The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-03-05
South and West.

THE color line has resulted in split in,
the Louisiana and Mississippi Department OF
the Grand Army of the Republic. There are
now two sets Of officers.
JIM BUTTS and Ed. johnson, both colored,
were hanged at Perry, Ga, for the murder
of Captain Miller.
ADEPuTY UNITED STATES MARsr AL was
! waylaid and shot at Quincy, Fla, ~ men
accused of election frauds
THE National Electric Light Convention
which met at Kansas City expressed opposi-
| tion to executions by electricity.
THE SALEM Gll) National Bank has been
! robbed of Sl0,0 600 in cash and some securl-
ties The burglars drilled through the vault
burglar proof safe.
DENNIS HARDRIcK, colored. while fighting
drunk, fired into crowd OF dancers al
Santa Rosa County, Fla, and shot four per
sons two men and two women. One of the
latter is dead, and the others fatally hurt
A PASSENGER train on the Monon route
collded with freight train two miles north
of Mitchell, Ind, and three men were killed.
Two Cincinnati Southern freight trains
collided at Melville, Tenn, and Engineer II.
Grow, and Brakeman William Gray were
killed. The collision was caused by the neg.
ligence of the tlagman.
ONE wing of the insane asylum west
of Little Rock, Ark, has been burned.
The loss is between $780, 900 and s40,00 The
four hundred patients were removed to the
ground floor, and although an indescribable
panic prevailed, there was no loss of life.
The Terre Haute Milling Company's -four
ing mill in Indiana has been burned Loss
100000
IT was discovered in Salt Lake City that
an attempt had been made to steal the re-
cords of the Utah Commission.
THE steamer Louise, of the Jacksonville and
Mayport line, ran into an obstruction near
Hunters Mill, on ST. Johns River, Fla, and
was sunk. One man was drowncl.
SMALLPOX is spreading in Texas. On one
ranch in Duval County si1ty-five persons
died of the disease. There is great scarcity
of nurses and physicians.
A LOCAL freight train jumped the track al
Founding Mill, Va, and the ENGINEER, brake
man and another man were killed, and the
engine and five cars were wrecked.
A SEMINARY for girls has been burned at
San Marcos, Texas, and three of the girls
were seriously burned, and thirty others only
escaped death by jumping from the third
story windows to gallery, from which they
escaped on ladders Many were hurt in
making the jump.
NAPOLEON LAVAL called at the store of B
Feldeman & Co.. Charleston, S. c., an6
asked to see his wife. who had been separated
from him for some time. When the woman
came down, Laval shot her, and then, enter
ing the store, shot Feldeman. Both of the
victims were fatally wounded.
LATHAM SHoLEs, the inventor of the
typewriter and pioneer journalist, died al
Milwaukee, Wis, aged II years.
ELLISON MOUNTS was hanged at Pikeville,
KY, for participating in the murder of Miss
Alafair Mccoy and her brother.
J. B. KELLY was arrested in st. Louis and
identified as j. B. Simonds, wanted for com
plicity in the murder of DR.. Cronin al
Chicago.
The tobacco establishment and stock of
Black & Co., Wheeling, w. Va, estimated
to be worth more than 500, 900, have been
seized by United States officers on account |
of alleged overfilling Of tobacco packages.