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The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-29
A Pair of Fools.

A man hatned Harper, who lives in
Missouri, writes TO tho St. Louis
Caucasian to say that he will bet five
thousand dollars that President
Grant, "unlcss he dies from "natura)
or other causes, will be assassinatcd
on or before the 10th day of April,
1884," It is doubtful which 10 the
greater donkey; tho man who made
the bet, or tho man who printed it.
What a good card that bet would be
lust before an election
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-29
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The Great August Hurricane.

The Signal Office has just complied
the reports Of the tremendous storm
of August 2l, and it presents Il truly
frightfnl exhibit. The reports arc
made up from official data, the most
reliable log books and accurate Stats
tics. 1t sums up tota! Of one thou
sand and thirty-two vessels known to
have been destroyed during the Eth
and 25th Of August in the Gulf Of
st. Lawrence and around the coast Of
Nova Scotia, Cape Breton and New
foundland. Ninety additional YES
sells were overwhelmed in the same
tempest before it reached Nova Scotia,
while six hundred lives were lost and
nine buildings injured or demolished
by it's fo,cc. 'ihc misery and ruin
entailed on thousands Of New Eng
land Canadian fishermen and scamon
by its single galesssS6s.il lm9st iucalcu-
liable, aud thcyAtR5rI strong induce
ments for The ext dnsian. of the Signal
Service warnings, to The. Canadian
ports. Could !hs Sc of mer-
in ,Shicl:thc August storm spent its
fatal fury have had rremonition of
itsapproach the majority might have
escaped, aud many lives and much of
the shipping have been saved.
1t a.,ron.s that the gale in qucs-
tion had originated in much lower
latitudes than those of Nova Scotin,
and speeding on lis way from the
tropics northward overswcrt the an
.gular projection Of the Continent Of
which Nova Scotia, Cape Breton and
Newfoundland are the outlying
islands. The premonishing of such
gales, which strike from the Atlantic
inshore, can only lie insnred Ly Sc
curing the earliest intelligence from
vessels arriving at the Atlantic roits
and usiog them for purposes Of
meteorological predictions. The new
arrangements for connecting the Sig
nal Oiljae with the lighthouses aud
ight<hips oil the coast by telegraphic
cable ought to, ana probably will,
facilitate such forecasts and open the
way for their far greater usefulness
and accuracy.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-29

The Bazaine Trial co,n ands moro
and moro interest as it advances. Tho
cross examination to which tho Mar
shal has been subjected has been
searching and severe. The Marshall
is in q tight place, and he is evident.
ly aware Of it. Still it cannot be
eaid that tho evidence yct pro-
duced is sufficient to justify convic-
tion. Bazaine might certainly havo
done better but it has not yet been
proven that he played tho part of
traitor.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-29
What A Railroad Has Done,

The Atlanta Constitution says of
Gainesville, Georgia, situated on tho
great Air-Lino Railroad:
"Two years ago there were not five
hundred inhabitants, and not single
house had been built in twelve years;
now there ure at least twenty-five hun.
'drcd Inhabitants, md since then not
less than three hundred houses have
been built I"
"In 1870 there was less than $780,.
600 worth Of merchandise, oil told l.,
sold in tho plaoo. last year the sa!es
Of merchandise footed up the grand
stlm of S450,0O0, nearly a half mil
lion.D
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-29
Our sorcly stricken community ha

Our sorcly stricken community has
been called upon TO NOUN over fresh
bcrcavcmcnts On We1nc day last
Nixon n. Hemphill, fouuh son of
Hon. james I!emrhilI, departed this
life after brief Illness. The deccas-
Cd was verging upoa manhood, and
gave abundant promise OF a lifo Of
usefulness and honor. The attach L,
mcnt for him fclt BY his companions
and nssocio.cs was tender and strong,
and his doa,h has throwna a deep gloom
over the youths of the community.
On Friday afternoon, the 18th in
slant, at four O'Clock, Mr.. Jordan
Bennett, oLc Of tho oldest and most
respectable citizens Of this town, pass.
cd away after an illness of several
weeks. The deceased was a native
of this county, aud leaves large
humber Of relatives to mourn his loss.
His years ran parallel with those Of
the passing century-ho having beon
born iu the year eighteen hundred.
he was buried in Evergreen Cemetery
with Masonic .honors, on Saturday
aftornoon;..by Chester, Lodge No. l8, Of
which he had been worthy member
for more than forty years.-Chestsr
Reporter.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-29
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France, too, wants her canals en-
largbd and now ones opened. A com.
mittee, appointed during the rrefi-
dcnoy of II. Tbiors, has just Hiads on
elaborate report, IN which it is proved
that the French railways, like many
Of those in this country, arc worked
to tho fullest capacity. The water
communications Of France; on tho
other hand. admit Of almost bound.
less expansion. There. are already
three thousand miles OF canals, and
three thousand i've hundred of navis
gable rivers.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-29

