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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-26
THE LABOR WORLD.

THE South's manufacturers employed 4S9,-
26O persons last year, and 215, 42S in $780,
MICHIGAN has seventy-eight furniture fac
tories, half of which are in Grand Rapids.
On the Hudson River alone 10000 men
usually employed on the ice harvest have
been idle.
THE postal clerks of Chicago have orga-
nzed. They want eight hours day and
graded salaries.
PENNsYLvANIA's master painters and
decorators have declared their opposition to
the eight-hour movement.
THE Massachusetts, Federation of Labor
will hold convention in Boston on March
16 to boom the eight-hour movement.
ENGLISH mine owners are preparing to
form federation to protect their interests
against the organizations OF employees.
AN eight-hour badge has been adopted by
the American Federation of LABOR. 1t is
simply figure eight made of nickel plated
metal.
CHRISTOPHER WOODS, Treasurer Of the
Switchmen'S Union No. 4, of Kansas City,
Mo-, has disappeared with $1,000 of the
unions money.
THE New York State branch of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor seems to be in &
prosperous condition, as the per capita tax
could be reduced one-fourth Of one cent.
THE iourneymen plumbers and steam and
gas filters of Allegheny County, Penn,
numbering 1000, are arranging to affiliate
with the American Federation of Labor.
THE cigar making industry of San Fran
cisco is almost dead, because OF Chinese COM
petition, and goods from Pennsylvania are
sold cheaper there than they can be made at
home.
THERE are at Sheffield, Ala, enterprises
now under construction OF contract to be COM
pleted there within six months to the extent
of $500, 00O including a 500, 900 rolling mill,
800, 900 railroad shops, etc.
The London owners of docks. wharves and
warehouses have formed union to combat
the demand Of labor unions Lockouts on
one hand and new strikes on the other will
probably follow in quick succession.
WOMEN employed on the Volga River in
Russia work from four o'clock in the morn
ing till sunset. They carry 40 pounds of
freight up high ladders. Men get twenty
two cents per day, women eighteen cents.
MOSES BOYD, of Dedham, Mass, has been
Il Boston and Providence Railroad conductor
for forty-sS years, and he is said to be the
oldest conductor in active service on any
road running out Of Boston. He is seventy
four years old.
DIX ISLAND, which contains the granite
1uarries from which came the granite for
the New York and Philadelphia Postoffices,
the Treasury Building at Washington and the
Brooklyn Bridge has been sold to an English
syndicate, which is to reopen the quarries.
Miss FRANCES E. WILLARD, who has lived
for many years in Chicago suburb says
there are women in that city who make a
dozen skirts for seventy-ive cents and find
their own thread. Also that there are chill
dren who work twelve hours day for dol
lar week.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-26
POSTAL PRIZES.
Twelve Gold Medals for the Quickes1
Men on Railway Routes.

IWClfC VOlu uASo&A5 Aoh SAS
Men on Railway Routes.
General Order No. SO3, just issued by the
General Superintendent of the Postoffice De-
partment, notifies the railway postal clerks
throughout the country that at the close OF
1890 twelve gold medals will be presented to
the most efficient men.
They will be known as "The Postmaster
General Medals" and one will be awarded to
the clerk in each of the eleven divisions who
shall have made the best general record on
tho largest number of cards representing
postoffices distributed by routes or by coun'
ties modified by the class of tbe clerk, the
error slip record and the car work.
The twelfth medal will be awarded to the
clerk of any class in any division who shall
during the year correctly distribute, in the
shortest time and with tho largest number
of separations, cards representing the great
est number of postoffices.
Committees to determine the award OF the
division medals will be selected by the clerks
in their respective divisions, in manner to
be arranged by the Division Superintendent,
and committee to award the twelfth medal
will be designated by the General Superin'
tendent.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-26
THE NEWS EPITOMIzED.
Eastern and Middle States.

