The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-02-23
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| Female suffrage appears to DO
making some headway in Maine. A
bill hasibeen reported in the House
of Representatives, allowing them
the right to vote in municipal elec~
tions. u HIP rfts@
A bill is before the New York
Assembly which, if adopted, will
oblige the elevated railway com~
panies in New York to run their
trains every ten minutes from seven
p. m. until0 midnight, land every
fifteen minutes from midnight to
five o'clock in the morning, ,luhA |
A committee OF the United States
Senate has agreedSto create q new
territory out of portions of Wyo>
ming and Dakota, to be called
Lincoln. It is difficult to, see what
the object is unless it be to provide
places for some needy politicians
and add to the expense Of the gov,
ernment. . '"''' ',,'.'.'l' ..''>''. ~
Vassar College is q sweet place.
When the astronomical class plays
billiards the girls say, "Now, Louise,
caramel on the eEred pop~corh ball."
"There's Q kiss on the white"
"Pocket Mary's marsh mallow,
Jennie" Then they all go up into
the observatory and sing, "Treacle,
treacle, little star"
Novel readers are having great
pleasure stored up for them.
George Eliot is publishing work
named after an idiot who figures in
it ; William Black has given us the
first chapters of O. Scotch ,story !,
and Thomas Hardy has printed in
stalments of book which SO far
promises to be the strongest that
he has written.
/ According to dispatches from
Havana there is prospect of peace
in Cuba.. It is reported that the
Spanish troops have been ordered
to suspend operations in the field
and to merely act on the defensive.
On the other hand, the representa-
tives in Washington of the patriot
cause declare that the reports have
no foundation in fact.
Wiikie Collins is getting careless
in his old age. Ais latest story
contains some curious blunders
The scene is laid in England in
1917, yet three of the characters
speak Of taking .''express traips,"
and a fourth, a lawyers clerk, sends
telegram" to his principal. There
were no passenger railroads in
England before 1925, while practic-
ed telegraphy only dates from
1914. In his next we may expect
to have the people of a dozen years
ago talking through the telephone.
SouTHhRa] EDr roAT1oNAI CoSSvEN,
r1oN.-The Southern Educational
Convention was in session for two
days ats.7AtlantaY last week kessHon.
GustaSus J: Orr, Of Georgia, was
elected PRESIDENT, Nearly ali the
Southern States We're represented
by able and accomplished educators,
whose energetic Efforts to aid popu-
lar education in Sthe South are COM
mendable and| praiseworthy. The
Object Of this meeting was that
proper measures might be inang gu-
rated to secure the setting apart S}bY;||
CongressSSof the uetHpr6ceeds 81 the
annual sales BY public lands ii aid
of general education throughout
the United States, The proposition
originated with Northern. Oongress Il
men, we believes md its Rfec5 Swill
be toegiye the South the larger por-
tion2 Of the annual appropriation for
at least ten years to i come, is IL 9
distribution of funds arising from
sales of public LANDS viii BE based
upon illiteracy in the several States. |
After the expiration of teng years, the
fund is to become general. This is
the general sch heme,s Whith was set
on foot by the National Educational |
Conyention several \ months - ago.
The matter was ably q discussed. lat
the meeting an Atlanta, 3 and the
views of members were embodied III
a series of resolutions" Should this
plan be carried out, the education Of
the masses will receive u new i'm
pulse especially in the Southern
States. ,aaoTbbh
upE-YTr. witt T77r7s . G'g
The SPREAD OF INFIDEL1TY. - The
great excitement at the Nosth at the
present time is pgeg the question Of
eternal phnishment.a It is disturb-
ing society greatly. Beecher takes
the ground against eternal punish