The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-05-14
NEWS OFTHE DAY. o.

The Boston Home Mutual Insur-
ance Company has been enjoine d
from doing further business.
The English government, in
preparation for war has ordered one
million pounds Of lint-enough to
dress twenty million wounds.
Two acres of the business por~
tion Of Bradford, Pa., were sw cpt
by fro last week. Tho loss is
estimated at fifty thousand dollars.
The fact Of Mrs. Tiltons con-
fession was telegraphed to the
London press, and appears in large
type in the great dailies.
The four 10O-ton guns made by
Armstrong for tho italian govern
ment have beon purchased from him
by the English Admiralty. All
Italy is disgusted.
At the municipal election in
Charlotte, N. c., last wook, MI. B.
r. Smith was elected mayor over
Col. Wm. Johnston by small NIL
jority. A contest is spoken of.
A storm passed over Memphis,
last week, partially unroofing q
number of business houses and the
Peabody Hotel. Tho damage by
wind aud water amounts to forty
thou sand dollars.
Il majority of tho House Com
mittee on privileges and elections
will report in the case of Richards
son, Democrat, Us. Rainey, Repub-
lican, that the seat is vacant; the
minority will report i'll favor OF
Rainey.
Col. Nulligan, the Fenian leader,
Is III Syracuse, N. Y, making ar
rangements for raid on Canada, in
the event Of war between England
and Russia. He claims that one
hundred thousand men are fully
armed and ready to march at
thirty hours notice.
Julia Hogan and Mary Jane
Bracken, two women employed in
the lunatic asylum at Blackwclfs
Island, N. y, died recently from
drinking ale with chloroform in it.
They had stolen the drug, suppos-
ing it was gin.
Lord Benconsfeld recently wrote
to gentleman in Birmingham, Eng
land, that tho English military
preparations were actually ncces-
sary, war or no war, as the tenure
of India was directly involved,
through the strong foothoid gained
by Russia in Turkey.
The intense competition of the
line of steamboats, running up tho
Hudson River to Albany and Troy
has eliminated in tho case Of ono
of thom in q ten cont fare for pas
sengers to and from those cities to
New York, n distance of about ono
one hundred and fifty miles.
In quarter Of Rome known rs
"Pcscheria," during tho excavations
made on tho 18th of April, there
was discov cred tho duly inscribed
base upon which stood tho famous
statue Of Cornclia, daughter of
Scipio Africanus and mother Of the
Gracchi.
A Cuban named Auguers, with
eleven followers, recently landed on
the southern coast of the central de-
partment of Cuba in q lighter from
Jamaica, in the belief that the in
surrection had broken out again.
Finding that tranquility prevailed,
he surrendered and guided the
officials to the lighter containing
arms, clothing and about twenty
boxes of ammunition.
Tho steamer Gaelic, which has
arrived at San francisco from
China, brings news that thoro is
great activity among the British
and Russian ships in Japanese
waters. All are preparing for sea
service with much haste, the British
squadron to watch the harbor Of
Vladivoostock, while the Russian
cruisers reported on the Pacific
lines of the English steamships.
Mrs. Kate Sothern, who more
than a year ago stabbed to death
Miss Nancy Conant for dancing
with her husband, was tried at the
Superior Court for Pickens county,
Ga, last week, and was convicted of
murder in the first degree. The
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