SARAH RICE and Amelia Vallancourt wert
fatally burned in the one-Story waste houss
of the fremont and Suffolk Company's mill,
at Lowell, Mass.
A FIFE which broke out at Rochester,
n. Y, caused loss of nearly S100, 600. j.
E Hunts large box factory and two adjoin-
ing building were entirely destroyed.
THE American Federation Of Labor, &C,
cording TO a Boston dispatch, proposes tt
raise gigantic fund of 5000, 900 to support
the contemplated eight-hour strike of May J.,
1890.
MORE than GOO0 people attended a public
reception to Rev. T Dewitt Talmage II
Brooklyn. General w. I. Sherman and
Mayor Chaplin were among the speakers.
ALASKA SHAFT at Mount Carmel, the Phil.
adelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Com.
pany's largest colliery, has been closed One
ment.
THE new glass works at Blairsville, Penn,
were blown down during severe storm.
Charles Z. Barr, Superintendent, and Mr..
Bierney were killed, and number of per.
sons injured.
A FEARFUL storm has ragged throughout
Western Pennsylvania. Snow, hail, rain
and wind played great havoc. In Pittsburg
no damage was done by the wind, but the
snow and slush block2ded many of the
streets and stopped street-car traffic.
GOVERNOR HILL sent message to the
New York Legislature advising it to pass the
Worlds Fair bill as originally presented.
A TRAIN wreck occurred near Harrisburg,
Penn, which resulted in the death Of the
fireman and injuries to four other persons
The accident was caused by misplaced
switch.
THE house occupied by Miss Caroline Lane,
in Luneberg, Mass, was burned to the
ground. Miss Lane. who was so years old
and lived alone, perished.
The sardine factory at Machiasport
Village, Me-, its wharf. some coal sheds and
$4,000 feet of lumber were burned, it Is
thought by an incendiary.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-26
ST Louis Gets a Shaking Tn

Altos o'clock the other morning two dis
tinct earthquake shocks were felt in St.
Louis. The disturbance was most powerful
.ns hav Sa
they ran into the streets. The bottles i'll drug
stores and barrooms We're shaken together,
and in some instances broken. Reports from
the southern suburb Of Corondelet show that
the shocks were very violent there. At first
it was supposed that the powder magazine ct
Jefferson barracks had exploded, but the
powder was discovered intact, and then the
true solution vas discovered
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-26
Children Faint i'm Church.

The other night while vesper services were
in progress in st. Johns Catholic Church,
at Westminster, Md, some of the children
complained of feeling badly, and inlmedi-
ately after tainted away. While they were
being carried out into the open air other
children were similarly affected. After
reaching the street nearly all quickly re.
vived, but there are several who were after
ward confined to their beds. Some Of the
adults also felt sick The man in charge of
the furnace had permitted the gas to escape
into the church.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-26
Al Drink Cost Him His Life.

j. McGoldrick, aged between so and go
years tanner by trade. reached Rome, N.
Y, from Taberg, on the Rome, Watertown
and Ogdensburg Railroad at $50 A. NJ, in
tending to take train a few minutes later
for Fonda, where he was going to work.
While waiting in Rome he crossed the track
and went to the little Stanwix Hotel to gets
drink In returning he slipped and fell upon
the east-bound passenger track of the Cen
trail road. He carried bundle of working
clothes and tanners knife. The knife was
1S inches long and IL inches broad. He fell
in such way as to drive the knife about six
inches into his right side, the blade entering
between the second and third ribs and pene-
trating his lung. He managed to rise, pulled
out the knife, and staggered across the re-
manning three of the Centrals tracks, falling
in front OF the depot. He died about halfau
hour later. He leaves q widow and three
children. He was an industrious man and
had worked for many years at Owens's tan
nery in Taberg.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-26
DISASTROUS FLOODS.
Great Damage to Property in Oregon
and Washington.

Heavy rains and melting snow have re-
suited in disastrous floods in Oregon and
Washington. Portland, Ore, was partly
submerged, and the only travel through the
principal business streets was by small
boats. Many bridges were sweptaw AL
railroad communication south and east OF
Portland was cut off for five days.
The wagon bridge across the Willamette
River at Salem, Ore, was carried away:
The structure was 1000 feet long and cost
about S75, OOO No less than ten million logs
have been swept away on the willamette
sawed lumber and a number of sawmills on
the river have also been carried away. The
damage was estimated at over $500, 600.
At Tacoma, Washington, the willamette
River wes higher than for twenty years
past, and much damage was inflicted.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-26
Boats Blown to Sea.

