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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-04-22

A STRANGE law case comes from
Detroit. A woman named Taffe
threw n paper full Of cayenne pepper
into the eyes Of a man named Cooke,
Cooke first procured a warrant fol-
assault and battery, and then laid up
for repairs The pepper worked
wonders, for it cured him of near.
sightedness. And now the woman
has brought suit against him for five
thousand dollars for effecting the
cure. Poor Cooke thinks woman is
q dangerous thing to fool with.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-04-22
IL " y e lR

This important organ weighs but about three
pounds, and all the blood IN living person (about
three gallons) passes through It at least every
half hour, to have tho bile and other impurities
strained or Uttered from Ii. Bile Is the natural
purgaive Of the bowels, and if the Liver becomes
torpid It Is not eparatcd from the blood but car
ried through the veins to all parts Of the system,
ana ; in trying 10 escape through the pores Of the
color. The stomach becomes diseased, and Dys-
pepsa. Indigestion, Constipation, Headache, Bill
BUSINESS, Jaundicc, Chills, Malarial Fcvcrs. Piles,
Sick and Sour Stomach, and general debility fol-
low. MHEnHLL's HRrATIHR, the great vegetable
discovery for torpidity, causes the Liver to throw
Off from ono to. two ounces of bile each time tho
blood passes through II. as long as there is ex-
cess Of bile; and The effect Of even fey doses
skin, will astonish all who try it-thcy being tho
first symptoms to disappear. The cure Of all bii-
Gus diseases and Liver complaint Is made certain
by taking HHrATINR in accordance with directions.
Headache Is generally cured In twenty minutes,
and no disease that arises from the Liver exist
lf fair trial Is given.
SOLD As k SUBSTITUTE FOR PILLS
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-04-22
Price rs Cents and $1.oo
IU N G s

The fatality Of Consumption or Throat and
Lung Diseases, which sweep to the grave at Lease
Opium or Morphn, treatment, which simply s,u-
Pefe. q, the work OF death goes on. SIo.ooo will
Ss @ pad II Opium Or Morphine or any preparation
In the GLo1H FLOWER CouGH SyRUr, which has
cured people who are living to-day with but ono
remaining lung. No greater wrong can be dono
GLonR FLowRR COUGH SYRUP will cure It when
all other means have failed. Also, Colds, Cough.
Asthma. Bronchitis. and all diseases Of the throat
Alexander H. Stephens, Coy. Smith and Ex-Cov.
Brown Of Ga. Hon. Geo. Peabody, as we'll AZ
to all at the drug store.-and be conyinced that Il
you wish to bc cured you can be by taking tho
GLonR FLownR CouoH SYRUP.
price. For sale by all Drdggista
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-04-22

Clicks Office,
Winnsboro. +. c.,
April II, 1879.
april 12-td
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subject to custom duty, be delivered To ad-
dresses in the United States under such reru-
latiuns for the collection of duties as may be
agreed upon by the secretary OF the treasury
and the postmaster general.
Sec. IS, That the term circular is defined
TO be printed letter which, according TO in
ternal evidence. is being sent in identical terms
to several persons. 4 circular shall not lose its
character as such when the date and the name
of the addressed and of the sender shall be
therein written, nor by the correction Of mere
typographical errors in writing.
Sec. 10. That printed matter" within the
intendment of this act, is defined by the re-
production upon paper, by any process except
that of handwriting. of any words, letters,
characters, figures, or images, or of any cornbi-
nation thereof, not having the character of an
actual and personal correspondence.
Sec. 20 That maiable matter of the fourth
class shall embrace 81 matter not embraced in
the FIRST. second, OF third class, which is not in
its form or nature sable to destroy. deface. or
otherwise damage t1a contents of the mail bag
or harm the person Of any one engaged in the
postal service, and is not above the weight pro-
gided by law. which is hereby declared to be
rot exceeding four pounds for each package
thereof, except N case of single books weigh
ing in excess of that amount, and except for
books and documents published or circulated
by order of Congress, or official matter ems
mating from any of the departments of The
government or from the Etn4LlSaufAu lnSJIIu-
ton, or which is not declared non-rnaIlable
under the provisions of section 5,S93 of the
revised statutes as amended by the act of
July II, IS76, or matter appertaining TO lot
teries- gift concerts. or fraudulent schemes or
devices.
Sec II. That all matter of the fourth class
shall be subject 20 examination and to post
age charge at the rate of one cent an ounce or
fraction thereof, to be prepaid by stamps af-
flxcd II any matter excluded from the mails
by the preceding section of this act except
that declared non-mailable BIZ section 1888 Of
the revised statutss rs amended, shall, by in
advertence. reach the Office of destination. the
same shall be delivered in accordance with It's
address: Provided, That the party addressed
shall furnish the name and address of the
sender 60 the postmaster st the Office of de-
livery, who shall Immediately report the facts
70 the postmaster general If the person ad-
dressed re uses 10 give the required informa-
ton, the postmaster shall bold the package
subject to tbs order or the postmaster general.
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| Published March s, 1870.
CHAPTER III.


