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I The Abbeville Press and Banner. BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1897. ESTABLISHED 184 4 IttMRY H OF k YEAR. Ifeeview of the Leading f Events of 1896. lOOTPRINTS OF TIME. Havoc of the Dread Cyclone. * r\n itu nal I I. LUi^U 1 11 KA/L-L,. Record of Important Events Arranged Consecutively by Months and Days. Accidents, Obituaries, Conflagrations and Miscellaneous Happenings at Home and Abroad. The earth has made another revolution round the sun. The four seasons have again swept past, and Time, the measurer and the discloser of all things, has turned a page of eventful history. Ourown country saw the most exciting and bitter presidential campaign in its history. It culminated, happily, in a quiet election and in a gratifying disposition on the part of the defeated party to abide by the will of the people. The great European powers have been at peace among themselves. On occasions the British lion has roared and ! the Russian bear has growled. The phlegmatic German and the excitable Frenchman have had their periods of bellicose patriotism, bnt nothing more. The Cuban insurrection has gone on continuously. At this writing no one can foresee the end, except as it will result in the certain devastation of a great island of fabulous natural resources and riches. Our complication with England over the Venezuelan boundary dispute is in a fair way of speedy solution. ' The death roll includes many names of worldwide prominence. Among thein are those of Du Maurier, Sir John Millais, two of the Harpers of publishing fame, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Gail Hamilton,. Austin Corbin, Kate Field and Mrs. Scott Siddons. Disasters have been frequent, but the more severe calamities cannot be charg A- XI I till MJ lillt) UCKlCUb Ul uucioxiucsn ui uiou. The cyclone season opened early, and the loss of bnman life and the damage to crops, buildings and animals have been extremely heavy. It is estimated that, ffoni May 18 to May 27, 1,200 persons lost their lives in storms which raged in a radios of 450 miles of Chicago. Bnt the force of the wind in the locality named was bnt as a zephyr compared to whi/<h innnt:RornM Shprmaii. Tex.. I. 15. Daring that terrible paroxysm natnre more than 100 persons were Elled and several times that nnmber ft aimed. Special mention may also be made of e bnsin888 failures, notably that of nil ton, Hughes & Co., the great dry foods dealers of New York. The bank Lilores were also numerous, especially muring the period just prior to the presidential election, when at one time money was loaned at 100 per cent on calTin Wall street. Thus it will be Iseen tnat tue year i??o nas oeen cue 01 eventfnl interest. A classified review of the more important eventB follows: JANUARY. 1. Obituary: Alfred Ely Beach, editor Scientific American, in New. York city: aged 70. John B. Blair, once a famous painter and Inventor; aged 95. 2. Fire: At Vest Palm Beach, Fla.; loss, 1250,000. 8. Fires: Franklin County Children's home at Columbus, O., burned; loss, 1123,000. 15 buildings burned at CrflBton, la.; loss, $150,000. & Fire: Central hotel and Streit block burned at^Altoona, Pa. |?. Obituary: Gen. M. D. Leggett, a noted FedI eral veteran, in Cleveland; aged 71. Col. Thomas W. Knox, author, in New York \ city; aged 61. \ Obituary: Ex-Gov. W. R. Marshal of Min. \ nesota, at Pasadena, Cal.aged 71. At .Is Paris, Paul Yerlaine, French poet; aged 51. +** T? Oi T . 1?n.. ?o<v\ fVkA !. xii Ob. uums, lu.ia, ?<mu,vw> krjr: George G. Wright, ex U. S. senaand ex-ohief justice of Iowa, at Des les; aged 76. Gen. Francis Channing ow, noted war veteran and lawyer, in York city; aged 72. nary: HughDimond, a pioneer capitalf California, at Oakland; aged 66. aary: Martin Brimmer, noted mert prince, philanthropist and art pa, in Boston; aged 71. Gen. <-harles A. unan, noted Federal veteran, in Gertown, Pa.; aged 74. aary: Matthew S. Brady, one of the ?er photographers of the United States, ew York city; aged 73. aary: Gen. E. B. Fowler, noted veterr the Federal army, in Brooklyn; aged : Crescent City Rice mills burned in Orleans; loss, SI,000,000. iry: Charles Thomas Floquet, former lier of France. : 2 large apartment houses burned in igo; loss, *300,000. ry: Bernard Gillam, noted cartoonist, pajoharie, N. Y.; aged 38. lary: Rev. Dr. Thomas Armitage, a 1 Baptist preacher, at Yonkors, N. Y.; 77. Prince Henry of Battenberg died &; aged 38. lary: Gen. Thomas Ewing, in New : city; aged 69. lary: E*-Judge Charles B. Elliott, us sporting man and builder of racing 3, in Brooklyn; aged 67. xary: Lord Leighton, noted British t. >n London; aged 66. Alexander Mac in of Macmillan & Co., British pub ra, in London; aged 81. vreck? Filibustering steamer J. W kins wrecked on her voyage from New to Bermuda with men and materia taba; 10 drowned. lary: John Tyler, son of the late Pres i Tyler, in Washington. Gen. Theo Runyon, a war veteran and U. S. em idor to Germany, iu Berlin; aged 74 Joseph H. Porter, a New York wai an. in New York city. rter: 56 deaths in a coal mine disastei Cardiff. ry: Elijah Bhaw, founder of Shaw sraity, North Carolina, at Wales .; aged 76. George Cochran Lambdin ted Philadelphia artist, in that city 66. Dr. L. A. Harris, a noted pubU< in of Atlanta, in that city; aged & Alfred Baker Smith, at Poughkeep Ble, N. Y.; aged 71. Sir Joseph Barnaby, ' well known composer, in London. 