The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-04-02
North Carolina News.


North Carolina News.
Mr.. A So johnson showed tho oditor
Of the Tarboro Southerncr 81 pound
cancer removed without knife from tho
breast Of his wifo.
Seven hundred and sevouty-nino
insane in the State according to the
last census, and accommodations in
Asylum only for 2AO.
Preparations are being made TO bs.
gin tho erection Of tho new Edge
comb Female Seminary building. 1t
is to cost about $50, 900.
Joel Lloyd, of Warren county, is
said t. have q genuine IN ad..tone, which
has been in his family for many years.
1t kills dead the poison Of rabid dogs,
snakes or "pizon Spiders"
Ga Saturday aftornoon, shortly
after tho up.pa,senger train left Will
1iamston for Greenville, the engineer
blew the alarm whistle. Passengers
rushed to tho windows to learn tho
cause, whom just ahead thoy dipsov-
cred lot of old cross. ties on the rails.
in removing tho obstruction, tracks
wore disoovcrod, and several pers ons
followed them through tho field.
"m. Arnold, brakeman, saw tracks
going to the left, and followed them,
tho rest keeping to the right. In
short distance, Arnold came across
young colorod msu, who made m at
tempt to flee, But was stopped and
escorted to tho train, whore the foot
prints we're compared, and resulted in
his being brought to GreenviIle free
of charge, to undergo a trial. Cr.en.
vile RrYnblican.
A writer in describing the oscape
Of come circus animals, thhs spoaks
of the gorilla: Ellis cago had es-
enped being upset and no stood in
side, beating his breast and roaring in
that half dog bark and lconino roar
that Du Chaillu describes as "curdling
the very hairs on your head when heard
in an African.forest." BY thisStime,
however, voices were heard on tho
outside, the entire neighborhood hav-
lug become aroused by tho pandemo-
mum, and the moment the gorilla
heard these voices he changed his tao.
tics aud shrickcd, "Tor the love Of
the holy st. Patrick help mo out of
this bloody scrape, and III ncvor hire
ont for a gorilla agaiii rs long as |
live.'
An illustration Of the tremendous
force of gunpowder in Explosions is
afforded in tho discovery in Charles
ton harbor few days siucc of whole
hroadSide Of the iron-clad Charleston,
blown up at tho evacuation in 1865.
y ripple on tho water first excited
tho attention of tho wrcckc,s. This
WAS at distance Of four hundred aud
fifty yards from the $ocno Of the cx
rlosion. Tho broadsido, on teing
raised, was found to weigh 2l2,75o
pounds. The whole was intact: The
wrcckcr, Mr.. Muillcfcrt, Is no% Ell.
gaged i'll looking at the same distance
on the other side for the other part .;
the sunkon vessel:
An ''ungracious pastor" Of Luth-
erSn church at Richmond, Ind, was
lately fined $3.50 for beating his
wife.
What arc you doing 7" said
father to his son who was tinkeriug at
an old watch. Improving my time
SIR"
1t is horrify ing to be informed that
Mrs. Alphabet Southwotth has writ.
ten forty-two novels and that her
health is still good.
Now that Uncle Sans subjects own
SANTANA bay has Uncle :bays:
ness to mako Samana bays Subjects
his subjects
Vienna is said to bo the worst
drained city in Europe. an cx.
change advises tho Inhabitants to
send for Tweed, who drained Now
York 80 successfully.
There havo been many definitions
of gentleman, but tho pretticst and
pathetic is that given by Young
Lady, who says: A gentleman is a
human being combining a woman's
tenderness.w with mans courage.
The sale Of copies of the Now York
Daily News containing the account OF
Fosters execution is said to have
reached 2S0,0o0 copies.
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