AN ACT to quiet the title to real estate in
certain cases.
The people Of the State Of Wisconsin, repre-
sentod in Senate and Assembly, do enact as
follows:
Section Whenever it shall appear that
the records, or any part thereof, of any county
in this State have been destroyed by fire,or 9TH
erWise, SO thai connected chain oil TITLE can
not be deduced therefTom, it shall DO lawful
for any person, who can produce deed or
deeds showing d connected chain OF tile run
ming back for the term OF ten years or more,
TO make an affidavit before the county judge
OF such county to the effect that he is the
Identical person named as grantee IN the last
conveyance Of such chain Of tile; thai as
such grantee, he, or his immediate grantor or
grantors have been ia continual occupation
and possession Of the premises under such
d ed or deeds Tor a period oil time not less
than ten Ye..rs, and the person so making
such aiiidtv shall cause such affidavit and
the deed or deeds 10 be recorded III the Office
of the re gister Of deeds Of such county, and
thereupon said deeds and affidavit, or the
record thereof, shallbe priaG faeie evidence that
said person SO making the affidavit is the
oweer ip fee Of such described premises.
In case any of the deeds described in said atti-
dayit have been recorded since the destrue
ton Of said county records, it viii not be
necessary TO re-recOrd them with the affidavit
Section 2. In case such premises are
! owned, or he'd in the name Of a corporation,
or Il company, or by more than one person il
joint ten6ey or in common, then the affidavit
may be made by the president or secretary
Of such corporation. or one Of such owners in
behalf Of such corporation or joint owners
Section 3. The provisions of section fom
thousand two hundred and Twelve Of the re
| vised statutes shall apply for the purposes o.
constituting possession by any person max
| ing such affidavit
Section 3. This act shall take effect and be
| in force from and after its passage and publ
cation.
Approved March 4, 1879.
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dishonest practices and then denying it; OF
falseho0d in collecting subscriptions for pay
nieut Of the church debt; Of deceit in diff
Guilty concerning the organist Of the Taber.
naeie, and OF stating that he was TO be ar
raigrcd ior heterodoxy, when he knew that
as such wnot the case.
At Kenneth Square, Pa. March 18th,
business was entirely suspended out OF re-
spect 10 the memory OF Bayard Taylor, and
many OF the houses were draped in mourning.
Coy Hoyt and % Joint committee of the State
legislature arrived early, also grand chorus
from adjacent towns. At Cedar Crouen a
private burial service was held, the parents
Of -Ir. Taylor being TOO iniirm to attend regu.
lar services. The funeral procession then
started for Longwo0d were the remains Of
Nj. Tayier were inferred.
Capt Avery B. Cain, brevet- major, COM
handing company "B, Fourth infantry, died
suddealy st that post Of cerebral apoplexy
A violent snow storm is reported to
have prevailed March 10th. at Louisville, KY
Cincinnati, Ohio, and st, Louis Mo.
The hudson river is open between New
York city and Poughkeepsie, and steamboats,
have started out.
a hre at High Bridge, n. Y, on the
night Of March 18th, destroyed $4,000 worth
Of property.
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IlST4LTIES.

