The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-04-16


more defiant now than ever.
This Modoo matter is another dis.
grace to the Government.
This tribe was removed ftom It's
home in the Lava bed, to distant
reservation. From that place they
were driven by the Klamatbs, a hos.
tile tribe. They applied to the govern.
ment for assistance. Mono was given.
Taking the law ia their own hands
they reiushed to their old homes in
! 'ava beds. 'rr,ops were sent to l,s.
tpd &c them. hut Capt. Jack still re.
m"inca master Ut the tua,lou. H.,
"t"ad Of either promising them a.sis.
thce III n, hlhiIg; their r:Selvai,nn,
ar else Vigorously extrrn.iua,ing item,
an''hcr re;rs commission Wa =, III t.
treat with them. The Ie.ult is that
the 3rn,mis>irnrrs lave hccn mas a.
cred among them tho General com.
manding that department.
The unied States Government hps
been on'.gcneralcd and out.wiilcd by
y handful ,f half starved ra.as.s.--
! We swat with curiosity further de-
vel pmeLt. fruri tic seat Of war.
Some Useful Lestcns Taught by sEe Fire.
| 1t is said TIM. exrcr;eLes IS dear
school.
Tho IRE I'll Saa:h,y morning
tans lit several les3ous hich it would
be we'll to ho,tl.
10 the fist Place 1t has corro, ora
Ted a fact sheady d, monstrntcd in
The great cv, hasra,ious If Bottom
and Chicago, that granite. So far fro,h
being the III st scrv.c.ahlo building
material Is Que Of the wo.s', wLyh
subjected to intense boat. A glance
at the ,uins of the The.t,ian Nall
will satisfy any doub ing fhoii,aa ON
this point. While the brick aud ma
sony forming lha sup"rstructure, are
n"hurt, the granite foundations arb
chirred, crat keel and c,umbling; pro:
b"hiy rrudtIing it hccr>tar, to 1azn
the wall, 10 the very ground before
rebuilding. Granite should be usod
nclti:or for foundations, i;or for The
walls themselves. Brick is more con-
vcn;ent, less expensive, and will bet.
ter stand the test oi Gre.
Another Lesson is that hou.es
should lie torc,td Nth some incoma
bus'iN'e material. Though comrata
tive little #i,d rrc,ailed on Sa,ur.
day, q. .kes Of fire aud burning timbers
were burne in the air to great dis
tancc, aud several fumes igstited n
dwclli & fully two hundred yards
from the scene of colhnsration. As
} these sparks arc dangerous chiefly to
} ro'hng, whore they can effect a
: Judgment, they urc harmless when
falling upon On incombu>tible m4te-
terial no matter how thin:
! Tie 1tsbcstos roofing is used with
great success ia the North, md has
hren partially introduced into Winns-
boro. 1t is impeiyious to water or
FIVE, dusntlc, and but little more c1.
pensive than 0, dinary shingling.
a third lesson i, .hst the supply Of
water in town is insufficient to neet
any extraordinary demand. The
public aid the private wells were
near ) exhausted the other night.
Moreover, it is too much to dem and of
any one, that he will drain his we'll,
to save another mans property when
his own is in immlueLt danger. This
evil should be romedied withoht de-
lay. a plentiful supply Of wafer Gan
be reached by digging and one or
two wells ut eaclI business corner
might prove the salvation Of the
town. But it would be wote feasible,
to construct aystem Of cistcrns un-
der the control Of the t3wn Council,
for public use exclusively. BY this
means a plentiful supply of water
could bo on hund in case of fro. The
expense of constructing these cisterns
would bo fully BALANCED, by the les
sen'ng of insurance premiums.
The water from four wells only,
probably saved tho entire upper part
of town. Bnt for them, tho loss, in.
stead Of eight thousand, might have
been oyhiy thousand dollars. A ne.
cessity also exists lor some effoctual
means cf utilizing the oupply cf VA.
ter. Buckets and wet blanket. are o