29. Obituary: Senator Fiorelli, the arch?ologiat, at Rome. 80. Obituary: George F. Magun, founder and ex-president of the Iowa college, at Grin* nell, in Des Moines. Rev. Dr. William H. Furness, noted Unitarian, in Philadelphia; aged 74. F?BKUAKX. j 8. Obituary: Stephen B. French, noted Republican politician, in New York city; aged 67. Hillory Butler, a pioneer settler on Puget sound, at Seattle; aged 77. ! Shadrack Inman, a noted Georgian, in Atlanta; aged 85. i 4. Obituary: George Nicholson of the New Orleans Picayune, in that city, j 5. Obituary: Prof. Loisetto, teacher of mental culture, in San Francisco. 6. Disaster: Bridge over the Pequatuck river, near Hartford, washed away and 90 workmen drowned. Obituary: Gen. John Gibbon, U. S. A., retired, in Baltimore; aged 68. Harry Howard, chief of the old volunteer Are department of New York, in that city; aged 74. 7. Obituary: William Heyden English, well known capitalist and politician, in Indianapolis ; aged 74. Charles Wachsmuth, the world's eivatest Daleontolocist in crinoids. at Burlington, la.; aged 66. Bound Brook, N. J., swept by fire and flood. 8. Fire: West Virginia state normal school at West Liberty burned. 9. Obituary: Jean Auguste Barre, distinguished French sculptor, in Paris; aged 85. Reinhold Rost, LL. D., a high authority in oriental literature, in London. 10. Obituary: Sanford Hunt of the Methodist Book Concern, in Cincinnati; aged 70. 12. Miscellaneous: Etienne Chatelaine, aged 100 years, died at Ontario. Isaac Murphy, a negro, famous as a jockey, died at Lexington, Ky. Obituary: Allen Dodworth, noted New York band leader, at Pasadena, Cal.; aged 78. Charles Louis Ambroise Thomas, celebrat ed musical composer, in raris; ngea o*. 18. Disaster: 40 people drowned by the sinking of a ferryboat at Brisbane, Australia. Obituary: Rev. Theophilus Jones, the oldest Welsh Baptist minister in the United States, at Wilkesbarre, Pa.; aged 86. 15. Fire: At Greensville, N. C.; loss, $1130,000. Obituary: Mrs. E. K. Nicholson (Pearl Rivers) of the New Orleans Picayune, in that city. 1T Vi wno of: Tmtr N. V about 80 working girlr killed. The Buckeye Glass works burned at Martins Ferry, O. 18. Disasters: Over 00 miners killed by an explosion at Newcastle, Colo. 80 deaths in q fire at a masked ball at Santarem, Portugal. Personal: Mrs. Amelie Reeves Cbanler, the American novelist, married to Prince Troubetskoi of Russia. 19. Disaster: Hundreds of houses wrecked at Johannesburg, South Africa, by dynamite explosion; over 100 deaths. OA Do?w/mio 1 Ci* TaK? Fworoff Millaia president of the Royal academy. 22. Obituary: Edgar Wilson Nye, the popular American humorist, near Asheville, N. C.; aged 45. Ex-Gov. George D. Robinson of Massachusetts, at Chicopee; aged 62. 23. Fire disaster: 7 deaths at the burning of a mansion in Baltimore's fashionable district. Obituary: Hon. George Davis, who was attorney general of the Southern Confederacy, in Wilmington, N. C.; aged 70. 24. Obituary: Henry C. Bowen of The Independent, in Brooklyn; aged 88. 25. Fires: A $200,000 blaze at Binghamton, N. Y. Grace Street Baptist church burned at Richmond. Obituary: Gen. David Morrison, a Federal war veteran, in New York city; aged 63. Rear Admiral Joseph Fyffe, U. S. N., retired, at Pierce, Neb.; aged 64. 26. Obituary: Arsene Houssaye, celebrated French writer, in Paris; aged 81. 27. Fire: 15 business places burned at Florence, S. C.; loss, 1100,000. C^ituary: Gen. Madison Miller, veteran of the Mexican and civil wars, in St. Louis; aged 87. * MARCH. 1. Fire: The village of Colesville, Mono county, Cal., wiped out by fire. Riotous demonstrations in Spain against the United States. 2. Obituary: CharlesCarleton Coffin, war correspondent and author, at Brookline, Mass.; aged 78. Baron Talleyrand-Perigord, ex-senator of France and diplomat, in Paris; aged 75. Judge John W. Armstrong, a pioneer lawyer on the coast, in San Francisco ; aged 62. 8. Fire: 15 buildings burned at Danbury, Conn.; loss, $150,000. UDHuary: ur. n. r. raimer, anuquanau and writer, in Richmond. 4. Obituary: Prof. John Kraus, a pioneer in kindergarten work, in New York city; aged 81. Peter Richard Kenrick, former archbishop of St. Louis, in that city; aged 90. Dr. Hiram Corson, a specialist and writer on medical treatment, at Plymouth Meeting, Montgomery county, Pa.; aged92. 6. 'Gov. Frederick T. Greenhalge of Massachusetts, at Lowell, Mass.; aged 84.) 6. Business troubles: Dan Talmage's Sons, rice dealers, suspended in New York city. Obituary: Philip J. A. Harper, retired senior member of the firm of Harper & Bros., at Hempstead, N. Y.; aged 72. 7. Obituary: James H. MoVicker, veteran theatrical manager, in Chicago; aged 74. 8. Rear Admiral Henry Walke, U. 8. N., re tired, in Brooklyn; aged 88. 12. John 8. Hoey, famous shot, died at Long Branch. 14. Sporting: The American team won the international chess match by cable; score, to 3 % games. Obituary: Col. Thomas H. Nelson, ex-U. S. minister to Chile and to Mexico, at Terre Haute, Ind.; aged 76. 18. Explosion: The Laliin & Rand Powder works at Ripton, N. Y., wrecked by the explosion of 30,000 pounds of powder; 5 employees killed. 19. Fire: The Masonic building burned at Providence; loss, $500,000. on AAn...A A<,.A M/> ucui^o xviviiiuuuu, pui UIUIK ai iiavi utcu. 21. Fire: Plant of the Pennsylvania Salt works, at Natrona, Pa., burned; loss, $1,000,000. 22. Obituary: Lady Isabel Burton, widow of Capt. Sir Richard Burton, in London. tf Thomas Hughes, author of "Tom Brown's School Days," at Brighton, England; aged 72. 23. Fire: 00 houses burned at Color, Colombia. Jennie R. Ktinball, manager of the Kimball Opera comnany, died at St. Paul. , 24. Mine disaster: 14 miners killed by gas explosion in the Berwind White mine at Dubois, Pa. 25. Gen. Thomas L. Casey, U. S. A., retired, in Washington; aged 65. 