The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-05-22


TO thom. This includes the loss of wages
and tho damage done in Tho recent riot.
San Francisco has sent Yankee fire
engine to Japan, and n company ofrcsidcnt
citizens Of that city went with it to show
the Japs how to manage the "gratc squirt"
Coral jcwcry is one Of the most prorni-
ncnt novelties orits class in Paris. The
rose pink is most esteemed, and is worth
twenty times it's weight in gold
Major Russell, late of the Confederate
service, and q relative of John Sldcll, died
in Toronto, on Sunday.
The stair builders in New York have do
cided to demand four dollars per day. The
present rate has been three and half.
"Such getting up stairs you never did
see"
Tho "rilop says 'Boston needs more
religion and less talk about i.-morc Of tn.
spirit Of truth and less theological hair.
splitting"
At the races in New Orleans recently, q
first i'll the ono mile dash, and q horse owned
by the editor Of the Times ran second. The
editors themselves arc said to bc tolcrably
fast
II is said that the fortune mado by Spaul.
ding, of prepared glue" fame, did not stick
by him, and he is now in needy oircum
stances.
Black River, Wisconsin, is completely
jammcd with logs for fifteen miles 1t il
estimated that there were not less than
226, 900, 900 in the river at the opening O
spring, Of Which about l20, 100000 have
already gone down.
man, with n very large bald head, wa.
complimentcd on the fact that his caput was
asked. "Hecousc it is great white bar,
(bcar) place." was the reply
An Australia paper records that. in cigh
years the progeny Of fourteen rabbits wa.
iI,263, notable example Of The way il
which that animal Increases ana multiple.
on n favorable soil
Hon. Il. Barnwcll Rht t. is now in Wash.
ington for tho purpose of examining til,
public archives for information TO be usct
i'll history of late civil war
Myrinds Of squirrels arc ovor-runnine
some parts Of Indiana, and, in several Coun.
ties OF iowa, pigeons nre dcs,royin The
new sown wheat.
Helen C!cchc, OF Milwaukee, beat his wifi
to death III religious controversy. "II,
proved his doctrine orthodox by aposioli,
blows and knocks.
Tampa, Florida, boasts new meat mar
kot AT what from This distance, seems III,
old prices. Beef is quoted fore quarter
five, cents, roast soycu cent; steak, ninc
cents.
better feeling is noticed by Vest err
papers us prevailing in tha, section viii
regard to business prospects. Tho crop.
arc also said never to havo looked bet
ter.
Two women have been elected paris,,
ovcrsccrs in England. That shows tn,
"woman's rights movement is marching on
although women physicians find but It'll,
cncoura cement at the hands Of Tho mcdicos
aud women orators arc srhicctcd 10 hissc.
and insulis when they appear on the plat
form.
The wonderful French cannon, tho con-
struction Of which is supposed to be pro
found secret, can he fired, il is said forty or
fifty times minute 1t carries with accu-
racy 20O0 yards, single discharge would
destroy the whole front of II battalion. II
Is so light that two men can easily lift
it,
New Orleans papers complain Of the
number of divorce suits in hc courts, say
ing that ten arc now entered to one justi,u-
ted before tho war. Fhrec such cases have
been entered in y single day. Most of the
cases relate to persons married during or
subsequent TO tho war.
Every policeman in Chicago carries with
him pieces Of boiled beef prepared with
huNvomica, upon which lie rcgalcs the dogs
which he happens TO meet Some thousands
ofworthicSs ours have shuillcd OF their
mortal coil under this regimen, and still the
good work proceeds.
Another fatal case Of snake bite occurred
in Murphysboro, Jackson county, Illinois, n
few days ago. Two little girls, while hunt
ing eggs under house, thrust their hands
into nest whore lay large ratlcsnakc
When bitten, the children supposed thai the
hen had rcckcd them. Both children died
in less than twenty -four hours.
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WOMEN DoCToRs IN ENGLAND.--.The Lon.
don Spectator says: We have heard the
opinion of ono of the most eminent of our
living physicians that one Of the new lady
physicians is doing, in the most admirable
manner, n work which medical men would
never even have had tho chance of doing.
Mot sers bring their children to her in
hundreds to consult her on really Important
points, on which they freely admit that they
would never had thought Of taking advice at
all had sho not been accessible to them.
And we should not bc surprised to find that
even in law, MS certainly in literature and
nrt, spr2.". fields Of exertion quito consis.
tent with feminine instincts will spring ND,
if thny are only looked for.
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Nothing SHoRrEu.--A young gentleman
WIN consumptiyo patch of wax-ends upon
his upper lip, called upon young lady n
low evenings since to escort her to church
When she stepped into tho parlor, .nll
ready he rivitcd his eyes upon the now
fashioned short umhrcll, cni lr,,, ,L !, -.