Tho American Woman's Associa.'
tion is in session in New York. Mrs.
Lucy Stono, Mrs. Julia Ward Howe,
and q varied assortment of manly wo-
mon and womanly men compose the
gathering. Sometimes ono of the
delegates botrays too marked craze,
and then no or sho is silonced, as in
tho case of Mr.. Croombs, who
claims to have invented electric tele.
graph. But generally the meeting
is, for such a collection, reasonably,
or n""h,cs it would be better to say
unreasonably harmonious.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-29
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The 6hlo Victory.

CoLGMBus, October 2o.--Both par:
ties concede tho election Of Allenj
the straight.out Democratic candidate
for Governor, by GOO to TOO majorltji
but tho Republicans havo doubtless
elected tho rest Of the Stats tioketl
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-29

From a statement mado by ex=
President Andrew johnson it appears
that he had $4,000 in the First Ma
tional Bank of w ashington, and that
the loss of that will not leave him
without resources. So on salary Of
$4,000 year, Mr.. johnson was
able to save nearly two.thirds Of what
he received during his term, and no
ono will deny that he maintained thu
dignity of the office fully as we'll as
Cen. Grant. Yet post. Office organs
will persist in asserting that an
American President cannot live on
twenty-five times the pay of an
American mechanic, with additional
perquisites amounting in all to Sl27,
900 q year. IN. Y. Sun.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-29

some twenty freight Sopductofs
and btukemen on tho Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern railroad have
been detected in stealing freight and
disohafgea. Tbeit operation, 1t ap.
pears; have boon going on for year
past.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-29
Bishop CuMmiRs Gil OlCn CemmunfCn.

DlhUVp luihiithS VII wynn IlHhh"hiph'
Bishop Cummins has written let
ter vindlratins his own conduct and
that of the Dean Of Canterbury in the
matter Of their communion in Pres
ytcrian churches. lie says:
"I deny most en- hatioally that the
Dean of Canterbury or myself have
violated the ecclesiastical order of the
Church cf Eugland, or Of the Protcs-
tant Episcopal Church in this coun"
try, or have been guilty of an act Of
open hostility to discipline. There is
nothing in tho ecclesiastical order or
discipline of the Church Of England
or tho Protestant Episcopal Church
in this country forbidding such an act
of intcrcommunlon among Christian
people, who are enc in faith and love,
and one in Christ, their great head.
AS far as I know, the liberal Episco-
palians of New York rejoice in the
action of the Dean Of Canterbury, aud
thank God for it. Whcn the Episco-
pal Church Of England and the U"i-
ted States has been able to clear
herself (Which may God in his infinite
mercy soon grant, Of the deadly evil
OF ritualism, whose last development
isa revival of the confessional, thon,
and not until then, may she become u
haven Of rest to manned souls who
would rejoice to see her the common
center and bond Of organic unity to
all Protestant Christians"
Bishop Potter, when spoken to on
the subject at issue between Bishop
Tozcr aud Bishop Cummins, declined
to make any pnblic statement until
tho time came for him to act.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-29

The cornet stone of tho hew Cathe.
dral In Savannah will be laid on
Wednesday, 10Th of November, upon
which occasion tho ceremonies will be
Of the most impressive and imposing
0haratter; and several distinguished
Catholic dignitaries are expected tt
be presGnt.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-29

The Kingstreo Star (Conser1ative)
thinks the meaning Of tho extra bes-
sion is "that there is hugo specula.
ton on foot, so far as tho bond ques.
ton is concerned, and that the flunky
little Governor, who ID always on
hand when any dishonest tcheme is to
be considered, is painting for an op.
portunity to roplenish the Executive
purse"
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-29
A Change Of Fashion.

