The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-03-07
BRIC-4-BR1C.


BRIC-A-BRAC.
General Beauregard was Chief
marshal of the grand street pageant
in honor of the late Pope in New
Orleans.
Eighteen million dollars in judg-
ments are down to Tweed's account
in the courts and the proceeding
to declare him bankrupt has failed.
Three weeks ago the aggregate
sum which John r. Raymond the
actor, had paid Mark Twain for the
right of playing "Colonel Sellers" in
the "Gilded Age" was 100000.
King Humbert, Of Sardinia, is
reported to be seriously indisposed.
He has been subject to blood-spit-
ting for long time, and recent
fatigue and excitement have aggra-
vated his complaint.
Pious tramps now infest Fitch
burg, Mass. They enter house
unlimited, inquire if the inmates
love the Lord Jesus, distribute a
few tracts. and make themselves at
home for an indefinite period.
Mr.. William B. Astor has lust
bought for $4,000 General Phillips,
O. horse which has won many races
in the Gulf States, and which the
Galveston Neaos predicts will be at
four years old the fastest horse of
his age in the country.
Some OF the foreign papers ac-
count for Prince Bismarck's in
creasing irritability by his financial
embarrassments. His grand specu-
lations at Varzin have turned out
badly, and the Lauenberg estates,
presented to him him by the nation,
yield only small interest.
The London correspondent of the
Edinburgh Scotsman says Mr..
John Walter QiberaD, member of
Parliament for Berks and chief pro>
prietor Of the London Times, was
black balled at the Athen@um Club
on account of his anti-Tur kish
sentiments.
The Silver bill having passed
Congress by more than a two -thirds
vote, comprising many Of the purest
and ablest men in that body, it
would be in good taste for Mr.. Bon
Hill and the Netos and Courier no
longer to speak of il as athe r,ick-
pocket bill" -.
Valentine Baker, formerly colonel
of the Tenth Hussars in the British
army, writes to the London papers
that he has not been relieved of his
command nor has he resigned. He
has simply been furloughed, and his
position in the Turkish army re.
mains unchanged.
MIR. James Mckay, The California
Bonanza millionaire, said to be the
richest mon in the world, intends to
bear tho expense Of the California
mineral display at the Paris Exhi~
bition, the Legislature of the State
having refused an appropriation for
the purpose.
The Revision Committee Of the
American Bible Society has pro.
gressed with the revision of tho
Old Testament through Jeremiah
and Lamentations and the first
three chapters of Ezekiel. The
New Testament Committee has re-
vised the larger part of the Epistle
to the Galatians.
A few days since Colonel Brad
Icy r. Johnson, of Richmond, Va
requested permission from Cover.
nor Vance for the Walker Light
Guard to pass through the State
OF North Carolina, OH their way to
Charleston. Governor Vance ra-
sponded as follows: "Permission
granted to pass through North
Carolina with your command. Be
virtuous and you'll be happy-but
You won't have much fun"
Last Sunday the Rev. Stephen
d. Iyng, Jr., OF New York, said
that S1s0,O0G had been subscribad
to pay off the 100000 debt of the
church, and that he wanted $40. 600
before Lent. -Four mon, who. had
already subscribed $4,000 each.
added twenty per cent. to- their
subscriptions, making $4,000
The rest was quickly subscribed
making $200,1TG4B as the ann
totaE The subscription book and
Il the collection were held up in. d.
Tyngs arms as he sang: "Praiae
9odr from Whom all blessings flowI'
the congregation and choir ;o;n,,,I.