The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-06-10
NEWS or THE DAP.

"A thoughtful invalid took. q coffin
along when ho went from Boston to
Elorida, and his body was retprncd in
LIT. E{sYSN--' 4 ~
T -RScssrs. Moody and, Sankey's
l"Hold tho Fort" was played By tfle
bandof> the bcsicged in Ekowc, Zulu
land, every Sunday.
Billy Emerson, the negro minstrel,
registered himself at PHILADELPHIA
hotel billy eln&rsos,, san fl:apaise0.'' -
But he gets salary Of $500 week.
.TCremation in Paris is being Sc
riopsly considered by the municipal
council, and is proposed to establ lisll
an, experimental aRRaxstHs at. Pcre-la
Chaiso.
"A man giving his nsalne as Benton
was drowned while bathing ip q mill
bondla mile from Charlotte, on, FRIDAY.
Lie 1e said to- be an Englisman, but
very little isknown of him.
Rufus Watts, a colorcd preacher
or exhorter, hvSa4 rear Charlotte, was
arrested at his house on FffeAsy, ehars>
Cd with killing his wife. The woman's
remains have been Inferred, and the
coroner is Investigating the case.
- "A little girl III Wilkinson county,
GaN recently poisoned herself by cleai,~
ing her teath with toothbrush made
from a yellow jessamine vine. She
died III about two hours after using tho
brush. >
= Ten years ago widow lady in
labexay county, Ca, found little
halt-starved lamb. She raised it and
took care Of it. From that beginning
she now has eighty sheep, and has
from time to time sold thirty head.
Tho Empress Eugene has been
running lottery at Chiselhurst, and
sold E7OO worth Of tickets. The first
prize was a gigantic renaissance silver
gilt vase, valued at 81 900. The money
goes to tho restoration Of st. Maryis
Church, Chiselhurst.
Tho newspapers in the North and
West treat tho nomination Of Ewing
and Rice In Ohio as strong card for
the Democracy, and the leading Demo-
cratic newspapers arc confident that
Ewing Will rc-capture large part of
the cx-Democratic Grecnback vote.
which will ensure his election.
With the return ofhot weather tho
New Workers who live on the line of
the elevated railroads begin to renew
their complaints about the noise.
Nothing has been done rs vet to dimin-
ish the racket, and the people interost.
ed complain that tho companies don't
mean to do anything unless they arc
compelled t..
DR.. Doboigna NJ. Bonnet, editor
OF tho Now York paper called tho
Truth Seeker, who was convicted in
tho United States Courts some time
ago for sending obscene matter
through the mails, has been sentenced
to thirteen months hard labor in the
Albany penitcntiary and to pay fine
Of $500.
Last Wednesday night, at Los
Vegas, New Mexico, an Indian who,
last fall, murdered Frenchman and O
Mexican woman, and who was SON.
tonccd to be hanged but was subse-
qtteiitly allowed a new trial, and q
Mexican who OH Wednesday, murder
cd man, were taken from the Jail and
hanged III the public square by citi-
zens.
The Lawrence House at Burling-
ton, Iowa, was destroyed by fire on
Friday. The guests wei'o compelled to
make their escape from tho upper sto-
ries by ladders. r. r. Kean. an ex-
conductor on the the Michigan Central
Railroad, fell from the fourth story to the
side-walk, roooiving fatal injuries.
Loss S45,O 900. Insurance for half that
amount.
The Supreme Tribunal of Russia
on Friday declared Alexander Solo
vieffguilty ofbolonging to a criminal
association, tho object of which is to
overthrow the State. After recapitu-
lating the facts ofhis attempt on the
life of tho Gear, the judgement of the
court sentenced Solovieff to death by
hanging, aftor deprivation Of his civil
rights. .u