The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-11-22
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SOUTH CdHOLIR-f. .NEWiS.,1FTs,Sss
Professor Kennedy, of Due West
1 thinks hat, next to Hampton, Asso i
ate Justice Haskell, of tho Supreme
Court, is the best man in tho State for
Governor.
--Danicl 1Iorlbcck, Esq, for many
years Clerk of the United States Dis
trict Court, died in Charleston on
Thursday before last, aged about
scvcnty-thrcc years.
AS an indication OF the desire of
cnligrants to come to South Carolina,
The l'arnwcll People mentions that Il
gentleman near that place received,
in response to an advertisement in one
ofthc Northern papers for q hand, III
nppllcatlOns. some with means rang
ing from 800 to 5000.
The Grccnvillc Daily Direcfory
may be counted among The late lament
cd newspapers. 1t has ceased to be
plbl shed, lis slublishcr, Mr.T. A. Hay
den, becoming foreman of the .Duiiv
.NcWS office. The Columbia Regiaei'
says its death may be attributed to
advertising too chcaply.
Some one entered the house of Dr..
John lIynch, of Columbia, last Satur-
day night and carried Off several nrti-
clca OF clothing and a pOckct-book con-
| t"ininG five or six dollars. The cloth
ing was afterwards found in q lot in the
rear OF the premises, but the pocket
book and money have not been recoY-
cred.
Mr.. James G. Adams, the husband
OF the Lancaster maniac mother, has
been lying in critical condition at
the residence OF his father in Lancas-
ter county. Ills illness was OCCASION
cd by the fearful shock lie received
when Informed of the horrible deed of
ms wife. When last heard from, his
life was dcspaircd of.
o-,Coloncl E. c. NlcLurc, once editor
OF the Chester Reporter, but now of
Dallas, Texas, has become the inanag-
ing editor of the Dallas DuiIy Times.
While Colonel Mcclure was connected
with the Rcporter he was regarded by
tie press andpcoplc ofSouth Carolina us
one OF the most 1acilc and trcnchant
writers in the State.
Tho Chester Bulletin reports this
singular accidents: Jim Anderson, n
colorcd man, living on tho plantation
Of Mr.. X. NJ. Dodtls, received wound
from the accidental discharge Of pis-
toI last Tuesday. lie was drawing
water. when the windlass slipped out
Of his hand aud struck pistol which
was in his pocket. The ball entered
the ilcshy part Of the thigh. and rang
ing downward lodged Lclow the knee
cap.
Last Thursday Mr.. i. y. Jones,
cN-Shcriff of Abbcvillc county, refund
CT to his bOndsmcn the full amount
which they hatl advanced as surctics
on his official bond. Several (lavs ago
he paid Il large official claim, which had
not been previously adjusted, ant now
this payment, it is presumed, winds
up the whole matter, and relieves his
surctics from any further "esponsibil-
ty on his official bond, and fulfills. to
the letter, his promise 70 save them
whole in the end.
Some time ago, Capt John Burtlcll,
one Of the county commissioners Of
krrShaw, rendered his resignation,
which the Governor accepted. Subsc-
qucntly, the Governor rc-appointcd
him, but l'urdcll refused to accept.
The Governor then wroic to General
Kennedy, one Of the mcmbcrs of the
Legislature, requesting that the Kcr-
shaw delegation recommend some one
for the appointment. The position
was first rendered to Mr.. W. l.. Ar
thur, who declined, and since that the
Camden 10HH0i says the Office has
been on a search to find IL suitable
person to fill it.
Mr.. W. IL. Hardin, of Chester, has
recovered tho watch which was taken
from his residence last summer. Tie
police authorities Of Charlotte succeed
ell lit obtaining it. Alcck Berry and
Henry Rosborough, who were tried on
the charge at the last term Of court
and acquitted, appear now not to have
been the burglars. The negro who
had the watch in his possession was
known ut Chester, Willie employed as
Il hand on the Charlotte, Columbia and
Augusta Railroad, rs one Williams,
but he was known elsewhere by sever
al aliases.
The Spartanburg Spartan says:
An accident that nearly proved fatal
took place in the store Of Mr.. S. B.
Ezcll one day last week. lie has two
clcrks-onc u brother, and the other
young Mr.. Clark. They were cxamin-
ing some pistols which they had for
sale, and Mr.. Ezcll snapped one which
he supposed to be empty, and us the
empty pistol always does, it went of,
and the ball entered the right side Of
the chest of Mr.. Clarke. 1t did not
strike vital part, and lie is now up
walking about.
The Aiken Journal learns with
satisfaction that the proposed railroad
from Edgclicld Court House to Trcn-
ton, station on the Charlotte, Colum-
bia and Augusta Railroad, is fast ap-
proaching completion, and urges upon
the people of Aiken tho importance Of
also completing at once the proposed
connection Of this road with Aiken.
This connection it says has already
been surN eyed ut a considerable eX-
pensc, and special committee was ap-
pointed some time ago to procure all
necessary Information.
GRANT BEFORE TIE WAR.-Strictly
fresh rcminisccncc Of General Grant:
when 4 boy in Ohio, or somewhere
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