28. Obituary: President Hippolyte of Haiti; i aged 60. Fowler H. Wray, inventor, at Nashua, N. H.; aged 72. . 28. Fires: At Waterbury, Conn.; loss, 8200,000. Pleasure Ridge distillery burned near , Louisville; lass, 1325,000. 29. Fire: Weston, W. Va., suffered to the extent of nearly $500,000. 80. Obituary: Ex-Gov. Thomas Seay of Alak bama, at Greensboro. Rabbi Aaron Wise, in New York city; aged 52. i APRIL. 1. Fire: 10 deaths in a burning tenement in Brooklyn. Explosion: 5 killed and several wounded by a boiler explosion at Greenville, Miss. ' Financial: The Chinese-Anglo-German loan of ?16,000,000 closed in London. 1 2. Fire: Docks and warehouses valued at $400,000 burned at Brunswick, Ga. Obituary: Benjamin T. Tweed, educator and author, at Cambridge, Mars. ; aged 85. Augustus H. Hoppin, well known illustraj tor and cartoonist, at Flushing, N. Y. 8. Obituary: Michael Sullivan, one of the oldest and best known engineers in the United States, in Chicago; aged 55. 6. Personal: Ex-President Benjamin Harrison wedded Mary Scott Lord Dimmick in New York city. r 7. Fire: At Douglass, Ga.; loss, $125,000. 8. Fire: At Savannah; loss, $175,000. r 10. Obituary: Col. John A. Cockerill, the well known American journalist, at Cairo, Egypt; aged 46. Gov. John E. Jones of Nevada, at San Francisco; aged 56. Count von Kotze mortally wounded Baron von Schrader in a pistol duel at Berlin. 3 11. Obituary: Ex-Gov. Thomas M. Holt of North Carolina; aged 65. 13. Personal: Gen. Fitz Hugh Lee, the noted Confederate veteran and former governor of Virginia, nominated consul general at Havana. 14. Obituary: Oliver Caswell, widely lroown blind deaf mute, at Newport, B. I.; ai?ed63. 15. Obituary: Baron Conatantin de Grimm, well known cartoonist, in New York city; aged 51. 17. Obituary: James Rich Steers, one of the builders of the yach? America in 11360, in New York oity. 19. Fire: Dauntless Bicycle company burned out at Toledo; loss, 3185,000. Obituary: Judge Arthur J. Borman, the first governor of West Virginia, at Farkersburg. 20. Obituary: Baron Maurice de Elrsch, noted financier and philanthropist, at Preiiburg, Hungary; aged 08. 21. Obituary: M. Jean Baptiste Leon Say, celebrated French statesman, in Paris; aged 70. 22. Obituary: Gen. Noah L. Jeffries, a Federal veteran and a lawyer of distinction, in Washington; aged 68. 23. Obituary: George Munro, the publisher, at Pine Hill, N. Y.; aged 71. Ezra Beaman Newton, a veteran Shaker, %t Harvard, Mass.: aeed 101 24. Obituary: Ex-Gov. David H. Jerome ol Michigan, at Watkins Glen, N. Y.; aged 01. Dr. Phineaa G. C. Hunt, a well known American dentist, at Indianapolis; aged 08. 25. Fire: At Cripple Creek, Colo.; buiiineai blocks valued at 12,000,000 burned. Tornado: Clay county, Kan., devastated; ( people killed and many seriously injured. 27. 6 leaders of the national reform committee, including the American, John Hays Hammond, sentenced to death for high treason at Pretoria. 80. Fire: At Quincy, Ills., the Metz block and other properties burned; loss, 5300,000. Bhipwreck: British steamer On no sunt: by collision wjth the Neuchang near Shanghai ; 5 Europeans and 250 Chinese drowned. MAY. 1. Shah of Persia assassinated. 2. Fire: Residence of Senator Hale at Ellsworth, Me., burned. Obituary: w. n. iJODie, notea on me American turf, in Philadelphia; aged 80. Gen. O. M. Poe, noted veteran engineer, in Detroit; aged 86. i. Obituary: Andrew 8. Fuller, noted horticulturist and entomologist, near Ridge, wood, N. J. 6. Disaster: Many lives lost by the collapse of a 5 story lodging house in Cincinnati. 7. Fire: At Somerset, Ky.; loss, $800,000. 9. Fire: At Laure, Mich., lumber and ore ' docks valued at <500,000 destroyed. Obituary: Capt. J. D. Johnston, a noted naval veteran, in Savannah; aged 08. 10. Fire: At Ashland, Wis., 20,000,000 feet oi lumber destroyed; loss, nearly $500,000. 11. Obituary: H. C. Banner, editor of Pack, at Nutley, N. J.; agad 41. 12. 6th annual convention of military surgeons opened in Philadelphia. 18. Obituary: Nora Perry, author and poet, at Dudley, Mass.; aged 85. 15. Cyclone: Sherman, Tex., devastated; over 1/V\ AW ucawuo. Obituary: Rear Admiral Thomas H. Stevens, U. S. N., retired, at Roc>*sville, Ind.; iiged 77. 10. Fire: At Painted Post, N?Y.; loss, 1150,000. 17. Fire: At Blue Island, Ills.; 26 buildings | burned; loss, nearly $200,000. 18. Fire: In Washington; loss, (200,000 ; 2 Bremen killed, 4 missing. Obituary: Mrs. John S. C. Abbott, widow of the historian, at Fishkill, N. Y.; aged. 86. Otto Cainphausen, noted Prussian financier, at Berlin; aged 84. 19. Obituary: Kate Field, lecturer and journalist, at Honolulu; aged 66. Archduke Charles .Louis of Austria, at Vienna. The Amalgamated Association of Iron and fcjteei workers Degan lis zibi annual neteiiou at Detroit. 20. Death sentence of the Transvaal reform leaders commatcd.' 21. Obituary: E^enezer Nelson, ? veteran Boston journalist, at Cambridge, Maes.; aged 72. Mme. Clara Wieck Schumann, widow of the composer and a noted pianist, at Frankfurt-on:the-Main: aged 77. Gen. Silver io Martinez, celebrated soldier of Mexico. Conventions: The 108th genertl assembly of the Presbyterian church in tho United States opened in Saratoga. The Bouthurn Presbyterian assembly opened at Memphis. 23. Obituary: Gen. Lucius Fairchild, in Madison, Wis.; aged86. 24. Cyclone: Iowa, Michigan and Illinois visited ; heavy loss of life. Steamer nwamped by the gale at Cairo; 18 people drowned. Obituary: Gen* John Echols, Confederate veteran, at Staunton, Va. 26. Fire: At Dallas; loss, 1100,000. At Fort Worth, Tex.; loss, 1100,000. Cyclone: Oakland county, Mich., devastated; many deaths. 