The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-03-08
SOU1H CAROLINA NEU:S.

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":Rcv Lucius Bcllinycr, of the South
Carolina Conference, died near Bam-
berg, in Barnwcll county, on Thurs
day oflast week.
Mr.. s. S. Montgomery, Of King
stree, lost his little daughter last
+ "wednesday from accidental: nlrning
| by fire in the woods. ,..'"
The 1drcrtisc,' says that very little
guano is being sold in Etlgtficld county
SO far, and tho indications arc that but
Il small quantity will be used. -
A freight car on the Gifccnvilc and
Columbia railroad was broken into at
Greenwood last week and robbed of
Il large amount of merchandise.
The -NeWS says that an immense
quantity OF guano is being received at
the depots in Grccnvillc, and the out
look is that larger quantity will be
sold this year than ever before.
A negro girl Oh Mr.. James Bowcn's
place near Wilmington in Abbcyillc
county was burned to death last Fri
day morning. She was cooking break
fast over an open fire, when her CLOTH
ing caught, and, terrified out of her
senses, she ran until her body was
wrapped in flames. She was SO badly
! injured that death cnsucd twelve
hours after the burning.
About nine o'clock last Monday
evening, thc barn Of Mr.. Jesse Dob
bins III NcWbcrry county was discov-
cred to be on fire, and although the
ncighbors promptly rallied. barn,
stables, crib, wagon, gears, fodder,
| four mules, and one mare. were total
ly consumed. Not thing could be
| saved, 80 well was the inccnhiarv plan
conceived, and so rapid The fire.
Eleven persons were badly poisoned
at the house Of Mr.. Allen Johnson.
in Horny county, on Sunday night,
go uit., from partaHiny Of rice
which had been left over from r,linucr.
and another pcrson'thc next dav from
testing it. 1t is supposed, that some
one entered Tic kitchen and mixed the
poison in the pot while the family
were at church.
| The Sumtcr:Dcn,ocratic Convention
met on Monday and!electcd Col. j. j.
, Dargan to fill the uncXpircu term of
l:Judse eraser, as county chairman.
By a.N0to Of scycnty4two to ".thirty-
tseyclI; the primary systcu Of lnakiHe
examinations was rc-adoptcd. with tic
same rules as for the last election.
The time for holding lhc primaries is
to be fixed by the county executive
committee.
| An old While man named Jamcs
| Mccarthy, dropped dead in Charleston
on Tuesday. lie was engaged Al.
|work on the streets, had lust kn bckcd
of Tor dinner, and was Silti g on the
| curbstonc when he fell to the ground
in CONFUSION. a policeman came
TO his assistance, and lie seemed about
TO recover, but in q moment lay back
and brcathcd his last. The deceased
was about seventy years ofayc.
The Iorkvillc En1ui1'cr is informed
that OH ono night of the past winter
not during the coolest weather Of the
winter cilher--icc formed in the we'll
OF Mr.. John Smith. who lives .on
| Broad River, in York county. The
we'll is liity-tivc feet d.cp. I"ic lie
was about an inch in thickness. and
required some force TO break it before
water could be drawn from the we'll.
| In Ncwberry county a colorcd wo-
man was bitten two years ago bv a
dog which soon afterwards became
mad. The wound healed, and the.
woman suffered no i'll effects from it
TIL recently, when she was seized
with violent spasms. A physician was
called, who pronounced it q genuine
case Of hydrophobia. She was kept
under the influence of chlorot0rm for
twcnty-four hours, during which timo
the conyulsions ceased, and she began
to get better
Governor Simpson has offered a re-
ward Of fifty dollars for the cant,,rc
Of William Woods, who murdered
last August. This was one of tho
most brutal and deliberate murders
ever committed. Upon doing his hor.
riblc work the murderer fled the
county, going towards North Carolina,
and has not Since been seen. Ic is a
bright mulatto and is said to - sharn
and unscrupulous follow, fearless of
danger and skilled in deeds Of blood.
1t is rumorcd that he was one Of tho
famous Lowcry Gang which held such
a reign of terror i'll North Carolina
scvcrhli years ago.
Pendcrgrass, a prominent colorod
Radical in Williamsburg county, has
been convicted Of libel in the Court of
General Sessions at Kingstrce, and
sentenced by Judge Mackey to two
years ut hard labor in the penitcntiary
or to pay q fine Of five hundred dol.
lars and the costs of suit. Ponder.
grass wrote communication, which
was published in tho Washington
National Rcpu6iic0n, in November
4 last, charging the managers ofclectior
at kingstrcc with stuffing the ballot.