The Central iron works of Brooklyn,
Y. y, have been destroyed by FIRE. Loss
100000
By the falling Of a cylinder in the
sugar works at yincinnes, ind, two men had
each a hand cut Of
BY a powder mill explosion, March
18th, near 81. Clair, Pa, one man was killed
and another seriously injured.
March IOth, Capt. Eajs received $3.50
100. On account Of the Improvement Of the
Southern pass of the Mississippi river.
February 27th, a S25, 900 ire occurred
NJ Parkersburg.W W Va: q 100000 fire in New
York city; and So, 900 ire in Dubuque, Ia.
/ BY the great food at Szegedin, it is
believed 5000 persons were drowned. 10000
horses and 10000 sheep have been lost. 400
buildings in Szogedin, all but 26t have been
DESTROYED. The distresssof survivors is indis-
cribablc.
The Pail Mall Gazette saws a private
letter from high Indian otieial states that
the people Of Cashmere are dying Of famine,
Ike flies. and at the present rate Of mortality
tile province VIII be nearly depopulatcd by
The end Of the year.
The Chicago T5mrs has been enlarged
10 a quadruple sheet and announces positive
independence Of parties and .seets, land viii
claim to support the best men for office. For
example for President, the Times would pre-
en- Senator Sherman or Blaiu, to Hendricks
81 Thurman; and would prefer Tiden 10
Grant, and regards Bayard Ia preference 10
any OF them.
Information has been received at St.
Louis that violent wind storm, amounting
almost To a tornado, passed over the southern
part Of Macoupn county, ILL.,, destroying
houses, barns aud other property Edward
Mcdonald, living near the southern line Of
the county. and his Lrandchiid were killed
and several other members Of his family
severely injured Que or two other deaths
are reported. The storm s said to have been
about a quarter of a mile wide and came from
the northwest,
II ere was considerable excitement al
Newport, KY, on the 18th inst caused By The
arrest Of Peter Klein, the tramp who outraged
Mrs Truesdel d few days since A crowd
was in the ueighborhood Of the Jail al dag
but no demonstration was made until after
n the evening when about twenty-five men
marched through Monmouth street 20 the
jail, overpowered the jailer, knocked down
two policemen and the mayor, secured Klein
and marched off, He was taken u Mrs
Truesdeirs house and identified by her, then
to the woods and undoubtedly hung.
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Published March 3, 1879. !
CHAPTER 1914


AN AIT relating to the apportiOnment OF
state taxes and amendatory OF section one
thousand aud eiXty-nine Of chapter forty
eight OF the revised statutes
me people OF the State Of Wisconsin, repre-
sented In Senate and Assembly, do enact as
follows:
Section 1. Section one thousand and sixty
nine of chapter forty-eght OF the revised stat
utes is hereby amended SO as to read MS fol-
lows: Section 1869. The secretary OF state,
treasurer and attorney generel shat con-
kstitute state board Of assess nent said
board shall meet at the capitol in the city Of
Madison on the third Wednesday of May in
the year 1879, and annually thereafter. The
secretary of state shall prepare and lay be-
fore said board the latest statistics OF opnla-
| ton, local valuation Of property, and sueh
other statistical information as he may be able
TO obtain in relation to the several counties
| in the state, which ia his Judgment, viii as
sist said board in their deliberations. The
board shall carefully examine said statistics,
and from all the sources of Information &C
eessible to them, they shall determine and Is
sess the relative value of all property subject
| to taxation in each county They shall sci
down IN a list Of all the counties, opposite 70
| the name OF each county, the valuation there
| of SO determined by them. which shall be the
| full value according To their best judgment
| the list SO prepared shall be certified by The
chairman and secretary of said board as tae
atate assessment made by said board, and de
| liyerd with the journal Of the proceedings q
| the board TO secretary of state.
| Section 2. This act shall take effect and DC
| in force from and after its passage and Pubh
cation.
Approved February 2S, 1879,
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( Published February 70, 1879.
CHAPTER 9s


