The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-03-25

Inc Inorhc Comedy Company failed
to get all audience on Saturday night
owing, no doubt, to the unfavorable
weather.
A telegram received at Columbia on
Saturday night announced the arrest,
n Washington, Of Kcuncdy, the man
who swindlcd the coniiding officer Of
the Central National Bank in Column
bia.
Read the advertisement of Norris
Hotel. Mr.. A. A. Morris, the pro-
prictor, has had long experience as a
host, and knows how to run a hotel,
The building he occupies has been
entirely rciittcd, and he has every
facility fo: ensuring the comfort OF
his guests.
MIR. VIM. II. Donly advcrtiscs in
this paper some very nice groceries
at very moderate prices. In addition
to the articles enumerated, he keeps
always OH hand full supply Of pure
wines and liquors, scgars, tobacco,
staple and fancy groceries, etc. Give
him call, and you will be sure to
get the worth of your money,
Capt. w. II. Sigh has been appoint-
ed captain of the guard at the pcniteM-
tiary, in place Of the former incum-
bent, Capt. Berry, removed. Captain
Sigh is well known oil over Fairfield,
and his many friends will be gratiiied
to learn of his appointments, He did
splendid work with bis Club in the
days of'76.
We have received a call from Mr..
Earle L. Jennings, the general trav.
cling agent of the Augusta Chronicle
and Comstitutionalist---which is cycry-
where recognized as one of tho very
best newspapers in the South. We
trust that Mr.. Jennings trip will be
quite successful, and extend to his
paper our best wishes.
Messrs. NcMaster & Brice advertise
in this issue tho now widely known
Red Rock Oil, which is specially re-
commended for its safety from explo-
sion. We have ourselves tried this oil,
and can testify to its brilliancy and it's
entire freedom from any tendency to
explode. 1t will be seen, from the
advertisement, that the price has been
reduced to forty cents per gallon,
MEMORIAL DAY IN CONTAMINATION.
John S. Preston has been chosen by
the ladies ofthe MEMORIAL Association
to deliver the Grafton upon the occa-
sion Of the unvciling ofthe Confederate
monument, at Columbia, on the 10th
OF May next. Tho Register, in speak
ing OF Gen. Prcston's acceptance of
the invitation, says ga better &C.
lection could not have been made, nor
one that would be more acceptable to
our people. Numbering among his
ancestors Patrick Henry and tho poet
Campbell, he could not fail to be elo-
quent by nature, and his learning and
special culture Of the gift have made
him one Of the first orators of the age"
TIE Rocky MOUNT RoUTE.~~In a
private letter written by Hon. j, II.
Eyins, hc makes the following state
mcnt regarding the Rocky Mount
postal route:
understand acorrcspondcnt Of THE
News AND HERALD has taken me TO
task for not procuring extension of
a mail route to Rocky Mount. When
tho application WAS sent mo, I wrote
The parties who had sent 1t that the
Postoflice department had no power
to extend tho route, and that I would
insert it in the postal route bill. did
put it into the bill, which failed to pass O
year ago on account Of the BRAZILIAN
subsily amendment put upon it by the
Senate. That the bill failed to pass
was no fault of mine. The bill, how
ever, passed just before the end Of the
last Congress, and in the copy sent THs
News AND HERALD q few days ago
will be found the extension Of the
route referred to by the correspondent
of your paper.
The act mentioned establishes con-
tinuation of the post route from Ross
vile to Rocky Mount, and route
from Winnsboro to Liberty Hill. Uin