The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-03-31

particularly destructive IN its etteo''
in Aiken county aid vicinity. Al
the plantation of Mr.. George W.
Turner, on the Edgrfeld line, pcarly
all the out.buildiugs were utterly
wrecked, while the residence. itself
was almost wholly demolished. Mrs.
Turncr had an arm broken, and hc,
son-in law, DR.. W. Jennings, : jr.,
was seriously out.in the legs By tht
falling .imbers. Two 'coiored. men
were instantly killed, ,as. we're ALSO Il
considerable number of mules and
COWS. H. . 49,"
At the plantation Of fHCol. Jacob
Foreman, at tho othor end Of the
county, that is ou.the Savannah river.
near Silver Bluff, similar dish stcrs
occurred. Nearly all tho smaller
houses were swept away the mansioh
was ruined beyond repair, and a
colorcd nan and girl were Instantly
killed. H.. .o,,..
At Mr.. William Woodword's
place, ten miles lower down the .riy.
cr, the effects of the storm wore as'
painfully apparent. Out Of fifteen
houses only two were d left
standing, whilst the timber all round
was fcllcd like wheat under the
sickle. ''' = ''5
In the town of Aiken the shad dc
trees, some of then two feet in
diameter, were tora up by the roots,
but no serious damage was done TO-.
person. or property. except the utter
demolition Of the Catholic church, a
frame structure erected'in the spring
Of 1872. The Injury to the planting
interests in and around Aiken are
almost inealculable. No such storm
has ever before prevailed there, even
III the memory Of the oldest inhnbi.
tant.- Union-UeraM. - 3d..
"Y ou say, Mr.. springles, that Mr..
Jacocks was your tutor. Docs the
court understand from that you
received your eduoatiou from him 7'
"No, sir by tutor 1 mean he learn.
Cd nc to play OH tho Flench horn.
lilo taught me to toot-hence call
him my tutor" .~ 3. .'.H I.
The respite by Governor Cham.
berlan, until the 2d Of April, of
Auld, who murdered Butler Gholson,
i'll oraugeburg, some time ago,
caused demonstration in that town,
on Friday last. A serious row and
an attempt at lynohing was imminent;
but the rioters woro finally quieted.
"Shut your eyes and listen nit
me" said Uncle Van Heyde. "Vcll,
de first night I open store l counts dc
monies aud ends him nix right
counts him and dcrc be tree gone {;
and Vat yer tink l does den - "I
can't say" w, did not count him
any more, aud ho comes out shoost
right ever since ...
"Can you let me have dollar this
morning, Husband : I AN entirely
out Of change" "What broke
again ! how this extravaganza docs
play the mischief with modern sooie.
ty aud dom estc happiness. Where's
the dollar gavo you in Soptcml
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A Wisconsin genius, it is said has
stumbled upon Il perpetual motion
machine. Its mechanical arrange.
ncnt is very similar to that Of
woman's tongue. His mother in.law
was willing with him at tho time ho
mad: tho lucky strike.
In the Cincinnati Republican Con-
vcntion, held on tho 18th inst, "Old"
John Robinson, the well.known circus
proprietor, " II unanimously nomiua.
ted for Mayor. lie ought to run
we'll p,liticaIly, as ho is accustomed
to riding tro horses at once.
w -. o.
The Cincinnati Enquirer tells of
Of woman there who has triple,s, and
of another who owns three pairs of
twins. They disagree us to, which Of
them holds the best hand. Schenck
says throe Of a kind beats two pairs,
but he don't say how, many of q
kind it takes beats ttres pairs. .
a liquor dealer gave verbal orders
for sign to rcad "F'ine Whisky's
for Private Families" but was amaz.
cd to find that tho painter had made
t, "Private Whisky's for Fine Fami.
lies" He concluded to accept IL.
a Sunday school boy complains
Of the dilatoriness Of tho officers of
tho school in procuring Minister
Schcnck's new work on ."Draw'
Poker" for the library.-Norytsio. .cn
Ucrald.
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Two mcn--Jamos Gordon, white,
and Charles Ramsey, coloIod--wcre,
drowned ia the river, near Augusta,
q few days ago, by their boat up.
setting. l." &. ''."' N"'.,r, =
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4 lazy school boy who spelled An.