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MISCELLANEOUS.

General Sherman is going to live in St. Louis.
 It cost S2,0O0 last year to run the Har- ward crew.
 They've only ten candidates for Gov ernor in Nevada.
 Virginia City, New, is filling up with English immigrants.
 A 250pound sturgeon has been fished out of the Columbia River.
 Ono hundred and forty Mormon immi- grants arrived at New York, last week. Newport is thrilled with delightful hor- Tor at n recent elopement.
 Sir Garnet Wolseley proposes to visit this country. He should go to Arkan- Sas.
 Eight of the twelve members of the present English Cabinet are authors. The Mammoth Cave of Kentucky is advertised to be let for term of years. General Joseph R. Hawley is to deliv- CT the Decoration Day address, at Arling- ton, Va.
 The Little Rock Gazette gives Brooks a farewell kick and gratuitously advices him to go West.
 There are rumors that Harvard is en- deayoring to secure Huxley as Agassiz's s successor.
 St. Paul has over 8, ,OOO, 900 invested in manufactories, giving employment to 5000 persons.
 In fifteen elections under the local op- tion law in California the anti-liquor ad. vocates have carried eleven.
 Boston, as a municipal corporation, will celebrate the Forthcoming Independ- ence Day S25, 900 worth.
 A child Tn Buffalo, the other day, tied crape on the door knob to see if the car riage would come and take them out rid ing, as it did the family across the way. There were eleven hundred more fail ures in the United States in 1873 than in 1872. The increase in the liabilities was S1O7, ,443.OOO.
 A ireless engine for street use ih New York has been manufactured in Paterson, N. J. It takes steam enough from Q sta. tionary boiler to run twelve miles before the charge is exhausted.
 
 ton Board of Trade and Commercial Ex change have adopted resolutions asking the Boston and Albany railroad to reduce its freight rates.
 Some idea of the vast amount of soil washed away by the breaking of the res. ervoir may be obtained from the fact that upward of four inches of solid earth de. pOsit was left on the carpets of houses, the floors of which were flooded by water only two feet in depth. This amount of sediment gathered where the water was in the rooms scarcely fifteen minutes, prob ably half the sediments held in solution being carried away with the retiring flood. The huge deposits on the meadows, show ing like desert on every hand. also in- dicate the vast amount of earth and sand swept from the valley above. The farm oi John F. Warner, located about mid- way between Florence and Leeds. suffer. ed damage by the flood to the amount oI S3.OO0. -
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Naugatuck Railroad.

.ON andafter May 26th, 1873. tra;ps Il, ,,,. ss o follows: ' "' ~' GOING NORTH-LEAVE BRIDcppopq 7.15 A. M.-Milk train forWinsted with usss.no.r
 car attached, connecting at Wstsr.
 bury with train from Hartford
 Leave Litchtield II 20. lO.l5 A. M.-For Winsted, connecting with the
 500 &. m. train from New York and
 with the 1915 a.. m. train frSIN New
 Haven.
 Leave Iitchileld l2.45 D. m. I045 A. M.-Freight train for Wlnsieti.
 Leave Litchfcld 4.45 D. m.
 connecting with train to Albany 3.CO
 P. m. special for Waterbury. otO r. M.-tor Wmsted, connecting wiih the eU
 D. in. train from New York and Ile
 6 opp. m. from New Haven, and at
 Waterbury with train from lIatIfoId.
 Leave litchicid 7.S3.
 GOING SOUTH-I.EAyE MINSTlD. 1.'5 \, M..-F"r Bridgeport, New York, ana NaM
 Haven, connecting at AnsunIa N i,
 train for New Haven iu tlrn,. f,.
 connect with train v4 Shuic l.Inc ,,,;
 New London and Providence
 Leave Litchtield 7.39 SV 4. M.-Freght train for Bridgeport, co:
 meeting at Waterbury for Hartford
 Leave Litchfeld 6.3s. A. r. M. For Bridgeport, N. Y., and <. H. coi,-
 neetng at Waterbury with train foI
 Leave l.itchfield 2.2O % D. M-Mjlk train with passengt car attacLed
 connecting at Bridgeport for New
 York. and Ansonia for New Haven
 Leave Lltchtield 4.45. On Saturday nights, an additional Train with passenger car, will leave Bridgeport for Wmsied at 915 P. NJ. Sunday milk leave l.ilchfield Si P M
 WATERTOWN G WATERBURY F. R. Trains leave Watertown at '. 80 A. M, and q S5 ?. M., connecting with passenger trains to New York.
 Returning leave Waterbury 12O0 M, and $. 50 P. M.,o on arrival passenger trains from Bridgeport Woodbury Stage arrives to connect at Seymour with the 7.05 A. N. Train down from Winsted and at WatertOwn with 7.30 A. M. Train, and return on arrival of the 10.16A. M. from Bridgeport. The Stage from New Hartford, Otis, Colebrook Harrington, Sandisfield, arrives to connect with the 1.4j P. NJ. Train down from Winsted and re- turns on the arrival of the 1915 A. M. Train up from Bridgeport.
 The Stage for Litchfeld leaves Litchfeld Sta tlOn on tho arrival of the 1915 A. M and 5.OOP M ton leaves Litcheld Station on the arrival of the lO.l5 A. Nj. Train from Bridgeport. The Stage for Bethlehem and Morris leaves Watertown on arrival 10I5 train from Bridge port
 Smiths Stage for Mddlebury leaves Waterbury Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, on the ari l. val of tho 1915 A. M. Train up from bridgeport. The Stage for Goshen leaves WolcOttville un ar rival of the 1915 A. M Train from Bridgeport Discount of cents made to Passengers par chasing Tickets at the Office. GEO. W. BEACH, SMperinten Bridgeport. May 26th. 1873.
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Some captious Southern editor asserts that two pairs of stairs are necessary to every newspaper office in North Carolina one for the editors to go down as the caller comes up the other.
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The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-08-12
The COiortd Cadet.

