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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-12-12

TTH1s Hotel, situated in The sentss Of
4 thetown, offers and guarantees to the
public inducements nnsprpassed by any
other house in the place Table sup,
piled with the best in the market. Com.
Portable rooms and polite attention,
Terms-$2. 90 per day. aug o-tf II
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-12-12
DAY PAssESGER-GolNG Souru.
, CIV AdVortineliGS.

Ncw AdvortimeM5s.
Notices.. S. Wolfe.
Masonic MccGng-G. b. McCants,
Secretary.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-12-12
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

A GENTS WANTED--For the best and fastest
LAselling Pictorial Books and Btelcs. Prices
reduced 33 per cent NATIONAL 'Pt tBLISIIINC}
COMPANY, Philadelphia. Pennsylvania.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-08-10
Nu,aber Ei0biesi1.

NuHber Eighteen -.-a-
The Superintendent of Public Education
shall receive a salary of thirty i've hundred
dollars, payable quarterly on his own war
rant
Number Nineteen.
No license tax shall be imposed by the
State, or any parish or municipal authority,
on any mechliical trade, mannfactOry or
factory, except such as may require police
regulations, in towns and cities.
Number Ttceaty.
The Legislature is authorized to exempt
from State, municipal or parish taxation,
household goods. such as furniture, wearing
apparel. tools of trade or profession and
family portraits. not exceeding i'll aggregate
value the sum of five hundred dollars.
ACTING. u, EXTRA SESSION OF 1878.
Number Iicenty-one.
Strike out the first part of article l42 OF
the constitution of 1868, which reads :. A
university shalt be established and main
tanned in the city OF New Orleans. 1t shall
be composed of law, II medical and u col
legiate department, each with appropriate
faculties The General Assembly shall pro-
vide by law for its organization and main
tenance:" and insert: . The university shall
be maintained. 1t shall be composed of a
law, medical and an academieal depart
ment, and such other departments as may
be established by law, each with apprOpri-
ate faculties; pr0rided, that the law and
medical departments already organized
shall continue in the city of New Orleans,
and the acadeInical and other departments
may be located elsewhere in the State.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-08-10
The sick Mans Friend.

For regulating the Liver and Kidneys.
Purifying the Blood liberated Sore Legs
and Salt Rheum, Cramps in the Stomach,
Erysipelas and Dropsy. '@EszEosA
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-08-10
The Great Medical Wonder,

Prepared only by myself. 1t is composed
of herbs aud roots from the West Indies
and South America. 1t enres Salt Rheum,
liberated Sore l.egs, Biliousness. Sick
Head Ache, Scrofula, Catarrh, Piles, Torpid
Liver, and purifies the Blood.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-08-10
Mexico white Rose gvruu.

Cures every kind of Disease resulting
from neglected cola, such as Coughs,
Hoarseness, Influenza, Typhoid Pneun0aia,
early stage of Consumption, tickling in the
Throat Whooping Cough and intlammatory
disease of the throat and lungs. The Doctor
uses only botanical medicines, the roots of
certain Indian herbs for bilious diseases. He
found this rose in Mexico in the year 1862,
and can prove the virtue Of it.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-08-10
OEFICIAI.
To the Qualified Electors Of the
rYE State of louisiana.
OFFICE or SECRETARY OF STATE,
STATE OF LOUISIANA,

OFFICE or SECRETARY OF STATE, }
-ST1TE OF LOUISIANA,
New Orleans, July IL, 1873.
In pursuance of article l47 of the consti-
tuition of this State, publication is hereby,
given to the voters of this State of the pro
Ia,sed amendments of the constitution of
this State, agreed toby twV-tliir,ls Of the
members elected to each house of the General
Assembly, at its session of 1873, and which
are required to be published, thf1ao months
before the next general election for Repre-
sentatives to the General Assembly, i'll at
least one newspaper in every parish OF this
State i'll which newspaper shall be pub
Iished. Said amendments appear more fully
in aets Nos. 70 and "a of the regular session
of the General Assembly of 1873, which are
officially published for the information of
the voters, and which will be submitted to
ghe people at the mkt general election, to be
held on the 5th day of November, next
1873, in such manner and form that the
people may vote for or against each amend
Inent separately, and If majority of votes
ut said election shall approve and ratify all
or either of said amendments, the same shall
beeOme o part OF the constitution.
''A' WILL. A. STRONG.
-..f t.s.Fl. y sss- Secretary of State.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-08-10
Number Fifteen.

