The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-05-19
State News.

Tho young men of EdgeGeld village
! have organized"a ho, k and ladder
| company. ' .'.'' '''.. ''i '.'" ''..
The annual diocesan convention OF
the Episcpoal church will be held at
". Phillips church, Charleston, on
Thursday, che ! 9Th -instant.
The annual celebration of Calhoun
!iteary soeietyrwill take plaoe on the
adhs Nd SfiaS VIZ xs5osfiaon
Is the vnlodiotorian.
Tho wife Of Anthony Gardener,
oolored, Of Kershaw county, gave
birth on Saturday night last to three
children two sons aud a daughter.
Ground was broken Tuesday on the
Ashley river railroad at the point
where the Dorchester roa crosses the
Northeastern railroad track. The
work will be pushed forward rapidly.
The British ship Mary Stewart was
cleared in Charleston on SATURDAY
last by Mr.. Henry Gard for London,
via Bull river, S. g., with $50 tons
PnooP"ato IVohs a. ..
Senator Booth, Of California, de.
Ilvered lecture on Charles James
Fox, at Terre Haute, Indiana, recent
~, and in the course Of it, while
speaking of the decline Of parliamep-
taiy unH congressional oratory, said
"Another reason is that the publ ic
opinion vas formed by the debates
Of Parli ament and SCongress now
legislative acli5n is guided by pub
lie opinion, and tho journalist has
aae,apiFed the Influence and uonse.
quente which the orator has lost.
The aeSises;tp greagh has takqu
hold dfths Euglish ndbiiieyhiTbe
Marquis of Cholmoudclp and tito
Earl Of Cavan occupy n pulpit TT St
Georges Hall, London Lord, :, Rad
stock has gone to Russia, which he
has shpsen as his field for the pres
ent; Lord Carrick is preaching in
Cascle'conIer and other towns in
ireland ; and son OF Lord Chichcs :
ter is holding meeting in the villages
of Sussex, Of which county his father
is Lord Lieutenant.
The day fixed for the opening of
the Centennial exhibition is May. 10,
ls76T;jpst. one year off. The build.
ings will be ready for che rece eptiont
of goods by the close of 1875. when,
by contract, all the buildi, gs must
be completeds OF the prospects
of the success Of the 3exhihition have
Frightened visibIy. Some of the
European governments, that at first
hung back, are now actively enlisted
IN he matter; and, in the case of
G,eatCE GBfitain,I Ftbe, request has
in lread u come tor more space for her
goods than had at first bceu allotted.
The Mexican Congress has approx.
cd the construction of sundry ,ailn
ro; d., in one or more of which, is
view of recent events, it is presuma-
BILE parties in the Uu,ted Stntes are
interested. 4; The Pacific mail steam.
ers have stopped touching at Mexi.
can ports on the Pacific, because the
Government does not pay what it
owes them. Tia, revolu ion in
'Sliehodcan1l'as Hpsrafy2ed' business in
that State. Retels at Queretaro
have captured convoy of arms and
merchandise, and at Arroyo Seco,
after u sharp fight, robbed a|diligence
and murdered one of the passengers.
The Laurensville Herald suggest
to Judge NJ. Moses, that if he would
pay more attention to the transaction
of general business Of Court brought
before him, and desist in attempting
to persecute honest men on political
grounds, he might at least give salts
faction to tho people whom he is paid
to scrve, and there would not be suoh
good ground for complaint against
him fur iDetficienoy. Life is too
short to be annoyed with such judi
oial imbccile "s Judge Mo es.
A contemporary asks els mumps
singular, or'arc they yplural.f" Both.
When you got mumps on both sides
of your face they, are plural, but
they make q. person look angular
Brooklyn Argus. This is begging
thenuestion. Let's ,hear from the