The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-04-29
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NEFS or THE D.iI.

Tho president FRO ter. Of the SCI,
arc has appointed Senator Hampton,
TO M vacancies in the committees OH
military affairs, mines and mining, and
transportation to the scaboard.
"A conductor Oh n Massachusetts
railroad has been found guilty of man
slaughter for causing Il railway col
lslon through his carclcssncss. This
will be warning to railroad mcn.
The first hanging in North Alaba-
ma, under the reccnt law reoniring
executions to- be private, occurred at
Tuscumbia on Friday, the culpritbcino
Charles Rash, colorcd, who. killed his
wife in April, 1877.
john L. Poindcxtcr, tried for kill
ing 9. G. Curtis, in Richmond, Va,
last month, has been convicted of vol
untary inanslaughtcr. The jury as
sesscd his punishment at two years in
the penitcntiary.
Charles Sweet, deaf mute, of
Whitehall, N. Y, about thirtv-cioht
years Of age, who separated from his
wife about two wee ago, met her on
Thursday in a house Of il-tumc. lie
shot her through the head three times,
and then, placing the pistol to his tenn
pie. killed himself instantly. His wife
cannot survive.
Tho President issued on Friday
proclamation stating that it had be-
come known to him that certain evil
disposed persons have set upon foot
preparations for an organized and
torcible possession Of and settlement
upon the lands known rs the Indian
Territory. He warns all such persons
not to do SO, and further warns and
notifies them that if they so offend they
will be speedily and Immediately re-
moved by the agent, and if necessary
the assistance ofthc military forces will
be invoked to carry the laws into exc
cution.
Tho talk about the suicide Of Ed
win NJ. Stanton, Lincoln's secretary Of
war, having been revived bya pas
sage in the book Of Gen. Dick Tavlor,
Surgcon-Gcncral Barnes comes for
ward with a statement that Mr.. STAN
ton died of dropsy Of tho heart, and
that he was present at the time of his
death, and had his hand ovcr his heart
at the time it ceased to beat. lie also
publishes with the statement the affida-
Wit ofDavid Jones, the barber who
shaved Mr.. Stanton after his death,
who swcars that there was no mark Of
violence about tie throat of the dcccas
ed. 1t seems strange that evidence SO
conclusive as this should have been
withheld so long.
-Messrs. Blackburn and Chalmers
arc "vindicating' themselves too often.
Scarcely day passes that one or the
other is not on his feet with personal
cXplanation-oxplanations about the
capture Of Fort Pillow, about the
Okolona states, about the correctness
OF the printcdrcp ofthcir speeches.
Tho country is growing tired of these
frequent corrections, dcnials and ex-
planations.--too tired oven to laugh at
them.
"A New York despatch Of April 2i,
says: Pierre Lorillard, the owner Of
Parole, came to this city last night
from his stock farm in New Jersey.
lie stated to a reporter that he went to
Philadelphia yesterday and bought all
ofthe bennington yearlings in Wclch's
stab)cs-thirtcen in all. lie says he
has not won so largely on Parole as has
been represented
tircd from practice having had placed IN his
hands by nm East India missionary tho rorml-
IA OF simple vegetable remedy, for tho speedy
tiS, catarrh, asthma, and all throat and lung
anecdionS, ,a niSo positive and radical cure for
after having tested its wonderful W M % c,rS,iYc DOW
ers IN thousands OF cases, has felt it his duty
10 make It known to his suffering Fellows
relieve human sufforing, will send, free OF
S,a GnaaTRe 10 al who desire 1t, this recipe. with
man, French, or English. Sent by mali BY ad-
dITteSSing ar with stamp, naming this paper. ",
yW.ssherar' W.. l49 Powers BLOCK, Rochester,, New
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