The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-09-06
NEJTS or TIE DIfY.


William ii. Vanderbilt employs
u ,7G6 men.
The Princess of Wales is to visit
her papa and mamma, the King and
: }Quecn Of Denmark, in the fall.
y Tho, municipal election, at Will
nlington, DclY ON. Wednesday, result
cdin y sweeping Democratic victory.
ID = lt,is announced that Mrs. Srraguc
has reached rcsting-p! with friends
in one Of tic New England States.
Two children, nanrd >usick, have
died at Linden, n. j., from eating
toadStooiS for mushrooms. Two 9th
crS are DIVING and the parents are sick.
in Alien county, Ky., near the
Tcnnrsstc State liHc. on Thursday last,
Anderson Carver, in u fit of jealousy,
shot and killed his wife and then blew
out his own brains.
dos. W. Hunt, president ofTolcdo,
Dclphos and Burlington Railroad,
was run over by switching engine
and cars, at Dclpllos, Ohio, on Thurs
day, and instantly killed.
A dispatch from Yokohama saws
that General Grant sailed for San
Francisco on the Ciiy Of IOhio on
"Wednesday, and that he will arrive
about the 2lst instant.
The Empress EugGnic, is still in
the same state Of depression. She re-
ccivcs nobody, and dimes alone i'm her
own apartment. She only leaves her
room TO go to that of her son.
st. Louis papers tclla a story to the
effect that Barnun-phincas r., the
Grcat-lctt that city in Il tcrriblu
fright the other day, the Snowman
thinking he had caught the yellow
fever.
The Atlanta DoHy Constitution
fund for General IIootl's children
reached on the first day yearly thous-
and dollars. The list is headed by
$500, tclcgraphcd by lnmnn, Swami
Il Co, Of New York. The money
will be invested in securities by three
trustees. The children are left utterly
destitute. Subscriptions will be re-.
cciVcu from any quarter.
Tile dead body Of James III. Cat
ling was found last Tuesday near his
old homestead, at Muri'lrrSboro, n. G.,
with portion Of the head blown away
by Il gun-shot. The deceased was the
brother of the inventor Of tho Gatliun
gun. On "Wednesday VIM. Nurr, y
neighbor Of the dead man, was arrest
cd for the murder.
The other day n flock of sheep
numbering upward of two hundred
head, belonging to Edward and James
Mct'onnrl, near Chatham, illinois.
broke ont OF their pasture md ran on
the railroad truck just as II train was
passing. Upward of one hnndrcl Of
them were killed an'l n,aimcd ere lhc
Tain coald be stopped.
"A steamship recently landed al
Now York over 600 s:rcrawr passcn-
gers, the most Of whom were Russi,,n",
1iccin@ rom the hardships Of that
country. The }tussians alone repre-
scnlcd capital Of over 800, 900.
Among Them were sixty i;milics, liav.
ing two hundred and thirteen chldrclf:
Ihry arc Il remarkable fine looking
party.
Thirty colorcd boys recently de-
mandcd admission to the Lincoln NllD
High School, and on being refused,
threatened to take legal measures TO
s 'curc the same rights ae Whitc "h,-
dren. Thc school bo" Il q, n.i their
right OF admission 10 The common
schools, but claims that The State
Supreme Court has held thai thc town
authorities can bar them from the HIGH
school.
-IIcwis Gray and Chas. Jones. Of
bradford, Pa, wcrc killed last Tues.
dny morning bythe explosion Of sixty
pounds OF nitroglyccrinc with which
they were about to torpedo an oil Ncil
at kcll's Camp, eight miles from Bra|-
fJrd. The men were shattered in.o
such fragments that not a single one OF
many pieces Of flesh found Scattered
around on trees and hillSitlcs could be
identified as belonging to cithcr of
them. ~ team of horses and bug t.
We're also blown toatu,l5 by the terri
bic force Of The explosion.
TUE IELLO ~ EI;TER.