The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-05-16

and sing !-EC.
We presume "Eli Perkins" has
sent this joke--as he does every one
he makes or steals to every leading
paper in the United States, AS a
matter of fact, the words "In God
we trust" and "Unitcd States Of
America" are on the same side of the
new dollar.
C1RcUMsrANrIAL Ev1DENcE.-Judge
Mackey is now engaged in tho
preparation Of voluminous work
on circumstantial evidence which
will be issued from the press later
in tho year, and will become of the
standard authorities on that branch
of tho law. His experience and
condition peculiarly fit him for
such work. The people were much
pleased with the Judge, who presided
with dignity and fairness and dis
patched business with rapidity at
the term Of court for this county
just closed. In quicknoss of per-
ception and in q thorough under
standing Of the law Judge NIackey
mas no superior on the judicial
bench in this State.-AbbeUiUe Me-
0i,tn1.
THINGS Nor TO Do.-Never be-
lieve, much less propagate, an ill.,
report Of q neighbor without good
evidence Of it's truth never listen
to an infamous story handed to you
by man who is inimical to the
person DETAINED, or who is himself
apt to defame his neighbors, or who
is wont to SOW discord among
brethren and excite disturbance
in society. Never utter the evil
which you know or suspect of anoth-
er, till you have m opportunity
to expostulate with him. Never
speak evil of another while you arc
under the influence of envy and
malevolenco, but wait till your spir-
it's are cooled down, you may better
judge whether to utter or suppress
tho matter.
The DEAD OF TIE LATE WAR.-The
Provost Marshal General has COM
pleted careful compilation, from
the muster rolls, of all tho deaths
in battle, from wounds and disease,
in every regiment and company of
every loyal State, from the begin~
ming to tho close of the war. From
it, it appears that 276,739 officers
and men lost their lives in the
service. OF this number 5.521
commissioned officers and 90,SS6
enlisted men were killed in action
or died Of wounds, while 1851
commissioned officers and 192,32G
enlisted men died Of disease OF, in
few cases, from accident.
DEATH OF Hon. T. G. PERR1N.-A
special dispatch to the Neaos and
Courier, from Abbeville, dated May
Ia, announces the death of Hon.
Thomas G. Perrin, of palpitation of
tho heart. Mr.. Perrin was seventy
three years of age, and during
his long life had commanded tho
friendship and esteem of his fellow
citizens He had practiced at the
bar OF Abboville for fifty years, and
had held various positions Of honor
and trust, having been good mana
gor of business affairs as we'll as
popular and distinguished public
man. He has handed down his
name to posterity rs the fitst signer
Of the immortal "Act of Secession"
besides having represented his coun-
ty in tho General Assembly for a
series Of years, and having been for
Q long time the president of the
Greenville and Columbia Railroad
Company. Mr. Perrir's death was
very sudden, he having been sick
only two hours, and the community
was painfully startled by the sad in
tellgence.
A far-sightod miss of seventeen
summers has concluded to marry q
big man for her first husband, and a
little one for the second, so that she
can cut the clothes of the first down,
and make them over to fit his sue
cessor. Thus the hard times force
b home \! lessons Of rigid economy. and
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