In every ease where the judge may be re-
cused, and when he is not personally inter-
ested in the matters in condensation, he shall
select lawyer, having the necessary quail
tication required for a judge of his court, to
try such eases and the General Assembly
shall provide by law for the trial of those
cases in which the judge may be personally
fuses to act. 1865
iStr.ikl amt a,.ticl,. ninety IL III -
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-08-10

1901 Prizes, amounting to-. sII5, 4UO
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In order to provide for the establishment
Of the judicial system created by the above
amendments, and to prevent the evils of an
intcrregnunl. it is hereby ordained by the
people of Louisiana:
FSrst-That the General Assembly, which
meets the first Monday in January, 1879,
SHALL in accordance with the foregoing
amendments, immediately redistrict the
State, and provide for the authority of
clerks, and the election and criminal jlIris-
diction of justices of the peace.
SeeoHd-That as soon as the Legislature
shall have acted as aforesaid, the Governor
shall by proclamation call an election for
justices of the peace for each parish, except
the parish of Orleans, aud for district judges,
in each district created bv the redistricting,
where one or more parishes have been added,
or taken tr0nl the existing judicial district,
and for State attorneys, as above provided,
except in the parish of Orleans, where the
district attorney for the parish shall be
State attorney This election shall be held
on the same day throughout the State, which
day shall not be less than sixty nor more
than ninety days after the passage of said
act. The terms of the officers elected at
said election shall expire at the general cleo
ton of 1880, and the limitation ON the change
of districts, pttener than once every four
wears, shall NOT be eopsideFed as having eff
feet before the geGeEal election of 1880.
Ihird-That the judicial system, as estab-
lisl,ed lay the constitution Of 1868, shall re-
main in force until thR expiration Of the
thirtieth day after said election. excluding
from the computation the day If the elec-
tiOn.
Fou'fh-The asiOptioQ of tiiRse amend
ments shall not vaeate the offices of the
present clerks of courts in each parish
-Humber Sereatcea
Article one hundred and tlirty-two of the
constitution shall be abregatRd. III
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-08-10

~HN~& 81 &N1laber E0buteeH. fsaE18 akB
In lieu of the office of district attorney,
established by article ninety -two of the CON
stitution of 1868, there shall be elected, by
the qualified voters of each parish, d States
attorney therefor, who shall be u citizen of
the United States aud who shall have been II
resident of the State, and a practicing and
duly licensed attorney at law, for at least
two years. He shall receive IL salary from
the State of NOT less than three or more than
seven hundred dollars per annum, to lie
provided by law upon the basis of repre-
sentation in the House OF Representatives,
and payable quarterly on his own warrant.
He shall I've ei-etfcio attorney of the parish.
and receive such salary therefrom as may
be fixed by the parochial authorities, not to
exceed seven hundred dollars per annum.
He shall, moreover, receive such fees of Of
flee as may be allowed by law. In the city
of New Orleans the States attorney shall
receive such compensation from the city, in
addition to the salary above provided, as
may be established by law. He shall be
elected mt the same time with the judges of
the district courts, and shall hold his office
tor the term of four years.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-08-10
West India Island nitters,

One bottle if properly taken will cure
Bilious Fever, Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia.
Heart and Kidney Diseases and Cholera
Morbus. The Bittcfssare, prepared only by
myself in the United States, and will
guarantee them to cure as represented OF
will refund the money.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-08-10
Sunber Thirteen.

Each of the district judges shall receive a
salary, to he fixed by law, which, except in
the parish of Orleans, shall not be less than
two thousand dollars, nor more than three
terly on his own warrant, and which shall
not he increased nor diminished during his
term of Office He must be u citizen of the
United States, over the age of Twenty-Five
years, and have resided in. the State and
practiced law therein for the space of two
years next proceeding his election. The
Judges of tile district courts shall hold their
office for the term of four years. In the par
ish of Orleans the annual salary of the
district Judges shall not exceed five then
sand dollars, to be paid as above provided
(strike out article eighty-fourb9 98 H.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-11-21
A Snowman Killed BY His Bear.