26. Disasters: An electrio car crashed through a bridge at Victoria, B. C.: 60 people drowned. At Cairo, Bis., 11 people were drowned bv the capsizing of a ferryboat. Miscellaneous: Nicholas II orowned czar at Moscow. The 71st anniversary of the American Unitarian association opened in Boston. 27. Tornado: Southern Illinois and eastern Missouri devastated. In St. Louis the damage amounted to 110,239,000 ; 821 buildings were totally destroyed, 7,812 partially and 1,200 slightly damaged; deaths in St. Louis, 427. 80. Obituary: Mark M. Pomeroy, the journalist, in Brooklyn. 81. Disaster: In a crush at the fetes of the czar's 1 QAA rvAArvtA UTOP.k curuuuuuu UU ittUO^VTT J.?*W pouj/JV ?? Vkw killed. Obituary: Dr. H. M. V. Miiler, U. 8. senator from Georgia, at Atlanta; aged 82. William Taylor, a veteran of the war of 1812, in Baltimore; aged 105. Angeline, daughter of Chief Seattle of Washington and a heroine of the plains, in Seattle. JUNE. 2. Sylvester H. Roper, inventor of a steam bicycle, diud while riding his first machine at Cambridge, Mass. 8. Sporting: Prince of Wales'horse Persimmon won the Derby. Obituary: Judge O. P. Stovens, ex-senator from Minnesota, at San Diego, Cal.; aged 65. Gerard Rohlfs, German traveler and explorer, at Godesberg, Prussia. I. Sporting: Sir Walter won the Brooklyn Handicap. Obituary: Austin Corbin, the railway magnate, at Newport, R. I.; aged 73. Ernesto Rossi, distinguished Italian actor, at Pescara; aged 67. 5. Obituary: Ex-Gov. Begole of Michigan, t\t Flint; aged 80. 8. Obituary: Frank Mayo, the actor, in Nebraska; aged 57. Jules Simon, distinguished statesman, formerly premier of Franco, in Paris; aged 81. 0 11. Fire: 100 horses burned in the New York Horse Exchange; loss, <300,000. 12. Obituary: Isaac H. Maynard, ex-judge of the court of appeals of New York, in Albany. 14. Personal: Harriet Beecher Btowe celebrated her 80th birthday at Hartford. Severe storm on the New Jersey coast; great damage at Atlantio City and Cape May. 15. Criminal: George H. Wyckoff, president of the New Amsterdam bank, in New York, fatally shot by George H. Semple, who demanded money. 18. Political: McKinley and Hobart nominated at St. Louis. 19. Death of Tson-Hsi, mother of the emperor of China. 20. 60th anniversary of the accession of Queen Victoria celebrated in England. 22. Obituary: Hon. Benjamin H. Bristow, exsecretary of the treasury, in New York city; aged 64. 23. Sporting: Henry of Navarre won the Suburban Handicap in Brooklyn. Obituary: J. K. C. Forrest, veteran Chicago newspaper man, in that city; aged 75. Acquittal of Mrs. Mary Alice Almont Liv ingston Fleming of the charge of murderj ing her mother in New York city. 24. Obituary: Lorillard Kip, well known society, club and sporting man, in New York 1 city. 25. Obituary: Louis Charles Philippe d'Orleans, due de Nemours, son of Louis Philippe, in Paris; aged 81. Lyman Trumbull, ex-U. S. senator, in Chicago; aged 83. Gen. Gustavus W. Smith* a noted Confederate Boldier, in New York city; aged 74. 26. Obituary: John W. Kelly, actor and popular song writer, in New York city. 28. Mine disaster: 00 miners entombed 1 >j a cave in at the Twin shaft, Pittston, Pa 80. Convention: 0th annual reunion cf Confederate veterans began at Richmond. JULY. 1. Daniel De Foe, a lineal descendant of the great author, died in San Francisco. 27 2. Obituary: Harriet Beecher Stowe, at New Haven; aged 85. lien. A. it. Lawton, a Confederate veteran, at Clifton Springs sanitarium ; aged 78. E 8. Obituary: Anson D. P. Randolph, the well known book publisher, at West Hampton, N. Y.; aged 70. Charles Howard Johnfvon, 80 artist, in New York city; aged 80. L Dr. George Rimmell, famous sporting m an, known as Gwinne Price, died in St. Loiiis; aged 74. 81 6. Sporting: Leander crew beat Yale in trial heat at the Henley regatta. Obituary: Gen. Pierce M. B. Young, a distinguished Confederate cavalryman, in New York city; aged 57. ' 7. Obituary: Mrs. Bailie Ward Downs, once a i..J TT A. 1 1 ;M T UOtUU atJUbUUAJI UCUC) JU uuuiaviuc, p|cu 60. Sir John Pender, cable magnate, in London. George Law, eccentric million' aire and "projector," son of the more famous George Law of Panama fame, in Dew York city; aged 68. 8. Fire: Ban Lnis Obispo, Cal., Buffered to the ' extent of f260,000. Sporting: Leander won the final beat at Henley, defeating New college. * 1ft 'PnHtinnl William .Tannines Brvan nomirat ed by the Democrats at Chicago. 11. Disaster: 81 persons killed and 39 injured , in a railway collision near Logan, Ind. * Fire: Business block burned in Nashville; loss, 1600,000. Obituary: Ernst Curtius, LL. D., a well known German Hellenist, in Berlin; aged 82. Gen. John Pulford, veteran of the Federal army, at Detroit; aged 69. 12. Walter O. Lewis, a pioneer in the ship newi ' service, at Germ an town, Pa.; aged 81. 18. M. Peter Gerard, author, inventor and re* cluse, died in New York city. 14. Obituary: Mgr. Monaco la Valleta, seniof cardinal bishop of the Roman hierarchy, at Rome; aged 60. Luther Whiting Mason, ' famous teacher of music, at iJucJcneid, Me.; aged 08. * 15. Maj. Jacob Roemer, a noted German ar- ' tillerist ri the Army of the Potomac, died at Flash! g, N. T.; aged 78. ? 10. Obituary Ex-Gov. William E. Russell of Massachusetts near Little Pabas, Que.; aged 89. William Hamilton Gibson, artist and author, in Washington, Conn. 18. Fire: The car barns of the Chicago City t railway burned; loss, $850,000. 1' 19. Obituary: Ex-Gov. Joseph Hartwell Williams of Maine, at.Augusta: aged 82. Gen. Andrew R. Z. Dawson, a South Dakota ^ pioneer, in Deadwood. Gen. Joshua K. Siegfried, a Federal veteran, at Pottsville, Pa.; aged 61. 