The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-22
50 UTIf C1ROLIEA MEL WS.

at Grccnville, was overcome by the
heat in the court house last Thursday,
and had to be removed. ,.a .t "I q,
The Railrond Commissioner has
gonc on a visit OF inspection. II Ie will
inspect tho Air Line Railroad and
probably others III the State. .....
"A very malignant type of fever is
said to be prevailing ut Nincty-SiX
which in its pathological phenomena
very much resembles the yellow fever.
There arc wcll-foundcd rumors
that some important changes will be
made in the management of the Green,
Vile and Columbia Railroad worry
soon. ,.L.. ..... .... .......,t...a.lf..
Due West breaks upon tho coun-
for notoriety is that twenty-five nut
rimonial engagements were broken
within her limits last week.
Right Rev. p. N. lynch, Bishop
Of the Diocese, dedicated tho new
Catholic Church at Sumter last Sun
day. Twenty persons were confirmed,
among whom were four converts from
other faiths. .,..... .l... g. ....t. ....
WIN. M. Hutson, ESQ, q promi-
ncnt citizen of Orangeburg county,
I died at his home OH Friday last. Hc
was a lawyer of note, and for many
years acccptably filled the office of
Commissioner of Equity for his district
The Columbia Register says: The
man whom Agassiz pronounced the
finest specimen of the African race hc
ever saw may be seen working on
Main street every day. lie is one Of
the street hands. ....
Representative Henry UartZog, Of
Barnwcll county, died at his home on
Saturday morning, after q painful ILL
ness of two days. -Four physicians
were in attendance upon him, but all
their efforts were unavailing. ...-.
Columbia had wind storm last
Thursday afternoon. Several houses
were unrooted, and fences and trees
were blown down. A train of empty
cars, impcllcd by the wind, was run
off the track, and the telegraph poles
and wires were blown down ut the
junction.
Mr.. james v. Ncthcrs, of Union,
S. c., formerly clerk i'll Columbia,
where he was we'll known, committed
suicide in Atlanta on Friday, by
placing his neck OH the railroad track
and allowing the train to run over
him. No cause is assigned for the
desperate deed.
"A difficulty occurred on Thursday
last, u few miles from Midway, iii
4 Bainwcll county, between two colorcd
} men, Frank Lowry and Charles Grant,
by which the latter party was killed.
Lowry was considerably bruised, and
claims to have acted in sclt-dctcnsc
The weapon used was O knife. Lowry
has been lodged i'll Jail. -.
! AT meeting Of the board Of trus
i tees Of the Due West Female College
! last week al entire reorganization O
the faculty was made but without an,
change in the teachers chosen, eXcep
in the case Of Miss Stevens who was
not rc-clected, in consequence Of th'
r Art Departments, OF which she was th'
accomplished head, being discontinued
The political pot in ,Edgeiicld i
! boiling, caused by the dcathoi the lat
. representative from that county, Capt
thomas Jones. Speaker Sheppard ha
II ordered All election, which wall tax
: place on the 9TH OF August. There al
T. thrcc candidates III tic field. They az
= al good, statlnch Democrats, and II
" doubt the contest will be warm. L..
>, Mr.. james II. Shaw, of Charleston
q was arrested on Saturday, while in tIl
y act Of holding to his head a loaded pi
IS tol, with which he expressed the intcl
ton of shooting himself The apersu,
sion Of friends finally induced him
g rclinquish tho rash attempt, and h
l. pistol was confiscated for safety. NJ
S, Shaw was bar-kceper for Mr.. More
r. meyer who recently shot himself, al
~ his employers suicide probabl
~ weighed upon his mind. o~,a@ q
," The survivors Of Companies e al
y, I Of the 18th South Carolina Regimc
3, met at Lancaster G.. H.. OH the II
IT. instant to take steps towards partic
patton in the regimental reunion =.
Winnsboro, OH tho goth, of 4 Angus
u. Sergeant Moody reported eight Office
III and forty-two privates of Company i.
We and eight Officers and seyenty-ol
to privatcs Of Company I as survivors
~ the Confederate, war. A., "A commit
!, was appointed to prepare listiof t.
nc dead and living ofthe two companie
a. -The Empress . Of tho French, {
IL cording to the London World, befo
u Sir Garnet. Wolseley started fol, t
4 Cape, made him come and sec her, q
a. spoke to him long and earnestly abo
e,. her son. 3sFI do not like his being
of far off," she said, 1'and in that china
at The climate is all that I am afraid I
xt. hut do not like his being away. 7
nv nv must promise me TINT you will Sc
nd him home directly you get out there
in A young gentleman whose friendsliv
nd near Chiselhurst arrived from I
ma Cape. 1t was intimated to the Empre
icr that if she cared to sec him he wo,
till wait upon her. She was delight
Ehe and listened with Jrapt attention to
on he had to tell. When he described
assegai used by all the Kaffir q
+ho Zulu tribes she expressed Q wished
'lio sec one. They were in the hall a
Try were forthwith produced. The i
old press all but tainted at the sight
mp them, and then burst into flood
,ld tears. "Do not think me weak"
~ 'ao. said; s'but until saw .ilese terri
l"s weapons never realized the danger
ast- son ram" At that very moment he ]
sof been killed by assegai wounds, nj
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