The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-08-09
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Greenwood. s. c., August Z, 1893.
SOUTH CAROLINA,

P. Barrett, an attorney OF Spartanbu
has beeu arrested for tampering with the U.
). malls.
The Increase in returns OF taxable property
in South Carolina compared with last years
report is estimated by the Comptroller al
A negro was killed at the brick yard OF the
aso nseG5s' by dns banR Of dirt faiing on him.
A few Gays ago white farmer ploughed up
near Landrum's. on the Spartanburg and
Asheville road over one hundre,i pieces OF
gold coin. dates ranging from 17l9 to 1882
A S6OO,OO0 cotton mill Is to be erected soon
In Columbia.
Lucy Bowie, an old colored woman. died IN
few nights ago, At the time of George Wash
ing9ons death she was Is year old servant
In his household.
DR.. Samuel 8. Laws, OF Cincinnati, Oh! o
has been elected to the presidency Of the
Theological Seminary at Columbia 10 fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation OF DR.. F.
K. BeaItie.
UNITED STATES.
An express was robbed OF 81 200 at Wichita,
Kansas, on the 18th ult.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company Is
now preparing 10 run u series OF free eXcnr.
sions 10 Chicago for Its employees.
Lewis Irwig. who lived near Chaldron, Ne.
braska, died on the 9th ult., after contin-
alive by being fed with a spoon on milk and
OF her nourishing liquids, as 1t was impossl-
bic to get him to take any solid food.
John Carter, colored, was killed by light
while up tree tor the purpose OF securing
honey made by swarm OF wild bees.
The Seminole Indians, In Picayune Bay
County, Fla, are much wrought up because
q white farmer In the vicinity OF Cocoanut
Grove fogged a little Indian boy, son of the
ch ief OF that tribe,
The gates Of the Worlds Fair are now
opened on Sundays.
RlrmlnphRm.
have adopted resolution favorlng free silver
A few days ago negro man was KNOCKED
from raft by an alligator near lrwinton, Ca
and has not been seen since.
The first bale of new Georgia cotton was
shipped to Savannah on the Goth ult., and
was sold at 10 cents per pound. 49,,
Bolivar Hudson, of Mobile county, Ala,
has heen convicted Of homicide committed
"a years ago, and sentenced TO five years I'M
prisonment In the penitentiary.
| Senator David b. Hill OF New York deli7.
cred an eloquent address at Sylvan Beach on
| the 29th ult,, his subject being Personal Lib
erty."
| A special from Macon, Ga, says one hun
dred and sixty men In Central raili DAD shops
were Indefinitely sus ,ended on the 4th inst
| In Massachusetts there are three hundred
towns with public libraries.
| The long drought In Texas has at last been
broken.
has rendered fifty years service on the bench
Of the State, Circuit and Supreme Courts.
A steam yacht on Luke George struck 9
sunkeu pier on the night OF the 4th instant
causing the drowning of nine persons.
| A meeting of women lawyers was held In
Chicago on the Sd inst.
| FOREIGN.
A dispatch of the 8Oth ult to the London
Times says the Italian Catholic mission al
Men Yang, China, has been destroyed by na
tive rioters.
A communication from Buenos Ayres da
ted J uly 3Oth says the radicals have begur
q revolutionary movement In the provinces
of Buedos Ayres and Sants Fe, and fighting
has been going on In twenty towns In The
frst named province. n. N. Pyles.