The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-06-02
The Last Tie and the Last Spike for the
Pacific Railroad

Tho San Francisco Herald, of the
5th instant, says:
The last tic to DO laid on the Paci-
flo Rail Road was yesterday on exhi-
bition at the store of Baldwin & Co.,
on Montgomery-street. It is made of
California laurel, beautifully grained, :,
and was manufactured by Hughes &
Strahle, No. 528 Market.street. At
tached to the upper side of the tie is
u oliver plate, ten by eight inches,
manufactured by Fischer & Mohrig,
which bears the following inscription !:
The last tic laid on the compile
tion of the Pacific Rail Road, May
-, 1869.
"Direotors - Leland Stanford,
Charles Crookcr, Mark Hopkins, T..
II. Millor, Jr., c. P. Huntington, T..
B. Crooker, "A. p. Stanford, and
Charles Marsh.
"Officers--Hon. Leland Stanford,
President; G. P. Huntington, Vice
President Charles Crocker, Superin-
tendent; Mark Hopkins, Treasurer /;
L. Fl. Miller, Jr., Secretary"
"Presented by West Evans.
"Manufaotured by Strahle e. Hughes.
"San Francisco"
A gold spike, to be driven as the
last spike in the rail road, was also
manufactured by Fischer G. Moh-;g,
weighing about eighteen ounces, and
valued ut about $3.50, on which the
following inscription is engraved:
"The Last Spike. The Pacific Rail
Road ground broke January 8, 1868
completed May =, 1869.
"May God continue tho unity of
our country, as this Rail Road unites
the two great oceans of the world"
The Directors names on the third
side, and tho Ofiicers' namos on the
fourth.
"Presentod by David IIows, San
Francisco"
About half-past 8 o'clock in the
afternoon the tic and spike wero TAX
en- to Brady and Rulofson's Art Gal.
lery and photographed. After which
they were forwarded by the Union
Pacific Express for the final ceremony
of completion. 1t is understood that
President Stanford will sot the ii ),
and after the first train passes over, it
will be taken up and forwarded to
Sacramento and deposited in histo
rieal cabinet which contains many
other relics and ouriositios belonging
to the coast.
Women possesses the right to vote
moro extensively than is generally
supposed. In Austria, women can
vote as mobiles, in their corporate ca.
pacity as nuns, and as taxpayers. In
come cases, however, they vote by
proxy. In Hungary, up to 1913, wi.
dows and single women, who were
landed proprietors, possessed tho right
to vote. They were deprived of it
by the revolutionary government, and
arc now petitioning for the restora.
tion of this right. In Canada, rs il
several of our own States, women arc
allowed to vote for and servo rs school
trustees. In the British Australian
colony Of Victoria, women UNIVERSAL,
assumed the right to vote about foul,
years ago, having found that the Law
had been so framed as to permit them
In Sweden, chiefly throug gh the exer,
tions of the late Frcdrika Bremen, ar
Indirect right of voting was, in ! 8G2
granted to all women possessing speci
fed property qualifications. In ftal,
a widow, or wife separated from hel
husband, may vote us she pays taxes
Also, in Holland, single women pos
sossing property are entitled to vot,
on all questions likely to affect it's val
ue. In many towns in France, won Ell
possess aud exercise the right to vote
in municipal affairs.
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GEORGIA A SENSATION SroR,
SroIIED.--Edwin Belcher (colored
an assessor of the Third district, pub
fishes card in this mornings Chron,
Gle &c Sentinel in reference to his lette
published in tho Washington Chron,
Gle and New York Tribune, detailin,
the murder of Mr.. Stone, one of tn
expelled members of the Legislature