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The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-07-26
Brutal Outrage.
The Orsoecburg News presents the

The Oraoeeburg News presents the
following narrowing story:
On the IS h Instant, a most dia-
bolical attempt was made by young
negro woman to kill the wife Of gen {.
tleman residing iu the v,ciuity of
Branchville, whose name. for delicate
reasons, we foI bear to mention.
Il appears that on the morning Of
the day ubuvo namod, while Mr..
--- was in his fold ~ usual, this
negro woman ("ho was also an en-
ployeo of his lcft her work, und
weut to tho house, with au nxe in her
hand, dealing his wife blow afte,
blow. The noise Of wagon, Q,
somo vehicle passing, occasioned her
to desist for moment, through fta,
of being detected aud in this shor,
interval she seemed to have beo.
struck with remo;se uf uonsuience, al.
she could not fnd courage to turthc
lacorate, and beat the pocr bleeding
ag"niz'"g piece Of sutfstiog hurnaui:,
that lay before her, AMI told her tLa
she would spare her life if shc wouI.
promise not to tell hcr hushaud VIII
committed the decd. The ney..
wonlah then returned to the field au,
resumed her work. Tho condi ion O
Mira. -- was discovered by somc
one on the place, who imn cdatol
communicated the intelligence to he,
husband. When he got TO her side.
he found her lying upon tho bed we.
'e'ing iu her blood. The only thin.
that surprises US is that he did no
make abort Of the life Of the one who
lid the deed. The negro woman i
now it. Jail.
The Oruugeburg News is Radi-
nai paper, and atty story Of negro afro.
city In its colum,s may be received
US mildly stated.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-07-26
lolng 10 Liberia,

We learn that a large number
Of negrots--comp,ising sixty or eish.
ty familios~-in tho vicinity Of Clay
Hill, i'll the No,th,east part OF this
C"u"ty, bave determined to emigra,e
to Liberia, and are now making thsir
arrsngemeuts to embark in the Vessel
of the Colonization Society, which
will sail from Cna:!es.an or Bal;imuss
early in November next. Rev, ELIAS
Hill and Ju'e Muvre, two ooiofed
men Of this Couo,y, are Mt The head
OF the movement, aud it ~ the iuten
tion Of rhe eniigrs.t. Co locate in that
pare Of Liberi. known" IA the North
CaroIiua Colony. THESE cm,gt ants
ase Z" be rece,e;d at Rock Hill, aud
viii he fas hishtd .ransportstion to
Liberia ty The C,,1oniz tion Society.
We understand that several hundred
other negsoes in this County ato
mnking preparations 20 follow in shs
vrsstl which sails next May.-.York.
UtWe Enquirer. ar
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-07-26

A young Prussiun officer, who, az
the story goes, doubted the love of
his afiiauced bride, requested one OF
his f,iends, after tho battle Of Grave.
lotte, to inform her that he had been
killed, and to report to him how she
bore the nsws. The result was that
the girl committed suicide and the
lover, shocked at the tragedy he had
30 unwittingly caused, been me o raw
ing maniac, and Is now an inmate OF
the asylum ih Berlin, where he 10 rc.
gsrded as ,invursbIe. The young Of
fiUer might have remembered Ger
vantes' sud story Of impertinent
curiosity, and have been restrained
from r.; ing so dangorous,s and what,
in this instance, has proved 20 fatal
Ga experiment.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-07-26
mo. 6
Sui LOvingood at a Candy PullinS.

