulted Christians IN
the province of Gambia, Crete At the re-
quest of the foreign consuls, Chakr Pasha,
the Governor has ordered an inquiry to be
made into the outrages. The Mixed Com
mission Will Inquire as to the extent Of the
damages that the Christians have suffered,
and tie Turks will be compelled to compenA
safe tasm when the amount Is eseertalnea, .
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The New Jersey State Board of Assessors,
in compilation of railroad statistics, place
the total length of track in the United
States on January 1st, 1880, at 16l, ,08l miles.
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Alfred Andrews at BelIefonte.

Alfred Andrews was hanged at Bellefonte
for the killing of Clara Price. The drop fell
at 11:0S.
1t was just 10:45 o'clock when the march to
the scaffold began. The prisoner was en-.
tirely self-possessed. When on the scaffold
he read the fifteenth chapter of Romans, and
e1horted all present to forsake their sins and
meet him in heaven. He then prayed and
bade al goodbye.
Andl ews's neck was not broken by the fall,
but hc lied from strangulation. About SOU
persons witnessed the execution. The crime
for which Alfred Andrews was hanged was
the murder of Clara Price. sixteen years old,
the daughter of respectable and well-to-do
parents, living at Karthaus, Centre County,
on November 81, 1889. All of the evidence
at the trial was circumstantial. After con-
viction by the jury, Andrews voluntarily
confessed his guilt.
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THE increase in the population Of the
United States since 1880 has been little
more than three per cent. per annnma. nnnma.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-04-23
A COUNTRY HOUSE.
Copyright by the Author

UesCflptl0n OF aH hCtrdCtISt De5lSH
for Dwelling.
Copyright by the Author.I
Following will be found brief description
of an attractive design for country house:
Size of Structure: Width, including porch
at end, Sc it.; depth, including veranda and
rear porch, 81 #.
Height of Stories: Cellar, IT.; first story,
off,; second story, s #. in. ; attic story, IT.
Materials for Exterior Walls. Founda.
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Washington

washington.
The President has approved the act to
amend the act providing for taking the
eleventh and subsequent censuses.
THE House Judiciary Committee appointed
n subcommittee to Investigate alleged cor
rupt acts of Federal Court officers in the
South.
THE House Judiciary Committee has voted
TO report an amendment 10 the Constitution
providing for the election of United States
Senators directly by tie people
THE House Committee on Naval AhaIrS
has directed favorable report on tho NC
Adoo bill to prevent the enlistment OF aliens
in the navy.
THE Treasury Department has sustained
the appeal of John Wanamaker from the
decision of the Collector of Customs at Phlla-
delphia, assessing duty at the rates of forty
Ave and fifty per cent. ad volorem On certain
so-called bead ornaments.
THE Senate has confirmed the following
nominations: G. B. Patterson, Attorney tor
tba Southern District of Florida; Claronce
D, Clark, Associate Judge of the supreme p1
| Court of Wyoming; John G. Misohen;
Pension Agent at Columbus, Ohi9s EDWARD
Fl. Harvey, Pension Agent At nesroit;
Charles 8, Kelsey, Indian Asant Az Green
Bay Agency, 90
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Coursing Over Michigan.

A terrible cyclone passed over the north
ern part of Charlotte, Mich, about three
O'Clock in the morning doing several thou.
sand dollars of damage. The heaviest loss
was to the Richardson Mill Company, the
roof being torn off the main build
ing, entailing loss of $1,000. Mayor Pack
ards barn was torn to atoms. A wing to Mr.
Barhat's residence was wrenched from the
main part and lifted into an adjoining lot,
completely demolishing it. The house OF
DR.. RoSenkrans was damaged to the extent
Of $500. Trees were uprooted and numerous
outhouses were carried away.
At Battle Greek, Mich, tornado passed
through during the night leveling buildings,
fences and windmills. The summer cottages
at Cocnac Lake, two miles south of the town,
were blown down, but no lives were lost.
A cyclone passed over kalamazoo, Mich,
early in the morning. The gale descended in
the northwest part of the city, and the roof
of the Woodward Avenue School was raised
and the building damaged. Sheds and chlnl-
neys were also blown down.
At Mount Clemens, Mich, Mrs. Fred Eber-
lein, of Frazer, was instantly killed by light
ming, which accompanied the cyclone which
passed over the neighborhood.
A cyclone struck Allegan, Mich, at three
o'clock in the morning. The storm was pre-
ceded by a high wind and rain
storm. It destroyed the barn, kitchen
and fences of George Prayer. John
Germans barn was turned completely
around and his corn crib, sheds and fences
are a total wreck. The wind unroofed houses
and barns and tore down fences in Watson
township. No lives were lost, though several
persons were injured IN Trowbridge.
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STORM.SWEPT STATES.
A Tornado Courses Over Ohio,
Michigan and Illinois.
Factory at Norwalk, Ohio.
Crushed Like an Egg Shell.

A cyclone struck Norwalk Ohio, about
five o'clock in the afternoon. The storm swept
atrack bout half mile wide from the eastern
limits Of the city and long distance in the
country. The umbrella factory Of Sprague
& French was in the path of the cyclone.
A part of the building, in which about thirty
young women were employed, was crushed
like all egg-shell Many of the girls escaped,
but others were caught in the falling build
ing.
Dora Palmer, aged nineteen, received fatal
injuries and died in short time Her skull
was crushed.
, Nellie Harding was seriously injured about
the head and upper part of the body. Mis-;
Brush had her collar bone broken and was
otherwise badly injured Several other
girls received injuries. Barns belonging
to Colonel Sprague, o. NJ. Hames, john
Copsey, John Myers, Charles Barer
DR.. L. A. Severcool, William Perrin,
D. Zwick and John Parker were blown down
and other small buildings were wrecked.
Trees were uprooted and fences torn down
in all directions, The force of the wind was
unprecedented in that section.
At seven o'clock that same evening another
terrific storm visited the city, the wind blow
ing gale and haistones as big as hickory
nuts fell smashing windows and demollSh-
ing greenhouses. -. o,.
A heavy rain storm visited Oberlin, Ohio,
flooding cellars of business houses on College
street to a depth of four feet. The water
rose rapidly in Plum Creek, and people on
the fats expected to be compelled to leave
their homes before morning.
A great electric storm passed over East
Liverpool, Ohio. about II o'clock A; NJ: The
Methodist Church steeple was knocked down
and the church damaged. The telephone
central exchange was burned and the SER
;. vice destroyed. The operators were COM
PEELED to fly from theroom.