The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-01
South and West.

Two colored men in Monroe County, Miss,
have been lynched for aSsaulting white wo-
men.
Snow has been reported from Fort Assini-
boine, Montana. This is the first snow of
the season in the United States.
PRICES of wheat, corn, oats and provisions
advanced several cents at Chicago on the
strength of the Government September crop
report
PAUL A. TOMBSTONE, mind reader, drove
blindfolded through the streets of Chicago
from the Auditorium to the Grand Pacific
Hotel, and there found name on an old
register which had been previously chosen
by committee Afterward he fell into
prolonged cataleptio fit.
A RUNAWAY locomotive at Cincinnati
struck another engine, killing William How
ard. Another man had his collar-bone
broken.
BARON voN STRAUSS, an Austrian noble
man, who came to this country two years
ago, committed suicide at Spokane Falls,
Wash, because he had been reduced to beg
gary.
A SCHEME to steal the children OF wealthy
parents, and hold them for q ransom, has
been exp posed at Kansas City, Mo-, by the ar
rest Of Henry Wilson, livery stable keeper,
and leader in the plot.
TIE census population of Nashville, Tenn,
is 76, ,309. gain in ten years OF 1853 per cent.
The South Carolina Democratic Conven-
ton at Columbia nominated Captain B. K.
Tillman, the Farmers Alliance leader, for
Governor, together with full State ticket.
THE Wyoming election resulted in the sue.
cess Of Warren, Republican candidate for
Governor, and the Republican State ticket
The Legislature, which elects United
States Senator, is also Republican.
A YOUNG stock broker named Loring R.
Loomis, has left Chicago, ILL.,, suddenly with
about $4,000 belonging to his friends and
brokers' firms.
Two persons were killed and seven hurt by
q. tree which fell upon train in the Black
Hills, near Elk Greek, South Dakota.
Ex-SrArE SENATOR ROBERT RAY HAM
uroN, of New York City, whose wife is in
prison for attempting to kill Nurse Don.
nelly at Atlantic City, N. j., a year ago, has
been accidentally drowned in Idaho,
The schooner Comrade, Of Cleveland,
Ohio, has been lost, with her crew Of eight
men, on Lake Superior.
THE National Commission Of the Worlds
Fair met at Chicago, ILL.,
TRAFFIC on the Northern Pacific Railroad
extensive forest fires.
The bodies Of Mrs. DR.. G. ". Cooper,
Mrs G. F. Rose and her nine-year old con
were recovered from the South Pottawato-
mie River, Garnet Kan. The women had
been out driving and attempted to ford the
stream, which was greatly swollen by recent
rains The vehicle was overturned and the
entire party drowned.
THE Montana Democratic State Conven-
ton at Helena nominated Judge A. A Dixon
for Congress. There were no State officers
to be nominated.
"A. MENKE was killed, J. j. Glaken mof.
tally wounded, and son Of Menke seriously
injured in @ family quarrel at Perkins,
Cal.
The Coal Palace and Industrial Exhibit, at
Ottumwa. Iowa, was formally opened by
Governor Boles. Eleven thousand people
were In the audience room in the palace at
the time.
The Upper House of the Oklahoma Terri
torial Legislature passed bill locating the
permanent territorial capital at Oklahoma
City. The lower was tied, one-half favoring
Guthrie and the other half Oklahoma
City.