had II heep Of trobIe laet Christ.
as, and lie tell you how it happened.
)ekcn Jones ghls give candy pull.
=, and ! go. 9 s.oo!, &c ,hay s.y Il,
Worth KArlna, aud 30 over goes.
i.ter Poll and me went together,
nd when We got to ole man Jones the
'on*e was chuck full. Dog my oats
t thcrc was room to turn round.
There was Suze. Harkins, shese as biz
y a skinned hoss, aud sixty other
Iarkinscs, and all the Scrogginseo.
nd Williamscs, and Simonses, and
Pedicrews, and shool master and his
al, besides tho old Deken and the
Dckenscs, aud enough little Dekenses
to set up a half dozen young folks in
he fumii business.
Well, bimcby the pot begun to bile
nd then the fun begun. We all
got our plates reddy, and put -four
On our huLds to keep the candy from
>'ickin, and then we pitched into pul.
lin. Wozent IL fun never saw
sich laflin and euttin up in all my
bnru d"zc. | made a candy bird for
Em Summons. Her and MO expeots
t" trot in double harness ono of these
dAze. She mado candy goose for
mo. Then we got to THROWN candy
bulls intu one anothcr's hair, and q
runnin from ono side Of tho house to
tother and cut intu the kitchen, till
everything on tho place was all over
gommed with candy. sot on q pine
bench and En- Siumohs set close to
me. Susc lIaikina, confund her pies
ter, throwd a candy ball sook intu one
of my ize. I looked around and
thar was the gable end of my bran
now britches sticken to the pine
bench. backed UP agin the wall
sorter crawflsh like and grinned.
"Sut,' SOS sister Poll, whats tho
matter 2 'Shet up says I.
'Sut,' says Elm, Como ava from
that wall, you'll git all over greasy
LET her grease = says I, aud sot,
down on wash bord, that was lying
across tub feeling worso than an
old maid at we'd len. Purity soon
| felt something hurt, and purity soon
it hurt agin. Ioe--whiz / jumped
ten feet high, kicked over the tub,
out fiue old Jones Christmas turkey,
and 3ou ought to seed me git.
cut for tall timber, jumpt staked
and ridered fences and smashed dUwh
brush like n runway herikan till I
got home, and went to bod aud stade
there two dazo.
Ef old dekln Joncsos barn burns
down next wintor, and ime arrested
for it, aud any body pecrs rs witness
gin me, lie bust his doggoned he'd !
Thcm's my sentiments.
SUT LovEHGoop,
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-07-26
The Great Railroad Consolidation.

The Washington Chronicle of tho
l2th Instant says "The great
Southern railroad routes attract in.
creased attention. The Peunsy Iva.
MIA Central combination a,rctohes
southward by way Of Richmond, WI.
mington. N. G., Columbia, S. g., Au.
usta, Co., aud is stretching every
nerve to make its through connection
by way Of Vicksburg with the South
ern Pacific. The Baltimore and
OHIO Road moves out hy way of Ly nch
burg, Knoxville and Ch utanooy "a, ,
aud expects to reach the Mis>issipp ppi
by its own route. A heavy CONTRACT
has heen awarded for through mail
TO New Orleans by way Of Knoxville
and Chattanooga. This seems an
important gain for the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-07-26
Men and Money.

Some time since the New York Tri.
bune's San Francisco CORES spon
dent wrote an a.t,c!e eutitled
"Con over aud Marry U.s." He
sa'd that there was muie gold in
California than women.
AT cas:crn g;:! i' ieplying to this
says, "you thipk, pe,hop,, the girls
that come may be disu rpointed in
marriage, but not in wages. That
which we d,sire most, is the muney.
When we have that, we are indie.
pendent. Money bu, what you want
to eat, drink, aud wear; ncu some-
times won't; 80 I thiuk the money
preferable to the man"
THIS is sensible talk ; aud if the
generality of women ente,taiued simi-
lar views, there would oe fewer
unhappy marriages, Gi'ls often throw
themselves away on some worthless
fellow, in tho hope that he will give
them support. Sooner thin sup.
port themselves, they bec"me ga link
unwilling in fleshy chain" They
dag out a miserable existence with
a man. not the husband of their
choice, but Of their necessity, simply
for the retn,n .f m,i"g fed, clhh"d.
and housed. AS the "a torn girl
says, IN n sometimes won't e>cu do
thai, or If they do, It is doue f,e,
gently IN 90 sparse amaDner, ~ by
nn means 10 atone For tho sacrifice
madeiu marrying hem.
The Scotcn puet bas sung Of "tho
gloriuns privilege ,f being inle-
PENDENT" but, wo fear, noe many
women have echoed his s rim. There
have been many rnssrn, u urged against
women working for maibtenance,
one Of which is the sms'l"ess If heir
wages. and another, the difficulty
Of their obtaining work. Without
entering into the merits Of these
objections, We siWply remark that it
is better to work for small wages tli.n
to DO dependent ON even q husband
that we do not love 2; il is. batter to
fight for q living. than to fold the
hands in idleness.
There is, doub, less, always moro
difficulty in a woman gaining her liv-
ing, thin there il in q maa gaiuiug
his. Bat IL IL far better to enooanter
these difficulties and TO independent,
than to marry for support, or depend
on others for q maintenance. y
To o woman, al the eastern girl esid,
"asoney 10 preferable to Q mar" that
10, q man married fos any othes
nsotire than love and YeepsSt.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-07-26
What Radicalism has Done.

