The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-06-05
NEWS SUMMARY.

The divorces in Connccticutth Tho past year
number one for every ten marriages.
In Canada there are gevcnty-three gold
mines, employing 7O8 miners The yield Of
gold for the last three months is valued at
SCOOPS
An italian has invented breast. pin from
which by touching n little spring, oao can
extract II succession of choice airs from fayo.
rite operas.
"A shoal Of ono hundred spcrm whales
was observed near the Hawaiian islands on
ihe first of April, the first for many yeats,
and three were takom.
The use Of all kinds Of h,c works is to
be prohibited in Boston on tho com
ius Fourth of July. That city heretofore
has ANNUALLY expended $GO,0V0 for frc-
works.
A young New York broker lately raised
sensation in horsc,,car, by paying tho fare
Of all the passengers on board Ono young
mar said he would take u scgar too,
The numbcr of acres in growing wheat in
tho Valley counties of Virginia is creator
than i'll any year before The war. The
prospect for IN uncommonly heavy yield
per acre, continues fine.
+'Blackbird Of Song" is the torn applied
by the London Era to Blind Tom who is
again performing at st. james Hail. Ills
powers of musical limitations arc pronounc-
cd "supcrhuman.
Mr.. Youatt, the famous veterinary sur
wi, N I,
times by rabil animals, says tl,at crystals
of nitrate Of silver, rubbed into the wound
will positively prevent hydrophobia IN the
bitten person or animal.
Tho first proclnmation for o thanksgiving
in Connecticut was issued in 1914, and was
model of brcvity, as follows "lts Order
od, thcrc shall bo II publiok day Of thanks
giving through This Jurisdiction upon
Hcnsday come fortnight"
Switzerland, wo sec it stated. is thinking
OF sending m ambassador to Washington ;
also, wants seaport, and display its flag
upon the ocean. The ambassador can be
sent easily enough. but that seaport bust
ness will prove more dillicmll.
There is n project on foot, or talked Of
to change the landing place Of passengers
by the lnman line Of European steamers
from New York to Newport. New York
places tax Of 81 per capita on every cmi-
grant from Europe landing in that city,
while in Rhode Island the tax is only fifty
cents.
Tho extent Of tho iron trade in The city
of Boston is truly astounding The Com-
mcrc'ai Bulletin says ,hnt IN one Of tho ten
districts Of that city the amount of iron
annually weighed reaches 100, 900, 900
pounds. Most Of tho iron brought there
comes from England and Sweden.
Says an English paper: cit is q curious
fact that there nro an unusual number OF
French families in London. Their houses
havo bccn let at n s"hsi"ntM i"ont, ana
thoy wish to escape chere Paris for timc.
Not n few New Workers. arc in PAWS living
on THO profits ofrcnting their houses"
Bon. Butler rcccntly addressed Il note to
Miss Suwatt, daughter of Mrs surratt,
that was hung. asked for m interview in an
important matter. Aner consulting with
hcl friends she returned for an answer thGi
she woul grant the interview in tho pres
cncc Of her counsel, Mr.. bradley, Of Wash
ngton. This the General did not accept.
Atn fair and straw berry festival held b,
tho Indies Of the First baptist Church n
Memphis, an editors secretary and chni
wcro voted to the most popular editor in Thu
oity. Thpy were awarded to Scmmcs, for
81 ,,r A l,o
editor Of tho Bulletin, hc having received
majority Of all the votes.
Al. Salvotat, has proposed tho manufac
'ture Of glass at onso translucent aud re
ilccting, SO that It may bon window glas
or look ing glass, or both, according to 20
sition, without restoring 10 eho protraotc
and life destroying process at present uset
with quicksilver Platinum is his agent
The sNmc glass may bo employed wit
great advantage for decorative purposes
The l.ynchburg Viryinian says there is
child in Montgomery county, Va, who wa
christcnod "Andrew -1nckson Gordon Jas
Buchanan Raise The Flag, And Firc- The
Cannon Dobyns." [This child must sure,
sbc q relative of John Thomas Alcxande
,&saamthy laws, of Pasquitank county, \
O., who said he was so 'pwty" when
child, that his mother was continually weer
ing ovor.hini, fearing she would never rails
him. So says tho Dovil OF the NEws Office.
A correspondent 10 the New York Heyai
writes Conformation just received MoI
bristol. OH the limo OF Virginia and len
nessee, status that q perfect reign Of terro
exists thoro in consequence of tho dcprodN
tion ora company Of Drownlow's militi
who invaded the town This compan
nnmbcrs about ono hundred, wo.thirds Q
whom arc negroes. They aro rcprcscntc
rs brutal and lawlcss, and have created Il,
greatest copstcrnation among tho nhab
tants.
Some talk having been occasioncd here
says tho Winchester Way Times, on accour
of tho reported marriage Of white woma
10 a black man, we have made inquiry int
ahc matter, and found tho report true. TIL
happy groom is n black man, raised an