The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-03-12

killed at ono shot three wild turkeys
weighing over thirteen pounds each.
An incendiary firo at Spartanburg,
Pa, on Thursday morning destroy
ed every business house in the place,
including the Masonic lodge,
post Office and depot. Loss $4,000.
The Spartanburg Herald is in
formed that it is the intention of the
Hon. Peter Cooper to pay visit to
Limestone Springs, the site of his
designed institute, probably in
April.
A negro boy, about four years
old, living on the farm of L. Nj.
Cauthens, in lancaster county, was
so seriously burned by his clothes
catching fire, on Monday last, that
he died in few moments.
Senator Butler arrived at his
home in Edgcfeld, last week. Ho
tells the 1dvertiser that there is
not the slightest danger TO him or
his seat in the Senate from Radical
Vaccinations.
On Thursday morning last the
dwelling house of Capt. T.. Il.
Hodges, at Hodges Depot, was
consumed by fire, together with
its contents. The fire was acciden-
tai and occurred when the family
were all absent from home.
The county commissioners of
Lancaster let out several thousand
panels of township fence on Mon
day last. The contracts were let
to the lowest bidders ut from thir-
ty-fve to thirty-eight cents per
panel, and from six dollars to ten
dollars each for public gates
The 1csiLoDce of Mr.. w. w. Free
man, five miles from Barnwell, was
destroyed by fire on tho night of
Monday last Mr.. Freeman was
fortunate enough to save all of his
other property with tho exception
OF some seventy or eighty bushels
of corn which was destroyed.
Last week two of Mr.. G. W.
C'nnor's children at Cokesbury we @
bitten by a mad dog, which died
with every symptom of hydropho-
phobia four or five hours after the
children were bitten. No serious
results are anticipated. the wounds
having healed without Inflammation.
A negro man shot and killed o.
negro boy within few miles of
'Villiamston, in Anderson county,
on Sunday last. He whipped the
boy severely, and then went into
his house, got gun and killed him.
The murderer has not been arrested
The deceased was about twelve years
old.
On last Sunday serious shooting
affray occurred ut Dorn's Mine in
Abbevile county, between Thomas
FL: Lyon and Henry D. Martin, in
which both parties were wounded.
The shooting resulted from an old
quarrel. Lyon was shot through
the left lung and Martin in the right
shoulder. Eight shots were fired
during the engagement-fve by
Martin and three by Lyon.
There are now thirty-five prison.
ers III the York county jail, twenty
eight of whom are awaiting trial :
one is undergoing sentence of a
trial justice, and six are United
States prisoners. five of whom are
undergoing sentence of the United
States District Court for violation
of the internal revenue laws and
one is awaiting trial for the same
offence.
Miss Tabitha Radcliffe, of Abbe-
vile county, committed suicide last
week by hanging herself to raiter
in one of the attics of her dwelling.
She was about fifty years old, and
was in comfortable circumstances.
No cause is assigned for her self
destruction, except that she was
tired of her life-which is repre.
sented to have been lonely and
| cheerless.
John Patterson, who was sen
fenced to be hung at Lancaster G.
H. on the 5th of April, will proba-
bly, have his sentence commuted to
imprisonment in the penitentiary
for life, rs petition numerously
signed by citizens, the members of
the bar and q number of tho Jurors,
and endorsed by the presiding
judge, has been forwarded to Gov.
ernor Hampton to that effect