20. Fire: Park nheater and Barrett Houae burned at Henderson, Ky.; loss, 1250,000. 1 Obituary: Prof. J. Fairfax McLaughlin, at Fordham Heights, N. Y.; aged 85. 21. Fire: Naylor'a Opera House.and other buildings burned at Terre Haute, Ind.; loss, $150,000. 11 Obituary: Mrs. John Hoey, widow of th? late president of the Adams Express com- H pany and once a noted actress, at Long Branch, N. J.; aged 7r. Charles Dickens, ../\?nUof at TTanBtno. oti) OUil VI nilC gicov UVTVIIOKI av uuuouiq ton, England; aged 69. Joseph Wesley Har- 1* per, one of the family of publishers, ir New York city; aged 66. E Miscellaneous: Centennial anniversary ot the death of Robert Burns celebrated in ' Dumfries, Scotland. Cloudburst near Frankfort, Ky., drowned 10people. British ~ troops stormed and captured Matappa ? hills, Matabeles' stronghold. 22. Obituary: Qen. George W. Jones, ex-U. S. senator, at Dubuque, la.; aged 72. 23. Horace Bradley, artist, died at Denver. 27. Fire: 11,260,00(1 damage In a shipyard at * Belfast. _ . 28. Jameson, the Transvaal raider, ana ma 01- floors found guilty. 29. Robert Garretl, ex-president of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, died in Baltimore; a aged 59. 80. Fire: The Montreal exhibition building nearly destroyed; loss, S160,000. Obituary: Elizaieth 8tansbury Kirkland, noted educator, in Chicago. z 81. Fire: Grap? Valley, Gal., partially destroyed; loss, $150,000. AUGUST. 2. Obituary: Dr. Joseph Toner of Washington, well known philanthropist and collector, at Cresson Springs, Pa. ' 8. Gen. Calvin ?. Pratt, a Federal veteran, at Buzzards Bay, Mass. Gen. E. R. Colston, a ' ? watonan of Pinkmnnil UUbCU UUUlCUOiavu f ov^iaui ?v M?wu?MVM?ij aged 71. L Moore Bros., speculator?, suspended is Chicago. - < 6. Fire: Explosion and fire at Swift <fc Co. '? packing plant, Kansas City; loss, 9100,000; several persons Injured. Obituary: Judge Samuel Shellabarger, noted ^ man in WoaWinff+nn 1UW JCI UUU PUWA4W UI^U IIWWUMiQWM I aged 79. 7. C. H. Fargo & Co.. wholesale boot and shoe firm, assigned In Chicago; liabilities, $800,000. 0. Disasters: 0 killed and 8 injured in a trolley accident at Columbia, Pa. 5 persona drowned by the capsizing of a pleasure boat on' the Delaware at Philadelphia. Obituary: William J. Gilmore, noted Ohio lawyer, at Columbus, 0. Judge A. J. Ed- '< gerton, ex-U. S. senator from Minnesota, at Sioux Falls; aged 65. 10. Lady Tennyson, widow of the late Lord Tennyson, at Aldworth, England. 11. business troubles: The Murray Hill bank, one of the oldest, state banks of New York f oity, closed ita doora. The Security ban* of Duluth suspended. James Griffith, R. C. A., a famous Canadian painter, died at the age of 83. 12. Fire: The Manhasset House, Shelter is* 1 land, N. Y., destroyed; loss, 1200,000. George Cromwell, an old railway engineer on the Pacific slope, died in San Francisco. 13. Obituary: Sir John Millais, president of the Royal academy, in London; agod 67. Miscellaneous: Dr. Nansen, the arctio explorer, reached Vartloe, an island off Nor- 1( way. 6 deaths by cloudburst at Dehaven, Pa.; several misting. 14. Sporting: Tom Butler won the national championship rase at the Louisville L. A. W. races. Obituary: Olin L. Warner, sculptor, in New York city; aged 82. Sister Irene, mother superior of the New York Foundling asy- 11 l'im, a very prominent slater of charity, ill New York city; aged 73. Dr. William Schrader of the University of Missouri, a prominent scientist, at Columbia, Mo. 1! 16. Business troubles : George O. Berne & Co., leather dealers; .'3. M. Hosick, wool dealer, and the Chicago und Western Soap works, three Chicago firms having close financial connections, ass gned; aggregate liabili* 12 ties, nearly |500,t00. The Chicago Consolidated Iron and Steel company assigned; liabilities, about $300,000. John Bloodgood, r oted New York banker, died at Great Barrington, Mass. 18. Firos: Woodruff's department store burned a'u Rockford, Ills. The chemical laboratory buildings o:f the University of Illinois at Champaign burned; loss, $100,000. 17. Obituary: Mary Abigail Dodge (Gail Hamilton), at Wyndham, Mas.s.; aged about 66. Accident: !3 telephone linemen killed and 12 workmen seriously injured by a dynamite explosion nt New Holland, Pa. U 18. Miaoellaneo as: The yacht Isolde run down by the Meteor in a race at Southsea, Eng- M land; Baron von Redwitz, owner of the Isolde, killed. Obituary: l'rof. Frederick William Crouch, composer of "Kathleen Mavourneen," at the age of S3, in Portland, Me. 19. Obituary: F rof. Joseph Dwight Whitney of Harvard university, at New London, N. H.; aged 77. ^ 21. Obituary: Dr. C. C. Raue, distinguished I physician, teacher and author, in Philadelphia; aged 76. 22. Fire: The Exposition building, Buffalo Driving park, burned; loss, 1200,000. M 23. Obituary: Sister Stella, widely known for i charitable Vorks, at Dallas. John Chamberlin, noted Washington caterer, at Saratoga. 25. Obituary: Hamid Bin Thuain Bin Said, Bultan of Zanzibar; aged40. Prof. Nicholas Rudinger, celebrated Geiman anatomist, at Tutzing, Bavaria. 