The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-03-12
NOTES IND COMMENTS,

-PoStmastcr James, of New York
Is NclshnIan and n printer by trade.
w hittallcr is writing Il novel; this
is fitting imitation Of Dcaconsicld.
Halfway trcigh,s and Western
fruit seem to have been killed bv the
recent freeze.
Samuel j. Randall the cx-Spcakcr,
Is stil spoken OF as appointment, black
eyed and powerful"
Howard Carroll says there is no
6Qcictv~- in .-.WaslIinVton. Carroll is
1t is generally believed thar Post
master james is the gem in the new
Cabhct. There is Il pun in this some.
where.
1t was the cordial meeting b.
tween l'ill Sheridan and Cen. Ham.
COCK III The Senate Chuulbrr thut
brought down the House.
- lhc city Of Columbia will ccrtai,,-
" nave completed IL wise work wnrn
theF have developed the water bower
OF the Congarcc.
-Sccre:ary of the Treasury, VIM
oom' Is IN favor OF Ea::s' Ship Railway.
And Just here Secretary Wiudon
w
II he State or Arkansas is in undis-
ruird possession OF Il statue and .,ur-
tialt OF John Brown, ,nd doesn't know
what to do with them.
-Nrbraslia and Alabama are trviuv
TO run liquor dealers on; Of The S,in,r
ihcy are bad States for Junk sh,n
dealers 10 inlnieralc to.
Tho Lcavenworih (Kan#a>) Times
seems to incline to the (hrou,c.c'y
view mat MIR. hammond. Of Gr,uoln.
VIII bc Il leader on the Dcmorr,
side Of the XCIIuusr.
The proposal to make cnudi,;,n
or license that no liquor .halI br SID
TO culnrrd students, n which ihr N,..
$achusetts liquor law c,n,,n,Itrr rc-
ported adversely had its origin n AM
ncrSt.
- After all, General Hancock seems
TO nave been the central figure in
asliihgton. Wherever his com
manding form. and frank mani, tuco
were seen, applause was Spontaneous
and surprising.
SENATOR Conkling gave Haycso
par'ln Shot in opposing the upprunri,,.
iioh Tor dcirnyinY The expenses or ihc
Wayne MacVcigh Commission to NV
Orleans in 1877. His satire wns nc
Keen as his vengeance waa rare.
-Durlng the delivery of General
Gariicld's inaugural address, President
lhHcs hcld the hat OF his Successor.
"hiIc the enthusiastic daughter of the
incoming President, forgetting hcIs.Ir,
applaudcd from time to time.
IT. ia nnfn,vnut
upon which General Garfield sot villa I
on the grand stand last Friday was the
saIie same used by Washington in New
\ norE at his Inauguration as first
PRESIDENT OF the United States.
AT last accounts Mr.. Jay Gould
owned three New York ioErnaIs--nll
aail!-and was advancing upon ihc
fourth. Jay Gould recognizes thn
'ruth That no man can be truly prcat
VINO is not in the newspaper protes.
-Vcnnor's prediction for thc )ost
Two days in February was that ,hnv
were "likely to be fair" Thc stnrm,.
OF snow. and wind and rain wh;rL
marked those two days ought TO scitlc
'ehnors status asa weather prophet,
Tho light and humorous criticisms
upon the militia at the Capitol do not
deal III he seriousness which mmht
cVcntnatc. TO Southern men and lov-
ers OF liberty, the sight Of bavoncts at
.nc state House conveys more OF sir.
miicance'than "armor rustinu on thc
walls.' VII ''''
1t was rather unfortunate that nc
inc galleries, last Friday, began to fiji
up with ladies and diplomats. thr
House was noisy and disordcrly. and
soon got into a snarl, which jrcamc
more involved bv the antics of IInhko
or, OF Mississippi, Singleton, Of Illi.
hols, and one or two other Dcmocr,ts.
VINO were more or less intoxicated.
- In conscqi cnco of the improve
m'nt to be made by the new Western