The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-02-24
NEWS OF THE D4Y.

IA AIait HaI'lcu DcvcnS, IN COwcta
county, Ca, recently outraged his
own daughter, and, it IS supposed, has
left the country. ~
"-A young man at Canton, Ohio,
hns sued hfa own mother for IO.ODO
for slandcr. She circulated a report
TINT l,c was drunken and thievish.
A grand banquet was given at the
st. Charles Hotel, New Orleans, last
Thursday evening, in honor of Chief
Justice Waite, of the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court of Ohio has
decided that it l. illegal to dun n
debtor on postal card, US such &C. is
liable to injurc the credit or reputation,
Of the debtor elsewhere.
"A general order il about to be
issued 10y the post-officc department
cutting down the mail service on all
"star' routes in the country to one
service Il week.
At IL stOr ny meeting ola convcn-
ton or the Irish societies OF New York
last week, it was decided to hold u
parade on st. Patrick's Day, instead of
dcvoting the money used for that pur-
pose to the suffering poor in Ireland.
-Dr. Benjamin I}randrcth. Of Bran-
drcth pills n0toricty, died suddenly at
his residence in Sing Sing last week
OF cmbolism Of the heart. IIc leaves
an estate valued ut from two TO three
million dollars, including considerable
real estate in Texas.
-Four baiIins accompanied bv a
large force of pole" last week dis.
trained cattle for rent on farm in the
County Of Waterford, Ireland. oc, uni
Cd by widow. a crowd Of five hun
drctt persons ovcrpowcrcd the police
and rccaptnrcd the cattle. The ring
leader OF the mob will be indicted for
assault.
In n siS-day go-as-vou-plcasc
walking-match which commenced at
Agricultural Hall, New York, on Mon
dny last the contestants had made the
following scores at ~ O'Clock Thurs
day night: Blower Brown iO5 miles
Hazel $50 and Day 33l. The distance
covered by Brown for nincty-tive hours
ending at midnight beats all previous
records.
during wind storm which oc-
Cured ut Cincinnati at an early hour
last Thursday, Il frame house occupied
by John ii. Dcltcnback, his wife and
three children was bic IN completed.
over, Durying the inmates under the
debris. Delicnback was fatally in
jurcd, his wife and two eldest children
were slightly hurt, and his infant child
was killed.
The Rev. Edward Cowlcv, man.
agcr OF the Shepherds Fold, who was
on trial for eight days in the New
York Court Of General Sessions for
starving and ill-trcating children, was
convicted and rcmandcd for sentence.
The prisoner was overcome at the an
nounccmcnt, and wcpt bitterly. The
penalty for The offence is one wear in
prison and $3.50 fine.
Last Sunday evening four men
broke into the house of BENJAMIN
Smith on lonely road near Wanonic,
Pa, beat Smith, who is cighty-thrcc
years old, until he could no longer
resist, robbed him, outraged his oldest
daughter, and after making several
attempts to burn the house took their
leave. Two men have been arrested
on suspicion.
The New York papers state that
Mrs: Jennie Collins Tyler, niece of
ex-Prcsidcnt Tyler, died in great pov-
erty IN Brooklyn last Tuesday. 1t is
said that the deceased was once a
rc!gning belle in Washington and Dos
scsscd ofa comfortable fortune, which
was spent by her first husband, who
then deserted her. The second hus-
band, Collins, is very poor and with
out work.
Captain 1Icmphill and his bride
arc smiling down the Ohio and Mis-
Sissippi Rivers, on their honeymoon
tour, III boat built expressly for the
purpose. No other soul is aboard the
craft, which is gayly bcdcckcd with
flags and cvcrgreens, and is greeted
on the way with steam whistles and
cannon, the bridegroom being popu-
lar man and known TO all Steamboat
men.
IA Vienna newspaper relates that for
some days past the Car has received a
sealed letter containing few words of
menace, and saying that if he did not
change his system of oppression he
would not live TO celebrate the twcn-
ty-tifth anniversary of his accession to
the throne. The sheet was alwavs
bordercd with black. III court cir-
clcs it was known us the black letter.
All efforts to discover the person who
conveyed it to the Empcror's room
have been unsuccessful.
"A dispatch from Murfrccsboro',
Tenn, says: Fully ten thousand per-
sons witnessed the hanging Of John
Hall and Burrcll Smith, near Little
Creek, last Friday, for the murder of
Henry Pugh in 1879. The scaffold was
erected within three hundred yards of
t hc public square, and raised seats had
been erected facing it, sittings upon
which were sold for one dollar apiece.
Hall died without struggle, but
Smiths death was painfully prolonged.
The Rev. DR.. j. g. Jctcr, one of
the most prominent Baptist clcroymen
in tho South, died at Richmond, Va.
on Wednesday, aged scvcnty-cight
years. He was n native of bedford
county, Va, had been pastor Of several
churches in different parts of the State,
was at one time editor of the Relig.
ious Herald, and held many positions
Of prominence III connection with va
aious institutions oflcarniny in the
Southern States. His death has caus-
cd profound and general sorrow.
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