WAsniEoroN, August ILL., Nv.
Smith, the South Carolina colorc d
cadet at, West Point, who was dis.
missod for deficiency in philosophy,
details the history of his examination
In a. COMMUNICATION ito. the Now
National, Ire, showing that the re-
PQrt,madca q. ainst him was not for de-
fioienoy, hut in accordance with a
auggestion from high authority not to
allow, him to graduate; and thereby
save tho war department the onerous
task Of finding u suitable assign NJ ent
in the,army where he would be vel.
oomed by. the white officers as an
officer and gentleman. He quotes
the following from tho Brook Iyn
Argus
"Though he has written letters to
his friends and is quite sanguine
about returning and finally gradua-
ting, the professors md cadets say
there is not the slightest chance.
Said professor to friend the other
day: 1T will be long time before
any one belonging to tho colored
race can graduate at West Point"
He then goos on to say that he has
few pertinent questions to ask
which h" would like certain people
to answer. He says: "At an inter-
view which l had with the secretary
of war, on the l7th instant, the score.
tary said that he went to West Point
this year for purpose, and that ho
was there both before and after my
examination, and oonversed with
some Of the professors concerning
me. Now did that visit and those
conversations have anything to do
with the finding of the acadcmical
board 7 Did they have anything to
do with that wonderful wisdom and
foresight displayed by tho professors
and cadets in commenting upon my
chances for getting back Why
should the secretary of war 90 to
West Point this year, for purpose
and converse with tho professor
about me both before and after the
examination 4? Besides, he spoke of
an interview he had with Col. Ringer,
superintendent Of the Academy in
New York, on Sunday, tho 18th in
stant, in reference to me, during
which Col. Ruger had said that the
Academic board would not recon- .
mend me to return. Is it very won
derful that the Academic board
should rofuse such recommendation
after those very interesting oonvcr-
aations which were held both before
and after the recomm and tion VIM
was tho secretary awny from West
Point At tho time of the examina
tiop I"
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-08-12
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South CafOIiHas ni

