The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-12-17
LATER NEWS.
Mr., AND Mrs. CYRUS W. FIELD celebrated

MRS. LUCY WOOD, 105 years old, OF
Barre, Vt, has sent a petition to Congress
for pension, her husband having been an
army teamster in the War Of 1872.
The employees Of thirteen shoe factories
of Rochester, N. Y, numbering about two
thousand, struck, because the manufacturers
refuse to employ members of the Inter-
national Shoemakers' Union.
THE New Hampshire lower house met in
extra session at Concord. The Judiciary
Committee voted unanimously to recommend
that the names Of twenty-five members,
twelve Democrats and ten Republicans, be
striken from thero
ELLIS MILLER, the Union County murder
er, was hanged early on recent morning in
the Penitentiary at Columbus, Ohio
AKENTUcKY farmer came across the river
to Evansville, Ind. and engaged i've colored
men to load corn on barge. The party at
tempted to cross in skf. The river was
very rough, and when near the Kentucky
shore the skiff was capsized and the five col
ored men drowned.
The Bank Of Commercs in West Superior,
Wis, closed it's doors and made assignments.
Among the depositors was the city, which
had with them ss30,OOo.
THE business portion Of the town Of Col
linwood, Ohio, was completely wiped out by
fire.
PRESIDENT HARRISON has issued pro-
clamation that in cases Of collision at sea the
masters of vessels must stand by and aid
each other.
ADMIRAL DE SILvERA and other Brazilian
officers looked upon the sessions Of the two
houses Of Congress- under the chaperonage Of
Secretaries Blaine and Tracy. Admiral
Silviera and Senior Valente al night returned
the complimentary banquet given them by
Secretary Tracy. Covers for one hundred
were laid at the Arlington. Nearly every
prominent army and navy official in Wash
ington was among the guests present. Sec
retary Blaine was also present.
The Irish Home Rule members of the Brit
ish Parliament held another long and exciting
meeting In London, but without result; a
motion to postpone the question Of Parnelrs
retirement was defeated.
ADv1cEs from the Congo State report that
the natives are still rebellious, and that
fighting has occurred between them and the
forces Of the State. Eight natives were
killed and twenty wounded.
A FRENCH woman, the Marquise Gaggel,
while travelling in railway carriage from
Monoco to Toulon, was attacked by thieves,
who pinioned her and robbed her of Sl25O.
FoRGER ALBERT h. SMITH, the junior
partner of the stock brokerage firm of Mills,
Robeson &c Smith, who were swamped by
his forgeries to the extent Of $500, 600, has
been sentenced to seventeen years in Sing
Sing IN. ~ Prison.
SECRETARY WINDOW has selected as SHE
for the Appraisers Warehouse in New York
City the square bounded by Christopher,
Washington, Barrow and Greenwich streets.
This square contains Sc, 900 SQUARE feet, AMI
with the e1c ,ption Of small portion, Is
owned by the Trinity Church Corporation.
The price to be paid for it is $500, OO).
The Rittenhouss Woolen Manufacturing
Company Of Passaic, N. j., has gone into the
hands of a receiver. The liabilities ara $780,
600.
COLONEL HEYb, OF the Unitel States
Army, alleges that the Indian trouble was
due to scarcity of rations; blizzard pre-
walls in the Northwest and prevents fear OF
immediate danger from the Indians.
Ex-CoNGREssMAN ISAAC M. JORDAN was
instantly killed at Cincinnati, Ohio, by fall
ing through an elevator shaft at Llncolns
Inn Court, which had been carelessly left
open.
THE Farmers Alliance Convention at
Ocala, Fla, appointed committee to look
into certain insinuations against President
Polk and others.
TIE fine cut department OF the Scotch
tobacco works at Detroit, Mich. was de-
stroyed by fire. Two f1remen, 0. u. Robin
son and Patrick Coughlin, were killed. Loss
$500, 200.
FIRE destroyed the Arlington Hotel anu
four adjoining buildings at Oxford, Ala. A
falling wall fatally injured W. II. Orr, Chief
Of the Fire Department; Walter Gallagher
fireman, and J. NJ. Whitesides and c. ).
Dodd. Loss 100000.
THE President has nominated Lathrop b.
Kinney, to be Probate Judge in Sewer
County, Utah; Everett B. Sanders to o'
Register Of the Land Office at Wausau'
Wis; Robert H. johnson to be Receiver OF
Public Moneys, at Wausau, Wis.
The Democratic Senators i'll caucus re-
solved to oppose the Election Force Dill 10
the end.
The japanese Charge dAAairas has just
received telegram from his Government
announcing the appointment of Mr.. Goz'
Fateno to be Minister Of japan to the Unitel
States