A FEW days ago, an Italian, calling
himself Felix Bernichi, went to We'll
don, N. G., with a big black bear.
animal was trained and afforded enter
tainment for men and boys. As it was
inclined to be ferocious at times, its
master kept heavy muzzle on it, as a
safeguard. To-day Bernichi's receipts
were greater than usual, and on the
strength of this fact he betook himself
to sample-rOOm near by, where he
got drunk. He came forth again with
Bruin, and told the crowd of bystand-
ers that he would show them something
they had never seen before. He un-
fastened the muzzle and took it off. No
sooner had this beel done than the pet
bounced him and commenced to chew
his throat. The crowd thought that
this was only some part of the show,
and looked on with Increased interest.
The poor man yelled. but, as he was in
the habit of yelling and making great
noise when he was exhibiting the bear,
no attention was paid to that. Present
ly the blood rushed out, and Bernichi
fell. Some one then rushed to his as
sistance, and found that he was dead.
The bear had taken large piece OF
flesh out of his neck and devoured it,
and in few minutes the Snowman was
dead. 1t then flashed across the minds
of the lookers-on what had happened.
The struggles of the man with the
bloody monster were terrible. The bear
was shot and Bernichi was buried in
the town cemetery.-Dispatch to Gin
cie,sati ENQUIRER.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-11-21
A Vermont Murder.

The case of John p. Phair, tried and
convicted for the murder of Ann E.
Frieze at Rutland, VT, on June 9, 1874,
sentenced to be hanged for the crime,
and reprieved an hour before the time
fixed for the execution, illustrates how
an apparently perfect chain of circum-
stantial evidence may convict an inno-
cent man with a crime. The house in
which the murdered woman lived was
burned on the night of June 8, or early
on the morning of June 9. 1874, and
her body, bearing fatal wounds, was
found in the ruins. It was known that
Phair had been keeping company with
her, and he was arrested for the MUIR
der. The prosecution proved that a
man, supposed to be Phair, visited Bos-
ton, and registered at the Adams House
as - E. F. Smith, st. Adams, w." on
the 10th of June, the day after the
murder; that man visited two pawn
shops in Boston, the same day, and
pawned a shawl, an opera-glass and a
ring. all belonging to the murdered
woman, and signed the name of f.
+. Smith, St. Adams, w." on the
pawn-tickets. The experts testified
that the writing on the tickets was that
of Phair, and the two Boston pawn
brokers swore to his identity. The case
against him was considered perfect,
and the jury found him guilty. He was
sentenced to be hanged April 6, 1877.
About ten days before that day Mr..
Carrigan, Agent Of the Associated
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-11-21

follow them along you find them lined
with shops of every description. The
building is all covered over, and is
paved with stone-gutters running in
the middle. The walks are INSTRUCTED
with boxes and merchandise, not to
mention beggar-children who sing out
their story an q very plaintive way.
The shops are small and mean-looking,
most of them not more than six feet
square, and the wares which are ex-
hibited are extremely common. But
once let the merchant know that you
understand what you are buying, and
he rummages in all the dark little cor
ners and brings out no end of treas
ures, in the shape of old silver mugs
and tankards, chains and crosses, bro
cades, fine Russian laces, unset emer-
aids, turquoises and aquamarines, be-
side strings of real pearls and quanti-
ties of lapis lazuli articles. He charges
good round sum for his goods, but will
take much less; sometimes half. A
specially of Moscow is the papier-mache
work, which l have seen nowhere else
in such brilliant col0rs. This, how
ever, is quite expensive.
The Kremlin by the light of the full
moon is sight which pays for many
weary days Of travel. Every dome in
the city stands out with wonderful dis
tinctness, and al! the delicate gilt
crosses glitter in the soft light. Then
the river winds about the city like a
great snake, with the hundreds of gas
lights on its banks reflected in the
water. There are more than 1000
churches in Moscow.-Cor. Boston Id
EerkiSer.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-11-21
Extravaganza at Funerals.

