The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-04-24
NEWS SUMMARY.

'''''NNS
the photographers Of Paris have sold 3OO,.
600 of his pictures
Mrs. Edwin james has written, and the |,
Pail Mail GnEruc has smashed, u novel |
called "Muriel or Social Fcttcrs'.
The death penalty has been restored in
Michigan.
a young lady seven fec high is one of
Tho sights OF Memphis.
California produced 100000 worth of
Strawberries last year
Republican papers refuse to print negro
speeches, Nush's for instance.
New York has succeeded in domesticat.
Ing in its Park n large number Of English
spnrrows.
The submarine cable, to connect Cuba
with Florida is one hundred and ten miles
long.
Frcnchman has defined fidelity to be
ia devil Of an itching which It's forbidden
to scratch"
Sixty Indies of New Albany hnvc bccn
initiated into the mysteries of the Eastern
Star dcgrcc-n side issue Of Masonry.
quarrel about ten cents resulted in The
murder Of Albert Dyke by John Rapp, in
Edwardevillc, Illinois last week.
Ono man in Gardner, Maine, has made n
clear profit Of forty thousand dollars in ice
cut this year from the Kcnncbcc river,
Clearly H. has made an icc thing Of it.
lndy leaving home vas thus addressed
Ivy her little boy: "Mnmma, will you re.
member and buy me penny whistle, and
let it he religious one, 50 tina, can use i;
on Sunday"
The cash receipts of the Commission Cor
the relief the pcvr in The South, amount to
Sid5,0O1, Of which Ecw York contributes
$1,000 and California $1,000
About 100, 900 pounds ola good quality
Of Sugar, mada FROM beet root has Just been
received at Springfield, H., from q manu-
factory recently established in Livingston
County, in thu, State
Russell County, Va, will export ihi
year $50, 900 worth of mules and $40, ,OOC
worth Of horses and cattle.
The freedmen Of Tennessee nrc required
70 rny their roll-tax before they can bc
"''"S" ~ tptC.
Tclctsrarhic communication with Havana
will be opened by The 1st of June.
The inhabitants Of New York contributed
one cent each towards compiling the last
census Of that State.
young gentlemen who passed an 4 No.
] examination at n celebrated Inv school ia
New England, year ago, o,Sturns out TO be
beautiful and fast young lady, of good rami-
ly, whp was in 1863 n Second Lieutenant in
tho army.
Air. English, The Governor elect of Con-
necticnt, has vcccivcd from II clergyman the
present of an eagles quill, with The request
that ho should write his inaugural message
with it.
The Calaforaia papers arc discussing the
comparative height or,hc mountains in tn
West aud claim Mount Whitney, in Cali
1ornin, as the highest in the country, nj an
altitude Of $4,000 feet. 1hcy Gu, down
Mount Hood TO 1900 and Mount st. Elias
to $4,000.
Tho Commanding General has, hy order.
established Provrsts Courts Cor the Districts
OF Edgehcld and Barnwcll, They arc for
hearing causes in which the c,lorcd resi-
dents arc Interested
The york emancipation hns becu be.
gun in Brazil by dccrccng the freedom Of
the S'aves on the public domain, about
",ooo III number, on condition thnt thcv
enter the army. The wives Of tEoso thot
nrc married arc also freed. None hayo vet
declined the offer.
western paper contains tho following
''em Of news Captain Blnkcston, of l,,e
steamer Morning Star, has Just been prt.
fented with service Of three wears in the
rcn''"n'iary, in consideration of tho dis,in.
gn'"hr" ability with which he p,undcrc,,
passenger and kicked him overheard"
Ah interesting item of ncws--hiehly
suggestive in ilsclt:-is printed in the San
francisco paper. An order was received
from japan for $4,000 worth of leather, 10
hc used for military nocou;rcmenis, which
was hled 1y the steamer and by this time
has been made use Of IN Japnn.
The New York Gazette snys: "Dr. @ "
l'osmcr, who is at present editing tho U,y.
"'f, IS striking example Of succcssr,,
Bell mado man. lie was nj first ryinicr IN
the offices Of the journal in Question. I'm,
found time. in addition to that dcvot,1 70
MS da'iy labor, to siore his mind with much
learning lie became a linglist, ACQUIRED
thorough Knowledge Of the classics, stud;.
ct medicine, took his diploma with all tho
honors, ana yet was MI the while n iouruol.
'ss, not losing. during these years Of stu ~
the opportunities for promotion in tho V,r.
"'d office, whore lie became CORRESPONDENT
mcmbcr Of the editorial staff, and finally
as we said above, managing editor"
Th" New York World saws: "Certoi,
agents of The Firo Insurance Comron;c,
nave made themselves md their cmnlcyn.
ridiculous, ifnot odious, by issuing cucu.
mrs 10 their sub agents, ordering them not
20 take risks from Jews. Maxine rc,,;ons
distinctions in matters f,rado !, sx,rsmo,,
"'''hs''' rs matter Of taste, and will be
strongly condemned by the people Of all do.
nominations. The Jews lave held meet;ncs
hrn ,to,lA ~