..., ..r. !o, e-T-Snr5idSRGi ovH
| Tho Timmonsville town authorities
are enforcing tho vagrant lay. r,i,
Tho Pecdeo River rose, ten, feet
last week, aud q freshet is threaten.
ed. s.w ono amrS aiah N8ih "'
Tho colored people 'HSf o. 'HFFlEqtG HFFlEorouoo
arc about organizing az temperance
society. ,5rd ~ 7H1 "saYnho
The Aiken Hotel property Is nd.
verified for sale under d foreclosure of
mortgage. xl,ata oi @'oI .oyi1
The surviving ,m5mbersi ofiothe
Richland VolWnteer' .It,1e hi6onpany
corps. a., :,
| From tho Istof September 1873,
TO tho let Of June, ls7a,,o 1891
bales Of cotton were sHippcd oyer the
Spartanburg and Union Raiif6ad.!1o
Nick Campbell, ccoolored,, ,&W VAS % 1,u run
over and killed BY freight train on on
tho Wilmington, Columbia and Al.
gusta Railroad, near, ElorenceT last
week. ..,.t,. .....f, Ios ocgi, o,N
Sam Harris, whoo has been,e ops
pointed jury commissioner Of Union
County, is said to be a1noSoficus ne
gro rowdy,, against whom A several
suits arc pending iu tho oourts.Ia,q~o
Information has been sreooived at
columbia of the death oflNlr.7 George
II. Cathcart, native of that city, bun
who, for four years past, has resided
at Rocky Ranch, Toxas.' y '","' - 80
Capt. john G, Williams, near
Spring Grove, in Laurcns County,
produced this scoson, from 4 small
patch of throe-qudrtors Of In" acf6,"
eighty bushels of oats. The oats
wero sown last fall with turnips. guis
Judge Mackey sold, in tho scoutso.
OF his speech at Yorkvilla last week ~
"In York County, were ., you to go :
out tonight with Il" double barrel ,
shot gun and fro it'at,random, threo
candidates would jump out iof' every
bush.' 'ur.5..,p d;uor N ors oeYal Hws
The Union Times says. "Wo NNreo'
informed that tho notorious United E.
States Marshal Hubbard is nom ESQ,
'nrent"s.. 1t appears that he has
bcen levying bluckmnil upon num-
ber of citizens, and tho chief marshal
hearing of it swent : for him ;'"1but
Hubbard was too old arogueI to be =
caught mapping. sIIe's gono whore
the woodbino twineth,' but We, bopo
to hoar Of his being found whore q
homp.rope twinoth."H B. 90. "''" .'
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-08-12
Louisiana Politics.

NEW ORLEANS, Augu't 6.-The
Louisiana Republican State Conven-
tion met in this city to-day, ut tho
St. Louis Hotel. David Young, ool-
orod, Packard candidate, was elect.
cd president pro tenn, having receiv-
l3l votos to 10 for Lieut.. Governor
Antoine, Pinchbaok's candidate. A
com mittee on credentials was ap~
pointed and the convention adjourned
until tomorrow. Tho most impor-
tant contest will be over the State
Treasurership. Mr.. Dubuolct, the
present incumbent, having opposed
the sohe of the State funding
board, will not be supported by the
Kellogg and Packard faction for 70.
nomination. .,.... ln..y -- #
New ORLEANS, August 9.---Tbe
Democratic convention met at Baton
Rouge. A committee, consisting OF
seven mon, mot in the evening and
issued an address to the people of ali
parties opposed to the Kellogg Gov.
ernment, requesting them TO- elect
delegates to convention, whict
will decide upon the conduct Of the
J campaign.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-08-12
The Alabama Ticket,

! The Democracy of Alabama hav
put ticket in tho field, which tn
Montgomery Advertiser describes q
"oxccptionully unexccptiounble."-
Every part Of tho State is reprcsen
ted by mon Of known integrity an,
ability--men that have beon tried
and who commanded universal con
fidonce and respect. At it's head i
the name Of George Smith Houston
who was nominated by acolamati ion
lie entered political life in 1882
aud his honorable and active career
since that time is known of all men. II,
is six fe, t high, Of large, frame a good
lawyer, md the best stump orator il
the State. Gen. Houston proposes te
untiriugly discuss tho issues Of this
important canvass, and we may be
sure that his popularity and strength
will materially swell tho Democratic
ma jorities.
Robt. +. Ligon, tho candidate for
Lieut.. Governor, is an able lawyer OF
Tuskegee. Rufus King Boyd, the
nominee for Secretary Of State, is a
trusted Democratic leader of Madison
county. Ho bears upon his person
honorable scars received while oharg
ing with Barksdale's Mississippians
at Gettysburg. j. w. a. Sanford
the candidate for Attorney g enersl |
Is a native Of Millcdgcville, aud re-
ceived his education in this State.
He il prominent member of tho
Montgomery bar. Daniel Crawford
candidate for State Treasurer, is q
planter of Eutaw, and comm ission
merchant Of Mobile-a man of big
brain, and great woalth which he suo
cessful'y manages. Messrs. Foruey
and Lewis the candidates for Con-
gress-at Large, are men who deserves
the support of every Alabamian, and
the three judicial candidates are not
only able lawyers, but men without
blemish. The ticket as whole CON-
bines strength and popularity, and
we have yet to read the first line that
casts single reflection on the in
tegrity Of any name on tho list. 1t
is in strict truth exceptionally unex-
ceptionable.
The platform is equally happy, EN-.
braoing only these active and praoti.
cal issues which will lend enthusiasm
to tho canvass. The part that relates
to the civil rights bill is clearly
drawn. The necessity of economy
in public expenditures and the other
live questions of State interest are
laid down in few we'll chosen words
that all can readily understand.
With sueh ticket on such plat
form the Democrats and Consorva
tives of Alabama confidently antici-
pate the rescue of their noble State
from ignoble hands. The men who
own Alabama and have made her
what: she is, propose to govern her
hereafter.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-08-12

