The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-09-17

GRENADA, Miss, September 12.-
DR.. Voolfolk, of Paducah, died yos-
tcrday, after IN illness of one week.
Six other deaths to-day. Two now
cases reported. DR.. Veazoy, of New
Orleans, and DR.. Henry Stone, of
Natchez, are the only physicians
here. A light frost last night.
New ORLEANS, September 15.-
Deaths SO. Cases reported 149, in
Guiding 6G cases dating from the 1st
to the 9TH instant.
VIcKsBuRa, September 15.-The
weather is clear and warmer. There
was n light frost yesterday morning
northward in the Mississippi bots
toms. The fever hore is abating in
new casos, but the deaths continue
very large There woro % to-day
1G whites and colored.
TERRY, MISS, September 15.-~
There are twenty cases of fever at
Dry Grove, five miles from here.
C1NclNNATI, September 15.-Four
of the infected barges of the steamer
John Porter, that were torn from
their moorings below Gallipolis by
sudden rise in the river, reached
this city to day. Two were crushed
against the piers of the Cincinnati
and Newport bridges, and the other
two were sunk below the city. The
steamer Porter in pursuit captured
the remaining barges and has again
started up the river with them.
B1LoxI, September 15.-Yesterda
there were one death and three new
cases To-day there were no deaths
and no new cases.
GRENADA, September 15.-Two
deaths to-day and two new cases,
The fever is abating.
aENERAI d0ssIP.
Fifty.seven cases of champagne
have been donated in New York for
the Memphis sick.
Congressman Atkins, of Tennes-
see has been unanimously renomi-
mated by tho Democrats of the
eighth district.
The now iron steamship Gate
City left Chester, Pa, for New
York, to enter the service of the
Ocean Steampship Company.
Henderson Afford, negro, was
found guilty at Raleigh, N. O.,
Wednesday, of the murder of Depu-
ty Sheriff Passmore in 1876, and
sentenced to be hanged in October.
Over six hundred bodies were
recovered of persons drowned by
the disaster to the Princess 4llice.
A large maj ority of the bodies are
recognized. Eighty could
not be identified, and were buried
at Woolwich.
Only three of the Cabinet officers,
Sherman, Evarts and Schurz are in
Washington. Key is on the Pacific
coast; Thompson is in Indiana
Devens is West with tho President
and McCrary is in Iowa-Thompson
and McCrary are taking part in tho
politics of their respective States.
The Democrats of Boston have
held caucus for the election of
delegates to the State Convention.
In noarly every ward Butler dele-
gates were chosen. The general
complexion of the entire Boston
delegation is said to be decidedly in
favor Of Butler.
An up-bound passenger train on
the Central Railroad, Atlanta dlvis"
ion, ran into COW Sunday at the
eighteen mile post from Macon,
tot,lly wreclking tho engine and two
ice cars and smashing the baggage
car. The engineer was seriously
scalded and the fireman badly hurt.
No passengers were injured.
While the small stern wheel
steamer Nadine was coming to St.
Louis from st. Charles, on Sunday
afternoon, she struck snag about
q milo above tho mouth of the Mis-,
souri, river and sunk. Louis Will
kinson, colored, Charles Everett,
and O. man named Dunlap, all men,,
bers of the crew, arc supposed to be
drowned; and the boat and cargo
arc total loss.
A special, dated Austin, 9th inst,
says Sheriff Kerber, of Ell Paso,
reports to the acknowledgement that
his deputy arrested, on the 28th