The news and herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1876-1881, 1876-12-07
South Carolina News.

South Carolina News.
= Abbeville is going to have new
hotel.
The tide ofpleasure travel is set
ting towards Aiken.
Over ono third of the male popula-
ton OF Edgefeld county was in Co.
lumbia last weok.
Fire alarm telegraph boxes will
soon be put up all over Charleston.
The telegraph company is now haul
ing poles for the purpose.
Mr. J. e. Delarge, of Darlington
county, has had his gin house broken
open and several hundred pounds of
cotton stolen.
A colorod man named Field Eos
tor, living in Newberry, had his
house burned down last week, and
Ills little child was Lulnod in it.
! The dwelling Of Mr.. j. II. Derham
of Horny, with M ost of its contents,
was accidentally burned last week.
The three county commissioners
OF Newberry SIT eighty-two DAYS,
and received as compensation ST.,
055 70.
Abbevillo has been entertained by
a corps Of Amateur The.,tricals,
Their performance was both inter.
cst'ng and highly creditable
Rev. B. FPorter, colored NIassa-
chusetts carpet-bagger, has wisely
removed himself from AbLeville, and
is now engaged in the cure of souls
at Newberry.
All Of the prisoners confined in
the Lexington jail, six in numbor,
took leg bail last week, and have
forever rid that county of thoir
presence. There is now not q sinolo
inmate Of that jail
The first cargo of iron for the
Spartanburg and Ashcyille Railroad
has arrived at Spartanburg, and the
work of laying the track will be i'm
AN~.SAJ SouliiJCilCCu.
The Sumter Henocratic Cub bnye
pledged themselves not to lend their
aid or patronage to the Republican
party Ivy becoming surety on the
bonds of any of the late elected
county officials.
In compliance with a request
from tho bar, made in view of the
present disturbed condition O
public affairs, the Court of Common
Pleas for Charleston County has
been adjourned until 3rd day of
january, 1877.
The enoino of the amden branch,
>: G. +. r., lately colilued with the
Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta
train near the Wilmington crossing,
last week, throwing one of the cars
from the track and slightly damag
ing the engine. No one was hurt.
An accident occurred on the South
Carolina Railroad, near Granitevillc,
last W ok, by which fourteen freight
cars wero injured, and some other
slight damrge done. The accident
was caused by OH engino breaking
loose and colliding with the shift,
? ing engine.
There have been two late incen-
diary fires in Edgefeld; barn
belonging to Miss Annie L. Gomil-
lion, with it's contents, seven bales of
cotton, 200 bushels of wholt, 100
bushels of oats and quantity of
tod Ter; and gin house of Mr..
Jack Smyley, with six bales of cot
ton and fifty bushels of wheat.
A negro nam, ID Charles Turns,
residing in Hamburg, lately fired at
&wo young men pa sing through that
place. Turns, who is a desperate.
had previously declared his inten
ton of waylaying and killing young
Gctsen who was ono of the two
young men.
A resident of Line Street in
Charleston mas q worry peculiar idea
about the eternal fitness of things
In the middle Of his COW lot stands
q agloomy white tomb stone, all alone
IN its glory. How can q COW get fat
which continually has to observe so
melancholy areminder of the muta-
bility of earthly things?
Nelson Williams, colorod boy,
was shot in the hip by John Hagan,
while escaping from tho house of
MIR. George Nickles, at Abbeville.
The house had been robbed several
times of small valuab!es, and Mr..
llagan resolved to watch for the
intruder, which he did on Monday
night, with the above result. The
thief is badly, but not dangerously
wounded.
Mr.. Maxcy Gregg, who resides on
tho west side of ledee River, in
Marion county, shot and severely
wounded n colored female cottor
thief, last week. Having been q
severe sufferer from cotton stealing,
he md his brother undertook to