The storm which prevailed on the Virginia
coast for two days proved most destructive,
aud a number of oyster boats were blown to
sea. The sloop Golden Rule sank in Lynn
Haven inlet, and Captain Jones died from
exhaustion after being rescued by life savers.
The sioop Annie has been missing and her
crew were thought to have psrished. The
crew of the sloop Wyandotte, which went
ashore at Virginia Beach, wasrcscued by the
life savers, as was also the crew Of the
schooner I. NJ Thomas, which sank in Ocra-
coke Inlet, near Hatteras. 1t is estimated
that twenty lives were lost in the vicinity OF
Chesapeake Bay by the storm.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-26
The Steak Strangled Her.

While Mrs. Lucius Skinner, Of Taberg, y.
Y, was getting breakfast the other morning
her little daughter Jessie, aged two and one
half years, asked for something to eat. Mrs.
Skinner gave the little girl piece of steak,
which she put in her mouth and ran into the
bedroom. On the way the meat slipped down
her throat. She tried to tell her father what
had happened, but could not make him under
stand, and was strangled to death in few
minnteS
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-26
A M0NSTROUS ICEBERG.
One 700 Feet High and Mile Long
Passed by a Steamship.

Reports Of dangerous icebergs lying direct
ly in the path of Western-bound steamships
still come in, and the photographic officers
have warned mariners of the dangers at
tending a northern passage" Captain
Evans, Of the British steamship Mineola,
which has arrived at Philadelphia from Ham,
burg reports having passed within few
miles Of a floating island of ice 700 feet high
and a mile long.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-26
LOST IN a SNOWST0RM.
Picnickers Have a Thrilling Adven-
ture.

Picnickers Have a Thrilling Adven-
ture.
A party of young persons living in Colo
RADIO Springs, COL, have had thrilling ad-
venture. They left the city early for days
picnicling in Cheyenne Canyon. At the hour
of starting the weather was like June day.
A storm came upon them suddenly, and
grave fears were entertained by their friends.
Searching parties were out all night but
without success. Next morning word came
that they had found refuge in ranch build;
ing. Several of the party suffered from e1-
posure, but none Of them were in danger.
The searchers were not so fortunate, as sew
eral of them were badly frostbitten.
J. E. Webster, a contractor Of Denver, lost
his life in the blizzard. He had been out In
the country on business, and returning home
he was overcome, sank down in a drift and
was frozen to death.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-26
Foreign.

THE Pope has issued decree empowering
the Bishops in all countries recently visited
bythe influenza to absoive the faithful from
fasting until further notice.
THE municipal authorities of Lisbon have
given 100 contos to the Portuguese national
defence fund. The Archbishop convened
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-26

MONTANA is in bad state. Her appro-
priation funds care exhausted, and the
Treasury will pay no more bills until the
Legislature makes an appropriation. There
is no money for the support Of convicts, and
the people are calling loudly on the Legslar
ture to hustle. -.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-26
Went Down in the Pacific,

The German steamer Sakkarah, with heI
cargo of 900 bags of coffee, has been to
tally lost at Punta de Remedies, near Aca
Julia, in the Pacific Ocean. The crew were
all saved
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-26

ADvICEs from California brought the news
that in the Sierras the snow was seventeen
feet deep on the level, and in many places it
had drifted to depth Of thirty feet At
points along the railroads the telegraph poles
were entirely out Of sight.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-26
TELEGRAPHIC TICKS.
A Budget of Dispatches Re-
ceiyed From Various Sources.
A Steamboat Wrecked and Six
Persons Drowned.

