The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-11-18
NEWS OF THE DAY,

Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris and
husband will sail for this country in d
, fcw weeks. y
William Scagrovc, a young farm
CIR living near Griffin, Ga, committed
suicide last Friday by shooting him
self through the head with pistol.
Tho cause of the deed is not known.
--Whilo Edward Grammar, Of
Petersburg, Va, aged eighty-fvc, was
| asleep in his residence jn Prince
George county, last Thursday night,
INC house was set on fire, and before
nc could escape he was burned to
death. .
"A special from Memphis states
that reports of the fever having again
broken out there arc untrue; only
TWO new cases in the city in the lust
ten days. Or these two cases ono
caught fever while visiting an old
case and tho other from q house not
dlslnfcctcd. No apprehension is felt.
"A Cincinnati special states that
James p. Ferguson killed J,mcs II.
Coombs, on Main street, lIopkinsyiIlc.
kcntuckey, on Thursday evening
Ferguson came to that towinto comunl
Coombs to marry his sister, whom he
had ruined. The latter refused, and
Ferguson bought a shotgun, loaded it
and deliberately shot Coomb.
-, "A recent special from Sherman,
IcXas, Says. "W. p. Grcenlow, one
0! inc Wcalthicst and most prominent
cltiZcnS OF this place, committed
SSuMlcldea ealast night by taking morphine.
Inc cause is said to bc criminal in
tlmacy between his wife and the Roy.
conrad 1iancy, noted and eloquent
Tho wonderful Mrs. Smith, Of
WcStmoreland county, Virginia, is
dead. She measured thirty-four inch
es across the shoulders and weighed
within fraction Of six hundred and
ten pounds. The coffin was Of i'm
mcnse size. and before it was delivered
TWO ordinary mcn lay in it side by side
on their backs without crowtlinLs each
other i'll the least. When brou%ht to
tho mousse it could not be brought
through thc.'loor, and it was necessary
to leave it outside until the time set for
the funeral, when the corpse was car
rlcd ont to the coffin.
The Richmond DispatcA SAYS the
Legislature Of Virginia will consist of
the following: Iiousc-Conscrvatjyc
dcbts-paycrs, ~: Conservative read
Justcrs, 40; Republican, II; Ports
mouth, between conservative debt
payer and conservative readilsicr, L
100. Scnatc-Conservativc ticbt-pny-
crs, II; Conservative readiustcrs. II.
independent dcbt-paycr, l.; RcpubIi-
cans S-1O. IL this classification is
correct the rcadiustcrs and dcbt-Day-
crs each have 81 members of both
houses, with the tic in Portsmouth to
be decided by draw. This seems to
place the balance of power in the
hands OF 25 Republicans.
"A terrible fire occurred in tcnc-
mcnt house in New York on Thursday.
The tenement was occupied bv ut least
twelve fatalities and the excitement was
terrible. Mary Balliska, living on tho
third floor, jumped from q window and
was severely injured internally, whilc
four monlbcrs OF n family named Batz-
kic, living Oh a top floor, were sufloca-
ted with the smoke. The father,
Joseph Batzkie, cndcavorcd in every
way to save his family, but finding his !
efforts fruitlcss, rushed to u window,
threw himself out, and was picked up
dead. Patrick j. Lynch, q fireman.
whilst cndcavoring 10 save the in
mates, had both hands severely burned.
Damage to property small. The fire
is supposed to have been inccndiary.
and certain parties have been arrested
on suspicion.