The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-03-29
News Of tho Day.

Complaints of Indian massacrcs
come from Arizona.
The demand for labor is increas-
ing in New York. .... ..
Twelve railroads in tho United
States are to be sold under the
hammer within two months.
The attempted observation Of the
expected transit Of the new planet,
Vulcan, across the suns disc, pre-.
dicted by Leverrior, was prevented
in America, on Thursday, by cloudy
weather.
The Niagara suspension bridge
has undergone thorough examina,
ton, and is pronounced entirely
safe. OF the 1850 wires, constitute
ing the four large cables, only ten
were found corroded, and these have
Eccn replaced.
Miss Emma Abbott, The now prima
donna, tells Toledo reporter how.
when she was poor, she used to
borrow fifty cents and a dollar, and
how, wlcn she got some money,
she toiographcd round the country
surprising htr creditors by paying
up the small amounts. 49,. ..
DR.. Mary Walker, the so!f-made
man, WAS forcibIy elected from the
Treasury Department on Friday
She had been in TIE habit of boring
the officials by persistent applica>
tons for position Acting Under
orders, the dooi keeper removed
her by placing his arm around her
waist-whcroat the Doctor became
much incenscd and had recourse to
the coults
Miss Bertha Won HillcM, accom-
plished the feat Of walking fifty milo 8
in eleven hours and fifty-eight
minutes, at Providence, r. l., on
Saturday. The freedom of her
movements and the fair and "man!y"
style Of her hccl-and-toe walk were
q revelation to tho spectators, who
cheercd her enthusiastically She
walked to the tune of n band sta
toned on the platform, and rested
but twice during the day twenty
two minutes at the conclusion of
t G thirty eighth round, md seven
minutes at tho forty-sccond Her
final circuit was made in the pres
ence of two thousand spectators.
Considerable excitement has been
caused in New York over the dis
appearance Of ex-NIayor Oakley HILL
of that city. He left his law Office
Friday evening a week ago, and 70
clue has been found to his subse
qucnt movements. Various theories
have been advanced in explanation
of his disappearance--one, That he
has fed to Europe to avoid testify
ing III the suit against Sweeney, the
Tammany thief; the other, that lie
has been robbed and murdered.
The latter is the very generally ac-
cepted belief, as Mr.. Hall was never
proved guilty of any completely in
the Tammany frauds. Two years
ago Mr.. Hall went upon tho stage,
but, not succeeding in that role, has
since been engaged in tho practice
o. law.
Ex-Governor John c. Brown, of
Tennessee, who has accepted nm ap-
pointment on the Louisiana Com~
mission, belonged to the Wing party
in 1860, and supported Bell and
Everett. Ho was q Confederate
soldier during the war, and rose 10
the rank of Ma jor General In 1870
he was president of tho Constitu-
tional Convention, ord was liberal
and national in his Sol tinentc,
zcalously favoling the enfranchise,
ment of the colorei people. He was
elected governor in 1870, and was
reelected in 1872, serving until
1874. He wasa delegate to the ST.
Louis Convention, and supported
Mr.. Tildon in the late campaign.
He is now ono of the vice-presideT ts
of tho Texas Pacific Railroad Com
pany.
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