The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-04-22
South and West.

GENERAL JAMES A. EKIN, Of the United
States army, died at Louisville, KY, few
days ago. He was born in Pittsburg in 1919,
He was member Of the commission which
tried Mrs. Surratt, and was for many year,
Quartermaster Of the Government at Jetfer'
sonville, Ind.
HENRY SMITH, colored, was hanged at
Louisville. KY. for the murder of Louis j;
Specht. Specht was a saloon keeper, and
employed Smith. Specht asked Smith to do
some work. Smith grabbed q pistol and
beat Specht to death.
CAPTAIN w. D. DowELL a well-to-do
farmer and State Treasurer Of the Farmers
Alliance Of Arka nsas, was buncoed out OF
$4,000 at Fayetteville, Ark. 1t was the same
old game. Captain Dowell loaned one of the
men the money with which to cover wager
On game Of cards.
Two landslides have occurred on the Spar.
tanburg branch of the Richmond and Dan
vile Railroad, in North Carolina, and
through traffic has bsen discontinued. The
track is covered to depth Of forty feet for
distance Of a quarter of mile.
CAPTAIN HENRY E. Galley, Of the Second
Infantry. United States Army, tried at
Omaha, Neb, on the charge of fegnlng
sickness at Pine Ridge, has been acquitted.
General Brooke disapproves the finding and
acquittal.
COLONEL JOHN McENERY, who, the Demo-
Gratis claimed was elected Governor of
Louisiana in 1872, died at New Orleans, La,
aged fifty-eight.
AMoB Of $50 armed men ut Belgreen, Ala,
overpowered Jailer Waltrep, and took JEFF
Denzmore and "Ep' Hudson, two colored
men arrested for burning the town Of Rus
sellville, to neighboring tree, swung them
from limb, filed them full of bullets, and
A HoLI blown in the port boiler of the
steamer a bler, which was on her way to
Savannah, from Brunswick: sS ! The sI,ons noise
the colored deck hands, several of whom
rushed overheard, and four of them were
drowned.
THE Italians employed by the Construc
ton Company building Camden's road
through tpshur County, w. Va, incensed
at the remark made B. G. McCauley, track
boss justifying the New Orleans lyinching
shot him dead and mutilated his body in
horrible manner. There are over 500
Italians engaged on the job.
CHICAGO, Ill.,, reports three hundred deaths
from the grip during recent twenty-four
hours.
ABLAsT furnace in Terre Haute, Ind, full
Of molten iron, burst. Two men were in
stantly killed by being swept under the hot
iron and much damage to property resulted.
A WHOLE family, consisting Of Adam Bar
ley, his wife sister and a daughter, have
died in the past week after few days ILL
ness of ia grippe" followed by pneumonia.
They lived near Stephens City, Va.
ONE of the heaviest transforms that have
occurred since the memorable Centennial
food visited the region around about Galena,
ILL.,. doing great damage to the railroads
and other property.
CITIZENS of Decatur, Ill.,, are boycotting
the local cemetery because the body Of o.
W. Crawford, who was hanged for murder,
is buried there.
WILL FIELD, colored, was lynched at
Mineola, Texas, for making q criminal as
sault upon an estimable lady residing near
the city.
G. W. PORTER, of Kansas City. High
Chief Ranger Of the Missouri Order of For
resters has disappeared with the Orders
money.