The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-02-25
NEWS OF TIE DIY

from five to ton day.
The counsel for Kate NJ. Cobb,
convicted Of poisoning her husband,
have withdrawn tho motion for a
new trial.
Gen. Chester A. Arthur, rocontly
deposed as collector at New York,
has been unanimously elected chair,
mali Of tho Republican central com.
mittce of that city. This action is
construed rs Il robuke to President
Hayes
The Senate Committee on For-
eign Relations will recommend that
$1,000 bo paid the widow Of Bayard
Taylor. This sum, it is understood,
Will not be moro than sufficient to
pay the obligations for house rent,
&c., incurred in Berlin by Mr.. Tuy~
lor while minister.
The Philadelphia jury in the case
of Arthur Chambers, John G. Lark
and John King, charged with conr
splracy TO arrange O. prize fight in
Canada, returned verdit of acquit>
tai. Notwithstanding the verdict
the judge held the accused in Sl,~
600 bail to keep the peace.
The funeral services over tho
body of the the late Right Rev.
Bishop Foley, Of the Chicago dio>
cease, last Friday, were most im>
pressive. The Cathedral Of the
Holy Name was the scene of the last
rites, and was visited by twenty
thousand people during the day,
including all the public officers Of
the city.
Oliver Ferguson, school teacher
III Derry Township, Pa, had trouble
with scholar. and dismissed him
from school. On Thursday last
the pupil attempted to forco his way
into the school house, and the
teacher resisted. In scuf1le which
ensued, the boy seized poker and
struck the teacher over the head,
killing him instantly.
George Washington, the negro
revisher, was hanged at Louisville,
Ky, On Friday. Ten thousand per~
sons Witnessed tho execution, among
whom were hundreds of women.
at 1l.45 Il. III. when the drop fell
the rope broke short off at the top,
and the crowd yelled and hooted.
Another nooso being arranged at
1l.50 am., tue trap was again sprung,
and Washington, being then uncon.
scious from tho first fall, died with
| cut murmur.
Claiborne Smith, the third negro
tvied for the murder of John G.
Lacy, in New Kent, Va, few weeks
since, has been convicted of murder
IN the second degree and sentenced
to the penitentia Two other
negroes, Pat Smith and judas
; Christian, have already beon con-
vlcted, and sentenced to be hanged
! March 25. Tho fourth and last Of
the murderous gang will be tried at
| the next term Of the Circuit Court.
The two doomed to hang are confn>
ed in Henrico county jail, in Rich.
mond.
The large iron safe known as the
"Centennial Safe" which was on
exhibition at the late Centennial
exhibition, containing autographs
and photographs Of distinguished
men OF The country Of 1876, was
closed at noon on Saturday, in
Stntuary Hall of the capitol at
Washington, in the presence of
large number Of spectators. Sena~
tor Frye, who presided over the
Senate after tho death of Vico
President Wilson, represented the
late administration, and Private
Secretary Rodgers tho present
administration. Mr.. Nicolay, Pri>
vate Secretary to Lincoln, was also
present. The safe is to remain
closed one hundred years and then
to be opened.
FETTERs THAT GAL1ED.-Mrs.
Sallie Isabella Mccullough Brignoli,
of Columbia, who made her debut
rs II prima donna some yesrs ago,
has Just procured divorce from
Brignoli on the ground of marital
intidelity. Brignoli was met at the
wharf, Wien departing on singing
tour in Europe, with the decree Of
divorce, a claim Of $118 for alimony
md another execution for 1856.
He will remain in Europe. Mrs.
Mccullough, rs she now calls her-
self, is now guest in the family of
the lady in New York whosa 6aurh>