The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-09-06
SO UTI CLfROITN.I NIIUS.

There arc now five prisoners III
the Anderson county Jail, who were
put there for eating other peoples VIZ
termclons.
"A countryman from near LcXinG-
ton, &. H., was III Columbia Tuesday
morning with watermelon weighing
eighty pounds.
1T is thought that DR.. Mcynartlc
will require several months rest be-
fore he can again enter upon the active
discharge Of his duties.
~ Chcsterc0unty darlzcy, according
to the Reporter, raised All acre Of wa
tcrmclous, ate all he wanted and made
S32 Ey selling The surplus.
Meek Good and Wm. Sanders; cc
Chester county, had Il terrific fight with
knives one day last week, in the course
of which tho latter was badly hacked
up:
AT the election for representative in
the lower house Of the State Lcw;sla-
t'rc, he'd in York county on Tuesday,
Air. j. a. Deal was elected without
opposition. The vote waslight.
The gratld jury of Aiken at the rc-
cent term Of court express in their
II. S"NiitiiiSiIt liiC tIliI llC uCt Ol
tho Legislature creating tic county
board Of equalization is unwisc, and
recommend to the senator and repre-
scntativcs Of the county that they use
their influence to have it repealed at
the next session Of the General Assem-
bly,.
Post i1astcr- General Key has re-
moved Miss Mahcr, the intelligent,
efficient and popular posmistrcss at
Blackville, to make, room for Fred
Nix, a pcstilcntial Radical negro poll
'tician, NiX's whole record is a dirty
one. IIcs was tho right-hand man the
notorious thief Leslie, and he his man.
aged in every possible way to make
hinsclf odious to decent people.
"A tenant house, occupied blythe
family OF Nick Watson, ,.oOlOrcd, on the
farm of MR. Minor Williams, in Sthe
southwestern portion of L'tncaster
county, was consumed by fire oIrthc
Goth nit. Two colorcd children, aged
respectively two and four years perish
cd in the flames. The motherHhad
gont o1fanl locked her two children
Zip in the house. The chaircd remains
OF the oldest was found near the door
and the ydtfhgtst where tho bed stood.
-sOn Thursday last, on r.. II. Cudds
farm, about six miles from Union, M:
iScove Cudd and two farm hands were
blasting in well. Willie packing
some gravel on tho powder, II caught
fire and burned out ono of Mr.. Cudd's
eyes, and the physicians think ho will
lose tic sight Of the other 'cye. 1t
blew slcdgiG hammer out Of the we'll,
and struck ono of tho employees and
knocked him insensiblc for some time.
The other mani whs not seriously hurt.
On Monday aftcrnoonj the passen-
ger train on the Chester and I.cnoir
Railroad, when near tho shaiity two
miles from York, struck little negro
boy, hurting him seriously ,if.not fatal
lys The boy attempted to,rllnt tcrcss
tho track. in front Of the. approaching
train, and was struck by the pilot Of
thc locomotive, which; besides other
wise bruising him, fractured his skull
OH tic right side. lIe was attended by
q physician, who reports thatehc may
recover. |s aHeEaaAa
Last week colorel yoiith, in
Williamsburg county, upon being re-
proved by Ills. father, - Cooper, for
jmaltreatlhg his plough animals, quit
and went OFF into tle5swa mp ncar by.
After staying some hours in tic
swamp he!caln8 back I'd tile house and,
finding everybody else gone out, he
,5lgspt his f8ther's loaded gan,, tied ono
end of,G string to the bed post and
looping the other, passed 1t over tho
trigger. He thcD put the muzzle to
his temple and fireI the load into his
lead. When the rest returned they
found him dead. 6s.ss 1ga,
st-sSOne1 day last week a mad dog
made ,itsnppearanceiIIth the. Vicinity Of
Guthriesviilo, York county, and 6ita
small negro boy sOn Mrs. Williams
place. The dog Wasnext seen on Mrs.
Loves place below McConnellsyille,