The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-02-18
The Wizard Of the Billiard Tube.

Adrian liar, the celebrated French
billiard player, gave one OF his scion
tiiic. billiard entertainments in the
Newcastle Town Hall, England, late. =.
~, before an apprcciativc assembly.
Though an "c%pcrt" with the cue,
his fAvorltc mode of play is by spin
Mug tho ball from between the
thumb and foratinger Of the right
hand, and he has this great advan
tagc over his opponents who use tbs
cue, that he can move his ball from
any part Of the board and spin it
from whichever side Of his object II
ShaIl be most favorable for the in
tended cnrom or hazard. The first
item IN the programme was carom
game Of 800 points ur, wherein MIR.
q. II. Banks of the Black Boys bill
lizard rooms received fifty points
start, and welded the cue in opposi.
tion to the powerful thumb and fore
finger of the French professor. The
professor. who seemed able to re
peat a losing hazard in one Of the
corner pockets any number Of times,
skill, BY nearly $50 points, his high
est break being a good all-around
one, in which he scored l37 points.
Tnen followed an rX albi5inn Of fancy
strokes, among which Monsieur Izar
played new stroke, kuown as the
saake caron, the bail running the
gauntlet Of two decantcrs au1 sixteen
tumhicr glasses before making the
desired carom. He made carnms al
ter causing his ball to describe all
sorts Of curves; made caroms from
miss strokes, made caroms on to the
woodwork OF the table, from the table
Oh to the floor, caromcd with fifteen
pyramid balls, spun the balls into all
the pockets from every conceivable
angle, and wound up most marvel
Gus entertainment by spinning one Of
The balls upon plate for four min.
utes and u half.-SpTH oi'the Times.
It is conceded that if the Carpen-
ter New Election bill is referred to
the Morton Committee of Privileges
and Elections Il majority Of the com
mittce will report fuvorably npon it,
The following named Senators will
vote in favor of it, namely Messrs.
Logan, Alcorn, Sumner, Carpenter
and Salisbury.
1t is also rumorcd that the
President has again changed base on
the Louisiana question. lie remarked
to Senator yesterday that he would
not feel chagrined i'm new election
should be ordered in Louisiana, but
for personal reasons lie finds his hands
tied, and be il prevented f:om taking
further action in the rIprcmiscs. The
annoyanccs and rascalitics Of these
Louisianians, he added, arc be-
yond all endurance, and he hoped
the day was not far distant when his
administration could throw them all
of into common pottcr's field Of
bis past errors, which experience
would enable him to keep clear fin
The future. lie dcprecatos the for.
eign complications likely to arise
from the condition Of financial lcgis-
'ation brought aho"t ly the Kellogg
Legislature in their FnuGing bill.
which virtually rcpuliatcs the claims
Of foreign bondholAers and cnrichcs
Il few desperate political adveuturers.
The llerald'a special dispatches on
Louisiana affairs have caused quite
commotion among Louisianians
here. Various prominent gentleman
arc suspected of being lcaky, and
even the fifteenth amendment broth
crs are accused Of TIA king too much.
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