The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-07-09
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i0HUtlNtu ACN@.
Ben Buffers son who is at West
Point, is said to b, ;hceEier thar itY
old man.
The total population cf Texas is
Sae.5l9, and it's area 231 32l square
miles, its >chool population nnn.hers
.229 563, 1nl If tbs nnmbcr 227,5l2
are ,llltcrase -7G Sa5 white, and l5o,-
Z culorcd.
The Alnmni mcoting Of Williams
College after a long discussion, deci.
d"d lgain<t tie adu.is ion Of ie.
mails.
|" >iXtecn yours Of pr. c'ical j,king
So'hcrn has made S7G5, 600.
4 well k'osn physician of y CIV
York recommends dancir. For old
people, %h", te say, re4hifo it moro
thu" the ychog.
Georgia is tic leading Southern
i]|n:i t'S'nte 81 regard to contriLt~
tons and members. Cine person in
every ci.ht of the ropulati1u, it is
said, is Baptist.
y mss meeting of tho opponents
of the Republican party in Ohio,
mct at Columbus yesterday to econfer
And perhups combine upon Few Ne
Purturo
Coinin tue Treasury, 874 millions,
and currency, 81 milliYns.
SSThe public debt hai been reduced
two and onc.tighth Millions.
The Columbia Union states the
new city hall in that city is rapidly
approaching completion.
Ex-Troasurer Niles G.. Parker has
gone to Berlin to sec his SON, who has
been to school there for two or three
years East..
.Mm l.. W. Everson, late local cdi
ter If the Columbia Union. Herald,
has received a letter from the proprie.
tors saying that owiag to the du!lucss
Of the times, his services will be dis
pcnSct with. ):
Cyrille Dion challenges GARNER to
ohc thousand dollar billiard match.
Tho government has determined to
push lhc wolk on the lighthouses diy
and night.
The N'tin",l debt was IcGuccd
two and one'eighth million dolla,s du-
ring The moul" VI June.
Two gangs of coiorcd laLorc::s We're
employed by the city government in
New York yesterday, as street sweep.
ers.
The coin in the United States
treasury foots up seven millions and
live hdEdred thousand dollars.
The Orange Societies of New York
have applied FOR permission to parade
on The l2th instant.
On Saturday Professor Wise, the
aerial voyager, began the work On
the mammoth balloon with which he
is to GROSS the Atlantic.
Jas. Gordan Bennett has offered a
five hundred dollar piece of plate for
a two mile running race, at Spring.
field, Mass, on the l7th instant.
a bill was introduced in the New
Hampshire Legislature yesterday.
making it unlawful for any circus to
ehter the State under penalty of
ono thousand dollars fine.
Colonel +. ", Me,lasler.
Speaking of the Due West com:
mencemcht the Abbevillo Medium
pays handsome tribute to our for.
mer townsman, Colonel Mc,Iastcr!
"Coloncl Fltz w. McMastc rdcliSer.
cd the anniversary address to the
studehts of the college. Colonel
McMastcr is one Of the most success.
ful lawyers anil best orators in the
State, and it is needless to. say that
his address fully matched the cxbec.
tattons of his hcArcrs. lie chose for
mis- theme 'thc duties and prospects of
tho young . linen of tho South
and for more than an bour held
the vast audience spell.bound by
the beauty and power of bis ihatc6.
less oloqucnce. His speech was
admirably framed, repleto with
Thoughts that breathe and words that
burn and so cleganliy uttered as to
call forth the applause and approval
OF nil who heard him.. Colonel
MoNlaster is bold, eloquent and pa.
t'loti6, and his words to the young
men on last, Wednesday will 90
sounding down the agos as the utter
ances Of soldier who knew no defoat
and patriot who feared no foo"
ii. Beware Of Hylrcphoba.
We are panied to announce the fact
that little son of Rev. T.. Edwards,
Of this town, was bitten, on Wcdncs.
day, tho 25th June, by dog, that in