The Grand October "opcninga," as
they are called, are now taking place
in New York, and all sensible pee.
rlo will be glad to learn that ''pic-
turcsque simplicity" is the highest
rule. FurbeIows and fuonicrs have
vanished, aud the scauty plain robe
clings to the lovely figure Just about
as cl osc as it ought to. Tho mass of
dead womens hair is gone from tho
shapely head. Tho long-crampod
feet arc at last free to rest their
corns and bunions in. hcclless broad.
solcd beds of case. Even displays Of
costly embroidery or jewclry arc for
bidden. "ln slrort," says an eminent
fashionable authority "the true wo-
men of ton will Gndcavor this fall by
tue grrcc aud simplicity of her attire,
to show that her husband has neither
robbed bank nor been the leader of
ring.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-29

There are now in operation in tho
United States fifteen narrow gauge
railroads, with total of seven hun.
dred miles Of track. The twenty
roads in course of construction will
increase tho number Of miles to one
thousand nine hundred and fifty.
The average cost of narrow gauge
roads, with the rolling stock com.
plctc, is $4,000 per mile.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-29

The discovery is said to have been
made that il is not necessary to
groove q rife barrel tho whole Of its
length, but that n few inches Of groov.
ing near the muzzlc will give the bull
let all the necdful amount of spin.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-29

A very sad instance of lonelines
will be seen ut the next session Oft
Legislature of Maine, when a solitary
Democrat will tako his scat in the
Senate as member from Somerset
county.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-29

When W;ikie Collins Was abont to
step in front Of the curtain ut Syra-
cusc on SAt%rday evening, he said to
Mr. llanchctt, who vac to Introduce
him, "Don't Introduce he as the
greatest living novelist. I've been
introduced SO a number Of times, and
I'd rather bo simply Mr.. Collins.
You know everybody is the greatest
living something."
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-29

Il. l.: Vail, ESD, received yest0r-
day letter from W. W. Adams,
r q., of Iowa, the Master Of tho Ma:
tionaI Grange of Of the Patrons Of Hus-
bandry, in which tho writer states
shat, in Compliance with invitation
reccivcd,hc will attend the exhibition
Of the Fair Of the CaroliEas, which
begins III Charlotte IN the 23lh prox.
-Obssrvcf.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-29

La person, the Count dc Chambord
is portly, with round face, bald
forehead, full gray beard and mus
tache, large, light blue eye, and m
aquilinc Bourbon nose. He is pleas
ant hammered, gracious and conrtly,
amiabtc and kind hearted. At fifty
three he looks sixty, but preserves the
vigor, and, it may be added, tho OBJ.
stinacy of a man at his full prime.
Ills creed as a prc,cndTor is love TO
France, uutlinchiug devotion to tho
Church, an invincible determination
to restore the temporal power, and
his right 10 reign, and govern as we'll
reign, by divine sanction.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-29

Now Hampshire has compulsory
school-law, requiring that every per.
son having in custody child between
eight and fourteen years Of age shall
send it to school at least twelve weeks
in the year, Of which six shall be
consecutive. The law provides that
the child may be instructed in a pri.
vate school or at hcma.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-29

"Thc Famous little Church 4 around
the Corner" in New York, has be.
como 50 popular that is to be cnlarg.
cd and rebuilt, and will soon be one
Of tho largest and most highly orna.
mcnted in tho metropolis.
Senator Fcnton, Of New York, ven
lures q prediction that will ins;o
terror in the politicians breast. Lie cx
presses the belief that the coming ses-
sion of Congress, like that of last
winter, will be largely devoted to in.
vestigation, for he believes that the
pooplo will insist on finding out
through their representatives, what
is being done with al the money that
the Government is spending.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-29

The great central sugar fnctory re-
Gently established in Trinidad, at
Pcttymornc, is stupendous wonder.
Everything is done automatically,
il possible, and there is at proscnt u
power of making thirty hogshe Ids of
white sugar in a day, or three thou.
sand in season of one hundred
grinding days.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-29

Ore Branton, Of Yoio county CAL,
on bet Of $50 rode race on horse
back against the California Railroad
train bound from Sacramento to
Woodlawn. The agreement was that
lie was to have three minutes start
from tho Sacramento and YoIo
bridge, and to race to DavisviIlc,
fifteen miles. lIc rode the horse,
Honest John, bareback, and arrived
at the depot i'll Davisvillo four min
utes ahead Of the train.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-29