1t disfranchiscd thousands of white
citiSeDs.
It Invaded tho Federal constitu-
tipn.
1t usurped the soyvreis,'y Of .ho
States.
1t annihilatod ten St,tes.
1t abulshed civil law in certain
parts Of the United Sta,es.
1t created military commissions to
try civil cases.
It suspended tho habeas corpus III
time Of brofound peace.
It deiiod 10 tho white citizens iii.
trial BY jury, fiTe years after tho late
war ended.
1t has endorsed tho outrages OF
Holden, and others.
II encourages the negroes to idle.
1t gave about two hundred millions
of acres Of the public dominion with.
10 the lsst two years to corporations
If rioh capitalists
It diAregarded solemn obligations.
IL broke every pledge it over mnde
to The people.
II unsea' cd Democratic Congress.
men who we're duly elerted.
It. squandsred the public treasure.
1t refused to prosecute tho thieves
Of pubic money.
1t favored the prosecution of manu-
facturers for trif1ing Irregularities.
II attempted to c.rrupt the ballot.
box.
It taxed every species of property
OF the poor usn.
IL exempted tho rich mans bonds
from tax .tion.
II paid the rich man ia gold.
1t paid the 10 o'dier, his widow and
otphati in kreenbacks.
II appointed spies iu every commu
nifty.
And now seeks sta pcrpetuation b,
the enactment Of infanuus laws tc
prevent Democrats from voting.
.Losisviiio Democrat u...
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-07-26
ANNE Laurie.

Notes and Queries has the follow
ing interesting memoranda concerning
the heroiue Of the wclI.known ballao
Of "Anuie Laurie :"
"The birth Of this young lady, so
well.known to many Of your rcnde,s.
il qnaintly recorded by her fa,he,
eir Rphcrt Laurie, Of Maxwciltown.
iu the family register in theso words
cat tho pleasure of the Almighty
God, my daughter, Annie L,uric, wa.
born upon the 10th day Of December,
1862 gears, about Fix O'Clock in TIT,
morning, aud wns bap.isod by Mr..
Gco' Uun'er, of Gl,ncairn1
"A"d his own mnrri i'ge Is given in
the same quaint sty lc:
"'At the pleasure of the Almighty,
| was married IT, suy wife Jeau Rid.
!eIl upon the 27 h day Of Jul>, 1874,
n tho Iron Kirk Of Eiinb,, by Mr..
.Anname.'
"Theso statements I Cad in the
'uiusble collection nf maniscripts s
eft by the l.te Mr.. ". L. Arnnda H.,
.ni which his ann w. +. Hunter
\rundell, E.q., Of A.rj .rg Tower,
ou nf icsshire, has kindly allowed me
oeSamino aud make use Of. They
contain vas: fund uf curious intor.
'a1ion respecting the antiquity aud
"nn'y families of Dum,riessl.iro.
Many Of your readers will kn. " that
Annie wao wood by Will IN Douglas,
# ENGLAND, in Klrkcudb,ightsIiro.
Her charlus are thus spoken Of in his
patti etic lyric, 'Bouuic Annie Lau.
rie':
"'Hcr brow is like the shaw drift,
Her neck is like tho SWIM,
Her face it is the fnir,st
Th.t e'er tho sun shOne on,
That e'er the sun shone Oh,
Aud dark blue Is her u'c
And fur bonnie Anni, Lau,io
Ia lay me down and d,c.'
":She was, however, oblurate to his
passionate appeal, preIcrring Alcxan-
der Ferguson Of Crnigdarroch, to
whom Tho was eventually married.
This William D,ngIass was suid to
have been the hc.o Of the we'll known
Hong, willie was Wantun Wag.'
Though be was refused by Anuie, he
did not pine away IN single b!c>sedo
ness, but made runaway marriage
with Miss Elizabeth Clerk, Of Glen.
boig, in Galloway, by whom he had
four Sons and two daughters."
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-07-26
The Brides Soliloquy.
BY til)ER.

