The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-07-06
TIE NEWS EPITOMIzED,
Eastern and Middle States.

SCRANTON, Penn, was deluged By tor.
rents Of rain. Hundreds Of houses were
| flooded with water four and five feet deep
| Lightning struck in many places, causing
slight fires. One man, David Jones, was
| killed while sitting in his home, near the
Continental mine. by thunderbolt. From
every town throughout Lackawana County
came reports Of great damage done.
The great New York City grocery firm of
Acker, Merrall g. Condit has dissolved and
William j. Merrall has purchased the inter-
ests Of John W. Condit and the Acker
heirs.
The anniversary of the Battle Of Bunker
Hill was celebrated in grand style at Bos.
ton. Mass. The day was general holiday
10 the CITY, banks and exchanges being
closed and wholesale business suspended.
The interest of course centers in Charles
town, the scene Of the battle. On Bunker
Hill at midnight big bonfire was kindled
AT meeting in New York City Of Typo
graphical Union No. q resolution was
passed reDudie citing the Endorsement of Editor
Whitelaw Rsid's candidacy for Vice-Presi-
dent, which was recently made by commit
tee of printers at Minneapolis, Minn.
JOHN ANDERSON, aSwe iish leper, escaped
from the County Almshouse, Chester, Penu.,
and ran amuck through thu streets. He was
recaptured after wounding several people.
A PARTY of five Erie tPenn.l molders,
who mad been in Buffalo, N. Y, on frolic,
got into serious alteration at Angola,
N. Y, on their way home. They had just
been put off Lake Shore freight. Two OF
them, Alto Stablem and Groban Allen were
killed by passenger train. The other three,
Of whom one was Edward SoDper, Of Erie,
got into an alteration with Lowell A. New
ton, the brakeman who had driven the five
of the train One Of the molders fatally
shot Newton.
The ninth Suburban run at the Sleeps.
head Bay IN. " Race Track was won by
Marcus Daly's bay colt Montana, by Ban
Box, out of Imported Queen, ridden by Gar
rison; w. ]. Spierss Major Domo, ridden
by Lambley, was second. and Brown q
Rogers Lamplghter, ridden by Bergen, was
third: the time for mile and quarter was
2.U72-5. There were 10000 people present.
The race was worth $751; 900 to the winner,
5000 to the second horse, and 5000 to the
third.
No. 2 DAM Of the Mahanoy City (Penn.l
Water Company, situated on the mountain
side about two miles beyond the western
higher than Main street, burst about 10
o'clock at night and flooded the city.
A MOB at Belfast, Me-, tarred and feath.
cred Earnest Richards, co.ored, for lra-
proper relations with a white girl.
The creamery building, III by forty-fve
feet, of the Franklin County .lVt:l Creamery
Association has been burned Fifty tons of
butler and 1000 tons Of ice were destroyed.
1t was the largest creamery in the world,
producing Ii, 900 pounds OF butter per day
and using the milk Of Il, 600 COWS.
HUBBARD WATTS, who 'theld up" four
women near Guiltord, Conn.,, shot himself
dead while being pursued by men with dogs.
A cLoUDBURsT did great damage in Ger,
man Valley. Pennsylvania, and one person
was drowned.
The Republican Club held ratification
meeting in Music Hall, New York City;
speeches were made by Governor Mckinley,
Chauncey NJ. Depew, Whitelaw R cid, Con-
gresham Dalzell and James A. Blanchard.
The Maine Republican State Convention
at Bangor nominated Henry B. Cleaves for
Governor, and selected candidates for Presi.
Dental electors.
FREDERICK BLAICHER, Of Newark, one OF
the members Of the Joel Parker Association,
Of New Jersey, in attendance on the National
Convention at Chicago L., fell from a
fourth-story window OF tn fremont Hotel
to the sidewalk below. Hr vas found alive,
but he died q few momenk after.