The advantage of vaccination rs a
preventive of small pox, appears now
To have been definitely determined
The third international Medical Con.
gress, during the iirs. part Of this
mouth at Vienna, discussed the sub
.iect very thoroughly, and the tcsti.
mony of the great majority was un-
quallicdly in favcr Of using vaccine
matter. Dr., Fricdingcr, the director
Of the Founding Hospital in Vienna,
held that all childIen should 10 vac
cinattd in the first four months after
birth, and that rcvaccinrtion should
tako place in tho twelfth year Of age.
A Peoria boy in vigorous chase sss
ter rats, recently, broke down shelf
in the cellar and inundated six jars
of preserves He gn2ad on the ruins
without Ugh, caught and killed the
rat, laid It among the debris, and
daubirg his faithful dogs nose and
legs with the the fruit, sent him up
Stairs while the boy hid in the coal
shed. lie heard feminine shricks Of
dismay he heard the unsuSpecting
dog led into the back yard and shot,
and, spreading forth bis hands, said
solcmuly, "Auothcr vic,im Of circum-
stauC;ul rVtdcncc.n
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-29
The Brown Fellowship Society.

The Columbia Union. Herald; in
recent issue, made some gross mir-
statements in reference to this socie-
ty, which is composed of the best
colorcd men in our community. The
Union.lIcrald says that the society
was named after Mecolm Brown.
T.is is o mistake, the society having
been formed long before lis time.
The formation Of the society WIS in.
Spir,d by the following circumstances:
There we're several organizations in this
city about the year 1890 which only
admitted white mcmbe,s, and another
organization which only admitted
black men of African birth or dcscout. :.
Thus it will be seen that tho brown
men were excluded from all classes Of
organizations. The founders Of the
Brown Fellowship Society, some half
dozen in nnmber, were attend ing q
thanksgiving of the Episcopal Caurch.
es, at which tho rector, ia his dis.
curse, referred to tic necessity of
having such an organization among
the people for providing for their
poor and indiSent mcmbcrs. The
half dozen brown men who heard the
discourse immediately resolved to
fcnnd the Brown Fellowship Society,
and did so very soon. 1t will be seen
that the society took its name from
the color Of its founders. Tie Uuion
Herald also asserted that sixteen of
TIC men hanged for insurrcction in
1922 we're members Of the society.
No man could tc admitted into tie
society unless free born, hcncc the
impossibility Of the persons who were
hanged being members, because they
wc.c all slaves. These corrections
arc made to put the Brown Fellow
snip Society right, as they feel no
little pride in their organization and
its News &C. Cotu icr.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-29

AS no circulating notes are issued
by any bank in England except the
Bank of England, ard by this bank
for 10 less amount than five pounds
(abont E,25,), geld and silver supply
the bulk Of the circulation medium.
The presumption, there, is that paper.
when issued, is issued only as a cen
vcnience to the received. If you 60
to your banker for $50 or sGlO0, he
will give you guild, unless you ask him
for Bank of Elgland notes.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-29
The Way Charlotte AdvCrtlSCs.

| Wo yesterday counted up and find
that merchants and other business
men Of Charlotte have now advertise.
ments running in twenty papers pub
lished outside Of Charlotte and
there are several weekly papers pub.
lished in this section of tho State,
and upper South Carolina, which we
have now at hand, in which we think
Charlotte advertisements are appear
ing rcgularly-Odscr
And by this liberty in ADVERTISE
ing, Charlotte is drawing from tho
upper counties of this State, almost
ali the business that formerly went
to Columbia and Charleston. And
VIC say further, during the whole of
the past summer Chl:lotto has not
suffered from dullncss of business,
while Columbia, in particular, has
been almost at II stand still in all her
business interests. 1t is strong testi.
mony in favor of liberal advertising.
We have received more patronage
from Charlotte merchants in til rec
mouths, than we have from Columbia
in four years, aud of course, we have
reason for speaking well and often of
Charlotte ; aud every train from the
Air Line Railroad h,ings evidence of
where the trading Of our people is
now DONE UnionUiiie s. G. Times.
Playing On the bells Of church
chino must be an exhilarating per-
formancc if the style of Professor
Widdows, at Grace Church Church,
New York, recently, is correct Que.
The New York Graphic thus describes
it: "Cold as the day was, Mr.. Wild
dcws stripped to his undergarments,
and was bathcd in perspiration. lie
had to inmp to and fro at the end Of
the long levers working the hammers
of the bells, sometimes throwing his
Whole weight on them. His muscle
AID strength Of endurance were i'm
mcnsc. Hardly SO pleasant that as to
sit in the organ loft and goss ip with
the choir bells between tho musical
exercises.
One of the local judges lately took
lesson in spelling, in Io$tice's court,
when a Mr.. Wood was the witness.
"What is your name2" asked the
clerk.
"Ottiwell Wood" answered tho
witness.
GLOW do you spell your name,"
asked the somewhat puzzled judge.
Mr.. Wood replied go double II.
J. double II, j. double J., double u,
double o d."
The astonished judge thought that
was ore ot the most extraordinary
names he eyer knew and, after two
or three attempts to record it, both
he and the clerk gave it UP, amid
roars Of laughter.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-29
S. c., WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 20, 1878.
North Carolina News.