'Tis ght. cnch,n,ng. starlit night,
In Carolina's floral no v'rs.
He"v'n's astral lamps dispense their sight
Aud swiftly speed the golden hours.
Oh! lovely night, in Southern cline,
Wns ever beauty like TO ,hi,e?
Thy orhs eclipse the gems OF tune.
Thy stars oulshine Golcunda's mine.
Inpcnsivc mood sits LADY bright,
With golden hair nn.l eyes of blue,
Her dress Of pure aud spoIie white,
A picture lair frr man TO view.
Her hair il deckcd with grange flow'rs,
\ bridal veil urnn h,r brow,
The SAMMY curls in rirr!,ng show'rs.
With added grnur her form cndow.
A glistnnS trar il in her eye,
Ahout her mont h u scrnph smile
She io"k- upon the slar grmuei sky,
And thus she muses. NIL the While.
II" chi'ihcod's happy days now flown,
| dreamed not Of m hour like this,
When X" n"crn npon n throus,
Should rule heart tor woe IL bliss.
Ore ,med not thu wcu d giaily leave.
Ny ta,her's ro II. my girln"oi's komc,
And yet ,hl, !, my hridal eve,
TO mnrrow |. from II, must roam.
NJ thinks ! sec my fathers fncc,
As II eppenrrd in o,h"r years,
No cloud, no tfuwn aud not l. trace,
OF sin, regret, nor glootoy fea.s.
My mothers too WINS sweet and fair,
All wrcat cd in bright anu winning
smiles,
How, when wcrt. she soo.hed my care,
How gnyly laughed at baby's wiles.
AMI now their sky il overcast,
The tight is passing f, ON their door,
Their child, ih'ir wilc, the first. tho last
Will lrave them soon forevern,ore,
Oh! must say farcw III to home!
Round which go many mcm'ries twine ?
All ! in this twilighI's rcnsive gloarl,
half repen, that vow OF nine.
This wealth Of love cast Way,
Perhaps kt cannot give to me,
Pcrchahre | May regret he day,
When Guy came o'cr The dirk blue sea. "
A step is heard. the door is oped.
man appears. OF n"blc mein,
"Dr"r Blanche, the hour for which I've
hoped
Is here at last, come thou, my queen.
The man Of God awaits below
And happy faces beam around.
Haste, sweet one, for l long to show,
My priceless gem, my manhoods crown
All one her fears. she donb.s no more,
The pnrson opes the hook Of lie,
'Tis done, Guy stoops and whispers Low,
Ny Blnnche. M, bride, my wifo, my
life.'"
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-07-26
What Is d Democrat,

L.. ,.
This question, slys the Paris Truo
kentuckian, was addressed to d
Democrat in u political converoaitoD
. few days since by "nedhbt Re.
publican. 81 would like very much
to be what yon call Il good honest
Democrat. Be kind enough to tell
pe what change will have to under.
60 TO- beooo,o .eueh, and how i will
Anow, that ! am ohapged.h, "Wsll.
replied the Democrat, tgo to some
chicken.roost, and il you can pass it
by without feo'iog an inclination to
'coDdsoate,' you are an honest Demo.
crat shut II you cannot resist the
temptation TO bag the f,gls, you are
~ Radical still, and have not, expert.
snced q change" TIE anxious 10.
quirer had'no mors qaeations to pro.
pound. - aea Ff9g4s 'tfP ~ hgr
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-07-26