AN ACT to amend section four hundred and
one, chapter twenty-six, revised statutes,
entitled of normal schools and academies.
The people of the State of Wisconsin, repre-
scented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as
follows:
Section l. Section four hundred and one,
chapter twenty six, Of the revised statutes, en-
titled Of normal schools ana academies, Is
hereby amended so as TO read as follows: All
payments for the erection, repairs or enlarge
ment of any normal school building, or Tor
fixtures or furniture therefor, and all disbuFse-
ments from the normal school fund income,
including the expenses Of the boards OF ylsl-
tors Of normal schools, appointed by the su-
perintendent of public instruction, aud the
expenses of institutes hereinafter ia this
chapter authorized and provided for, shall be
made by the treasurer OF said board q re-
gents on the warrans Of the secretary Of said
board, eountersigned By the secretary
thereof drawn Ia accordance with sne
directions OF the said board of regents
in payment OF accounts duly audited
and adj listed in accordance with the rules and
regulations Of said board Of regents; aud 10
case Of Alienation, no SUCH warrant shat pc
issued until the same donated aud Subscribed
shall have been paid ia i1ll into The state
treasury, nor Ia any case, until the work shaii
be done, or services rendered, or Duii0iDgs
erected, or fixtures or furniture purchased,
under the direction Of said board, emitting
the applicant TO such warrant, according 10 a
contract or agreement with said board for
shat purpose.
Section =. So much 81 section four hundred
and nine and four hundred and SIX, chapter
twenty-six, Of the revised statutes, and Of al
other acts or parts u acts As are inconsistent
WITH the provisions Of this act, are hereby re-
pealed.
Section 8 This act shall take effect and be
in force from aud after is passage and pabA-
cation.
Approved February ., 1879
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AN ACT to amend chapter oEe hundred ane
forty Eve u the laws of ls7e emitted az aei
relating % the publication and sale q ths
reports Of the geological survey and amend
ataFy Of chapter one hundred ana tHenty'
one Of the Laws o. Wisconsin ofiSso
The people Of tie State Of Wisconsin, repre-
scented mi Senate and Assembly ao enact as
follows.
Section ]. Section ten, incla3ec in section
one, is hereby amended by adding - z sc Is
close, toe following words - VII; ]Sssaassi,
three 49, additional copies uay be distributes
gratuitously in each Assembly district and SIX
copies III each Senatorial district, under the
direction OF the present member u TIE -
semhly, or senator, Representing SAID aasSffes-
Section q Seetisn twelve. Included %
section one, Is hereby amended by aCidaug g
It's close the following ) 0r1s, t0-wlt: BaH Tor
such expenses and labor as may be neeessafl-
H. incurred and required III carrying Oh l.ls
provisions II this ag AFTER 1ae cessation ri siAs
salary Of the chief and assistant geologlsls. =
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Published February Is. 1879
CHAPTER 1906.


AN ACT amendatory OF section sixteen hum
dred and twenty nine, revised statutes, re-
lating to the poisoning OF wolves and other
animals.
The people Of the State Of Wisconsin, repre-
sented In Senate and Assembly, do enact as
follows
Section l. Section sixteen hundred and
twenty nine of the revised statutes Of Wiscon-
sin Tor 1878 Is hereby amended by striking
out the word December IN the third line OF
said section, and inserting therefor the word
February SO that section sixteen hundred and
twenty nine shall read as follows: For the
destruction Of wolves, wild eats or lynxes II
shall be lawful to nut out bats containing
poison, between the tenth day Of November
and the twentieth day Of February, but the
same shall not be placed within eighty rod;
OF dwelling house, and the person putting
ont such bats shall Immediately thereafter
| post in three public places IN the town, notice
Of the putting out OF such bats describing the
Land on which they are placed, and the dat,
when put out, and within three days after thu
twentieth day Of February shall take up and
| etieetually DESTROY such bats, the person put
| ting out the same shall be liable for al dam
ages sustained by such failure or neglect
and shall also forfeit five dollars.
! Section 2, This act shall take effect anC
| be in force from and after its passage.
! Approved February %, 1879.
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AN ACT to authorize corporations formed Tor
the Improvement OF q stream and TO drive
logs or to maintain booms CT dams therein,
10 hold stock in any other corporation
formed for the improvement Of, or driving
or booming logs in the same stream or in
any Of its tributaries or TO consolidate with
or otherwise unite with any such corpora
ton
The people of the state of Wisconsin, repre-
scented In Senate and Assembly, do enact as
follows
Section l. Any corporation in this State
formed for the improvement Of stream or
part of a stream and authorized to drive logs
| therein, or to maintain boOms or dams in
such stream shall have authority TO purchase
and hold stocks in any other corporation or
| corporations in this state formed for similar
purposes, and with similar powers upon the
same stream, or upon part thereof, or upon
any tributaries OF such stream, or TO consoh
date with or otherwise unite or agree with
any such other corporation or corporations so
| that the whole property OF any such other
corporation shall pass to aud become vested
in such first named corporation, with all the
lights, powers, and privileges OF such first
corporation and of such other corporation:
pT0Uitied, that no purchase or other acquire
ment OF stock OF any other corporation by
any corporation hereby authorized to pur-
chase such stock, shall be lawful without
the assent of holders of.at least three fourths OF
the capital stock OF the corporation SO pur-
chasing or otherwise acquiring stock In an
other corporation; and also, pT0U9ded, that no
such consolidation or other union or agree
mant with any other corporation, as is here
by authorized, shall be lawful without the
assent Of holders or at least three fourths oil
the capital stock of each OF the corporations
Section g. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after its passage and pub
licatiOn.
ADpl1yed February %, 1879
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Published March 4. 1879.
CHAPTER 130

