The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-04-30
Slate News.

! among lho conVlCt5 ut the State pCni
tentiary.
Cen Colqquit 10 Negotiating 4 70, for a
lot in Columbia on which to orect o
tiHe building. for tho Southern Life
Insurance Company.
There have been extensive and
destructive fires in tho woods, in
'viairio4s parts Of Sumter county, du-
ring the past week or ten days.
Tho County Comm issionors oi
York couty huvo voted county sub.
scription Of 100000 to the Chester
ani Ienoir Narrow Gauge Railroad.
Rev David Harris, of Edgeheld,
was burned out Of house and home On
the l7th. Hiss loss is $4,000.
The Governor has appointed Ed
ward Ionoa, of Oconee county, and
A Branch, of Darlington, to be Trial
Justices.
Mrs: Sarah ftrner,, of coiu:m;Iia,,
wishes to learn the whereabouts of
her son Samuel, who is thirteen
years old, and has boon missing for
two months.
The Spartanburg Spartan says that
tue completion Of the Air-Lino Rail
road from Charlotte to Spartanburg
has caused q seduction of $l.5O per
barrel on flour in that place.
The dwelling of DR.. Johns S. Wolff
Of Laurens county, was entirely con-
sumcd by fro on Sunday, 18th in.
slant. Tho fire originated in the
stovo house adjoining the dwelling.
Georgetown has had a night Of riot,
drunkenness and incendiaryism. Her
trcmen nobly rescued the Mctholist
church which caught fire u stable
belonging to tho Weston House was
burned
Senator Sprague refused TO unite
with the citizens Of Columbia in
joint stock enterprise to ercct water
works, but proposes to sell his prop
erty, for S?op,0oo. They have not
yet reAponded.
On last Wednesday night the gro
Gerry store Of MIR. J. A. Lockwood of
Laurcnsvillc, was broken into and
robbed of various articles, consisting
Of a sack of coffee, sugar, Holsters,
salmon, apples, &c.
Tha first annual regatta Of s,nu.':
Carolina occurs on the 9Th and OH oi
May. The first days sport cmhracea
opc ni(e Jaqh for whitehall i:""'
prize, $50. Two mile dash 70: n"a,.
of any description prize, a single sca,i
boat. Third race, ono and n If
miles, for any boats cxccp. shells
prioo, seventy.fve dollars.
Mr. James II. Stewart of Marlboro
county died on the I'd instant.
DR.. Garmany, of Newberry, is re.
covering from tho severe injurios he
received.
Owing to failure to open the reg.
istration books, no election has been
hell for town vdicers in Bonnotts-
vile.
The dwelling of Mr.. G. !. uieks; Of f
Timponsvillo, together with an out:
I9uAc, were destroyed by fire. on tho
18Th instant.
Tho Barnwell Sentinel says: A col
ored wopan Of Beach island is the
mother Of forty-nino children, she be.
ing now sixty-two years Of age. Twins
wero born to Lor four times and
trlplcts once.
Mule stealing has commenced again
ia Chesterfield county. DR.. j. II.
Powc lost fine animal in this way,
and recovered it again near Fayetto-
vile, N. c., and arrested there Cal
vim Fayson as the thief.
Mr.. Lawrence Clark, n promising
young m an of Leesvillc. died on the
18th instant. Mr.. MARTIN Griffin and
another colored man named Cannon,
of Florence, elected the following
wunicipal ticket on Monday =:
John Kuker, intendant' and Ncssrs
W. i. Pearsall, Jerome =. Chase,
j. Il. Wilson and II. l.. Bennct, war.
dcns.
The county com miiissiY iYni;ers, Of Beau: u:
fort county, withogt any, authority Of
Ia ", levied special tax for, tho fiscal
year ending October 3lst, 1878. or
this tax there was about sovcn thous-
and dollars collected, when, for the
first time, they found that they had
acted without authority of law.
What comment upon the. wisdom
and ability Of our county commission
ers, that one board should levy and
another should sanction the collection
Of tax for which there is not the
shadow of authority in law.--Bsau.
jort Times.
The late n. +. Willis, whom once
asked to make speech, replied that
it was not his forte. Said ho,. ,."I am
by profession a writer and sou canno,
expect a pump to give water from the
handle as we'll as from the mouth.