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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-06-23
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The cases against Ex-Governor
Bullock, Of Gcorgia, for fraud will
not be tried until August.
a clerk in tho treasury department
at Washington in answer to aqucstion
propo'lndcd to all the employees,
wrote as follows "I have no Rola-
tvs by Blud or marig In the trcsu--
ry Dcpartmon." Flo was asked to
go out and join his "rolativs."
The. last remaining portion ofthc
famous table rock at Niagara Falls,
Weighing, it is estimated, sixty
thousand tons, recently fell into
the chasm below. -Four thousand
names scratched on the rock won't
along with it.
Earnest efforts arc making to sc
cure The completion Of railroad be-
tween Augusta and Knoxville The
latter city, it is thought, will sub
scribe half q million of dollars, and
the president Of the Knoxville and
Charleston railroad is prepared to
put eleven hundred Tennessee con-
vets to work rs soon as Augusta
subscribes her quota. The counties
along the route arc expected to con-
tribute hbcrally.
The largest woman in the world,
Mrs. Ruth Bcaton, alias Fanny
Wallace. died recently at her rosi.
dcncc in Vernon county,, Wis. She
was lifty-four years ofd, seven feet
four inches in height, and weighed
'5S5 pounds Her coffin was seven
feet eight inches in length, three
feet six inches in depth, four feet
wide ut tho contro, twcnty. four
inches at tho head and twenty three
inches at the foot It required eight
mon with block and tackle to lowor
the remains into tho grave. Sho,was
q kind, good neighbor, u loving moth
or, and was beloved by all who new
her.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-06-23

North, and we can look to tho future
when that flag shall float ovcra free,
united and prosperous people. Ap-
plause. ] say this to you as n
Southern man, u rebel for, when L
fought, L fought as hard us I knew
how against you; and say also
that, if that flag floats, as it should
do, over free and equal States if it
shall be the symbol Of Liberty and
Equality and Justice, all the States
and every man Of the South will
honor it and love it, as Of old, and
the time may come, once more, WHOM
New York and South Carolina shall
stand shoulder to shoulder against
the common enemy, and their blood
minglo upon tho soil. [Ap-
pIauso.J My friends, I shall bear
this cordial greeting back homo with
me to tho littlo Palmetto State, and
assure our people that your hearts
here throb kindly for us. I trust III
God that Il better future is before
the whole country, and that VIC
shall have peace, prosperity
and liberty to every man upon the
continent Applausc.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-06-23
BurcDCRo,

On the Sth Of June, 1868, Oliver
Cromwell summoned one hundred
and forty individuals selected by
himself, and thirty military officers
from the several counties in Eng
land. to meet at the Council Cham
bcr III White Hall, on the dth Of
July, OF the same year. OF the one
hundred and forty to whola SUMS
mons had been sent, one hundred
and twenty appeared. The object
Cromwell had in calling together
these representative of the nation,
as he styled them, was to take
charge Of the aEnirs OF the common>'
wealth
When they met, Cromwell, who
had assumed the title of Captain
General, appeared and delivered to
them II short speech. At the con
clusion of his speech, he handed
them al instrument of writing bear
Jug his own signature and seal. TO
this parliament, or any forty Of them,
he resi- signed, rs stated in the docu-
i'Si'H lCltl lCNt We lllC supreme
authority and government of the
commonwealth.
SO soon as Cromwell went out,
the parliament went through the
usual form of organization. Sir
Francis Rouse, Il nr0mber of the
Westminster Assembly and author
Of the version of the Psalms which
bears his name, was chosen speaker.
In this parliament there was a
leather-sollor by the name Of Barc
bone. in the Hnrebone family there
were three brothers. The Christian
hlmc Of each one of these was Il
sentence selected from tho Bible, or
81 sentence supposed to Cypress
somo ututrinc taught IN the Bible
The name Of the member Of the
parliament was "PrGi$c God Bur-
bO2'c ,'"tht name OF his; brothers was
"Ghuist Es&"'c Into 7Nc UnriN 10
,lSure D01jooo )" and the name Of
the third WAS, "T LhriA IIud
Not Uic0 IHou U0dM Bccu
banned R,A"hono.' From Mr..
Praise God Balbonc, The parliament
received thc.namc Barbone, and by
this name it is known in history.
y orh;ciiic .MaYuirer.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-06-23


