The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-06-21
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'!sATUBDAy MORNING, Jnno 2t,: 1875.

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New Advertlse,hcnts.'
.Towi, oramance-W. n. Chandler,
; Cferk. SSa' n'ri -: .t4s. ..
Board of Icaltl-~.Jamcs A. Bricc,
Inte,daht.grss s. ; ~:
Bank asplk%Re Report *. - Elliott, Cashier.
We,arc plcased:to learn that Mr.. w.
G. Rioii,i Of Wii1nsboro, former STU:
dent;of Mount Zion, has taken a very
creditaDle stand at Davidson College.
His examination papers in.I.atin and
matlh1s4,atisss' wore :eSpe:tially good
Mr.; Braihbra McLm'e;;7 one of the
editors ofthc Clicstcr State Bulletin,
has assumed, Temporary Charge of the
Rock Hill Herald. Mr.. Mcclure is
All experienced journalist and will
lnaintain. the already high character of
the Herdld. He dies 'iiot SEVER his
coprieo5ti0n with ihe, Bulletin. :
.DAytDsoN,H CoLLEGE.--DelightfuHy
situated near tic mountains in Neck
lambuTg coGiity, .North: Carolina,
this thihstitution !, offers great IN
'duccnGnts for "a salubrious cli-
mate for students. Tho standard of
cddchtionis said dsbS good judges to be
quite equal to thatof Princeton College,
with the advantage of being Southern
instfthtf6n:. t.Tlic students last year
numbered one hundred and six, Of
whichnumber onc-tmrd wcrc South
Carbknialis. {Iif tito donors this year,
the comparative supremacy Of South
Carolina distinction was in q greater
ratio. The moral advantages Of: THIS
institution date tIick'to itsSl}i4Il. The
tonc:bf the .College;sis 'decidedly re-
ligious--11soiihd aiif sincure,asits sound
and li6hest Trustees Of Presby terian
,,nipjafceEs can kcDptt::S -rt Is s.@ chedb'
as,. not cheaper THAN, any: other COL
legciof: Its. high ,gradc.S Board listen
dollars d month, aid good lnountaiii
thre with pec cxxttrvN. xtvN. eeh.arrges for tho extra
appetite from gesa9d air.; The, pr:otee;s;5:
so,s arc all able men and Southern
educated mnn.. DR., HcpbpuInn. Profes-
sor LatiWcr AND Professor SAMPSON
graduafed' at tho University Of
Yirgihia,%1, Professor Sampson, who
HIS thafge Ftlie.' department. ::of.:- Ian
gauges; giadSWted also in German
UstixcrsitS, ,and.is q thorough lingufst:
We. j. -uld, conlmcnd the Davidson
College to onr Fairfield friends:
".tI b,NoTEs.I,ROMR RIDaEWAT.-r,
Dry Weather and Parched Gardens.+TIlo
pCrops,- MORTALITY Among tho Cattle-The
J., -; 'Mniign Aspect Df the 'Planets. .,"..>.
. 1sIDeEwA$;,Janc 'l8: The rains arc
SPOTTED, a1iT in Some localities we ard
:: suffering from seven weeks. drought
With iio5 prospects Of rain, as southtrly
winds bring none. Clouds come up but
no rain falls: even the wet spell east-
erly winds only give us mist. The
:: earth is parched, and gardens are burnt
up. AS for the cotton. crops, the
weed is small but.hcalthy, and perfectly
clehr of grass. Corn docs not grow
Too dry to piant peas. o Oats, gencr-
ally good, but the yields not as large
as those, reported: about tho Boro.
Some have been actually threshed out
and measured up, and have yielded
from sixteenito twenty-five bushels to
the acre. Wore the Boro oats Heated
likewise, or was 1t & guess or a. SUM-
mise, oI was the"accordingto my best
Judgment plan adopted to ascertain
tho quantity? Wheat here is good.
"Colored" berries are getting ripe
small, but plentiful. Plums (old tleld)
in full;blast, and cherries almost gono.
The boasts of tho field seem to be
sorsly afflicted. Some kind of disor.
;delB- some think. Ytshytlrophobia, 8pre-
veils among the canine family and
they have been, and are being. killed
around and below here, by the dozens,
An epidemic is among; tho hogs, some
persons haye lost all. M. Hinnant
lost, a good many, and tho post nor
tem$ seem I'd ekoW' tliat tho lungs arc
the scat Of disease: Captain Rhine has
lost three milch cows within the last
two weeks. The following symptoms
seom to mark the, e,distomper: first, the
animals beglh't t0 droop, then they as.
y; stlhae a stasRariHsS then Q froth
exudes from Tho mouthand death fol.
8 lows We havo case of mumps, ,lo
! J sickness; sadSsTIsAe i'll gHeg f yoa i sask the