A MOVEMENT started by few gentle
men at Spring Grove to put an end to
ostentation at funerals should receive
the encouragement OF all sensible peo-
pie. Nothing could be in worse taste
than display in the presence of death.
A few months ago q funeral on one
of the streets of the West End came
under our observation. The husband
and head of the house had died. It
was very moderate cottage in which
husband, wife and children had lived
for some years, toiling hard, for they
were Industrious people, for the sheer
est necessities of life. But being dead,
it seemed to the wife that her late
husband must have as grand funeral
as her more opulent neighbors. So
there was, in addition to the minister
and undertaken, band and twenty
hacks, and a concourse of people
drawn together to witness the funeral
of a man who had not in all his life
attracted as much attention as in go
ing out of il. The hats of the pail
bearers had the regulation Grape, and
their hands were covered with the
usual black gloves. There were flow
ers, too-not inappropriate as testi-
of affection-and whatever was
needed to give to the funeral the prop
er exaltatiOn as a social event. But as
the heavily-plated casket, borne BY the
stout pall-bearers, came across the
threshold of the door into the street,
one was involuntarily attracted by the
rusty sign of Washing and Ironing"
which was nailed to the side of the
house, and had not been taken in
Cincinnati Commercial.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-11-21
Telling Trees by Electricity.

THE electric fluid, in the form of
oftentimes proves itself
very efficient wcod-cutter, and it has
occurred to some ingenious gentlemen,
in India, that artificial electricity may
be SO applied and controlled as to cut
down trees a good deal faster than the
clumsy ak or that American notion,
the chain-saw. The two ends of the
copper wires of q galvanic battery
are connected with platinum wire,
which of course instantly becomes red
hot, and while in that state 1T is gently
see-sawed across the trunk OF tho tree
to be felled. When arrangements were
made for the experiment, it turned out
that the thickness of the thickest plati-
num-wire that could be got was only
that of crochet-cotton. Il was at once
seen that such wire would be con-
sumed before the tree was half severed
from its trunk. However, the attempt
was made. The burning wire perform
ed its task very well so long - it lasted,
but, as anticipated, the wire continual
ly broke, and at length there was no
wire left. There can be little doubt
that, with stronger battery and thick
er wire, the experiment would have
been entirely successful. As it was,
the tree was sawn ene-tifth through. 1t
is calculated that, under proper condi-
tions, q tree, which at present takes
two hours to fell, will come to the
ground by this process in fifteen min
utes. 1t is almost needless to add that
there is no waste of wood, no sawdust.
-English Journal.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-11-21
A S1O-Shake.

Gen. Sherman was recently in Ari-
IONA. At Prescott the citizens gave
him a ball, everyone who subscribed
$40 being entitled to admission. An
army officer, who was one of the three
or four hundred, says that "In the
midst of the joyous dance a miner, q
hardy son of toll, with urkempt hair,
soiled face and hands and the usual
miners outfit, trousers in his boots, in
shirt sleeves, q belt filled with car
tridges, pistol and knife, approached
the entrance door and said to the at
tendant: See here, my friend, how
much does it cost to get into this here
lay-out?' Ten dollars, replied the at
tendant. Does that give a Teller the
right to go in and shake hands with
Gen. Sherman?' Certainly was the
reply. Ten dollars goes said the
miner, and handing the attendant
$1O-bill he entered the ballroom. He
wendell his way carefully through
the crowd, avoiding the ladies' trains
as deity as could have done one of
your famous German leaders, ap-
preached the General, and said: Gen.
Sherman, merely want to shake your
hand. l fought under you in the
march to the sea- He then bout
faced. and left the room Immediately"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-11-21
FACTS AND FIGURES.