EX~ President Grant is still having.
high old time in England. On
Monday he attended II breakfast
given by G. w. Smallcy Of the New
York TTibu4c, and thcro met
Matthew Arnold, Sir Charles Dixie,
Pollock, Browning, Trollopc, Tom
Hughes, Nj. p, besides other distin
guishcd Htcrutc'u's. How the new
"Doctor Of Civil Law" disp ortcd
himself among these intellectual
whales is not told. Ho mus, have
been fish out of water. That
evening Grant was tho guest of the
Rcform Club, Earl Granville pre-
= siding ut tho banquet. After the
Hon. MrFoster had oulogucd,, Hayes
Tor his 'Tn,nion policy" (Which by
the wnymust have brought blush
, to tho check of the cx-PrcsidcnE
''lGarl Granville proposed tho health
of the distinguished guest in q set
speech. Grant responded at con
. siderable .longth, and threw in
flowers of rhetoric with an nht0adou
nttorly inconsistent with his pre-
N'ous record rs speaker We arc
told that'"GcncG Grant spoke under
The pressure of unusual fctling"--
which we must confess is q novel
amt happy expression for the condi-
ton in which he may be supposed
to have been. Charles O'Conors
term was less refined. bat moro
+ strongly Saxon. On Tuesday Con.
Grant dmod with the Prince of
Wales at Marlboro House, and then
visited the Office Of tho London
11mes. How wo apples do swim
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LAMP CHIMNEYS.

RO dozen Chimneys of all kinds lust
~ received, and off, red ut reduced
rates, by tho dozen or half dozon, ut tho
Drug store OF
juno 8 DIR. w. T.. AIKEN.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-06-23
HAMPTON, AT AUBURN.
TUE FERNONS RECEj1ION By
ms NOHIIihHN FRIENDS

uo Nao,,os 1,,ro s,ao., r,,,o, ,s
Won Received.
The Ncac$ 0n1 CoUicr contains
u full tclcgraphie report of Governor
Hampton's reception at Auburn,
n, y, on "Wednesday last.
Governor Robinson, of New York.
.o;l t,,, u,o ,,oro;<m ,1;o,1,,,o, w..
,'>> ''''" ','D " -!
governor hampton curing inc ast
three months had fixed his fame
forever in tho hearts of his countrv-
,,or
Inc 1ohoWlh8 IS u report OF Gov~
crnor 1Iampton's speech in re
sponsc
..y. 7:.t:,ur;,ho1 -
""' 49, ,' "'' u ,'i
HIS ncch plc&hc" 10 alio''c 10 tho
contest III South Carolina. That,
my friends, was not q Doliticnl
et,ro.rr,o =, ,.ooo sor h;u,,a. n,a,,
~, 40 '''0 " ',N' 'n'''
any Such contest ever ""Sco on this
continent. 1t WAS Il contest for
civilization, for homo lulc. for GOOD
,,c,o,.,o,,A r,,l;ro ;tan,r r.
N' '''',N'''' w nav i''oi ~ ""'
#" c"''CcS6 Wa%ca ny inc pcoplc OF
south Carolina, not, as oomagOGucs
would tell Won. aoc;nst Northcrn
men. but q contest warcl AGAINST
carpct~banrers and when suv
carpot~ba~~cys I mean bv that
thieves. We do not call any North
crn man. anr Ir;shmnn. any (;ermon
any En"lishnnn, who settles in ON.
midst as I'M honest citizen n cornct-
haercr. We welcome such With
opcn ARMS. We toll them to como
to ,.ul' ucnia? skies and fertile soil
come one and all, and I plcdre them,
in tho name uf {Lc Statr . boen;t,
bic. war!n-hrartcd rccontion. We
DO not asl; whether thew arc Re-
rublicans or Democrats. T want TO
inprcss this anon your minds and
will do il l,v I'm Illustration What
was done bv tie Democratic Icris-
latuIc of South Carolina in ,imoet
its.,irHa .ct;on? 4 vacancy occurrcJ
ON the Sunrcmc Bench offbc Sto,c. =
rhicf Justice WAS To be elected . T.
WAS Il place which haI been l;llr1 bv
men uf the very hirhcst rcDutotion
in orr Comnorwcalth: the names
of honorcl sons of Carolina. who
would have done honor TO onv bench
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-06-23
THE EDIT oRIAL DEPARTMENT.
RECEIVES SPECIAL ATTENTION.
TIiE LOCAL COLUMN

