The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-28
Local Briefs.

Slight rain on Tuesday night.
Colonel Rion is enjoying himself
at Long Branch.
Tomatoes at cent apiece tell Of
the severity of the drought.
Fifteen persons from Fairfield at
tended the colorcd anstitute III Colum.
bia.
MIR. Thos. w. Lauderdale leaves
to-day for Saratoga aud other places of
resort.
Several Winnsboro teachers leave
next Monday for the Normal Institute
at Grcenville.
The trade in gins is brisk. Mr..
j. NJ. Elliott finds It hard to supply
the demand.
Swamp hay is coming into town
and selling at from sevcnty-tive cents
to something more !or an ext.y, article.
A MYSTERIOUS CoUNTERFEIT.-A
mew and dangerous counterfeit silver
dollars is now in circulation. The imi-
tation is IN all respects perfect, show
ing that the machine used is Of high
order. Tho metal is the only mark by
which the spurious character can be
told, 1t being Of q white tingc, in no
way resembling the silver used in the
genuine. What this composition colt
sists Of has net been decided upon bv
experts, but it does not require an ex-
pert to detect the metallic impurity of
the spurious dollar.
THE ARSON CASE Cain Jones, n
colorcd man, and his son have been
arrested OH the charge Of burning
down Mr.. r. j. Gladncy's property
three separate acts Of inccndiarism at
three different times being alleged
against them. The boy confessed that
by order Of his father he set fire to tho
building the last time, telling how ho
returned through the cotton-field to
his fathers house, SO that they might
allay suspicion by hurrying to the fire.
Some time ago Cain had difficulty
with Mr.. Gladney, and this is given as
the motive for The act. The fact that
there were three distinct acts betrays
the bitterest malice, and stamps the
crime as peculiarly diabolicol. Asthe
crime is one of, the four. for which
capital punishment is the penalty, it is
highly probable that these two per-
sons will tic hanged as warning to
other evll-ininded inCcndIgries. 4.
-----l,s---- = $50 :
A Picnic AT PINE GRovE.-Our
correspondent ''Yidotte" writes: "On
Friday last, lthe,2and inst, the woods
surrounding Pine Grove School, taught
by our esteemed friend Mr.. w. j.
Keller, was visited by many Of our
friends from Winnsboro, White Oak,
Salem. Monticello and this Immediate
neighborhood, for the purpose of at
tending picnic given in honor of the
school. Friendly groups scattered
here and there made tho woods ring
with joy. The old folks talked Of edu-
catior--and how the 'sdry drought"
had served each in their time. The
young folks, of course, talked too-.
what about? Well, you Kind editors
were once young yourselves and have
no doubt gone through tho same
modus operandi. Therefore no firth.
or enlightenment on the subject is
necessary. At twelve O'Clock. sharp,
a bounfiful dinner was served by the
kind ladies, ard we think that all were
we'll satisfied with this part Of the
proceedings. In the evening the young
people repaired to the residence Of
MFR. Garner Brice, where very en-
joynblc sociable took place, which
lasted for several hours. We think
that all enioyest themselves to tho
fullest extent. Should another orcu.
sion of the same kind ever present
itself we would be glad to welcome all
our friends again, and among them the
editors Of THt News AND HERALD.
Mr.. Keller leaves soon for the rnolaf,
tains. We wish him a pleasant So
journ."