The towboat Port Eads, Captain Nelson
Davis, of the st. Louis and Mississippi Val
ley Transportation Company, was sunk IN
the morning at o'clock at the site Of the new
railroad bridge, two miles below Memphis.
She carried crew of about forty men, and
for time the widest rumors prevailed, the
loss of life being placed at from twenty-five
to thirty-five but it was soon learned that
only seven persons were drowned. The Port
Eads had tow of six grain-laden barges and
one fuel barge, destined for New Orleans
from Cairo. They passed the city shortly be-
ping the Tennessee shore closely. The steamer
approached the bridge as slowly as possible,
but owing to the dense fog, she ran upon the
sunken pier A moment later she was seen
to stop suddenly, hang stationary for MIN
ute, and then swing round with heavy 1orce
and settle on one side. Men ran from every
direction to the yawl, fighting each other Ill
panic-stricken desperation to reach it. One
. man detached the ropes holding it and was
about climb in, when water rushed In over
the boats deck and all ran to the other side.
Another wave closed over the boats deck,
and all ran to the side when she settled lower:
Ten of the crew were taken to the United
States Hospital near by, suffering from cuts
and bruises and the remainder were cared
for at the houses along the shore. The Port
Eads was valued at $4,000. The barges and
contents are uninjured.
A Woman Flogged by Women.
Hattie Frasier, colored woman, and the
mother of a mulatto child, is the victim OF
severe handling. She was one of the colored
persons who did not join in the chorus
of condemnation of the Barnwell Is. c.
lynching. She said the murdered men had
only got what they deserved, and this opinion
was very openly expressed.
While asleep in her house with her infant
the other night, she was aroused by some one
trying to get in at the door. Not suspectlng
anything, she went out, with her child IN
her arms, to see what was the mat
ter. At the door she was seized and
thrown down. Her infant was
jerked from her arms and thrown on the
ground She was then dragged some ways
from the house. and subjected to a fearful
beating. The assailants were in male at
tire, and wore black masks and caps.
After the departure of the Black Caps the
woman dragged herself back to her house,
where she found her child lying on the
ground. The next day she identified two OF
her assailants. They were colored women
living near her, and were at once arrested.
These women turned States evidence, and
confessed that the hogging was done by a
band of twenty colored women, who were
dressed in mems clothes.
Upon their testimony fifteen of the women
arrQStpI
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-26

LETTERS from Tientsin, China, report ter
rible suffering from overcrowdins and star
are crowded with famishing refugees and tbs
people arc offering their children for sale.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-26

The waters of Japan furnish $50 differ
eut varieties of fish suitable for food. ~
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-09-07

On Wednesday afternoon last Miss Aid
rich, connected with the Congregational
Sunday school, invited her baby class to q
few hours of sport. at romping on the lawn
and munching at goodies. The little ones
thought the fun better than class attend
ance, and were as pretty and happy a nest
full, when sitting in circle and nibbling
sweets, as ono could wish to see. Evelyn
Gardner, Marie and Myle Mckee, Dore and
Louise Treacy, Louise Kelsey, Tommy
Smith, Townie Boardman, Mamie jackson.
Florence, Gertrude and Archie McCann.
Nollie Perrin. Johnny Sanford and John
aud George Breck were those present.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-09-07

Su,M5MqNs.lN TEE RIsIRlc3F C. coSR s1s OF y,
Montana, in and for the County OF Lewis and
Benoni Steele, plaintiff, vs. G. T. Jennings and
Catherine H. jennings, defendants.
The state of Montana send greeting to the above
named defendants:
You are hereby required to. appear in An action
brought against you by the shove named p!aintirt
of the state Of Montana, in and for the county
Of Lewis and Clarke, and to answer the com:
plant filed therein within ten days Exclusive OF
the day of service) after the service on you OF
hserved out Of this county but within this dis
trict within twenty days; otherwise Tithin forty
days, or Judgment by default will be taken
against you, according to the prayer OF sald COM
PAINT The said action u brought TO OBTAIN
dred and thirty-nne dollars and interest from
june !, lss9, as provided in twenty-ssven notes
gwen by oaielaants to plaintiff; also Tor SlUO,
reasonable attorneys fess: also to Obtain decree
ertsd and delivered to plaintiff BY defendants on
lot IA in block 5. in the Valley View addition to
the city OF Hele, a. Lewis and Clarke county,
montana which mortgage was given to secure
sued on: also to obtain deficiency judgmen n:
against defendant G. T. Jennings in case the
proceeds OF such foreclosure sale does not pay
said Judgment snd costs: also for csts of tuit
appear and answer the said complaint, - abovs
required. the said plaintiff will apply to tho
ecmrt Tor the relief danianaesi m said complaint
Hiven nnaer my hand and the seal Of the dis
state Of Montana, in and Tor tie county Of Lewis
aAS larke. this seventh day Of August, in tn
and ninety.
H. H., THOMPSON, Deputy Clerk.
hfSsLEf q KNOWLES. Attorneys for Plaintiff.
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Boulder.