Is well filled with town and county ntNr.
The aim of the publishers is to isSs,, ,
FIRSr-GliASS FAMILY NEWSPAPER,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-06-23

Col. w. G. Cokcr has received The
Democratic M0mination for Senator
from Darlington. The election
takes place on the 2G&h, after which
the Senate Will have u clear Demo-
cratic majority. We move.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-06-23

EX President Grant has received
tho freedom Of tho city Of London
at tho hands of the Lord Mayor.
ITO wilt now be able to transact any
business free from duty to the city.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-06-23

While General Ord was preparing
to CROSS over into Mexico in pursuit
Of cattle thieves, IL detachment Of
Mexican troops ran Il body of in
surgcnts over into Texts and there
had Il pitched battle. Next thing
they'll bag Ord and his Whole ten
party.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-06-23

>The Wew5 and Dtm(d
WlNNSBORO. S. G.
Saturday, June 90. (: 1877.
n. MEANS DAVIS, Editor,
JNO. S, REYNOLDS, Associate Editor.
Somebody ought to try blue glass
on Ben Dutlcr's bad eye. There is
no telling how many spoons may
have been lodged in it crosswisc.
Col. w. G. Cocker has received the
Democratic nomination for Senator
from Darlington. The election
takes place on the 2G&h, after which
the Senate Will have u clear Demo-
cratic majority. We move.
--.,---.ss-.-------
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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-06-23

Somebody ought to try blue glass
on Ben Buffers bad eye. There is
no telling how many spoons may
have been lodged in it crosswisc.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-06-23

Ilio R,l"slan Duke. at Patterson, =
few daySaGO was talking with Jackson
about the beauties Of America. Said
jackson, "Whcn T. went to Skan-
cntlcs across the Shawanguncl1
Mountains, [ came back by the way
OF Choutnqua, Conshohockcn, Sus~
0uchanna. WiSsnhikon, and Cntta-
ranGns, but found 40 scenery pret
tor than that around pnacack, Pc
quanac, HNckcnsNck, Sucasunna,
Hackanack, Wagaraw, IIopatcong
and Acquaol.anonk." The Russian
looked i'll amazcmcnt at thc uttcrcr
OF these simple words, gaspcd
witch, and died calmly.
A man on West Hill has brought
peace into his family circle forever.
Lnat week he moved into u new
house, containing q bay window and
twenty three closets, and he bought
his wife nine mics OF clothes line, IL
cord Of clothes limo props, one hun
drcd and twonty~four dozon clothes
pins. And tho angels Just come
down and sit around on the side
fence and envy that wolnan's perfect
hnppncas.~~-H'W|iIWoM Wi2cAcyc.
Iho ne"arapor press can now
apologize for ali the mean things
that have bcen said a against Vcr.
mont A young lady in that State
refused to marry the man she loved
till he subscribed for nowpapcr
and promised always to furnish the
family with this household necessity
), i. Quarlcs, u colorod politician
OF Augusta, Georgia, has been APP
pointed consul to Malaga
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-06-23

j. F. Quarlcs, II colorcd politician
OF Augusta, Georgia, has been app
pointed consul to Malaga.
, 1877-06-30


"PAss THE MUSTARD. THE ArgOnaut
asks, "Who are going to keep the pris-
ons when we all get into theDl" Don't
worry. brother Pixley, but send for
Edgetou, aud he will put a mustard plas-
ter outside your prison door and draw
you through the key-hOle. Have faith
in mustard. You can't have forgotten
how Henry once applied one to your
stomach, and wouldn't remove it, till
you solemnly promised to vote the Re
publican ticket without scratching
Have faith alike unto grain Of mus
tartl seed" 1t saved you from worse
fate than the prison, "whithsr you are
drifting" yea, verify, from voting the
Democratic Ticket. Mustard IL strength.
Dose on mustard, Frank. Have pots OF
it in your Office. Sow it in your back
yard, Use it for paste. Put it on your
ink rollers. Dilute and write with il.
Fortiy yourself with the stalks. Send
some to Edgeton, 50 il you do steal your
self into prison, he'll have it handy to
help you out with. And should you
ever die. be embalmed in mustard and
have some planted over you.
, 1877-06-30