26, Fire: The town of Ontonagon, Mioh., daj stroyed; loss, several million dollars; the Diamond Match company's plant, valned at 11,000,000, among the properties burned. Business troubles: Hilton, Hughes is Co., successors to the business of A. T. Stewart I & Co., made an assignment and closed their store; liabilities over (1,000,000. j Harry Hill, once a noted sporting character in New York city, died at Corona, N. Y. Li Hung Chang, Chinese statesman, arrived in New York on the St. Louis. i. Fire: The Iowa State Institution For the Feeble Minded struck by lightning and burned; loss, 1160,000. i Obituary: Wordsworth Thompson, Ameri can genre painter, at oammn, j.i. <i.; agcu 66. Charles Stanley Reinhardt, the artist, In New York; aged 52. ? Basin ess troubles: The Kings County Elevated Railway company of Brooklyn placed in the hands of a receiver. SEPTEMBER. i. Fire: Masonic hall burned at Winston, N. C.; loss, $50,000. Miscellaneous: The thirtieth national encampment of the O. A. R. opened at St. Paul. Obituary: Daniel Spraker, the oldest bank president in the United States, at Fonda, N. Y.; aged 98. i. Obituary: LorenxoNiles Fowler, phrenologist, lecturer and writer, in West Orange, N. J.; aged 86. (. Obituary: Rev. Francis A. Shoup, D. D., of the University of the South, a veteran Confederate general, at Columbia, Tenn.; aged 62. L Miscellaneous: Dr. Gallagher, the released Irish political prisoner, arrived in New York. Maj. T. 8. Clarkson of Omaha elected commander in chief of the G. A. R. Kcuiinesa troubles: The First National bank of Helena, Hon., failed, with heavy liabilities. i. Fire: Yore's Opera House burned at Benton Harbor, Mich.; 11 firemen killed. Obituary: Dr. George Brown Goode of the Smithsonian institution, a noted American scientist, at Mount Pleasant, near Washington ; aged 46. L Gen. R. C. Catlin, veteran of the 8eminole, Mexican and civil wars, died at Mount Nebo, Ark.; aged 87. ). Obituary: Ex-Senator Henry B. Payno,"at Cleveland; aged 88. ). Obituary: Luigi Palmier!, noted Italian meteorologist, at Rome; aged 88. James Lewis, comedian in Daly'B company, at West Hampton, N. Y. [. Prof. Francis J. Child of Harvard university died at Cambridge, Mass. M i;oibaarj . VJOU. ?ituucn A/, iuui(^au, TOK?<W of the Mexican and civil wars, in Qulncy, Ilia.; aged 88. 1. Fire: The Delaware Oil works burned at Chester. Pa.; loss, $150,000. Obituary: Col. Norman Wiard, expert on ordnance and inventor of guns and projectiles, at Reading, Pa.; aged 70. L Obituary: Charles L. Chap In. an old telegrapher who aided the* introduction of the telegraph in Europe, at Philadelphia; aged 89. Gen. Edward B. Wadsworth, a Wisconsin war veteran, in Chicago; aged 78. ). 15 deaths in a fight between the Young Turkey party and soflas at Qalata. !. Tornado wrecked many towns in eastern Pennsylvania. Obituary: Enoch Pratt, banker, merchant und philanthropist; aged 88. I Anrlon TTtnK /lomana/1 flifl It .iuiuauu wgUV&if V?UU| uuutuguu w vuvj uxtent of $300,000 by a violent storm. I. Obituary: Prof. Winlock, astronomer oi thu Smithsonian institution, at Bay Head, N. J.; aged 87. Elbridge G. Blunt, a Kanl ae pioneer and warscoat, in Chicago; aged 71. 5. Obituary: Katharina Klafsky-Lohse, well ]mown prima donna, at Hamburg; aged 41. J. John Eric Ehrichsen, surgeon extraordinary to Queen Victoria, died at Folkestone, Bngland; aged 78. 1. Bessie Bell wood, a noted music ball singer in London, died in that city. i. Obituary: Prof. 8ir George Murray HumI hrey, author of noted medical works, in Iiondon; aged 78. 3. I iusinesa troubles: Wolf Bros.' dry goods establishment In Little Rock closed by attachmen&.rr'-billties, 1500,000. The First National bank of Springfield, N. Y., bus* pended. > r. Fires: Mount Holyoke college, at South Hadley, Mass., destroyed. The wooden e lephant at Coney Isiand burned. OCTOBER. 1. I Dituary: J. wune moon, a micmgan pier seer, in Detroit; aged 82. 2. Fire: 4 blocks burned at Jeanerette, La.; l<*w, $160,000. 3. Fire: At Camden, N. J.; a knit goods factory damaged to the extent of $110,000. Obituary: William Morris, noted English poet, in London; aged 82. J. Accident: 7 deaths in a wreck on the A., T. find 8. F. S. B. near Emporia, Kan. Conventions: The annual convention of Good Templars of the United States convened at Chippewa Falls, Wis. The 13th annual convention of the National Association oi Booksellers, Newsdealers and Stationers o] mred in Boston. Budness troubles: The Car and Lumber company of Tyler, Tex., failed with liabili* ti'm estimated at 1250.000. John Maclean & Co., wholesale millinery, failed in Moutrtal; liabilities, *176,000. B. L. Price & 0>., clothing manufacturers, failed in New York; liabilities, $125,000. r. Business troubles: The First National bank of Ithaca, Mich., failed. Obituary: Gen. Louis Jules Trochu, noted French soldier, at Tours, Franoe; aged 61. M. Victor de Leaseps, son of the famous engineer and projector, in Paris; aged 48. 3. Fire: A grain elevator and 2blocks of busi' ness bouses burned at Corning, la.; loss, IIW.OOO. Obituary: Gen. George A. Sheridan, noted. Federal veteran, at Hampton, Va.; aged 66. ). Obituary: Ex-Gov. Silas Woodson of Missouri, at St. Joseph; aged 77. Baron Mueller, the Australian explorer, in Melbourne; ag;d 75. George Du Maurier, artist and author, in London; aged 62. Minnie Conwi y Tearle, a once prominent American actress, at Carlisle, England. ). Obituary: E. Towner Root, well known mu ale publisher, in Chicago; aged 74. Ex-Gov. Levi K. Fuller of Vermont, at Brattleboro; agid 66. Miss Mary Grew, noted,abolitionist and woman suffragist, in Philadelphia; ag?d 83. John H. Williams, the "funny man" of the Norristown Herald, atNorristovrn, Pa.; aged 68. [. Obituary: The Right Hon. and Most Rev. Edward White Benson, archbishop of Canterbury and primate of England, in London ; aged 67. >. Storm: A West India hurricane swept the Atlantic coast from New England to New Jersey. Obituary: Herr Bruckner, celebrated musical composer, in Vienna; aged 72., 5. Conventions: The 11th annual encampment of the Union Veteran legicu began in Wuuhington. The annual coorven ion of the Commercial Travelers' Home Association of America began at Binghamton, N. V. Tb.il 25th annual convention of the National Board of Steam Navigation began at St. Louis. I. Accident: 5 killed and 16 injured by a trolley collision at Hazleton, Pa. Business troubles: The Marine National bank of D*>luth failed. Obituary: Ex-U. S. Senator Thomas W. Ferry, in Grand Haven, Mich.; aged 69. >. Business troubles: The Bank of Commerce of Buffalo closed its doors. L Fires: Chemical warehouse and several adjoining p.operties burned in Montreal; loss, $160,000; 8 firemen killed. Furniture factory burned at Holland, Mich.; loss, 1125,000. Miscellaneous: Merchants' National bank of Atlanta failed. The army correrpondents' memorial dedicated at Gapland, Md. Personal: Cardinal Satolll, formerly papal envoy to tho United States, sailed from New York for Italy. Obituary: Henry E. Abbey, theatrical manager, in New York oity. I. Obituary: Horace Rublee, distinguished Wisconsin journalist, in Milwaukee; aged 67. I. Business troubles: The Western New York Preserving company at Buffalo seized by the sheriff for debt; liabiUj^w, $167,823. Charles Bertrand & Co., me^^nts of Isle VBste, Que., failed, with liabJMro of $235,005. J Obituary: William A. Riohardson, noted JoJK . rist, chief justice of the conrt of claims in Washington; aged 75. Rev. B. F. Foster, prominent Odd Fellow, in Indianapolis; aged 70. 20. Fire: Stoneware works bnrned in East Akron, O.; loss, $200,000. 21. Miscellaifeoua: The U. S. cruiser Raleigh captured the filibustering steamer Dauntless and her tender, the R. L. Mallory, on the Florida coast. Dr. Henry S. Tanner, ? once noted as a "40 day faster," burned to death at Akron, O. v 22. Gen. Fernando Primo de Rivero, captain general of Madrid, died in that city. 28. Obituary: James H. Greathead, a distinguished engineer, in England; aged 01. Charles F. Crisp, ex-speaker of the house of representatives, at Atlanta; aged 61. Columbus Delano, ex-secretary of the interior, at Mount Vernon, O.; aged 87. 24. Obituary: Rev. J. M, Jacquett, known as the oldest priest in point of service in the United States, in Galveston; aged 79. 28. Fires: Cotton warehouse in Galveston damaged to the extent of $140,000. 20 business houses burned in Lodonia, Tex. Lumber yard and 4 dwellings burned at Milwaukee, Mich.; loss, 1175,000 Disaster: 0 killed and 20 injured in ahead end collision near Mesamic Highlands, Mo. Obituary,: won. Morton U. ilouter, a Jt'eaeral veteran, in Bloomington, Ind.; aged 71. 27. Fires: t, grain elevators burned in Chicago; loss, >1,200,000. A *300,000 factory fire in Brooklyn. . The nnnnni missionary council of the Protestant Episcopal church opened in Cincinnati. 28. Obituary: Michael Castle, a pioneer California merchant, in San Francisco. 29. Disaster: 6 miners killed by an explosion in shaft No. 8 at Wilkesbarre. Obituary: Dr. E. Newell Martin, formerly of Johns Hopkins university, a noted biologist, at Burley, England. Miscellaneous: Money 100 per cent on call in Wall street. The Mecosta County Savings bank at Big Rapids supsended. 80. Fire: Gharadelli's coffee and spice works burned in San Francisco; loss, 1100,000. Obituary: Cardinal Hohenlohe, a German prince, ranking member of the Sacred college, in Bome. 8L Obituary: Gen. Joseph U\ Torrence, a federal veteran and an iron magnate, in Chicago; aged 68. .NOVEMBER. & Fire: The Globe theater burned in St. Louis. Personal: Gen. Fitz Hugh Lee, consul general at Havana, arrived in Washington from Cuba. Obituary: Ansel L. Nicberaou, a veteran Rhode Island journalist, at Pawtucket. jB. Obituary: Mrs. W. H. Vanderbilt, at Scarboro-on-the-Hudson. 7. Fires: The Boston Bridge company, bt Cambridge port, burned out; loss, $160,000. Lowrie & Bobson's dry goods store burned in Indianapolis; loss, (100,000. Obituary: Napoleon Barony, the well known photographer, in New York city; aged 76. 8. Russel Smith, a venerable and distinguish-J A 1 1? OU cnjcuu auu IJUIUOWI^U pctuiw&f aw u Pa.; aged 84. 10. Obituary: John August Hugo Gylden, celebrated astronomer, at Stockholm; aged 56. 12. Obituary: John T. Foster, a prominent editor and politician of New Jersey, in Newark ; aged 66. 18. Obituary: Brother Francis, one of the founders of Notre Dame university, at South Bend, Ind.; aged 77. 14. Obituary: Coleman E. Bishop, a noted writer and editor, at Hydetown, Pa. _ 15. Fire: Several business houses burned at . Elberton, Ga.; loss, J100.000. Obituary: Professor Frank Geeks, a noted musloiau and patron of musical arts, In St Louis; aged 62. 17. Personal: Captain Alfred T. Mahan, the naval writer, retired from the United States navy after 40 years' service. Obituary: Judge J. C. Parker, a loted Arkansas justice, at Fort Smith. 18. Obituary: Hon. Eli H. Murray, ex-governor of Utah, in Bowling Green, Ky. Shipwreck: The British steamer Memphis went to pieces on |he English coast; 12 lives lost. ? 19. Obituary: Mrs. Soott Siddons, the reader and actress. In Paris. 20. Business troubles: The First National bank of Sioux City, la., failed. 21. Obituary: Benjamin Ward Bichardson, a celebrated English physician and author, in London; aged 68. Sporting: Princeton defeated Tale at football in New York; score, 24 to 6. 22. Obituary: George W. G. Ferris, inventor and builder of the Ferris wheel, in Pittsburg. Amos Grannis, a Chicago pioneer, 1. n ~aA r 1 U1 bUOV ?J4 VJ f OgOU f * 23. Shipwreck: Steamer San Benito wrecked on the coast of California; 8 deaths from drowning and exposure. Obituary: Italo Campanini.the greatest tenor of his time, well known in the United States, at Parma, Italy. 26. Obituary: Benjamin Apthorp Gould, well known scholar and astronomer, in Boston. 20. Fire: The courthouse at Eastland, Tex., destroyed; loss, 165,000. 