( It is evident from The tono Of The
foreign papers that Erope Is gSsa,lS
sprprsed at tho aIsSri,y with which
she Fseash aoan waS takems BY ths
y'eoch people.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-07-26
RO, S. c., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY a. 1871.
Treasurer Spinner Ind th. Ro,hschilds.

| A'eoautSi SFiuhti uiu tuG hVtuSeuItuos
American funds will probably re,
ceive severe shock on hearing thai
Uhited States Treasurer Spinner ha.
fallen out with the Rothschilds, anG
this is the way it came about: Spin
ner, we'll aware Of his financial posi-
tion aud dignity, paid his first visit
upon arrival in London, as in dut,
bound, to the Office Of tho Roths.
childs. The aunkey in waiting invi.
! ted hiu, to y sc.t in tho ante. room
and rs timo rolled on Spinner grew
nervous, then tired, aud finally in.
diguaD, no he suddenly reared uE
upon his hind legs, Informed the fun.
Key in waiting that they "did not
treat dogs that way in America" and
left. Next day the kothseh,los sent
messenger to apologize. The de.
lay vas caused by inability to
read Mr.. Spinner's autograph card.
1t had been submitted to tho couG.
dehti"l ,ltrkn IF every nationality,
lnclu ing thu Chinese aud H,,tcntot ;
bat all had g,v.h it up in despair.
Nobody had ever sccn such card
before. n'pician vas excited aud
the police sent for, tu be present at
the Interview. It. waa while awaiting
the a'riV.l of the police that NJ.
Slime p.ti-nce g.ve out. The
Koti.schild. were very sorry on dis
covering ko" they had treated "O:d
Gr-rnha"k" h,mtelf. but the later
~aS nat t" be arp.ascd he tclt that
he U. ite ) ntes currency had b. en-
vr"ssl, ins"lt'.d IN his own p,rsnn.
IT, slammed the dnor of his cham ber
N R"'i.schilds's f',nkey's face, broke
ol 'n'o Atirade about the c,rrupc,ny
!hnuvhc,s OF "B,i'i,h gpld," pack
ed hi, traps, aud l"ft for the
Continent in disgust. Tho sam day
sreci ! messengers were derp, tche i
'r1m R"thschiid's London h"u.o to
eve y branch honse in Enrore.
Spinner may yet be couciliated. lot
u humnly trust 80.
The Landlords and the Working men
Of England.
Mr.. Olger, 1T Republican meet
ing 1T Newcastle in England, recent
IS said that the Houses Of Lords and
Comn"ns had taken away nearly all
the laud which originally was tho
peoples, aud had kept it for them.
selves {; aud n"w if any member Of the
community, if any humble working.
'nan or middle clnss man, conceived
that those 'ands shauld be dealt with
in a more satisfactory uanner, in the
Interest Of tha nation, hc was imme-
dia:cly called robter, aud while
those who held the great estates of
Eng;aud obtsined them to say the
! ast Of it, in very questionable
number. They wo,e not coutent to
have the lard only. They claimed
the water that washed through tho
l.ud, they claimed the fish that swan
in the water that washed through the
land, they claimed the hares and rab.
bits that run ola the land, and they
clained the birds that few over the
land. Aud they were not satisfied
with these things, but they claimed
also the mineres that Icy undsi the
land, aud if they could get at it, and
it were cf any Importance In the
shGpe of wealth. they wonld 20 down
t" the domain of Bee tlxebub and would
claim all that, aud if the old gentle
man kept them there when he got
them, England would not be very
much worse off
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-07-26

The printer ~hu remarked in q
two. dallar abionty that ahs bersavsd
,h usDs4d asas s'hasdl lys able 20 wsas
,the ahepisa os lAs eife,n wss buried
blythe Union ia $la so cdaaa. lf be
haAtfgllgyed, copy, he Hanld haYs
'I:PPS;aa ii.P ;sf Ills 5pstssssi. 4essis ast
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-07-26
The New Loan Withdrawn.

