The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-07-26
LATER NEWS.

TIE agents OF the trunk lines met in New
York City and decided to run excursion
trains to Chicago, and to charge oae fare for
the round trip.
The suit OF Wanarlaker & Drown, o
Philadelphia, Penn, TO secure the closing Of
the Worlds Fair on Sundays was thrown out
Of court.
I: The funeral OF Associate Justice R. Blatch-
ford. OF the United States Supreme Court.
took place at Newport, r. 1.
Z A STORM struck Fergus Falls, Mimi, which
was one OF the most disastrous that ever
visited the country. East Of the city farm
after farm lost everything growing. Fully
twenty thousand acres were damaged, anu
800, 900 will not coverthe loss.
TIE North Galveston CTexas) Land and
Improvement Association has gone into the
hands of a receiver. The liabilities are estl-
mated at s5oO,OOo.
Two miners were burned TO death by an e1'
plosion of fire damp in Mine No. 1, at Cum
berland, Md.
/ Thy banking house of W. D. Thornton
son at shelbyville, H., has failed. 1t
was the depository for all the city, township
md county bonds. The Liabilities are prob
ably s5Oo, 900.
! THE Colorado Silver Convention at Den
yer WAS both big and sensational Coliseum
Hall. the largest in the city. contained iuliy
sooO people when the convention was called
10 order BY President Merrick. Most OF the
day was spent in speechmaking The SEN
national feature Of the day was the speech
os the Populist Governor, Waite, who said
he would rather fight than submit TO the
i'gold bug conspiracy"
+ IT has been decided to allow enlisted men
to purchase discharges from the navy attel
three months service.
l. THE customs receipts for New York in June
were SO, ,SS7, 1893, reduction OF $629'So9 as
compared with the preceding month and OF
s2s3, ,472 as compared with the correspond
ing month of 1892.
! STATEMENT issued from the Treasury De-
oartment shows that the net gold In the
Treasury at the end of June last was $685.
H541S. which was more than the total at the
end of either Of the two months preceding.
+ FLoops have occurred in the Kulstein and
zllerthal districts in the Tyrol. The village
of Brixlegg has been partly devastated. Ten
villagers are known TO have been drowned.
DURING the firing at Sandy Hook, n. j.. o.
the Brown segmental wire gun, with charge
of forty-one pounds of powder, nuzzls
velocity of over 2400 feet per second, and o
pressure of $4,000 pounds was obtained.
This was declared the best record ever OBJ
tained with brown powder from any gun in
the world.
? AT Lancaster. Penn, 1900 people saw
the funeral Of Daniel Kreider, his wife and
four Of their children, who we're murdered
at Cando, North Dakota, by Albert Bonn.
berger. Kreider and his wife lived in Lam
caster County before they moved West.
| A TERRIFIC explosion OF gas occurred on
the copper vein Of the Pettebone Mine at
Forty-fort, near Wilkesbarre, Penn, by
which two men were instantly killed, two
. fatally injured, and two Others very badly
burned.
ISAAC MITCHELL and his entire family,
consisting Of FIVE persons, were poisoned,
at Charleston, s. C. Mitchell and his daugh-
ter Ada died Immediately.
TIE Silver Convention Of Colorado issued
+. an appeal to the people of the United States
In defence of bimetallism.
Il CoMMoDoRE WILSON resigned as Chief
Constructor of the Navy and Philip Hichborn
: was named as his successor.
The Germans have sent war ship to look
after their interests on the coast OF Siam.
E1eHTY-r1vE cases and forty deaths from
cholera were reported in one day from Alex
andris, Egypt there were five cases and four
deaths in Toulon, France.
| CIVIL war has again broken out in Mica
ragua. The citizens Of Leon are in arms
against the government established when
Sacaza was overthrown. While visiting in
Leon the Executive and Commander of Army
were imprisoned. The military barracks