The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-05-22
VOL. ILL., mo. 4S.
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| carried over the PENNSYLVANIA railroad
lines during the. year 1878, only one
was lost. ,,,, .r.. 0...a., .... us.'
| -EX-Senator Simon Cameron has
rented, for $4,000 II year, the, elegant
residence Of Ex-GoYernor Shepherd,
in Washington, d. c.. a' 81.
| Mrs. Maria Gillett. a grand-niecc
Of Ethan Allen, and for fifty years Il
member of the Shaker community,
lately died from the bite of spider.
The Professorship of Botany in the
University of Edinburg Is vacant. The
emoluments Of this position are said to
amount TO about $4,000. ..a a...
About $25 200 worth of wild ducks
were sold from Hayrc de Grace (Md.)
market during the season just closed,
which Is considered poor result.
William j. Aydclotte, of Maryland.
anu George II. Bagwell, Of Virginia,
have been appointed to adjust the boun-
Diary line between the two States,
"A capital stock of 100000 with
power to increase to $500, 900 is being
subscribed to in Buffalo, N. Y, for the
purpose of building n new music, hall
at that place. a'ss ~ @s'
"A pack of wolves was recently seen
In Elacklick township, Armstrong
around poisoned meat, and several dead
wolves have recently been found.
Mr.. Yung Wing, tho Chinese Sec
retary Of Legation, Mt Washington, has
lately given to the Yale College Libra
ry 4oO Chinese books, in addition to a
ike GIT some two years ago.
-Ihe Penn Hardware Company Of
Reading, Pa, are engaged on con-
tract for 500, 900 worth Of egg-beaters.
and are allowed three years in which
to complete the work.
"A little girl named Brademore is
lying dangerously Ill at Concmangh
borough, Cambria county, Pa., from
violent exercise in rope Jumping.
Another child Is expected to die ut tic
same place from tt is cause. 0t.Eo
The latc DR.. Charles Ives, Of New
IIaVen. Conn.. bcqueathch $4,000 to
Yale College for the support Of poor
students In any department.. the same
sum to Beloit College, and $4,000 to the
Now Haven Orphan Asylum. {. RI
What Is supposed to be the largest
tree In the Southern States is tulip
bearing poplar near Augusta, Ca,
which is 100 feet high and nine feet In
diameter, It's lowest branches being 55
feet from the ground. en-, .ya,ya
The experiments with tho electric
light In Portsmouth. Me, ,harDUr are
reported to have been a at'conplctc sue
cess. TheresulCs wer6teq TALLY sutis-
factory whctheEthe lightstsYas cCncen-
trated On particular. spot ;9gsthrown
over distance. S''@ = 40" age f't ~
tuso,Ils Cnu cyesrgnJ Ur pup1ls' ln"Boston
schools, found that of 0303 boys 3Gl or
1888 per centum were color-blind in
greatcr or less degree. and that of
II (r Ixy ttrn nr n. ~ ftln,
were afflicted ut all in this way. I
MIR. Johnson, an American, has
taken the first science scolarship at
Trinity College, Dublin, the authorities
having decided that he has n right to
hold 1t, rs, although he was born in
America, his father was a British sub
jcct 'A' al" ''E''"
Miss Lisctta Rist, for forty three
years an Organist in a London church,
died short tiwe ago and left ''con-
siuerable' sum In tho, hands Of tho
trustees to be applied forever to the dis
tribution Of gravel on stccpand slippery
roadways In London. She had seen to
it personally during her lifetime,
"A curious pair are two brothers, In
Hartford, Conn, employed at the Same
place of business some miles from their
homes, who had falling out dozen
each other since, though they ride to
and from work in the same wagon,
preserving moody silence toward
each other, with no other, companion.
Wilhelm dida kindly act at Colum-
bus, Ohio. just before his arrival
there a woman died who was very fond
Of music, and had eagerly, anticipated
the pleasure Of hearing him play! A
message was sent to Wilhelmj, !, and he
visited the house Of death and request
cd the privilege Of playing a requiem,
rs Is the custom in his own German
home, which was granted. H4r.f*
Mr.. George w. Halstead, the last
Of the famous Halstead brothers, Of
Elizabeth, N, T., died at Mount Holly,
In that State, recently, Of pneumonia,
aged 81 years. Two years ago the eld-
est brother, x-Chancellor Halstead,
died at Elizabeth, aged eighty-Gve.
Last year Ex-Congressman Halstead
died at Trenton, aged eighty-three
years. ap ufyj l}te"YE3 Dt&
Potter, tho hetrans.continental travel
ler who arrived at San Francisco with
his wheelbaarow not long ago, made
the whole distance from Albany to
San Francisco, about 1000 miles, in 172
days. He mado TN average of 23%
miles a day, or little more than four
miles more than he agreed to make each
day, In order to win his wager, of one
thousand dollars. .,..s,y,qo
MIR. IL. d. Cone, a prominent
paper manufactures Of Housatonic,
Mass, In connection with ihis wife,
founded a free library there in 1850,
which Is opcn to all people In the scoun.
ty as we'll as to his own operatives: It
has now twenty-slx hundred volumes.
Mr.. Cone employs the librarian, pays
all the expenses himself and accepts no
assistance Of any kind.
Fifteen portraits painted by Gil
bert Stuart are now In Washington.
Among these is the portrait at. the qler-
gymaii' Edward Everett, at the age Of
nineteen. Sir Edward Thornton has In
his house the portrait Of hls father, Ed
ward Thornton, painted by Sthart
when the Englishman was Secretary Of
tho British Legation In Jeffcrs6n's
time. Tho picture Is very we'll pro-
served. Fsl 2siGta g1sx
There were distfibated by tile fall
way postal clerks on the line between