AN ACT to appropriate to the Wisconsin
State Hospital for the insane, certain sums
of money therein named
The people Of the State Of Wisconsin, repre-
seDted in Senate and Assembly, do enact as
follows;
Section /. There is hereby appropriated
out Of any money in the general fund not
otherwise appropriated, to the Wisconsin
State Hospital for the insane, the sum of 0ify-
eight Thousand six hundred and forty-seven
dollars aud eighty seven cents (S5o,647 50 for
current EXPENSES for the year 1879.
Section 2 There is also appropriated the
following several sums for the purposes spect
fled: For new boiler and radiators, and sci
ting the same, twelve thousand dollars (Sl2-
000); new pump and setting the same, TWEEN
ty.fve hundred dollars ($2500); railway track
two thousand dollars $4,000; modification Of
chapel, three thousand dollars $4,000; com
pletng water closets, eight hundred d lllars
$500; new washing machines, eight hundred
dollars 500; storm sash, and medical books,
one thousand dollars $4,000
Section 3. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after its passage and publ
cation.
Approved February %, 1879.
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CHAPTER 254

AN ACT to repeal sections one thousand six
hundred and twenty six, one thousand six
hundred and twenty. seven one thousand six
hundred and twenty eight and one thousand
six hundred and thirty, Of chapter seventy
two, Of the revised statutes, entitled ''of wild
animals
The people OF the State of Wisconsin, repre-
scented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as
follows
Section /. Sections one thousand six
hundred and twenty-six, one thousand six
hundred and twenty one thousand six
hundred aud twenty-eight aud one thousand
six hundred and thirty, of chapter seventy-two
Of the revised statutes, entitled ''of wild ami
mails" are hereby repealed
Section 2 This act shall take effect and be
ia force from and after its passage aid publ
cation.
Approved March 5, 1879.
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1ved February as, ls79.
Published february rs, 1879. !
CHApwER iO7

AN ACT TO amend Subdivisions one, two and
three OF section four hundn,d and sixty tvs
OF the revised statutes. relating 10 the reports
Of the clerks Of school districts.
The people Of the State OF Wisconsin, repre-
scented n Senate and Assembly, do enact as
follows:
Section /. Subdivisions one, two and three
of section four hundred and sixty-tWo of the
revised statutes a hereby amended so as Il
read as follows l. The numbero of children,
male and female, designated separately, over
the age Of four and under twenty years, re-
siding ia the district, and the names Of this
parents or other persons with whom such
children resided respectfully, on the last dag
OF August preceding. 2. The whole number
OF children, male and female, designated sep,
arateiy, between the ages Of four and wenty
years, taught in the district school during thr
/ years for which such report is made, by teach
/ ers duly qualified. s. The number attending
| school during the year under the age Of fouf
and the number over the age Of twenty years
| Section ,. This act shall take effect and bi
in force from and after its passage and publ
cation.
Approved February 20, 1879.