The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-15
FEWS or TIE DIY,

---Ex-Goycrnor William Allen, OF
ONO, died suddenly at bis home near
Chilicothc onFriday morning.
Tho Orangcmcn ofNew York and
brooklyn celebrated The 10Th Of July
by an excursion to Alpine Grove.
--OvcrsiX hundred Mormous arrived
at New York last Wednesday from
Europe, mainly English, Scotch and
'--bizzcll, tho murderer of Miss
Hanson, was executed at Concord, n,
H., on Friday, q few minutes after II
o'clock, and died IN ninctcon minutes.
without Il struggle.
samuel Bailey, ofNcw York, form
crly mute OF steamboat, made an cx-
traordinary attcinpt to commit suicide
onThursdny by beating the top of his
head in with Il small hammer. lie can
not recover.
Judge David O. TIumphrics, of tho
District of Columbia Supreme Court,
died ut his residence near Frauconia.
FhiriAX county, on Saturday. His re-
mains will be taken to Huntsville, Ella,
for intcrmcnt.
VIM. Crawford, freight engineer
on the East Tennessee Il Virginia Rail-
road, dropped dead in his engine at
London, Tenn, on Saturday morning.
It is supposed from heart disease or
sunstrokc.
a drove Of Texas steers was be-
ing driven through Central Park, New
York, on Saturday, when some of the
animals became unmanagcnblo and
broke from the main herd. They rush
ou down the streets, pursued by tho po-
ilce ana crowds of people. Several
persons were tossed on their horns,
out mono arc reported seriously hurt.
"A Lake Providence, La., special
dispatch reports the killing of Post
master Austin by Squire Icck ofWcst
Carroll, and tho mortal woumding of s.
l.. Austin, Jr. Parish Judge w. II.
smith who was crossing the street
during tho mcl6c, was struck, It is al
Icged by Il stray bullet, and instantly
John Williams and Winter PAYNE
were hanged at Warrcnton on Friday,
tho former for tho murder of Howard
llolZclaw, acting railroad agent and
telegraph opcmtorat Warronton juno
ton, in February last, and tho latter for
tho murdcrofan old negro named James
Adams at Salem, Fauq,licr county, Va,
IN April last. w
In Philadelphia last Monday cvc-
nihg Mlchael l.annigan. altas Robert
rranklin, finding Louise Franklin,
with whom no lived, intoxicated and
talking to somo noighbors about him,
struck her with the fiat of his hand in
tho tAcc, aud she fell to tho floor and
died. Lannignn was arrested, but It
Is beloved that tho woman's death was
caused by apoplcxy.
In the United States Circuit Conri
at San Francisco, last week, Jndoc
Ileld, Of tho United States Supreme
Court, decided what is known rs the
"qnenc-cutting ordinance" to be in.
valid, being IN conflict with the four-
teenth amendment Tho ordinance
prescribed that tho queues of all China
mon imprisoned in tho county iail for
petty offences should DO cut of, and
was expected to provo q strong deter
rent to that class Of criminals.
Hugh NJ. Bonham, prom,ncnt
Young lawyer, deputy circuit court
c!erk' snpcrlntcndcnt of public instruc-
tions Tor Anderson county, Tenn, and
principal Of Clinton Academy, was at.
tacKed on Saturday morningby Jack
tsueencr, connty court clerk, and John
l., Shipo and his son Sam, both promi-
nent citizens Of Clinton. Bonham wos
struck over tho head with club in tho
hands of Sam Shipc, aud whom he at.
tempted to defend himself Que eonor and
tho woShipes fired on him with pocket
pistols. Fivo balls took effect, three In
the breast and two in tho head. Bon.
ham fought desperately, and before he
was, s,oyerpowered Ind stabbed Oueoner
IN tho arm and face, shot Sam Shipc