PIONEER BALL.--N is enough to mike
man pull his hair all ont Of his head,
the way the Editor Of the Willamette
Farmer talks about the rosy checked
girls, dancing, wbiriing, caroming and
ricocheing against each ether in the ball
room at Salem last week. Now there's
one thing abous that ball that won't
wash. The Farmer tells about thc
dimpled checked dariings going to and
from the fair groaad through the dust.
Wehteet wading thssuga dust. Taint
natur. Wen bet a jack.knife that road
had to be sprinkled into mud puddle
before one Of them gals could be started
for that pioneer ball room.
, 1877-06-30

winters feeding, upwards of 10000
bushels Of grain.
Last year from one field of one hun.
dred ard fifty acres be- sold over $4,000
bushels of oats.
We also visited the house Of Cyrus
Darcy, Jas. Williamson and others.
These gentlemen are endeavoring 10
dixie in most of their respective ranches
this season. Our visit was very pleasant
with each of them. They arc making
for themselves beautiful homes. Straw
berries on the marsh were in their prime.
and especially noted for size, and deli
cacy of flavor, Just imagined how We
refused them.
, 1877-06-30

SKAGIT RIVER ITEMS Mr.. l.. GKelly
who recently was engaged building Mr..
Thompson's house, accldcntly shot aud
killed himself on Saturday. June 10,
1877. Returning from hunt, he net
his wife near the Jam, when in the act
of resting his gun, double barrel shot
gun, loaded with buck shot, upon the
ground, in same unexplained manner the
gun was discharged, the shot entering
his head, in mass near one eye, going
through the head, and coming out just
above the opposite ear. When the
smoke cleared away, his dead body lay
stretched upon the ground before his
wife.
Preparations are under way far ,oele-
brating the Fourth at Shagit City. The
ball at the hall will be given by Horan
Bros. Music by Sibley and Gslligan.
Other arrangements are such that good
time must be the result.
Skagit City wants good blacksmith
to locate there. The location is one of
the best in the Territory.
, 1877-06-30
nlall Contracts.
From the Seattle Tribune !

From the Seattle Tribune
A dispatch from Washington, Of the
22d inst, informs ny that hut two of the
contracts for which bids were called in
this Territory have been let. and they
are the one from Tacoma to Puyallup, y
weekly service, to NJ. j. COgsweIl, for
$ljO year, and the ore from Colfax to
Pulpusc, to S. S. Huntley, for $H66 a
year. All other routes "a lvcrtscd are
adjudged unnecessary. No bids were
received for the proposed service foUm
Sc tile to the Seattle coal mine. 1t is
wonderful Low smartly the Department
d "s manage some of these matters, as
for instance the route to the SEATTLE coal
mine. The route was established by
Congress, and the information necessary
to the advertising and letting OF thr,con,
tract was called tnr from the Seattle post.
master. 1t WIS sent, accompanied by
the Recommendation that nothing he
done in the matter tor some months, ns
the Seattle coal company was already
performing daily service over the rout,.
that cpuld NOT lie NOR, occe,toble for
which the Government poid n,thinU.
and in comparison with which the week
ly service contemplated Inv the Depnrt-
mrnt, besides costing several hundred
dollars n wear. would he An ipirry, In
addition to this it was stated thst the
railroad WAS nbout beinc rxtend,d from
, 1877-06-30

A RUN OVER THE SwINoMISH.-On
last week Wednesday we took run
over the swinomish fats, just stopped
at Mr.. Wilkes place, then visited Mr..
Sullivan, who has partially recovered
sight since the operation performed
upon his eyes.
With Mr.. S. Calhoun we had long
chat. He has this year IN cultivation
about three hundred and twenty acres
oats, one hundred acres barley, forty
acres OF hay, and about five ncres OF
vegetables Has eight men in his en-, t.
ploy, and keep enough horses for his
team work. HIS dairy consists OF
twenty COWS. His grain is threshed by
steam thresher. Should no accident
happen, he expects to have to sell from
this years crop, after reserving all needed
or next years seeding, and this next
, 1877-06-30

