The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-05-08
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

spCcts fine success.
Beaufort is to have q Young Mems
Christian Association.
Port Royal, according to it's local
editor, is now in q condition to sup
port two lawyers.
Mr. John Rothwcll, tho English
evangelist, is expected to visit Wal~
halla in u short time.
Col. John G. Haskell, brother of
COL A. G. Haskell, has been admitted
to the practice Of law in the courts
of this State.
Senator NJ. c. Butlcr has accepted
an invitation to deliver an address
on the 10th inst.-Decoration Day
before the Memorial Association of
Sumter.
AS general rule farming opera
tions are backward in Pickcns coun-
ty, great many farmers not being
half done planting. They have had
SO much rain that on y Il few DAYS at
time come when it is dry enough
to plow.
The is lively little fight going on
between trial Justice in Port Royal
and the municipal authorities of that
place. Anogro Was fined ten dollars
by the council fer an assault and
battery, and promptly paid the Gne.
The prosecutor WAS not satisfied and
had his assaiiant taken before trial
justice. Here the fight rs to iuris-
dictlon bcGan-and it isn over yet.
The prisoner pleads former conyic-
ton.
There is family in Beaufort that
was mourning for four months
the supposed death of the husband
and father, but their sorrow has inst
been turned into JOY. Tho gentle
man wandered off in IL state of in
sanity, and was put into Tennessee
asylum. Under kind and judicious
treatment, the unfortunate man ro~
covered his reason, and st once
returned to the bosom Of his wife
and little ones. Their Joy may be
better imagined than described.
A very sad accident occurred at
the residence of Mr.. w. y. Pruictt,
in Anderson county, on the 25th
ult-, which resulted in the death of
his little son, aged about three years
He, with his brother, aged five years,
were playing near the we'll: and on
running upon the platform he
stepped on a plank, one end of which
was not resting properly upon the
sleeper, when it gave way, and let
the little fellow in On examination
his neck and back were found to be
broken.
Some nights ago the family of DR..
Elias NIcCutchen, residing in Sumter
county, wero disturbed by the bark
ing OF dogs. The Doctor, being an
invalid, sent his son to quiet the
dogs, who hastily returned inform
ing his father that he saw two
negroes under tho mock orange
trees, near the house, and in his
hurry to give the alarm, left the
door open, when one of the negroes
seeing this, entered the house. Miss
McCutchen couragcously rushed to
the door in the dark to prevent her
father going out, and in doing SO,
clutchcd the pistol in the hand of the
negro, who wrcnchcd it from her
and discharged it, the ball lodging
IN tho ceiling of tho room. The
pistol of DR.. McCutchen snapped,
and tho desperate negro thief cs-
capped. These thieves were evidently
in search of money as the cotton
undor the house was not disturbed.
Several nights ago, q tired, dis
couraged man out on North Hill
went home, flung himself down on q
lounge, and said he wished he was
dead-dead--dcad In two hours
ne was writhing in premature and
unreasonable attack Of cholera NOR
bus, and howled, and prayed, and
swoatod, and had four doctors in the
house, and drank quart of medicine
and had mustard~plastcrs smoared
all over him, and wopt, and said he
wasnt half tended to, and he be-
lievod they would like to see him die.
Bu'ltn9ton Uuacheye.
a gentleman observed an urchin
who had a large slice of bread in
ms hand and who was crying very
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