The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-05-13
EWS or THE Day.

Isaac Butts, the leader of the Irish
Home Hulcrs is dead. ~....
An old woman starved to death in
pennsylvania last week. Troops!
Prince Battcnburg has been elect
cd King of Bulgaria, with the title of
Alexandria |.
After being defeated for the Chcs-
ter cup, Parole won the Cheshire landi-
cap the next day with great ease. This
makes four victories out Of five races.
"A memorial window 10 Balfe, tho
musical composer, has hccn unveiled
in st. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.
Ills chief work was the "Bohcmian
Girl" ="
De. G., rcclon, of Maine, Demo-
cratic govcl nor Of that State, was in
Atlanta at the Medical Convention.
lie says Grant could not carry several
New England States.
1t has leaked out that Cuba has
suffered by great fire which DESTROYED
sugar plantations and sugar to tho
amount, it is said, Of hundred million
dollars:; If this be true, "swectcning"
is bound to go up.
bismarck became incenscd the 9TH
cr day at the speech Of a member of
the rcichstag, and when the president
decided that the member, though Sc
we're, was not insulting, Bismarck left
his scat in high dudgcon, and did not
come back.
Two pugilists, John Dwycr and
james Elliott, had savage encounter
for the heavy weight championship of
America, at Buffalo, N. Y, on the 9Th
instant. Twel, c rounds were fought
IN as many minutes. Elliott was terri
bly, punished, two ribs being broken,
and was taken Off inscnsiblc. Dwycr
was comparatively unhurt.
Tho Brooklyn prcsbytery, after a
wcarisomc and acrimonious trial of
weeks, have decided, by a vote of
twenty-five to twenty, to dismiss the
charges against Talmage. Talmage,
in speech to the prcsbytcry, said he
hoped to see his accusers in Heaven,
but would rather not meet them for
the first few days after reaching there.
Laughtcr.)
-"Red' IIcary, one Of tho most cx-
pert and desperate burglars in the
United States, escaped from the New
York Jail, q few nights ago. Some
confcdcratcs hired room in the adj
joining house and dug through three
feet of brick wall into the prison cor
ridor, where Lcary, by his good con-
duct, was permitted to walk at large
lie has not been caught.
The Prince Of Wales, as a prince of
the royal blood and Duke of Cornwall,
has scat in the House of Piers. He
never voted, however, until the other
day, when he introduced and cham
pioncd bill to permit men to marry
tho sisters Of their deceased wives.
The government opposed him and de-
icatcd the measure, all the bishops but
one voting againstit.
The Pennsylvania Legislature is
treating the public to huge scandal.
At the present session two jobs were
introduced, one to pay 81, 100000 to the
losers by tic Pittsburg riot, the other
to pay 81 ,OOO, 900 to border counties
that suffered by Confcd rate raids. A
combination was engineered, but OH
the vote the border men went back on
the rioters, and both schemes failed.
Now the Legislature is investigating
the charge that from $500 to $1,000
wcrc freely offered for votes, and that
dozen or SO members bit. The tcsti-
mony shows tirst-class lying some
where. The Cincinnati Enquire,'
says: "The Pennsylvania Legislature
is SO corrupt thata rotten egg smashed
against the Speakers desk smells like
a bank Of violets." And good many
other people think so too: