The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-02-20
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hihuerncst destroyed SlI,IC5, 900 worth
of cattle in England.
An Indian pony may be bought in Texas
for quart OF whiskey.
Young man in New York was fined $5
for stepping on IL lady's dress.
a choked horse in Now Haven was re-
licved by inscringa street hose in his
mouth and tho water turned on.
Brandon, VT, contributes its share TO.
wards human misery by making q 600, 900
pill boxes cvcryycar.
There 10, II is said, space of 1.13l 900
square miles nround the North Pole which
is now blank OH our map.
The expenses OF running oil we'll in the
oilrcgions Of Pennsylvania is from S25 to
$40 n day.
Picklcd poultry il being shippcd to Eng
lnnd from this country. They are packed
in salt sush.
The Now York Tribune thinks low and
vulgar personalities hrc more common in
Congress now than in the day when the
Southern chivilry was thcrc.
Lucy Stone, in q lca.';rc n Dany,r 70.
Gently, said: "Wo hear or n-Nec!:cd hus.
bands, but nothing at al nDou. rooster
pccked wives"
There 10 young lady in Harrisburg who
can play Two pieces Mt once on the piano,
and at The same time sing third. So Gun
Blind Tom.
Owing TO the completion Of rnil roads,
Romc and Florence are now within twelve
hours journey Of each other.
The Norfolk Jouraal says that Mr.. Dale
Carter, Senator from Russell, owns one
hundred thousand acrr, Of lani.
Twenty we'll dressed young s1uows and
braves, Of the Choctnw nation, have arrived
NJ Nashville for the purpose Of going TO
school.
The late adviccs from NTontcna mention
the discovery Of silver lodcs which yield
from three to ton thousand dollars per
ton.
Gold lias been discovered in he township
OF Loughborough, Canadn. IL is also an.
nonnccd that gold has been discovered in
the township Of Victoria.
There arc nearly twice as mnny ncwspn.
pers published in Tho United States rs In
all the rest Of The world .ogcther.
Hereafter no youths unler twenty enc
ycars of age arc 10 bo admitted into the
Regular Army, save as musicians.
Beast Butler says the whole story about
his suing Brick Pomeroy for libel, and the
alleged correspondence on the subject, are
forgeries.
Twelve ewes were sold recently in Vcr-
mont for one thousand dollars cnch, and n
ram lamb was sold for two thousand dollars
at the same time.
A Lexington (Kcntucky) paper says that
sand persons with eleven hundred souls"
Tho deepest gold mne In The Great West
is at Gold Hill, Nevada. It is 900 fcet deep,
and has tunnel 100 feet long.
II viii surprise some people to learn that
the Federal military still occupy the Exc
cuiito Mansion at Raleigh North Carolina,
to the exclusion of Tho Governor of the
State.
The SUGAR Cnop.-The New Orleans
this year ut $4,000 h0gshcads, and csti-
mates thatit will reach 100000 hogshcals
next year. Tho sugar crop last year was
only 10000 hogsheads.
Hon Henry Loc, for whom South Caro-
lima onst her electoral vote for Vicc.?reyi-
dent at the second election Of Gen. Jackson,
died in Boston lately, at tho age Of eighty.
fvc
II is pretty poor practice for farmer
to dig and dclvc, tug and grub. and clear
up fifty acres Of land al n cost Of two thou
sand dollars, and then in the third year,
surrender about q fifth Of IL to briars,
brsmbles and ox-cyed daiscs.