AN old lady, with an unpronouceable
name, wants to know, :" il sea sickness is
what causes sailors to be always heaving
up anchors" Pcrhaps--but then, we
have Sseu old shell backs hundred miles
inland from even a sea breeze, heaving
harder than they would have to, if oil
Krupp's big guns we melted into one
anchor, and they were put to the capstsin
bars TO heave it aboard.
, 1877-06-30
Notice OF Sherill,s Snle OF Renl



BY virtue Of an Execution issued out OF the
District Court Of Snohomish County Washing.
ton Territory In the cause, celia Nc MILAN
versus Neil Nc MILAN 10 me directed and de.
livered, have levied upon aud taken into XIX.
ecution the following described parcels aud
tructs Of land, to wit the south half Of 5 Il y
Of Section No. "a N Il M Il 4 Soc, No. a.
S W x OF Sec. 28 NV 4 ofN WA;SEA
OF N W u aud N u OfsW W II; SE 4 offs "
X Section So 1OwnsbipaO, Range East con,
tanning $40 acres more or less, said land being
situate 10 snOh0mish County W. 7.
Notice IL hereby given on Saturday the Soth
day Of June A D 1877 Ut the hour VI $3.50 N,
Of said day at the Court House door Of 8nohO.
mish County, W. I. l will sell to the highest
bidder for cash, gold coin Of tie United States,
the whole Of said premises, or so much there
of "a may be necessary to satisfy the Judgment
and Cost, according 70 said Execution.
The said ppOperty will be sold subject to
the Lease now held BY Benner& Young and II
Mortgage in tNerUf Henry Mills.
BENZ. STRETCH
Sheriff Of Snoh0msh Co.,
BY Rm. WHITFIELD, Deputy.
Dated ae Snohotaish City May 81, 1877.
W. N. TRrIoT, Attorney for Plaintiff.
, 1877-06-30

"A deb, paying revival" is the last
boast of the religious press. We never
before comprehended the full scope OF
Moody and Sankey's work. They
threaten with eternal punishment, scare
sinners into the church, while the trustees
go through their pockets to pay off old
debts. That is ss sharp as jim Fisks
corner" on black Friday"
, 1877-06-30
The following was accidentally

The following was accidentally omit
tsd'Ias week Mr.. D. e. Bartlett, VIII .,
in company with several others, left here
for east Of the mountains last spring, re-
turned last week. He reports the grain
crop IN Kittatas valley rs somewhat in
jured by the ground squirrels, Stock is
plentiful, cheap and in excellent condi-
ton Flour is wbolesaling at $3.50 per.
barrel. Bacon is IL cts. per pound.
No great amount Of placer mining is be-
ing done. Five tons Of quartz crushed
by an araster yielded sl62. in gold.
Fifty tons more are to be crushed, then
if the yield is justiiable stamp mill
will be erected. He represents the
country an excellent one for stock, but
needing irrigation iffsrmed. The valley
is settling up very fast. He met Ma
varre's surveying party on the way over,
just be Ona the summit.
, 1877-06-30

THE last logs on the snoqualmie and
Skykomish are now in the boom above
town. Roberts arc at the mouth of the
slough all ready for driving. This
makes clean sweep OF all the up river
logs except those on Pill Chuck. We
have not had more favorable logging
season in many years.
, 1877-06-30

FOURTH OF July CELEBRATION AT LA
CONNER. National Anniversary
will be celebrated by the patriotic citi,
zens OF the Swinomish residing in the
vicinity Of La Conner in hearty man.
uel. The exercises ore expected to be
about as follows:
A Picnic Dinner.
Reading the Declaration of Independ-
ence by a. T. Highly, Esq
Grafton by Dr. T. C. Mackey.
In the evening there will be a grand
bail given by Mr.. III. Conner, ct the
public Hall. Music will he furnished
under the leadership Of Vet. CLARK, II
ia expected that there will be o fine dis
play of fire works also in the evening.
, 1877-06-30

THE YakimS arrived Friday morning,
with full load of freight and several
passengers. She took partial load of
knees from Packard d Jsckson's wharf
and left same day. She towed boom
belonging to Blackman Bros. to Port
Gamble.
, 1877-06-30

my congregation is increasing and /
am convinced the world Is growing bet
ter" said one Clergyman to another.
"And so is mine" was the reply"
"Where is your church located" gueried
the first "I am Chaplain in the States
Prison"