Newton dogs arc handing in theil
chooks with astounding rapidity.
Another plug tobacco factory is &c
be opened in Ilillsboro.
Wilmington salooEists import
oysters from Morehoad City.
Gao hundred 'cmigrants havo re.
Gently landed at Drinks, colony near
Wilmington.
The Great Eastern Circts took in
$4,000 at Wadcsboro on Saturday,
Distressing
The next convention Of the Mex'i,
can war survivors will be held in
Asheyiile Oh the 4th of next July.
The wife of Henry Hartgrove, of
Snrry County, tainted aud fell in the
fire one day last week, burning her.
self in shocking manner. So wo
learn from the Danbury Reporter.
A possum belonging to llilisboro
printer committed suicide last week,
SO the Recorder tells us. l. ascend
GU al clcFalipus auu uCilDciitclS
threw itself off, the Chain around it's
neck forming tho fatal moose.
WILMINGTON thieves catch chickens
as they do fishes, according to the
Post. ~ grain of corn is pat on the
end Of bent hook. The chicken
goes for it, and gets hooked in the
mouth. The captor picks him UP and
makes off with him.
Raleigh Sentinel The North Caro-
lima Improved Sewing Machine, in
vented and patented by DR.. james
D'vis, Of Company Shops, OH exhibi-
,ion last week at the State Fair, at.
tractcd much attention and was pro-
bounced decided success by practi-
cal machinisls and others.
The Executive Department Of this
State has received notification Of the
arrest, st Nebo, Illinois, of ono Peter
Staley charged with the murder of
Henry Clapp in Guiirord. a special
III csscnger will be sent after StaI-y us
soon as a certified copy Of the bill Of
indictment can DC obtained from the
county aforesaid.-Ral Ncvs.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-29

Michigan proposes to control the
railroads within its borders. a re-
port has been submitted to the Con.
stitutional Convention providing that
tho Legislature shall establish rea-
sonablc maximum rates for trauspor.
tation of passengers and freight ;
Shall prohibit contracts between rail
way compaui S in favor Of any rail-
way as against any other intcraocting
line and that no stock or bouds shall
be issued except for money, labor or
property actually received.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-06-25

Very absurd rumors get afioat about the
Monroe county, informed Us the other day
that wild reports were afloat in his section
about the people dyingof cholera at Knox
vile, Chattanooga and even at Sweetwater.
He was begged not to come to Knoxville
for fear he would bring the dreaded disease
home with him and infect the community.
Those acquainted with the way In which
news travels and magnifies In the rural
districts can form some idea Of the mental
anxiety of the inhabitants of the back
counties. Even passengers on the down
train, on Monday from Bristol, were told
up the, road that 100 cases occurred at
Nashville on Sunday-about twice the
correct numbeF.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-06-25
The Temperance Cause.

MARS HILL, KNOX Co., Tenn
~ June "a, 1873.
EDITORS CHRONICLE |: Knowing that
you feel interested in the cause of Temper
ance, that the good people will be proud to
hear of its progress, I will give you a short
sketch of our Mars Hill council. This Di-
vision was organized January, 1873, by DIR.
d. M. Breaker, and has been prospecting
and growing ever since. We have at pres
ent, about fifty members, and we can safe
ly say they are working members.
Brother Joseph Janeway favored us with
an excellent Temperance address few
nights ago. Brother III. T. Cooper also fa-
vored us with good advice.
Ws have just completed our regalias,
which are admirable.
On the 9TH of August we will have pic
mic. Tho orators are: Rev. Joseph Jane
way and Rev. c. u. Boiling. It is our OBJ
ject to make this success. Let other Di-
visions correspond with us. VIC. F.