If tho coming Chautauqua Lake
Assembly, for teachers and others
fails to draw large gathering it
will not be tho fault of its managers.
Not content with tho natural attrao
tivoness of the place and the occasion
here is Rev. DR.. Wythc, chairman of
the department of "Recreation," >"
doing really novel thing ut the sito
of the meeting, for the profit and on
tertainment of those who attend
IIe is making Palestine Park of it
or, as the Sunday School times des.
oribes it, vast model of the Holy
Land laid out on scale large
enough to enable visitors literally to
walk about the country to ascend it's
mountains, tread its velleys, 60 dowL
by the shore of its miniature lake,
and its sea, and cross its semblanco
Of Jordan. 1t will be as near q
model of tho geographical and topo.
graphical Palestine as an intelligent
study of the original and skill in
landscape gardening can produce, and
will be ole of tho grandest object.
lessons in Scripture geography ever
attempted" An original idea, Ger.
tainly. 1t only remains now for
every teacher to make pilgrimage
to the now Palestine.- Christian
Union.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-08-12
4 Fire Boulevard.

Chicago, which seems disposed to
learn by tho experience of two great
fires, now proposes to build what is
called fire boulevard. Tho sugges.
tion, as explained by the Chicago
Tribune, is "that belt of territory
of the width Of block, running west
from the lake to Ashland avenue,
and thence north, should be purchased
by the oity and set apart as pco.
ple's park aud boulevard, forming at
tho same time ono of tho greatest pos
eible projections against and proven
tives Of tho spread Of FIRE that oan be
devised" Such a boulevard, the
Tribune says, will be built in twenty
years. It will form barrier beyond
which fire could not extend, and, moro
than all. the editors adds :-."It will
penetrate tho most thickly settled
portions of tho city, giving breathing
space and relaxation to multitudes
who are now confined to the crowded
tenenents and narrow streets wnero
they live. In few years this park,
planted with trees, will be not onl y
place of healthful recreation, but
will be an ornament to the city be.
yond comparison with any other
public improvement. In point OF
necessity as sanitary measure, and
rs an all.suffioient barrier againt fire
it's value is not to be computed in dol.
lars and oents."
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-08-12
N0rSe.Hair Snakes.
Turf, Fold and Farm

The common belief is that these
creatures are a transfer NJ alton of IL
horse hair that has remained for some
time in the water. "When a walk
ing. stick" says DR.. Slack, "becomcs
snake, horse-hair will become a
worm. Asthe tho former miracle
has not taken place since the dcpart-
ure of the Israelites from Egypt, it
is safe to conclude that tho latter
transformation has not recently been
made. y dry hair placed in wator
will absorb the moisture, and, from
the unequal expansion of the exterior
and interior lay ere, will become con.
tortcd 80. too, would piece Of
two"inch rope, yet We have never
heard Of the latter having been ac.
oused of possessing vitality. Tho
hair'snakc is n living creature, en-
dowcd with organs Of locomotion and
respiration, and capable Of propagat-
ing its species, Scientifically it is
known as Gordius oquaticua, tho
generic name being derived from the
Gordiaa knot, in allusion to tho tang.
led appearance often presented by q
multitude Of these animals. The
specific name aquaticus is not so ap.
propriate, for they thrive out of wa.
ter" DR.. Slack has taken Gordii
six inches in length from the body
of Grasshopper. Thoy have alsc
been found In the stomacbs Of in.
| sectivorous birds.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-08-12