RUTLAND COUNTY, VT, averages
about thirty divorces year, in . pop
ulation of 10000.
SINCE it's foundation, in 1895. the
present Paris Mint has coined l. 7OO.-
OOO, 900 gold pieces.
MORE than one-half. of the total pop-
ulation of France depends ON agricuft-
ure as a means of living.
The New Orleans Ricayune esti-
mates the pecuniary loss by the cpl
demic there at over 81, 0OO, 900 in actual
outlay.
The full returns of the Assessors
make the total valuation of Massachu-
sets 81 $50, 42S, 525, against $1,668,-
226, 1872 year ago.
COLONIES are being formed in the
Pennsylvania oil regions to emigrate
to Texas, with a view to develop the
petroleum resources of the Lone Star
State.
The value of goods carried over the
Pennsylvania Railroad during the year
1876 amounted to the sum of $3.50, 942,-
15S, not including the value of goods
carried by express.
AFoRANIsTAN has population vari-
ously estimated ut from 1000, 900 to
1900. 900, and can easily furnish 1O0,-
900 fighting men, while the border hill
tribes hostile to the English can easily
furnish as many more.
SOME idea may be formed of the
progress of China within recent years
from the fact that of the 9,268, 900 tons
of foreign-built vessels engaged in the
local carrying trade between the treaty
ports, the Chinese themselves own
1885,, 600 tons.
The whole number of Postofices in
the United States on the 3Oth of June,
the last day of the last fiscal year, was
sc, 25S, showing q net increase of 1913
during the year. Most of the new
POstoffices were established in the
Southern States.
The consumption of cotton by Amer
lean manufacturers was greater bv
ITO, 900 bales in 1873 than in 1877. The
yield OF the staple in the United States
exceeds that of any year on record, be-
ing 4,S11, 265 bales, of 1,480 pounds
gross each, up to Sept. l.
In the ten cotton States. last years
there we're $4,000, 600 acres of land un-
der cotton cultivation, which produced
4, 1876, 423 bales of cotton, and during
the twelve months ending the 3Oth Of
June, 1877, manufactured cotton,
valued at $171, 118, 500, and cotton man
ufactures of all kinds, valued at $1O,-
9O1, 311, were exported.
The Cincinnati Enquirer of recent
date publishes statistics and approx
mate estimates of the corn crop for
1873, as follows: In fifty-one counties
in Ohio the number of acres planted is
1.935,0O The yield in bushels is g.
865, 900, being an increase over last
year of about 100000 bushels. In
f0rty-eight counties of Indiana the
number of acres planted is 2,O28, 900.
The yield in bushels is 48,92O, 900, be-
ing about 10000 decrease. In ten
counties in Kentucky the number of
acres planted is 129. 1000, the yield in
bushels is 3,0O3, 600, being 100000 de-
crease.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-11-21
An Alpine Adventure.

THERE IS one English lady who has
had enough of Alpine climbing. Mrs.
Wainwright and her brother-in-law
undertook month ago the ascent of
the Piz Palur, a mountain of the Ber-
nina group. They took with them two
guides, brothers Hans Grass and
Christian Grass. The climbers were
corded together. Christian Grass went
first, next to him came Mr.. VAIN
wright, then came Mrs. Wainwright,
and the rear was brought up by Hans.
A thick fog came on. Christian went
too near an edge, when the snow sud-
denly gave way under his feet, and he
fell down a precipice, dragging with
him in his fall the English lady and
gentleman. But the rope was strong,
and Hans Grass was a man of gigantic
strength. As he saw his brother dis
appear he drew himself instinctivelv
backward, and, by sheer force of muscle
and will, held the three lost ones
suspended in the air. He was rot
strong enough to drag from the abyss
two men and a woman. To stir, to
yield an inch even, might be certain
death to all-and they were far beyond
the reach of human aid. He shouted
to his brother, dangling at the end of
the rope, ice on both sides Of him, snow
above him. The brother answered.: he
was alive, unburt and ready to help if
means could be devised Hans told
him to cling to the icy slope, cut steps
in it and mount, and be quick about it,
for he did not think he could hold on
more than half an hour longer. Mr..
Wainwright had kept his ak. He
handed it to Christian, and the guide
set about cutting the steps as Hans had
suggested. After almost superhuman
exertions, he contrived to crawl up to
the edge of the crevasse; his brother
gave him hand; then the two uniting
their strength, pulled up Mrs. Vain
wright and her brother-in-law.-N. Y.
Tribune.