The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-08-06
LATER NEWS,

Sandy Greek, Oswego County, went out fish
ing on Robert Corner pond, near Adams, N
Y. In trying to land pickerel the boat
capsized aud they were drowned.
The police of Bangor, Me-, captured an
organized gang of boys who called them
selves the "Black Avengers" and who are
charged with many cases Of storebreaking
and kindred offences.
OVER 500 employees OF the Street Cleaning
Department in New York city went on
strike. They want more regular employ
ment.
A GREAT storm struck the northern cor
ner county, in the neighborhood Of Sydney,
North Dakota, and destroyed three thousand
acres Of grain.
Two women and q child camping on
Beaver Brook, in Colorado, were swept
away in a waterspout and drowned. One
hundred cattle were drowned in TIE Grand
Canyon.
THE Touring mill Of Mead Bros, at North
Jackson. Ohio was completely wrecked by
the explosion Of a boiler. George Mead, the
engineer, and William Thomas, an employe,
were killed instantly, anil William Mikesell
fatally injured.
V1DoLA MELESA, Mexican, his wife and
five-year-old daughter, were shot and killed
at Hutton, Texas. James Gibbs and Andrew
Sutton, neighbors, charged with the crime,
have been arrested. The motive was sup
posed to be revenge.
In a yacht racs at Duluth, Minn., two
boats were struck by squall. One went to
the bottom. Clark and LintIer were drowned.
Purcell was rescued in dying condition.
AMID great cheering ths ordinance asked
by the directors Of the worlds fair, granting
the use of tho lake front as part site for
the exposition, was adopted by the Chicago
Gll.) City Council. The city will furnish
81, 600, 900 to fill $50 acres of the disputed
part of the site-lake front-the property to
revert to the city for park purposes after
the fair.
The Commissioner Of Indian Affairs has
issued an order to the Indian Agent Of the
five civilized tribes in the Indian Territory
which requires all persons not members of
these tribes pursuing any business in the
Territory, to procure license from the In
dian Bureau.
PROFESSOR SoLEY, the new Assistant Sec
rotary of the Navy, formally assumed that
office Colonel Tichenor also relinquished
ais position as Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury, and qualified as member of the
Board of Customs Appraisers.
The President sent to the House of Repre-
sentatives, in answer to the resolution intro
luced by Representative Hit, the official
correspondence Of the United States and the
Government of Great Britain touching the
seal fisheries Of the Behring Sea.
THE President sent the following nomina-
tons to the Senate: To be ENJOYS Extraor-
iinary and Ministers PIenipotentiary of the
United States-Thomas 81. Anderson, of
Ohio, to Bolivia; Clark E. Carr, of Illinois,
TO Denmark; John W. Washburn, of Massa-
,husetts, to Switzerland; John L. Stevens
of Maine to the Hawaiian Islands; George
Nancy, of Tennessee, to Paraguay and Uru-
quay.
THE United States Squadron Of Evolution
vas enthusiastically welcomed to Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil.
SMALL Pox is ravaging the villages be-
tween Manoourat and Zazazig in Egypt.
The population is almost decimated.
ADMIRAL FREEMANTLE reviewed at Zan-
.ibar, Africa, the British naval brigade and
field artillery in the presence Of the Sultan
Of ZanZibar