There does not seem to bs any
doubt that tlle new GoverDmaht LOAF,
is to be withdrawn fr"m the tiiarkst,
and thst, too, yvty speedily. The
success. in this coantry has not by any
meaDu met the expectation Of tie
lTteasp' y! officials, aud tho iniormatio lou
from Boutwel!'s sysntsain Europeais
.-ny hing but Astserisg, Hence tie
Secretary Of the Treasury bas detef.
mined that IL {. useless to attempt 10
force Il upon the cnnhtry Mr..
Henry D. Cooke left tho CITY l.st
night for Nj" York, and / Is lp5sr.
stood here that his yi.it {, Gr H..
purpose of meeting ~. Don't yeIl yhl
other officials to mako atrangshsnta
for the withdraNel of the loan.
"Fsi!ev trablers," said q ..aqlfudr
,proschsr, set lh4d been estin' dried
APPLIES ~ week, 40 dsg t5ok" y
drinkips for . mont, I GOULD not feel
'pope awblled ap dan I am dis ,sihbi,
Nyid .pside end vanity at seein saoh
'fun teIdehoS hsr ais tSvenih. 'isss 80
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-07-26


4 Disease mas been raging for o
month past among the horses in New
York city which pnssles all tho ye'i
nary ausgeons, although sono still
hold that the disoase il uf tho order
known az "pink eye," the majority Of
borseuheu think it entirely o bsw dis.
ease. II kills tho ANNUAL 10 an IT,
credibly short tiud, and is believed
to have its origin In atmspberic caus-. .
es taken ih SuitneUtion with the condi.
ton of tho horse at the tim. The
disease first nanifcsts itself by a
weaknesO in the hRder parts Of the
anittal atti loss Ut control tbsni.
swelling uf''be legs and then total
paratysis. and the hoiso loats app,.
ute ana digestion The saimAl lives
uutil the paraly,is has estspded to
the brain. Sliras afe resot tod t.,
to prsven. the 6Uste frotn lying down,
fosslf once down, 10 seidym risss again
IClraulihAs of atables IL q guard
sessn.t ! his tsrrittt disease' to some
iss'ent, and .hopli not bo lost sigbt
Of by owners "f xhiGaiss ihH
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-07-26
Emancipation 10 BsaSil.

a test vote on the goves nment
emancipation measure resulted In a
Cover inrnt victory, the vote being
63 to 35, only eight deputies being
sbsent. The vote was nominal, and
it showed shat the strength Of the op.
position to en'amcitatory irgislati6n
comes manly from the two provinoes
OF Rio dc Jaueiro .nd iinas Gorasa 4.
"A considerable nuubar Of private
emanoipasi"ns have besn reported
from various parts of tho empite.
inciuaiDg enc Of come one hnndI ed
indtvidualaI bA4ai cla 'Ho W.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-07-26

"Now, young psoplsn esia 8 Pfos
fessor Of natural histofy'so bio ioiass,
9 now then, 40 to hens,a hen he's the
|sspacltS 81 laying jdst ssix lhdndi Cd
erg4s and no !, more and she. sfpishss
the j,b ,ia jlstiabept Aye yesssA sRow
what IN ~ bs dehs eth bss after that ~
|"Cns 81 bss head, cad esll .ber .1as a
Ippring ebisksn!" exclaimed On uSahin
whose fstbes dsslb 10 poultsy.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-07-26

PhShoass 10 whtsif John CALVIN
lived .snd died, ID danesa, 10 now o..
capssa By q Roman CashJlio school.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-07-26
Where is the Champion Type Setter Now;!

a in9ntfsal paper Of rutsday las
says: "At Jpe-s.ttlng match
hcli IN la Nonvosu Monde office.
last Thursday esecirg, between Al.
phoone Bar EFT and Alph"nse Mpnjon,
the former set 2u35 eu.s and the lat.
ter 1914 ema in al hour. The meas,
u'e, type aud copy were similar TO
thoze used at the match held through
out Canada aud the United States on
the 10th If Nav last. The best done
then was by George Arensburg. ~
Philadelphia, wbu composed 1922
ems and received the ch m ion prrHs
from the International Union. Th.
two young French Canadians above
mentioned have uow surpassed him,
and have proved th,;r superior swift.
ness, SO far over the craft on this con.
tinent. About fifty person were pres
ent at the matoh referred tu. Tho
proofs Of the contestants were re.
markably clean.