The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-04-10


THURsDAY, APRIL 10, 1879.
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r. MEANS DAVxs, EDITOR.
JNo. s. REYNOLDS. ASSOCIATE EDITOR.
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AN EIGH1-YEAR-oLD boy in Peters
burg has been awarded ten thousand
dollars damages for breaking his leg in
railroad turntable. Lucky dog.
THE GREAT annual University boat
race in England was won on Satur-
day by Cambridge. The score now
stands, eighteen for Oxford, seven
teen for Cambridge, and one dead
heat.
THE GEORGIA railroads are at war
and freights are nowhere. An effort
is making to restore the combination
recently broken on account Of the
cutting down Of freights by one Of the
railroads.
CONGRESSMAN RICHARDSON voted for
Cox for Speaker because he thought it
policy to elect Northern man, and
because Cox was more in accord with
Southern ideas on the tariff and tinan-
ces than Randall was.
Not LESS than one hundred and
sixty fishermen from Cape Ann, Mas
sachusetts, perished off Georges fish
ing banks in the recent storm. A
subscription is proposed for their
widows and orphans.
MADAME PATTERSON BoNApARTE was
buried very quietly in a private plot
near Baltimore. Her name Of Bona
parte was dropped by her sons in her
funeral announcement, it Is supposed,
because of her separation. She her.
self stuck to the name to the last.
The RAIDS in Congress seem also to
be cooling down a little. Conger,
the head devil Of his party made q
proposition the other day that the
army clause would be repealed with
out opposition, if offered in separate
bill. The Democrats declined to
accede to his proposition.
THE New YORK Herald Of Sunday.
contained over eighty columns Of
advertisements, embracing three thou
sand six hundred and forty separate
notices. Besides this it was; a com-
plete panorama Of the previous days
world. Over two tons Of metal We're
required to stereotype the forms. This
is journalism and business too.
THE RECENT municipal election in
Chicago was of far greater political
Significance than the usual scramble
Of the ins and outs on local issues.
The Radicals lugged tho Congrcssion-
al contest in by the ears, and called
on all true men to rebuke the revolu-
tionary tendencies Of rebels and ku-
klnx. On this issue the Democrats
elected their mayor by five thousand
votes, the first victory in twonty years.
The Inter- Ocean announced the result |
next morning as Ga yictorys for the
Democrats and bowling rebels" The
RAIDS are very. sick over this defeat,
the Importance Of which may be |
estimated from the fact that Chicago
has larger population than Vermont
or New Hampshire, let alone such
pocket boroughs as Nevada and
Colorado.
Another feature was the strength Of
the Socialistr, who are mere Com
munists unoer another name. They
pollcd half as many votes as the Radi-
calls and elected four aldermen. Even
the ephcmeral success OF such q party
is a menace to the United States, and
makes Grantism possible. Thousands
Of voters, much rs they dctest Grant,
would rather suffer under his mcon-
stitutional rule, than witness the
nnfurling of the red rag Of the Com
mune. Both would entail much
suffering. 1t may be that the people
of Chicago, in order to escape this
Scylla nnd Charybdis, steerel straight
into tho Democratic haven. This
old constitutional party is the only
escape from tyranny ON the one hand
and revolution on the other.
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In THE MIDST of all the buncombe
about revolution, Crowley, Of the