The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-10

boom, and this is causing great dis
quictudc among the third tcrmers
Between the threatened travelling hip.
podromc across the continent, and tho
Shermanizing Of the Bread and Butter
Brigade, George Washington Childs
Borie, Zach Chandler and Conkling
will have their hands full in coaching
that spontaneous boom.
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a NEW BUsINEss.--A new business
has sprung up in New York. At ear.
~ dawn there appear within certain
narrow and well-detincd limits about
the ferries, ticket offices, and Other
places where people in hurry have
occasion to take money from their
pockets, men whose occupation it is tc
seek for whatever may have been lost
the night before. One Of these "find.
crs" said to San reporter that "thcre
are probably fifty men who make a
living in this way. l should Judge
from those whom l have seen, that
that is just the number. Almost all
have seen better days, perhaps have no
trade or profession to which they can
turn their hands and earn living, but
who can neither beg nor steal. We
pursue our searches not only about the
ferries and railroad ticket offices, but
near the theatres, where people arc
buying tickets from curbstonc specu-
lators,and in front Of uptown resorts,
where young men with more money
than sense drink wine. should say
that it is almost an impossibility for a
young man who is flush and on spree to
get through on evening without throw
ing something in our way. Once
picked up hundred dollar note from
a gutter where if was lying all crum-
pied, just as it had come out of the
pocket Of some fellow who was paying
hackman. Generally we get only
small silver. Jcwclry we find consid-
crablc of, sometimes valuable stone
that has dropped from its setting,
sometimes bracelet that has slipped
from some fair arm. She principal
articles of gentlcmen's jcwclry that we
expect to find unbrokcn are diamond
shirt-studs. A man who ia out on Il
racket will have sense enough to take
out his studs and put them in his pock-
ct when he is going into places where
people have weakness for handling
other peoples property, but is very
likely, when he is loaded, to forget all
about the studs, haul them out mixed
up with loose bills when going to pay
n hackmm or trcata crowd, drop
them, and-thcrc's were we conc in.
Really valuable articles Of jcwelry arc
generally returned when advertised
for. always return jcwclry when
can, for remember that there was a
timc when I had kecpsakcs that were
very dear to me.
WILLIAMS vs.. BRNIE.-It seems that
Mr.. William Birnic, Of New York of
the late firm Of Williams, Birnic 81
Co., is not SO bad man as Mr.. George
w. Williams, Of Charleston, was dis
posed to have the world think, if we
were to judge Of his intentions by the
tenor OF his kilograms upon the failure
of the firm. From all accounts it ap-
pears that Ny. Birnic did nothing more
than make an unfortunate venture in a
cotton speculation and lost money.
Many men have done so before him
and have not had the imputation of
gambling cast upon them. Mr.. VIII
Jams was rather slow to discover the
ncfarious character Of the cotton trans
actions of his firm. While we are not
disposed to decide as to tho right or
wrong side Of this matter we feel ccr-
tain that Mr.. Birnie need not suppose
he has lost his friends in this Stale be-
cause of the kilograms. If "bills OF
tho Bank Of the State" arc worth dol.
lar for dollar in the payment of taxes,
as Mr. Williams was once disposed to
think and still maintains, perhaps he
can find a use for them in this case
So he may be able to settle up this
New York cotton dobt dollar for dol
lar and not be under tho neccs.
'sity of scaling it to the tune of fifty
cents on the dollar as 1t is intimated hi
proposes to do.-A66eviUe Mcdiuan.
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TEXAS JUsTIcE.--In bitter criti
cism Of the course of the court at Mar
shall, Texas, in granting continuance
of tho case of Currie who killed Port
er, tho actor, the New Orleans Time
seys: "The plan Is mmistakable.
is toEweary out tho prosecution, dis
gust witnesses like Barrymore wht
have to travel two or three Thousand
miles cvcry time tho case js called, ant
finally to pull Currie through by shce
force of timo and trickery. This sor
Of a campaign cannot be followed OF,
except through tho courts aid ant
sympathy, sustained by public scnti
ment, and we shall now have an oppor
tunity Of seeing how much sinceri. :,
there was in that glowing proclama
tion sent forth by tho citizens of Mar
shall last winter, promising tho worlt
that Currie should be promptly ant
fairly tried, and that tho law should J.,
vindicatcd and civilization upheld"
Tho mania continues. Year
hence our children's children will
4 speak with pride of their Pinafoycfath
crs.- -BrotVoyd Era.