The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-04-26
so C1H CAROLINA HEV-S,

The temperance movement Is
flourishing in Chester. At every
rlec.ing OF the Division q number Of
new members are Initiated.
Ten thousand dollars Of the bonds
of the Chcraw and Chester Railroad,
have recently been sold in Chester, at
eighty cents on the dollar.
Governor Simpson has pardoncd
f. l.. Carlozo and Robert Smalls. The
pardons were issued at one O'Clock on
edneSday last. CardoZo, who was
confined in the Richlund Jail, was i'm
mcdiatcly get at liberty.
Five convicts escaped from the
Penitcn.iary Oh Tuesday. Two ofthcm
were rccaptured, one ofwhom was so
badly wounded by the guards that his
arm had to be amputatcd. The other
three are still at large, and two of them
are supposed to be wounded.
"A short time since VIII lc George and
Johnston Crosby, SONS of Mr.. A. j.
crosby Of Chester county, were huut-
Ing, gun in the hands OF George was
accidentally discharged, and tho load
from it lodged in his brothor's head. At
last accounts the wounded man was still
alive.
The Rev. John Kcrshaw, rector of
Trinity Episcopal church at Abbcville
for several years, preached his farewell
sermon to lis congregation last Sun-
day, preliminary to his departure for
Beaufort. The attendance at both
morning and evening service was large,
augmented in the ailcrnoonbythc num-
bcrs who came from other churches.
While returning from church Sum
day llinglt company ofthrcc ncgrocs
in Greenwood were fired into by some
unknown party. The ball from a small
sized pistol struck woman among
them, penetrating the tlcshy part of the
thigh, intliciinga slight wound. Cir
cumstanccs sustain the conjecture that
jealousy was the cause and that it was
done by one ofthc party.
"A report Of a distressing case Of the
death Of a little child Of Mr.. Rowlett,
telegraph operator, comes from Hodges,
III Abbcvillc county. 1t seems that
the nurse, who has had several years
experience, had laid the child to sleep
under too much covering, its face being.
covered with the blanket. Some time
aitcrward, the child was found in the
asonics Of death from suffocation, and
died in a few minutes.
The New York agent of Mr.. E.B::
Wesley and others and Mr.. w. II. CATH
cart, of Columbia, called upon tho
State treasurer on Tuesday, and made a
formal demand for the payment Of a
million and n quarter of Blue Ridge
scrip. This action on the part ofthcsc
agcnts is supposed to be the basis Of a
suit to be brought against the State for
the recovery Of this money. The de-
mand was not complied with.
Mr.. John Miller, one Of tho oldest
citizens ofAbbevillc county, died at his
home near Due West on Monday, April
llth. MIR. Millcrwas in his nincty-tifth
year. lie was All excellent Christian
man and had been for many years q
member Of the Associate Reformed
Church at Due West. He died in the
faith and was buried in tho churchyard
at the corner in the prcsclicc, Of q largo
and sympathetic congregation. ....
Tho Supreme Court. has dismissed
the appeal in the case Of john j. Steele
vs.. The Charlotte, Columbia and Au-
gusta Railroad Company. 1t will be
remembered that Steele was injured in
the Fishing Creek disaster last summer,
and obtained verdict of ten thousand
dollars, damages, against the Company.
The latter appealed, and tho Supreme
Court has sustained the verdict in the
court below.
On Saturday rs the British bark
PoVhattdn was going down the Geo..
saw river in tow Of tho steam tug Cath-
artne, a colorcd butcher named Fcrtli-
nand Robinson attempted to board the
bark, his boat being overladcn with
beef. llc caught q line from tho bark,
but beingalone hisboat Gapsi&td' 'BEforc
ho could make it fast, and ho was
drowned. a boat from the bark went
to his assistance, but could not save
him.
One day last week, Mr.. j. G. III.
Duff, Of Clay IIill, in York county,
while making some repairs to tho saw