The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-08-24
IN Old RELIC.
Il TQtton Shot from General IIancock's
/ Coat at tho Battle Of Gottysburg.
W.T. "a
stored.

y nQtton Shot from Gcicral IIancoc.s's
Coat at tho Battle Of Gettysburg.
From tho Little Rock Gnzettc.
Yesterday well dressed tn;in-but
This is. not Il fashionable article; what's
the use in describing man's drcss
Any way, tho man entered u store,
and, taking brass button from his
pocket he handed tito u Dystantler,
| and rcmarkcu!; .u,,.,.
"Rathcr II valuable relic. This but
ton was shot from IIancock's cont ut
the battle OF Gettysburg. My father
was on IIancock's stnfl' and picked uh
the button when it fell from the Gen
erals coat" ,..,
II should think that it is valuable"
said the, e,nan, examining it. "From
llamcock's coat? Well, [ declare.
Whatll you take for it2 Excuse nc,
sir. l should not Of asked such Il
silly question" :.
"No offence, sir.a.1 wouldn't sell
| the relic, ofcourSc, rs it is bound to me
by more than one tic. My tathcris dead"
--and the man looked away while n
| boy that stood by the counter laZily
turning the leaves Ola lot of sheet
music "No, wouldn't sell it," con-
tinucd the man, "bllt rs | am in strait
cncd circumstances am going to tho
pawn shop and pawn it."
! "Don't tlo that. Let nc take it."
"Whn. loan me So" =,
The money was handed over, and
after the rclic-man lad carefully taken
down the address orthc capitalist he
walkcl out. About five minutes after
ward the clerk III The uciShboring store
| .,,,t,, Il ,1,,s,
fellows; reckon I've got the boss rel
ic, Il button shot from lIancock's coat
at the battle OF fGcttysburg." lie then
"lwrappGd ,'.,,} SI. lot ,,t,, of oil paper from
"H "Wntrc p'tT sid 70" D"''S" st IT, asked + the
man who had II similar curiosity.
81 got il from u man whose father
The poor fellow hpd started to the
pawn shop. let him have ten dollars
"What. ho! boss" exclaimed anotisi.
CT man, entering the store and holding
up brass button. "IIerc's a relic for
you. Shot from Gen. llancock's coat
during the
Say, there" said man looking
through the doorway. "do yow fcllcrs
want to sec II relic Of the late wal
EShot -"
"l'vc got one thatll beat it," said a
man stopping and iumbling in his vest
! ."llolc on dar." said colorcd man.
"Icmme show yer dc boss curyasity.
lit 5 Il button got oflen-"n .
..Oh, Tot up" exclaimed several
voices, while the noise, Of buttons roll
ing ON the floor was heard.
LESS look for that fellcr,". said Ole
hrst yictim: .:H';Why, bust my buttons
S0mchody must have drawn down on
Hancock with doublc-barrcl shot.
gun.'
The party went out, and the only
,hfornation learned Of him was that
nc had lHSt CIT tho buttons from an old
army coat and started for the next
town.
~ HlcH "FIND" iS SnyEn.-Last
evening the Coston brothers. owners
OF the liccla lqtr, adjoining. the Racine
l'oN on ntha'norih and east, in running
n,cnt through the dixie, upon Which
their claim, The lIccla, is located, came
upon horn silver in great sheets and
clnnks on the surface. Hundreds of
people 1iockcd to tl,c scene of. discov-
cry This morning and scared spcci-
meas, not less than 81 900 in this man
ncr being carried away. Mir. j, =.
Coston ana his brother <phrcho scd tho
lode on the 29th of last month from
the Wolf boys, ,Hwho had three or four
dlScoVery shafts on the claim, but fin.
cd to> discover tho richness within the
ro'k. Inc Coston boys began work
last evening on the dixie. and have
within tho brief period Of furtv-cioht
hours developed enough to make them
independence for life. Rich spccimcns
ofthc rock coated with horn silver can
bc seen at the Repu6NcuM Office. This
strike is, to- put it mildly, worth mil
hons TO our camp, as it will undoubt
cdiy be followed by others and bo the
means OF causing tue construction Of
more mills in our camp. The emf.
being made is about thirty fcct lone
and not to exceed fivc feet in dcplh af
inc deepest point.-Sikrcr cur coos
RcpuGlic0R.
a NATURAL IcE ITousE.-:In tic
hluG mountains, on the farm Of Sam
uci ,ilhg0mpss0n, near Swartswood Pond
III sussex county, New Jcrsoy, is a
cfeVicc or canon several hundred
yards ~ length and from ten to thirty
icet deep, The bottom is covered with
ice, and tic caves and croviccs arc flii-
cd with It: In fact it is natural ice
house, where many tons of leo can bc
!akcn out without apparently dccrcas-
ing tho supply. Tho grcator. part of It
nps been there for, many years. the
mass mass slowly mcltingin summer and
increasing in winter, until it,, has bc-
come several feet thick. During the
past warm weather.. whom tho thor
momctcr registered in the ninetics only
a mile IRON tho, gorge, at tho bottom of
II marked only .thirty-cight degrees.
~ leW fect from ono end OF tho gorge
u spring OF sparkling water bubbles
up. IlnS water stands at thirty-four
H,'SrGCs during winter and summer
Mr' thompson says that the farmers
iHr mi!cs around take leo from this