On the paternal sido Of Theodore
Tilton's family his unclcs havo been
eccentric, and two certainly, if not
three, of his cousins are, or have
been, lunatics. On his mothers side,
his grandfather and his half-unole.
the son of that grandfather, were
lunatios. There was an intetmar.
riage between the Tilton's, Theo.
dore's father and mother both being
1ilton's and from that union came
Edgar, Theodore's brother, a lunatio,
and Theodore himself-abou. whose
sanity there is at least q grave
doubt. g.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-08-12
Miscellaneous Items.

An English paper tolls of British
damsol who has just walkod 1000
miles in 1000 hours. Wasn't it
"talked ~
Tweed wears dark pantaloons, q
white vest, an al paoa coat and a
straw hat, and in no respect rcsem.
blcs zebra.
A Detroit Judge keeps the email
boy in something like subsection by
| threatening to have him pi nned to q
wall with a orowbar and hold until he
bleeas to death.
Punch notices IN orator who con.
tinued speaking for three-quarters of
an hour, after having expressly stated
at the outset that he really had no
voice in tho mattor.
At Presbyterian church, in Sara
toga, sermon was recently delivered
on the Christians regatta toward the
heavenly goal. He was described as
feathering his oar with precision,
turning the stakoboat of life with all
the resolution of faith, coming down
the desperate course Of the home
stretch with vigor, fixing his eye on
the heavenly Referee and taking
good care not to initiate the disciple
Judas and break his scull.-Boston
Post.
Just as she was about to take the
scat he offered her in tho street oar.
she said snappishly eff there were
any gentlemen in tho car they would
not allow lady to 60 the length Of it
before giving her seat" Then the
brutal man slid quickly back to his
seat and quietly remarked 81 think
tho ladies are all seated" This was
followed by an audible smile from
several male tyrants in the car, and
the lady ~, making frantic plunge
for the bcll-strap, was soon ushered
into the street, temper and all.-N.
Y. Mail.
The romance Of J.. j. Dreibeldes ::
"He left his family on farm near
Dubuque, twenty-five years ago, to
make his fortune in the gold d.6elds of
California, was brought nome last
Saturday by his son from Council
Bluffs, where he wrote from, inform
ing his family he had no funds to get
home. Heslwas, gladly received back
to tho bosom Of his family after his
long absence. His farm having in.
creased in value as the years rolled
on, is worth to day n sum of that will
mako him independent for life. His
wife remained true to him, although
he was given up for dead ter years
ago.
"You have not sent for me, but I
have come ! Your na ME, sir, is known
and honored from ono end of this
great republic to the other. When
the National Treasury was threatened
by a horde Of greedy Congressman,
you stood like a wall of adameat be-.
tween the people and those infamous
salary grabbers. "Lend ME dollar u
"My dear SIR" tho colonel FASTENED
TO explain, "you mistake the case en-
tirely l was one Of the grabbers."
"You were :" (Grasping tho colo.
nel's hand warmly "So much the
better! Lot me congratulate you
that parsimonious public could not
frighten yon oul Of what was fair re.
muneration for you invaluable servi.
ces. am glad that your peouniary
circumstances are so much better than
L supposed. Make it two dollars T.
And tho colonel did. 1t was the onl y
thing left for him to do.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-08-12

The municipal election in Vicks.
burg will be almost a matter Of races.
The Republican ticket presents tho
names of six oolored men for Alder.
man, out of oight. Seven colored
sldermanic candidates were at first
nominated, but one Of them "nobly"
withdrew in favor Of "white" oandi.
date. The peopl s. ticket is com
posed entirely of white men, and is
described as follows "There are
three Irishmen on the ticket, three
Germans, one Swede, and fifteen
Americans two Israelites, two Bap-
lists, two Presbyterians, four Metho'
dists. four Episcopalians, six Catho.
licks, and two scattering."
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-08-12

The grasshoppers on their way
South stopped railroad train and
got copies Of the st. Paul papers.
When they read that only a small
portion of the drops ha. 'een des
troyed, they started back 20 finish
up the job.--AIl1aukee Sent incl.