The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-07-13
South and West.

! DISASTROUS floods have occurred In uli-
nois.
LENNY JAMES and Willie Wooley, Of Mil
ford Center, Ohio about twelve years old,
| have been arrested for drowning George A
| Macdonald, six years old. They enticed the
| little boy to pool and stood him on his
| head in the mud at the bottom and left him.
The Alabama State Convention Of the
Peoples party adopted the St. Louis plat
| form and selected full delegation to the
| Omaha Convention. The convention de-
clined to put out State ticket. The Vir.
ginia State Convention Of the Peoples party
elected delegates to the Omaha Convention.
WILLIAM B. SMITH, the richest man in
| South Carolina, died at Charleston, aged
seventy-seven. He was engaged in the cot
ton business. Nearly all his life his faculty
for making lucky investments and turning
over money was extraordinary. His estate
Is estimated to be worth from two and one
half to three million dollars.
JACOB HARVEY, who murdered Mrs. Mag.
gle Lehman at Dayton, Ohio, was executed
in the penitentiary annex at Columbus at
1927 in the morning; Clinton Z. Dixon, a
United States cayalryman, the murderer
Of Corporal William Carter, was hanged In
a stockade just outside Of the Douglas
County Jail at Omaha, Neb. The execution
was conducted by United States Marshal
Slaughter. The trap was sprung by means
Of electricity.
HEAVY rain flooded Easements through.
out Chicago, ILL.,, for the third tune within
a week. The loss to goods stored in base.
|, ments in the business districts was estimated
at s150000.
EDWIN j. RYAN, the special messenger OF
the United States Express running between
New York and Washington, who absconded
with $50, 000 was captured at Denver, Col.
The stolen money was recovered.
COUNTY TREASURER FULLER, Of Paris,
Ark, deposited between four and five thou
sand dollars in large trunk in his house.
While he and his wife were away the trunk
was taken from the house, broken open and
the money stolen, A few years ago the
County Treasurer was robbed of sll, 900.
Dr.. A. B. Rose, aged seventy, one of the
most prominent business men OF Charleston,
8. c., committed suicide by blowing out
his brains.
UNITED STATES BANK EXAMINER GEORGE
A, STONE closed tho First National Bank OF
Erie. Kan. The heaviest loser is Meosho
County, the taxes for June having just been
deposited to the amount OF $O,0O0 Oh
ROBERT BARBEs, aged thirty-two, beat hii
brother John to death at Cedarville, Ohio,
during a trifing quarrel, by striking him
repeatedly in the face with his dst.
Robert had been drinking. John was
was a cripple, and for thirty years had
almost been unable to leave his chair.
The joint Democratic caucus at Baton
Rouge, La, decided to postpone the election
of the United States Senator to the session
Of 1894, but will ballot daily to the close OF
the present session.
RUSSELL WELLS, aged twenty, son Of Pro-
fessor s. C. Wells, Of Roanoke College, and
Armistead Watson, aged eighteen, son OF A.
G. Watson, OF Marlin. Texas, were killed by
lightning at Salem, Va.
JOHN E. THORNTON was hanged in the
United States Jail at Fort Smith, Ark, for
the murder of his daughter Laura in tit
murderer Of George Smith. was hanged in
the courtyard at Pine Bluff, Ark.
The Indiana Republican Convention at
Fort Wayne placed Governor Chase at the
head of their State ticket.
Tom LlLLARD. coiored, was dragged from
the Jail at Woodbury., Tenn and strung up
to a limb by all armed mob Of 200 men.
Lillard Law in wait for Miss Mcknight,
highly respected young woman, and out
ragged her.
A CYCLONE at Fort Yates, South Dakota,
killed four Sioux Indians and wounded sew
eral others.
THE building and stock Of the Schwa-
bacher Brothers at Seattle, Washington,
were destroyed by fire. Loss, s4Oo, ,Oo0.
Rev. SHELBY HARDY and two daughters
were killed by Lightning near Ridgevule'
Tenn.