The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-12-14
TEXAS HAPPENINGS.

from San Antonio says: "Gen. f.. O.
&. Ord, yesterday morning. upon no.
tificati"n of his retirement from the
command of the Department Of Texa =,
and from the active army, vacated his
Office at he idquarters, and ordered
Assistant Adiutant General Vincent to
report to General Sheridan until t, 9
temporary commander appears. As
General Ord's son-im-Iaw, General
Trcvino, has been appointed minister
OF war of Mexico, it is rumored that
that country will be his future home"
A special from Brownwood t. the
NeWS says: "Thc cast-bound st,mn
was robbed three miles east of this
place at O'Clock last night. TWO #
the robbers. after relieving the pasScn-
gers of ono hundred ard siXtv-ti @
dollars, cut open the mail bags AMI
extracted registered letters from which
they obtained about $780,"
Right Rev. Father Chamhodat, late
Vicar General OF the Galveston dio-
cese. died at st. Mary's Infirmary ut
"a p. M, Yesterday, Of pneumonia. I.e
had been in delicate health for several
months. Father Chambodat was the
parish priest Of Vacgf(ochcs in tho days
OF the Republic Of Texas. lie moved
to Galveston in 1913, and was made
Vicar General Of this disocese by
Bishop Oden in 1860, which position
lie filed until he was relieved, eight
cen months since. at his own request.
lio was universally beloved and his
death is deeply deplored.
FCLIPsEs THIS MoNTH.--Thcre arc
two new moons, one on the 1st and
one on the 3lst. On both occasions,
as the moon passes between the sun
and the earth, her path lies so nearly
in the plane of our orbit that she causes
partial eclipscs Of the sun. She is,
therefore. the cause Of our having two
solar cclipScs in one month. The
eclipse of the 1st is invisible in the
United States. That Of the 31stis par
TALLY visible. The sun will rise
eclipscd, and the eclipse will end soon
after 8 o'clock, a little more than
sevcn-tenths of the suns disn being
hidden at the time Of gre atcst obscura-
ton; the last morning of the year will
therefore be dark one. The new
moon OF the lst will be in conjunction
with Venus Oh the 4th, crescent and
evening star forming a celestial picture
to which every star-gaZcr will pay an
! involuntary tribute of admiration. On
the 10th, her path lies near Jupiter
OF the llth ucar Saturn. The moon
tulls on the 10th, and passes near
Uranus on the 23d. The waning moon
on the morning of the Goth, passes
within twcnty-scvcn minutes Of Mars,
and on the 30th, within thirteen
minutes Of Mercury.
The eclipse Of the sun on the 31at
can be watched by anyone who com.
mands n view Of the piece of sky
where the sun rises, and piece OF
smoked glass ia all that required to
watch the progress Of the grand phc.
nomeDon.-Pr0Uidenco J0u,Hol.
How IRISH LANDLORDS LIVE Than
Mr.. Stacpo0le. the owner OF this place
there was once no more popular man
in Glare. His stccpic-cIIasers win
glory for Ireland at Liverpool, whcth.
er they return profit to their owne,
ornot. lie Keeps up, with slight us.
sistance fl ON members of the hunt, q
pack Of barriers and hunts them him.
self. His cousin, tho late Captaii
Stacpoole' Of Ballyalla, was the wei
known "silcnt member" who. fn,
twenty years. represented Euliis ii
Parliament. Ilc is spending at least
$4,000 n year In household expenses
alone; but he never leaves his revolver
aud he is in the right, for many u loca
leader declares, with pale face and
flaming eyes, that he would "gladl,
60 to the gallow for 'um." "Ycs,'
says Mr.. Stacpoolc, Il always carr,
my large bore revolver, and l nevc,
walk. even across the path to loot
down at tho lake, alone! Whenever
go ont and wherever I go I have {
trustworthy man with me CARRYING &
doublc-barrellcd gun. His orders arc
distinct. If anybody fires at me he /.
not to look at me, but let mo lie anf
kill the man who fired the shot. An(
am not sure that if he saw an armct
man near nc IN suspicious attitude
that l,c wouldn't shoot first. mos
certainly will myself. 1t catch an,
Of them armed aud lurking about hero
near my house, l will Kill them, anG
thoy know it."--Du6lim Letter.
Subscribe to The News AND HER,