The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-03-04
NEWS or THE DIl-.

tho other day and shot his wash
erwoman through the jaw.
The Democrats and Grcenbackors
OF Boston have coalosccd, and nomi :
mated George Walker for mayor.
A Philadelphia firm has received
largo orders for machine tools from
France, England and othor foreign
countries.
There is some life yot left in
Memphis The Masonic Temple is
being finished, and work on tho
custom house is being prosecuted!
Bogardus broke ono thousand
balls in sixty~four minutes at the
fair grounds in New Orleans one
day last week.
The King Of Siam has DO ly
guard of 400 young, strong an J
handsome women. They uro called
on the hills "The No Stocking Bru.
nettes."
There is rumor that Secretary
Schurz is engaged to marry one of
the daughters Of highly placed
officer Of the Government.
At Boston Miss Reynolds, who
attempted to walk 5000 quarter
miles in 1000 quarter hours, after
completing 794 quarter miles with
drew at two o'clock on Thursday
morning and the contest was given
up.
The Little Rock Gasette opposes
the nomination of Tilden in 1880,
and expresses the belief that in this
it expresses the almost universal
sentiment of the Democracy Of
Arkansas.
Judge Alexander R.ves is holding
United States Court at Danville, Va.
Five county court Judges have been
indicted by the grand jury for fail
ing to allow negro jurors to serve.
Great Indignation prevails.
The making of condensed milk in
Switzerland is very profitable. The
Anglo-Swiss COMPANY j. last year
cleared 100000, and, after setting
aside balf Of this as reserve fund,
declared IL dividend OF Is per can't.
Fifteen thousand people attended
tho Arion masked ball in New York
last Friday evening. The German
minister to tho United States and
the leading city officials, including
Mayor Cooper end ex Mayor Ely,
were present.
A dispatch to the G ,lv cston Nc,cs
from M,son, Texas, says that on
Thursday night q stago with four
passengers was halted near Pcgley
Station by two hignwaymen. The
passengers wore ordered out sinrly,
their valuables taken from them,
and tho mail bags ri1ed.
A decision has boen rendered by
the attorney general that Congress-
men elect are entitled to the flank~
ling privilege from the commen ce-
ment Of the term Of service whether
sworn in or not. This gives
members elect to the Forty sixth
congress- that privilege from the
4th of March instant.
A little negro child, about ten
years old, killed his aby brother few
d VS. since in Warren c,unsy, G
His mother made him nurse the
baby against his will, and when she
returned from washing Clothes
found the baby in convulsions, with
marks on his face, showing where it
had been bruised and beaten.
The will of Mrs. Emily Grace
widow of Benjamin Nathan.
whose murder caused sucha scnsa-
ton, was filed for probate in the
Now York Surrogate's Court last
week. After leaving money to
various Hebrew charities, she de-
crees an equal division of her estate
among her children. The will con.
tains provision that should any
of her children marry outside of the
Hebrew faith their SHIRE Of the
estates is to be forfeited.
The Duval Savings Bank at
Jacksonville, Fla, was robbed last
week of $4,000. A man drove up to
the front of the bank, called out
President Abbott, the only person
in the bank, and engaged him few
moments in conversation. A con-
federate meantime entered by side
door and took the money from n
drou1.r Tho nnlino orrnafod man