The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-02
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laundering or the DelaWare capeS SeVeral
days ago of the oarges Nippon and Dayld
Morse from Norfolk, Va. Four men IN the
Brown and one on the Nippon were lost.
The dry goods firm of Weiss Bros, of
Galveston, Texas has made an assign
ment. It is said that the liabilities will
amount to ~three-quarters Of a million Of dol
lars.
ABE WAYxAN, colored, was hanged at
Trenton, Ga, for the murder OF prison
guards at Cole City, Ga, last July.
A SON Of Mrs. Emily A. Beardsley, Of
Dixon, ILL.,, needed an overcoat, and she
stole one. When she was arrested she broke
q goblet and committed suicide by cutting
her throat with the pieces.
TIE Bank of Florence, Ala. failed q few
mornings ago to open its doors. The officers
refused to make a statement.
GOVERNOR RouTr Of Colorado, received iu-
formation from'Routt County that the Utes
have been off their reservation, committing
d%epredations and wantonly ~slaughtering
game. It Is estimated that during the past
month they have killed 5000 deer, mostly
does and fawns.
FIRE broke out at Terry, Miss, q ive
town Of 900 inhabitants, and in a short time
the entire town, except two stores, was In
ashes, There were sixteen stores In the
place.
WHILE Frank Taylor and John McHernon
were riding along the highway nsar New
Hampshire, Ohio, On top Of q load OF hay
the wagon broke down and hurled them into
a ditch, with the hay on top, smotherlng
them to death.
FOUR men were suf7ocated to death and
thirty horses burned in q livery stable hre at
Denver, Col.
WALTER LOCKE, who is half-witted, killed
his father, an idiot, with a axe about three
miles northwest of Ozark, Mo. When seen
In iail he said he killed his father because he
called him bud"
FIREMEN WILLIAM BocKAGE and Edward
Eluderson were killed by the breaking OF q
ladder at a small fire in Cincinnati, Ohio, In
Oscar Onken's picture frame gallery, and
about $50, 900 was destroyed. An employe
named Meyers was taken from the cellar OF
the building. His escape was cut OH, and
he was badly burned about the head and
shoulders.
81, F. FARNSwoRTH, the t~wenty-year-old
son of a wealthy farmer, fatally wounded
his intended wife, Miss Emma Neal at
Colusa, CAL, and then killed himself Instant
". He was addicted to drink.
Two men and a boy vera fatally hurt,
| three men seriously injured and many Others
| suffered painful wounds as the result OF a
| terrific explosion of dynamite at Hayward,
Wis.
MANY persons in the suburbs Of Nashville
| and of the Middle Tennessee are suffering
from water famine.
MRS. J. W. KrNEs, a widow, and her
| three children were murdered at their home,
near Calverton, Va. After their murder
| the house was set on fire and their bodies
were partly consumed by the flames.
THE General Assembly Of the Knights Of
Labor was held at Toledo, Ohio, Mr.. Pow
derby being present.
HENRY CURTIS, colorsd, who killed an old
man named Waller near Tanners Greek,
September S, 1885, was hanged for his crime
in the Portsmouth Va.) jail yard.
DISCHARGED soldiers are accused Of rob-
| bling Postmaster Snifen. Of Fort Clark,
Texas, OF $500 with a pole and hook. One
of the men has been arrested.