Mrs. T. A. Wickes visited Helena one day
last week.
Richard Hammer made business trip to
Butte last Wednesday.
Mrs. Dr. w. M. Billiard, of Pony, is
visiting friends in Wickes.
Mr., and Mrs. George Haldron, of Butte,
are visitors at the Boulder Hot Springs.
Mrs. II. p. Elder is teaching school in the
Finn district, nine miles down the valley.
Miles J. Cavanaugh, of Helena, was in
Boulder one day last week and attended
court.
Mr.. and Mrs. V. A. Cook returned last
Saturday from their trip to the land OF the
saints.
A.. A. Marsh, Henry Marsh and I. w.
Gilkey, were visitors to the county seat
last week.
Mrs. Geo. Pfaff, who was visiting her
mother in Glendale, returned home to
Boulder last week.
Mr.. ard Mrs Fred Powell returned to
their home in Boulder Tuesday from their
visit to Radersburg.
| W. H. Lockhart, Esq, of Elk Park, was
| IN Boulder one day last week ana attended
| the special tenn of court.
Mrs. Henry Fisher. of Helena, has been
visiting friends in Boulder. She returned
to her home last Wednesday.
Miss Effie Miller, of Glendale, who has
been visiting i'll Helena, stopped in Boul-
der and visited Mrs. Geo. Pfad.
| DR.. 4. r. Robertson contemplates start
ing in few days on trip of recreation
and recuperation throughout the state.
NNlrs. Gibson, who has been visiting her
sons. Under Sheriff Gibson and George
left Thursday for her home in California.
Cashier F. c. Berendies, of the First Ma
tional Bank of Boulder. made trip to the
Bitter Root country this week, and has moi
yet returned.
Mrs. James Concannon and little dauRh-
ter, who have been visiting friends in Hele.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-09-07

NOTICE TO CONTEMPORARIES Will
~ be received by the undersigned for the erec.
be received for brick work md wood work
Plans and specifications can be- examined at Na
" NeIth hodnsy street until the 9Th IN Z Tbs
tight Is reserved to re.est Any and sn hids;
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Personal and General.

Mrs. J. X. Toole has been quite i'll the
past week.
Mrs. Jerry Kingman contemplates q trip
to Tacoma soon.
Miss Lottie Rumsey returned from her
visit to Boulder on Tuesday.
Mrs Marlowe has returned and regis
cred at the Grand Central.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Steele have just com
plesed tour of the National park.
DIR. j. C. Morris arrived yesterday even
ing, and is the guest of MIR. s. G. Ashby.
The First Ward school, on Upper Rod
pey, has reached the second story. 1t viii
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ma for the past week, returned to their home
last Wednesday.
The public schools of Boulder begin next
Monday, There should be prompt at
tendance on the part OF all VINO expect 70
90 to school this winter.
Mr.. John w. Guthrie, OF Boulder, and
Miss Mary Grandron, of Basin, were mar
RED at the residence of the groom parents,
in Boulder, last Tuesday.
Miss Rose Nugent, who has been visiting
her invalid brother at the Boulder Hot
SPRINGS for couple of weeks, has returned
to her home in Grand Forks, North Dakota.
Miss Parkinson, of st. Louis. who has
been visiting her brothers in Boulder, went
! to Great Falls Monday to visit friends In
that city. She was accompanied by her
niece, Miss Belle Parkinson.
Miss Whitman, sister of Hon. 8. F.
| Schmidt, of Butte, visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Ben Wahle, of Boulder, the past week. The
lady is about to start on an extended visit
to her former home in Germany.
Miss Ida d. Wall, who has spent the sum.
mer in Boulder, who has been teaching q
large and successful painting class here,
closed her studio Saturday, and expects to
return to her home in Kentucky next week
much to the regret of her pupils.
Mr.. Sam Wade, of the southern part Of
the county, arrived in Boulder last Tues
day with his family and household goods
and will take up his residence here for thu
winter in order to secure the school ad
vantages. He will occupy the residence
lately occupied by j. w. Khale.