The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-09-04
NEWS OF THE DAY,

Ho" lollS Iley Will keep IL up.
Luigi do Luca, one of tho largest
merchants of Rome, has failed for
100000. Tho bankrupt has alb
seconded with $50, 200.
( Owing to tho depression in the
cotton trade, it has been decided to
close tho Nuncaton, England, cotton
mill, which employs over 500 opera
tives.
e. L. Stanton, son Of the late
Secretary Stanton, died at Washing
ton, on Thursday after q brief ILL
ness. He was lawyer, but had not
achieved distinction.
The soveroigns Of Spain, Holland,
Belgium, Portugal and Sweden have
announced their intention of being
present ut the Paris Exposition.
An OK Confederate officer, Hon.
John r. HALEY, formerly of Virginia,
has been elected Judge of the sec.
ond circuit in Illinois, consisting of
fourteen populous counties.
DR.. j. H. Jacques, formerly edi-
tor of the Rur0l Carolinian, and
author Of several works on agricul-
ture, died recently at his residence
noar Fcrnandina, Florida.
President Hayes has rocontlv de-
clared, officially and omphatically,
that the extra session Of Congress-
will certainly be held. 1t begins
next month.
President Hayes is having made
number of medals which he will
present to each officer and soldier
OF his old command, at the Veterans
Reunion in Fremont, Ohio.
A storm passed over Gilman,
Illinois, on Thursday, prostrating a
number Of houses The flou,ing
mills of John B. Grayson g. Son
were completely destroyed. One
person was killed..
Thomas Ball the sculptor, is at
work in Florence, Italy, upon tho
model of the proposed statue of
Charles Sumner, to be erected in
Boston. The model will be shipped
to the United States this fall.
The supreme co urt of Indiana has
declared null and void all divorces
procured in Utah courts. The
decision causes considerable ombar..
rassment in numerous domestic
concerns, not only in Indiana, but in
adjoining States.
Owing to the hard times and the
fraudulent count, and Secretary
Sherman's contraction policy and
the strike, and the Communist plat
form in Ohio, the Mississippi river
Is lower than it has been at any time
since tho panic.
| The proprietors of the Arlington
Hotel, Washington, authorize q
denial Of the statement that ex-
Secretary Belknap has left them in
the lurch i'll the matter of board
bill. They say "tho General has
always paid his bills" and is one
of their most welcome guests.
The military tribunal of Paris
passed sentence Of death upon M.
lIyaz, who acted as deputy mayor
OF tho twelfth 0r0ndiSsen,e,t during
the Commune. He was guilty Of
lncendiarisms and ordering illegal
arrests. His crimes were committed
six years ago,
Roumania has n business-like
way OF preventing railway accidents
on trains transporting troops. For
every soldier killed the railway com
pany must pay 1000 francs, and for
every officer $4,000 francs. Russia
could make money by disposing of
it's whole army in that way.
| There are now twenty-four million
people in Southern India affected
by famine. Of these at laast one.
sixth will die, says q Trustworthy
correspondent. Gases of cannibaly
ism have already been reported.
The English labor market is over
stocked, and there is no use in emf
grafton except under contract for
labor.
One OF the War Department
clerks has found letter from tho
father Of Charles Sumner, in which
\ a request is, made that Sumner be