The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-06-30
A Fatal Prize Fight.

!wo men, named Donnelly and Nc
Guire, had some dispute with regard
to their physical strength. DonneHy,
who is large, hcavily-built man, of
no particular pugilistic skill, had fire.
quently boasted that he was able to
Click" Mcclure, who was stout,
wiry man, weighing some thirty pounds
less than Donnolly. MCGUIRE had a
local reputation as boxer. Each
man had a crowd Of friends who ea-
gerly canyassed the strength of their
favoritos, and did everything in
their power to hriug about u tight. AT
last the ,preliminaries were arranged,
end small sums of money were stakcd
upon the result. The fight took place
on Saturday AFTERNOON at 'Ogdcn's De-
pot, on the west side of Cayuga Lake.
Several hundred persons were present.
Seconds, referees, and all umpire were
chosen, and the fight began. The
first first round was long and
bloody one, but DonnelAy was finally
was sent to grass. In the second
rnnnd M,Gnire gave Donnel)y ter
riiic upper cut, and Donnelly returned
it by knocking Mcguire into his corn
er. Ia the third round Donnelly
forced the fighting. Mcguire sprang
away from him, but was finally knock.
cd through the ropes. The fourth
round opened with signs Of fatigue on
the part of MCGUIRE. D,nnclly pun
ished him severely. The 6fth round
opened with the closing of one Of
Donnelly's eyes. Mcclure closed in
with him, and threw him heavily.
The sixth, seventh and eighth rounds
were marked by similar results. At
the beginning of the ninth round Don.
nelly, who bad been considerably
blows, appeared to catch his second
wind. After some fibbing, he struck
Mcclure powerful blow on the left
temple.
Mcclure dropped to the ground
like bar of lead, gasping twice, and
died. Donnelly gazvd at the corpse
With bloody eyes and cried. "My
God, I've killed him. Oh, jimmy,
speak to me-" His friends urged
him to fly. An alarm was raised. It
was said that the shcriHs officers
were approaching, Donnelly drew on
his coat, broke through tho ring, and
fled like deer. He has not since
been seen, and it is said that he is now
in Canada.
ANOTHER DEATH-.TERRIBLE DEATH
A HEINoUs CR,ME.- Coroner Whit.
ing yesterday received notice of the
death of another grandohild of Mr..
Prince, who resides ut the corner of
Ann and Elizabeth streets, from inju-
ries received at the fire on Monday
morning last. In yesterdays Courier.
it Is stated that the burning was tho
result Of an accident, and We were SO
informed. We have since learned
however that there was an attempt at
inccndiarism, in which two children
have been burned to death. The
lamp had been placed under the bed
by the dastardly villain and fire set
to it. Chief Nathan has summoned n
number of witnesses, and to-day will,
with Coroner Whiting, begin thor
ough investigation into the matter. 1t
is 60 be hoped that the villain who
perpotrated the horrid crime, will be
detected aud brought to Justice. We
arc informed that three attempts have
been made to set fire to the premises.
= Charleston Courier.
USEFUL INroRMATIoN.-The Peters
burg (Na.) Indcr has learned, in q
conversation with an old gentleman OF
that city, that for several years past
he had kept his house free from cock
reaches and other vcrmin, by the use
of Epson Salts. Scattered freely
near the holes through which they en-
ter, these ugly visitants will seek 9th
CT homes, and assures us also that,
strong solution Of Salts, applied cx.
tcrnally to horses, will save them from
annoyance by flies; and that where
mirrors, picture frames, &C., have
been rubbed with the solution, the
flies will refuse to light.
rs a preventive against bed bugs o,
iieas, the same remedy will be found
OF great service but more effectual
one is the recently discovered carbolic
acid or carbolc soap. Animals wash
cd with this solution will be foreve,
free from insects.
Perpetual freedom from rats and
mice may also be obtained by tho use
Of this carbolic acid or soap; but as
this is not always at hand, our old
friend assures us that kerosene OF
poured into rat holes, or rags saturat
ed with kerosene, will Danish rats and
mice effsctuaily.
lilo has used these antidotcs fo,
years, and is fully convinced of thei,
value. They are, at least, simple ant
cheap, and may be tried.
EXTRAORDINARY INFLUX OF TMm1
GRANTs.-Since our last the steamer
Minnesota has arrived at this por,
from Liverpool with ,23a passengers
the City of London, Liverpool, ,l8lI