The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-12-15
Advances On Bills. OF LRaing,
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We publish a decision which will
be Of great interest to all dealers in
Western supplies. The case was
tried in Cincinnati, and was a suit
brought by commission firm OF
Baltimore against an Ohio railway
to recover the yal,te Of one hundred
barrels Of flour for which tho rail
way accepted, but which tho com.
mission merchants never received.
A party in Cincinnati received q bill
of lading for two hundred barrels
of flour, and forwarded it to tho
Baltimore firm, who mado largo nd.
ssances on the strength Of it to the
coqsignor.' Only ono hundred bar
rels were delivered, and tho railway
proved that only this number came
into their possession. The con.
signor becoming bankrupt, the Bal
timore firm brought suit against tho
railroad company upon the bill of
lacing. The Ohio court decided
in favor Of the defendant ON tho
grounds that bill of lading sis
not negotiable in the commercial
sense Of the term" and that it is
not within the scope Of the authori
ty Of a railway employee to sign
bills OF lading for goods which he
does not receive. It is to bo pre-
sumed that this case will find its
way to the Supreme Court of Ohio,
and If the decision of the lower
court be sustained by this tribunal
it is probable that there will be
revolution in Augusta in the method
of doing business with the West.
The custom which prevails here
now, and has prevailed for several
years, will, Of necessity, be abolished
as no prudent dealer would feel
safe in continuing it. Ifa provis-
ion dealer orders car loud of
corn or of bacon from Ohio or
Chicago the shipper draws a sight
draft for the price, attaches to it
the railway compnny's bill Of lading,
and forwards it for collection. Tho
dealer pays it, taking the bill of
lnding US a guarantee that the goods
for which he pays hive been deliv-
cred to the railroad, and are ON the
way to Augusta. But under tho
decision published he is absolutely
at tho mercy of the shipper and
takes the bill of l"ding at his peril.
Ifhe has ordered ten thous md bushels
of corn and pays sight draft, with
bill Of lading attached, for the
price OF ton thousand bushels, and
only one thousand bushels arrive,
no has no redress in the event of
the insolvency of tho party from
whom he purchased. A case similar
to that reported in Cincinnati is
pending in Maryland, and in that
State tho lower court held that the
railway company was responsible
upon it's bill Of lading whether the
goods wero actually received or not.
augusta Chronicle and .Senti
mel.
There is q lady in New York City
who was once engaged to be marri-
ed to John Wilkes Booth, but broke
off tho match and requested tho
return of her letters, which he re
fused. Her story goes that she
never heard directly from him again
until two years after his reported
death, when man called at her house
at dusk. She opened the door her-
self ho handed her q sealed pack
ago and disappeared. On opening
it she discovered her own old love
letters to Booth, and line un-
mistakably in his hnnd. 1t was :
81 return your letters" Inside
the letters was pieco of Cuban
newspaper. She firmly believes
that Booth still lives.
Abbeville Press and Banner :
The Chief Of Police and his assist
ants have been arrested for tho
murder Of Jane Wynn, one of the
poor, miserable creatures who were
carried to the guard house at
twolvo o'clock at right. She pro
tested that she was not we'll, and
appealed to them not to take hor.
She was locked up for two days
when she took pneumonia, and diod
soon after being released.
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The National Temperance Society
have moved on tho Centennial COM
missionors in brave. array, and re-
quested them to cancel all grants
they have made for the sale of vine
ct the Centennial. An Information.
al Exhibition OH tho temperance
plan woald bo q novelty, but it is
feared that 1t would not excite the
admiration of Johnny Bull, Johnny
Crapoau, or even the visitors from
Faderland. The "National Tenn.
perance Society" had better with
draw it's request to the Centennial
commissioners.
On Kentucky rapid transit line,
recently, passenger stopped the
brakesman aB he was going through,
and asked "How fast does this
train go? A mile an hour 7" 1T
goes fast enough to suit us. If you
don't like the rate of speed, get out
and walk" was tho rejoinder. II
would" replied the disgusted pas