The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-11-05
South and West.

LIEUTENANT ALpHEUs ROBERT FRENCH,
the last survivor Of the Black Hawk war,
and a veteran of the Mexican and civil
Wars was buried at Baltimore, Md. Lieu
tenant French was born at Chittenango, n.
Y, November 25, 1SOS.
DAVID C. HENNEssEY, Chief of Police OF
New Orleans, La, was SHOT and killed by an
unknown man, supposed to be an Italian.
TIE r. G. Peters Salt and Lumber Com
pa1iT. OF Manistea, Mica, has failel, with
liabilities of over 81, 00000O. 1t is ths biggest
crash in the State for many years.
MRS. WILLIAM WELLHAUsEN and her
seven-vear-oid son were drowned at the we'll
at her home in Marine City, Mica. The boy
fell in the we'll and tbs mother, hearing his
cries, grew frantic, plunged into thu water
and was also drowned before hep came.
ANNOUNCEMENT was made of the compile
ton Of the Mussel Shoals (Ala.l Canal.
CONRAD FoLz, Who has been Cook County
uII.) jailer for nearly thirty years, died in
Chicago few days ago of pneumonia. He
leaves fortune Of about Sl25, OOO having In
vested in paying real estate in the early days
of Chicago.
FIRE at Ludlow, Ky, destroyed ons ma
chine shop, two Pullman sleepers, one Mann
boudoir car and two box cars. A conserva-
1--WE eSlHQdIS Ol Cuo euGlre losS 10 So',Ooo. 4 Ao
fire started from play fires built by boys
near the shop.
LOUISA AEwARDT, twenty years old, was
fonnd dead in her bed at Manitowoc, Wis,
O few DAYS before ths date set for her mar
riage with man she dislikel. An analysis
of the contents Of her stomach showed that
she had taken arsenic
OFFICIAL returns show the totll num5sr
>f ar or Ia
ton to be IS,0OS. The ma jorities received by
the Republican candi late for Congress and
Governor are as follows: Sweet, Congress
man, 211; Shoup, Governor, 23I2 Upon
joint ballot the Legislature will stand: Re-
publfcans fcrty-fve; Democrats. nine.
CARL VENDER, a German residing near
Chilli, Ohio, shot his wife fatally with shot
gun. shorty afterwarl Vender was found
dead near his house with shotgun wound
in his side. The pair had been living un.
happily for some time.
ISAAC FISHER, leading Dunkarl minis.
ter and pioneer in Indiana, fe!! dead in the
pulpit while reading hymn at a church in
Mexico, Ind.
THE annual convention of the Brotherhood
of Railway. Trainmsn was opened at Los
Angeles, Cal.
THE police of New Orleans, L.. have Sc
cured evidence sufficient to convict several OF
the Italians under arrest for the murder OF
Chief of Police Hennessy.
TIE dry goods store OF Frank Brothers, in
ST.. Louis, No, was burned; loss Sl25, 900.
HENRY KRoN, living near BlairSville, Ind.
and his wife quarreled and the husband tool;
double-barreled gun and murdered his
wife in the presence of his three children
He then killed himself.
CHARLES ARMSTRONG, seveaty-sever
years old, is charged with embezz!ing $'25
THE figures of the Cen sus Bureau show
the State OF Texas to have a population of
.. 2.232, 2aO, increase 64O,47I: State of Ten
nessee-Population LIB, 723, increase 22l,-
364, per cent. l4.35.
PAYMAsTEa GEORGE \. DEERING, of
the United States Navy, on duty in the
Coast Survey. was found deal in his bed at
his house in Washington. Upon e1amina-
ton it was found that his death was due to
heart disease.