The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-12-02
NEF3 OF TUE DdY,


city election closed last Tuesday night.
Ae h"mpcI OF women registered is
icW over ono thonsand, and about five
huhofeu less than was expected,
/. "a largo meeting at Boston, pre-
slded over by Governor Long, adoptcd
resolutions, condcmnin9 the govern
mcnt's Indian policy in general and
especially its treatmont Of the Poncns.
by tho accidental explosion of five
pounds Of powder at the residences of
Wm. Anaps, Pointe Coupsc parish,
L., On Thursday, Knaps and one
child wclc lcscvcrely burned, and two
OF his Children and their grandmother
wore Killed.
Thomas A. Doyle, Republican.
was elected mayor of Providence. r.
l., last Tncsdav, for the fifteenth time,
Fifteen guns were fired in honor of ihe
cvont. The anti-liquor license move
mcnt was defeated.
.-James Gibner, ST., q wcll-known
citizen of Cincinnati, aged sixtv-seycn.
was found dead in tho cellar OF his
residence last Tuesday. lie had
stranglcd himself by tying landkc,.
chlcf around his neck and twisting it
with broom handle.
Charles Rowcll, the long-distancc
pedestrian, is now at his home, Cam
bridge, England. lie has accounted
the challenge of OIcary, Panchot
and 1iazacl for another great walk.
and articles will soon be drawnup for
their signatures.
Tho reduction in the public debt
TOR November would have been nearly
ton millions but for the fact that moro
than seven million dollars have been
pald ont on pension account. Tho
reduction will probably be in the
neighborhood Of 50 100000.
Tho Christ Church Parish 1fuga-
z!ne, published at Sidcup, England,
gives the name Of the Princess Louise,
the wife. Of Lord Lornc, as tho .tprin-
cess Of royal blood" WHO, it ia an~
nounced, Is soon to become O convert
to the Catholic Church.
Asa Magoon was hanged at Wind
sor, VT, on Friday, for tho murder of
Hufus Stroetcr, at Barre, VT, in Ooto.
Dor 1879. Strccter was seventy years
hung. The men lived together, and
on the day of the murder had unrrclcd
over q jug Of liquor, when Magoon
beat Strceter to death.
The boiler Of q portable saw mil,
at Rush Crock, near Salem, Ind, ex-
plodcd with terrible force last Tuesday,
blowing tho mill to atoms and instant
~ killing Engineer Jos. Hanger, whose
Dody was hurled In IN unrecogniZable
mass across tho street. Three school
children, who were passing at tho
time, were severely cut and scalded,
put their injuries are not fatal. The
!miil was All old one, and tho ongineor
had considered the boiler unsafe for
somo time previous to the explosion,
"A hill Of injunction was fled in
ne supreme Court Of the District Of
Columbia, Tuesday, against Postmasr
ter-Goncral Key, in behalf Of M. A.
D!aupiiin, agent of tho Louisiana Lot.
terry Company, to restrain him from
carrying out the recent order forbid.
tho reception or the delivery Of mail
mattor for lottery agents. It is under
stood that tho lottery companies hava
combined to make this q test case. Nv
agreement on both sides tho case will
D9 pressed TO speedy hoaring, and
VIII then be carried on appeal TO tho
supreme Court Of the United States,
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Health~-the poor MANS riches. the
rich mans blisss-is found in Ayers
Medicines, after a tfuitless scarch