The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-09-19
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Churcn' IN WHICH, peOple vi oil Iuo
faiths are to have an opportunity to wor-
ship.
Florida strawberries are already on
sale in Philadelphia. Dealers ask 81
per box for them, equal to about 3 cents
apiece.
Nat Wright, a fourteen-year-old boy
Of Greenville, Texas, has been sentenced
to four years in the Texas reformatory
for forgery.
"A man, sixty-fye years old, living
in Mississippi, saw a railroad train for
the first time recently. He had not been
away from home since the war.
Il. B. Barton, eighty years of age,
was married last week at Kossee, Texas,
to Mrs. F. E. McKissick. They were
lovers forty years ago.
Florida has curiosity in the shape
of a woman who goes hunting dressed In
mems clothes. She enjoys the sport and
is not at all bashful about her strange at
tire.
Near Winston, N. c., man who
had been missing from home several
days was discovered in the top of a tree
| in the woods. He had Invested him
self of his clothing and was found 70 be
| insane.
a uuut0l lOPOl ~ thO biSSof-
ery of a reptile-closely resembling a
snake. which climbs trees and feasts on
oranges. Small and sharp claws,
scarcely visible were discovered along it's
skin.
There is still burning in India sa-
cred fire that was lighted by the Par
sees twelve centuries ago. The fire Is
fed with sandal and other fragrant
woods and is replenished five times a
day.
The thirty Bible societies in exist
ence have issued over 240,000, 900 Bibles.
English and American societies claim
four-fifths of the output. This makes one
copy to every six Of the inhabitants Of the
globe.
The spectators who moved John
Browns Harper's Ferry fort to Chicago
have lost money. They are out about
O,0OO and will be glad to sell 1t to the
citizens Of Harper's Ferry for few thou
sand dollars.
"A lady in Chicago has just received
a legacy Of 81, ,000, 900 from an old lover
who deserted her many years ago and
married another woman. She received
the bulk Of the mans fortune, and his
wife was left on competency.
Near Vicksburg, Miss, resides an
old negro-said to be over eighty-who
is gradually turning white. His left leg
from the knee to the ankle is said to be
perfectly white. He is the greatest
curiosity in that section and says
that he will be whiteman before he
dies.
A correspondent to the Charlotte
Observer writes: "AmonE other proli-
fic crops North Carolina has long been
noted for prducine marvellous one of
little big men, more noted in this respect
Union, except South Carolina, which
leads the world in this specially"
- A peculiar monstrosity was born on
the farm of Adam Domer, a few miles
south of Goshen, Ind, in the shape of a
pig, or, rather, three pigs, with one head,
three bodies and twelve legs. The bodies
are all separate and distinct, but unite in
one neck and one head. The animal sur
vived its birth but q few hours.
Mrs. A. Dillon, of Houston, Texas,
left her two-year-old baby alone in a
room tied in high chair in front of a
stove. During her absence the chair
toppled over, throwing the child face for
ward upon the stove, and he was terribly
burned when discovered.
Wheat may not be paying crop at
present prices, but Kansas farmers have
planted 4, 500, 900 acres this year, a lar
ger crop than ever before. No crop is so
certain in its cash return as wheat, and
while the profit on the crop is small the
reduction in freights leaves to the farmer
much more or nearly the same profit as
he received in the West thirty 20 years
ago than any one imagines Philadelphia
Press.
A dispatch from Chicago says: Two
guests at Potter Palmer's big State street
} hotel were discussing some Biblical
points one day this week and in order to
decide it they called for Bible. There
was not such book In the house. Pot
ter Palmer heard it and lie immediately
placed an order for 700 Bibles. One will
be placed in each room aud guests will
have an opportunity to settle Biblical
discussions without having to call III out
side aid.
The will for the largest estate since
the days Of slavery was proved in Colum-
bia on the l4th inst. Mrs. Henry P.
Clarke, who died in that city on the Sat-
urday before, left an estate valued at
$500, 900 TO 100000. She was a grand
daughter of the great Snowman, P. T.
Barnum, from whom she received the
greater part of her property. Two chill
| UT6u, Ouo oil ltlldut a 10" WCoho OlNy oi1u
her husband inherit her estate, excepting
a few legacies.
The recent unparalleled blizzard in
Kansas and the adjacent Territories,
: which are devoted largely TO cattle graz
ing, has resulted disastrously to the live
stock exposed to its pitiless fury. Thou
sands of cattle have perished from the
intense cold, and many additional thou
sands, it is feared. will die Of starvation,
unless an early and warm spring shall
mitigate the climatic conditions OF the
snow clad ranges.
james R. Owens, Jr., aged rs, en-
ployed as engineer at the Chicora Phos-
phate Works, Charleston, Was caught by
the sleeve in a cogwheel. His right
arm Was torn from the socket, his right
ear torn off and his chest frightfully lac
Grated. Drs. Lockwood and Edwards
were summoned and were with the unfor-
tunate man at his home in Cannon street,
near Felix, nearly all of yesterday.
There is but slight ct ance of his recov-
cry.
- The charitable institutions of Chica-
60 have not been sufficiently large to
give refuge to all the poverty-stricken
applicants this winter. So the city has
been forced to open its churches as a
place of refuge. This is in practical har-
mony with the teachings of Christ. An
exchange says with reference to it: ut
Is time the poor, the ignorant, the sick
and the afflicted should have some bene-
fit from these untaxed institutions built
in Gods name, but until now, with the
exception of the Catholic Churches, given
over to those who can wear good clothes
and help pay the minister"
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