The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-04-10
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HARtfonD, April 2.-Jewel's ma:
j'rity will not exceed 300, with a
possibility ofa failure of election by
the people.
BAlf'iioRE, April 2.-The Chessa
pea ke Sugar Refinery, was damaged
by fire to-day, to the extent of about
$35,000.
Rev. DR.. Huston has coiii nended
suit against the Baltimore American
for slander.
NEw YvRk, April S.-Sevehteen
cascs and seven deallis from small
pox yesterday:
Five cigarette importers were held
in $4,000 bail for an attempt to do.
fraud the government:
Prof. Mo:sc is dead.
CINCINNATI, April 2.-The Char:
ter election i'll thirty-one largo towns,
results as follows The Republicans
carry 10, the Democrats II, and the
Independents 4. The Democrats
elect tho the whole ticket in Ciucin-
natl by two thousands majority;
SCRANTON, April "A furious
gale broke the trestle at Lacka " anna.
y }number OF MEN and boys fell a hun.
d"ed feet. The timber caught fire
and several persisted in the flames:
PHiLApririiA, April 2.-The Su-
prcmc Court dissolves tho injunction
restraining Bishop O'Hara from sus-
pending Father Slack.
ToLEDo, Ohio, April 2.-The Re.
puhl'cans carry the city by all ineteas
b maj o. ltY.
DErnolr, April e:-T'be Dsmocrats
have naac gains in the charter elec!
tions throughout, the State.
EVANSVILLE, IND, April 2.-Ths
Republicans beat the Liberal Refor.
mer> 10y tbnusAud majority.
HARrFoRn. April 2.=Jewel is
elec'cd by aront 100 major,ty.
New fonX, April 9 There is To
hope for Pr.f. Morse.
Eighty pe!s MS are Involved in the
indictments for old tobacco and whis.
key, revenue frauds not prominent:
Il bill has hecn introduced In the
Legislature fining newspapers Il tbous.
sand dollars lor Publishing abortion
advertisements.
n man has been sentenced to three
years imprisonment and a fine of
tour hundred dollars for furnishing
straw bail.
Two deaths are reported from sp ot-
ted fever yesterday. Physicians pro-
nounce it very Contagious.
HARTroRDi April 4.-:The Rcpubli
can gain is four on joint BALLOT.
NEW ORLEANS, April 4.-The races
were postponed yesterday, on account
of the rain:
PROVIDENCE, April 4:-Tbe Demo.
Gratis have elected Lieutenant Gov.
ernor: The balance Republican:
INDIANAPOLIS, April 4:-The State
Temperance Convention met; with d
hundred delegates present, forty of
whom withdrew, when the Question of
separate ticket was Carried. WherS.
upon full State ticket was r1omina:
tod by the remainder.
NEw York, April f. Horace
Greeley says in to'.daS's Tribune !:
"To all who fill our columns with
their notions of what ought to be done
at the Cincinnati Convention, We ga
send delegates that will present your
views to the convention, or 70 your
self and submit them"
WASHINGTON, April 4.-The Ways
and means Committee have decided
"pon d uniform tobacco tax of twenty
cents, and Consolidated the whiskev
tax to s'xty-five couts.
The Southern CLAIMS Committee
resumes taking testimony on Che 9Th
instant, and 6Uh y,uues to tho end of
May.
The majority Of the Committee on
Postoihccs and Post Roads have made
a report exoneraiiug Postmaster Gen.
eral Cresswell IN the matter of het
straw bids. The minority will report
hereafter. y
The Sonate has confirmed &nder.
son as Collector of the Third South
Carolina District.
Inc steamship bill passed tho
House substantially as it came from
the committee.
1ne report of the election commit.
tee, in Handy versus Morris from
Alabama, confirms Handy in his
seat, and gives the contestant nearly
SIX thousand dollars. Handy cots
nothing for expenses incurred in tho
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