The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-09-02
NEWS OF THE DAY.

NEWS OF THE DAY.
The "Ralph Rackstraw" Of st.
Lois Pinatorc company has taSci-
natd u sentimental heiress, and the |,
twohave elopcd. s. :; Is 4
AN unusally large number of
Southern merchants are in Baltimore
at resent, purchasing goods. All tho
lealing hotels arc well filled.
The Count dc ChamEord, tho head
of Inc French Bourbons, is to visit
nett month the Duke Of Norfolk, tho
heal of the English Roman Catholics.
The official report Of the recent
fire at Irkoutsk, Siberia, which de-
stnyed two hundred houses, shows
tina sixty lives were lost, the greater
number of whom were children.
John Il. Owens, tho actor, advcr-
tse for sale the stock and fixtures of
his elegant farm near Towsontown, in
New York. The supposition is that
Mr.. Owens proposes to quit amateur
tSlming.
In the capital of Japan, writes a
missionary, there arc about seventy
thousand soldiors, all in the American
Uniform, and provided with arms pur-
clascd from the United States and Eng
lald.
-Thos. Wright, of Bristol, Va, who
WIS shot at the battle Of Chicam,,u "a,
recently cut from his breast an i'm
nenso bullet, which he had carried
With considerable pain for nearly tiC-
t&n years.
"A sawfish was landed at Galveston,
1eXas, few days ago which measur-
Cd over fourteen feet in length. 1t
Wps taken in Il seine. This species Of
fl lh is the most formidable enemy Of
tic whale.
In New Hampshire q good deal of
opposition has shown itself to tho re-
cdnt State law taxing church property
on all sums above $4,000. Tn some
c0ses tho law has been denounced from
tho pulpit.
AT Decatur, Alabama, last We'd
nesday, B. L. DcGruilcmcid, IN old
citizen Of that place, had u dispute
with colorcd woman about washing,
and, coming to blows, she threw him
down and chokcd him, SO that he soon
afterwards died.
In quarrel at Richmond on
Thursday about the right Of way Mel
son Lewis, colorcd drayman, was
killed by Il blow in the head from u
drayman's skid In tho hands of Will
liam Goodman, also colorcd. The
latter was committed to Jail.
/ "A Russian government official
sent from st. Petersburg TO report on
a miraculous hot spring at Shalazgori
was almost killed by tho infuriatcd
villagers because he declared the
spring not to be holy. -Four of his
assassins have been sent to prison.
There was large Attendance at
West Point on Saturday to witness the
ceremonies of unvciling the Custer
monument. Algcrnon S. Sullivan de-
livercd tho presentation address, and
General Scoticld tho address of acccp-
tancc. The orator Of the day was
General N. p. Banks.
-For some time the cx-Khcdive of
Egypt has been idling in his fine yacht
off Naples with part of his harcm.
lie left the boat on tho 18th Of August
and went to q hotel in Naples. The
women were transferred to steamer
which was soon to return to Egypt.
Italy does not tolerate harems.
Tho New York State committee Of
Grccnbackers have agreed upon jas.
S. Graham, of Rochester, for
tG4fornells7ie aid J: 81 II. Hnt} tas}eliSSi,o elhiSSioSSr
Elmiraa, for temporary secretary. The
committee is now cndcavoring to cf-
feet compromise between the three
New York factions.
-Advices from Cuba received in
New York on Friday report that Cap
tain Rojas and q small band of parti-
Info
and captured q supply train between
Mauzanilla and Buyamo with thirty
thousand dollars gold coin, sixty thous-
and cartridges and u large quantity of
provisions, clothing and stores.
AT Knoxville, Tennessee, last Mon
day night, Martin l.. Woody, an en-
tcrprising contractor and man of con-
siderable wealth, visited the house Of
Il woman named Lowe, when harsh
words passed between them, where
upon the woman seized revolver and
shot Woody, causinghi death in few
minutes. The woman then shot her.
self in the breast, intlicting a wound
which 1t is supposed will prove fatal.
The revenues of tho Sucz canal
have increased from 81 ,OOO, ,OUU in 1870
to 81 900, 900 last year. The shares of
tho company were 100000, the par
value being 800. They fell rs low rs
500, and attelward advanced to $50 at
the opening Of the canal. Five years
later they rose to $l14, at which Mr..
Disraeli bought 1862 shares for the
the British government. Now tho
stock is $l44, with prospects Of fur
thcr advance.
After Queen Victoria's ministo,s
had eaten their annual whitcbait din
ncr at Greenwich this year the walters
were turned out of tho dining
room and the doors were locked.
This unusual seclusion lasted for an
hour, and then the ministers returned
20 London. The rumor that the rea-