80. Fire: The steamer City of Kalamazoo burned at South Haven, Mich; 8 deaths. Basinosa troubles: The Missouri National bank at Kansas City passed into the hands of the oomptroller of the treasury. The First National bank of Tyler, Tex., failed. Obituary: Ira Shafer, a noted figure of the New York bar, at Poughkeepele. William Steinway, head of the piano firm, in Ifew York city; aged 60. DECEMBER. L Fire: At Mason City, la.; loss, $100,000. Miscellaneous: Earthquake shock at Cairo, Ills. Gage & Fulton, bankers and brokers, failed in Boston. 2. Fire: At Atlantic City; St. Monica's church destroyed. a The National Council of Women began ltd annual convention in Boston. 4. Obituary: Capt. William Bell, a California pioneer, at San Diego; aged 76. 6. Date reported for the death of Maceo, the Cuban leader. 7. Obituary: Col. John B. Fellows, the noted Demooratio politician, in New York city; aged 65. Shipwreck: The North German Lloyd steamer Salier foundered off the coast of Spain; about 5UU passengers ana sailors lost. 8. Fire: At Bay City, Mich.; loss, 196,000. Obitnary: William Drury, said to have been the largest landowner in the United States, in New Boston, Ills.; aged 80. Nathan Webb, a veteran of the war of 1812 and of the civil war, in New York city; aged 100. Miscellaneous: Resolut'ons favoring Cuban independence introduced in the United States senate. Scar Face Charlie, a Modoc involved in the Canby massacre, died on the reservation in the Indian Territory. 0. Fire: At Winston, N. C.; loss, $150,000. Obituary: Alfred Noel, inventor of nitroglycerin, at San Bemo, Italy. 10. Shipwreck: The German ship Rajah foundered in the Bristol channel; 17 sailors drowned. 11. Obituary: Gen. N. L. Beal, at Norway, Me.; aged 71. Felix G. de Fontaine, a Confederate war correspondent and well known journalist, at Columbia, S. C.; aged 64. Mme. Josephine Jarocka, grandniece of Count Pulaski of Revolutionary fame, committed suicide in New Yoxk city. 12. Sporting: Hale finished a 6 day record breaking cycle race in New York. 11. Fire: At Altoona, Pa.; loss, $100,000. Obituary: Martin Kaiser, a noted German singer, in St. Louis; aged 80. The Federation of Labor opened its annual session at Cincinnati. 16. Shipwreck: The French steamship Marie Fanny los? in the British channel; 14 sailors drowned. Obituary: Alexander Salvini, the actor, at Florence; aged 85. 17. Miscellaneous: 2 severe earthquake shocks in England and Wales. Herrmann, the magician, died on board a train near Salav manca, N. Y. 18. Obituary: Ex-Congressman Roswell^H Horr, at Plainfleld, N. J.; aged Prime Minister Canovas of Spaifi^^^JBH that bis country will resist gression in the matter of Cu|^^^H3^H 19. Conventions, etc.: The Pen^^^Hfl^HB ety of the Sons of the the anniversary of ley Forge in Federation of meeting in Ciiu^BH^HB^B^^BflHS Alliance NOtice. rpHE COUNTY ALLIANCE OP ABBEA vllle county will bold Its next quarterly meeting on Friday, January 15th. inat. By order of District Alliance. . i a John C. Walking. Dec. 21, 1886. Sec. 3rd Dirt. Alliance. / o Surveying and Platting * Land and Town Lots. Alio Terracing, Lev ellng and Grading. Acoarate work done where local attraction makes a Compass unreliable. T. C. ANDERSON, Feb. 5,1896, ly / Ninety-Six, B.C. DENTAL NOTICE. Dr. S. G. Thomson, OFFICE DP-STAIBS ON McILWAlN 'P Corner, Abbeville, 8. C. RICHAKD OANTT, la now prepared to do all work In his department In the beet fmanner and at reasonable charges. Monthly ' customers shaving, hair cutting and sham* J poolngfl per month. Rasors honed and put J a bua u9Bh ouuuiuuu ior io wnil esc a. .'-a DENTAL NOTICE. S. F. Killingsworth, No. 4 Seal Block, Abbeville, S, C. - " 3 Restaurant. || I would announce to my friend* and customers that I bare moved my RESTAURANT to Cothran's Block, on Washington Street, where I will be glad ro Berve the Miblo with as good meals at the provisions of , tbe market will afford. HARRIET E. ADAMS. Oct. 1,1385, 6ms. NOTICE. Telephone Subscribers will please add the following numbers to tbelr list: Median Office, 74. -. R. C. Wilson 4 Co. (store) 75. J. H. McDlll, (Hes.) 70. W. C. McGowan, (Res.) 60 l W.H.Parker, (Res.) 68. County Alliance. HPHE ABBEVILLE COUNTY ALLIANCE 1 win bold Its regular Quarterly Meeting, at Abbeville, on Friday, January Id, 1897. All members In good itandlng will be allowed the privileges of the floor. W. T. MILFORD, Deo. 28,1886 . 4t Secretary. ^ : 1 M. P. DEBRUHL. J. FULLER LYON DeBSUHL & LYON, I Attorneys at Law, ABBEVILLE, 8. C. Offloe?Law Range, O'Neal Bnlldlng No. 1. v. v fUT.T.TAP/n /. TAILOR, HAS moved, aod occupies the room recent1x7 rwmniori hv J. T. Hlarlr th? tmn* smith, and la now prepared to do all klnaa ol repalringand cleaning of gentlemen's_clothes on short notloe. Samples of snlta always on hand. Charges reasonable 1 WALTER L. MILLER, Attorney at Law. A:bbeville, S, C.\ I also represent, a number of Investment Companies. Loans made on Abbeville or Greenwood City real estate. OFFICE on Law Range. The State of South Carolina. COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. PROBATE COURT. In the matter of tbe Estate of Thomas J. Mabry, deceased. * -CM Notice to Debtors and Creditors. ALL persons Indebted to said estate mast settle wltboat delay, and those holding claims against tbe estate maBt present tbem properly attested to. JOHN T. CHEATHAM. Nov. 10,1896. Executor. Tf r= . Mutual Aid, MM Inyestment Co., Atlanta, Ga. ABBEVILLE LOCAL BOARD. J. R. Blake, Jr.?President. i Walter L. Miller?Attorney. DLRECTOBS. , R. W. Cannon, C. V. Hammond, Walter L. Miller, C. D. Brown. 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