The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-01-04

clined to paint b,ttle in which he
commanded, in terms almost of
anger. Governor Fl milton, of
South Carolina, induced Governor
Everett, of Mass tchuseJts, to
attempt his good offices in softening
the obdurate painter, but in vain.
Governor II. r. w. Allston several
times asked his famous kinstnan to
paint HIM picture, but tho only
answer would be, "Robcrt, J. must
p'int for money" Us if the ile, of
taking mono; from ~ lellt.ve WAS
quite out Of the reach Of fposslbllity.
The new wing Of the Art Museum,
erected in 1878, contains the
80. called Allston room, devoted to
some Of the great artists pictures,
and to others by the same artist
loaned by their owners and the
Antheneam. Allston III lr.ied q
Miss Ann Charming, grand
daughter of William Ellery, a signer
of the Declaration OF In Independence.
In 1880, the master married again.
His second wife WAS a cousin Of the
first, and her father was Francis
Dana, the Caicf Justice Of M IS Sill
chusetts, who m lrried Miss Eliza
beth Ellery; and ono Of nar brosn-
ers was Rich,rd H. D.nl, the
poet, aud The oldest famous poet
now living in this country.
A TRAP FOR TIE USwAnY,-How II
Is WoRKED.-Not long ag) we com ,
mantel upon and W ,rnei the pc ,ple
against bein, entrappel by u circu-
lar purpogting TO be issued by
III. p. Jonas g. Co., d'.lers in
diamonds, witches anl jewelry, S68
Broadway, New York, copies Of
which have been maied to large
numbers Of people in this section
OF North Clro!inl. This ciGcnl.r
recites that the send.rs y t,e
ag :nts of lottery wnsch the
circular describes. IL eac.ose You
a ticket, which is sool for any one
Of the drawings, with tnls under
stan ling. toat [ will arrange it SO
that you VII draw a large p2iza, if
you will agree to act us agent for
the sale of tickets. I am sar. that
if large prizs WIS drawn in your
State and shown around, that
thousands OF tickets could be soll."
Tho New York ,Stua exposes this
steal, fully and etfectually. 1t
shows that when the person ad.
dressed responds to the letter he
receives ticket, aud snott:y
thereafter notification that his
ticket h IS drlwn watch IN chsin
worth $500, wnich Will - shipped
upon receipt of 80, wnlca is noces
sary to ply exp aAsas. Hare is Jle
c 1T III tho IN .a-ull). II MA is
si1s .>ici>us IN wants tla gods s,At
.. 0. D., al | so writes, le recoiv> 8
the following:
"DEAR Sin-Your letter Of
instant received. L send no goo Is
@. 0. d. YOU are entitled to the
prize upon .he .ym mt of $3 rs
stated. 1t tae amount is not re-
ceived in fifteen d sys your witch
and chain will be de ,lAr,l lorfeited,
anl put with the unciai mol prizes" "
IF, however, he v.rl snSly seals
the $3 aslke for, he either never
hears from it ag Tin or receives n
watch worth ios exact weight in
BRASS Charlotte Observer.
Marrow EsoApG raoM T1sz.-
Notwithstanding several d ,ys bave
elapsed since it's occurrence, We
deem it proper to refer to the fact,
if for no other purpose than to
record an act Of heroisn on the
part of a colored fireman. About
10 o'clock, u. m, on the 19th ultimo,
the roof of the courthouse was
discovered to be on fire, it having
been ignited by sparks from one OF
the chimneys of the building. The
alarm was given AMI the fire
companies were promptly on hand,
though before their arrival Il Mdder
had been raised against the wall,
This ladder lacked several feet OF
reaching the caves of roof, but
nothing daunted, Isaac Wright,
a member of the colored fire
company, assembled to the top
most round, and grasping the
shingles, sprang to the roof, when
the work Of subdui ng the flames,
which had made but little headway,
was an easy task The act Of Isaac
was witnessed with breathless ankle
ty, when it was known by every one
present that the least mischaDce
would dash him to the ground. But