The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-08-11

North-bour@ passenger, 1929 p. m. !;
south-b6hnd, 4.28 +. IN: north-bound
freight, 9.O5 a. M; sonth:bound, 1.37
p. IN. These arrivals are OH the basis
OF Railroad time, sixteen hinHtea
faster than Winnsboro time.
Now Advertisements.
Masonic Mceting-G. B. McCants,
Secretary. ~.
Local Briefs.
--The phgilistic mill was in opera
ton on Monday.
Cotton is beginning to open and
Cuffio is beginning to feel rich.
--We hear that one or tho base ball
istb in town actually sleeps IN Ms Wni-
form.
We heard a negro say that even
his pumpkin crop was q failure this
year.
There are three prisoners in Jail
who stand pretty good chance of be-
being "swung up";.
The Gordons are having squad
drills in anticipation of going to the
Yorktown Centennial in October.
The streets are in very good con-
'ditson NOW and we hope they will be
kept SO all through the winter months.
The Palmetto base ball club of
this place left for Chester on Tuesday
to play the Star base ball club Of that
place.
-Mcssrs. r. G. Gooding and d. r.
Flcnnikcn left on Tuesday for visit
to Kentucky. Wo wish them pleas
ant time and safe return.
The peach crop this year must
have been somewhat of failure. We
have seen very few and tasted q great
many less.
A good plan to rna&c Msoney- Got
walking cane aud little "nig" to
lead and beg for you. We mean to
60 conveniently bind".
If you want to hurt somebody ont,
ut the same time make that somebody
use bad words, just leave your front
gate open across the sidewalk over
night. '.+ p. ~. a'.s..,. 49,.
The peach crop seems to be look
ing up little. Several lots have becn
brought to town iii tiie past day of
two. Vegetables are now quite plen-
tiful-in cans.
The storc-liouse near tae fleight
depot is going rapidly forward, and
will very soon be ready for use. 1t is
q good-sized building--measuring fifty
by one hundred feet.
There's no use in paying big
price for a sewing-machine, when you
can get a .1arst-,'ate one for thirty dol
lars, by applying at the ofiicb Of The
News AND HERALD.
The "Cotton Exchange" of Mr.. Il.
j. McCarley is nearly finished. When
completed it will be quite a handsome
building and will add much to the
looks Of "Irish TOWN..
We are pleased to see in town Mr..
Henry G: Boylston, now Of Baltimore.
He seems to be in fine healtlt and
spirits, and his many friends are glad
to know that the airo of the Monumental
=. City. so!well agrees with him. g
They say it Has cost the govern.
inent $4,000 to establish q second
time the fact that Whitaker mutilated
himself. We know lots of people hero
in Winnsboro that would hive under
taken tho job for much less money.
The Sunny South gave its
readers instructions in "einbracing''
last week. It's good advice, and we
hope all young men will endeavof to
read It's instructions and "embraGe''
every opportunity to Practise thems
1t Is thought that Chester will 20
"dry" at tho next municipal election:
From the appearance of the crowd
that loft fof Chester with the Caroliha
base ball Glib on Wednesday, wo
wouldn't be bit surprised If it went
"dry" in less time ttian tliat.
Tho glass-balf team expect to go
TO Spartanbhig on the nth instant
to participate i'll d shooting-niatch with
the Spartanburg team. We hope they
will meet with the samG stict6ss that
the realized at the last matBh thcy had
with that team.
in tho parade Of the Richland
Volunteer Rifle Company, Monday,
Messrs. w. M. Propst; and t. Nj!
Chandler, of the Gordon Light infant
fy, were honored with the post Of
color-guard. In the shooting-match
Mr.. Propst won tho first prize--a
handsome silver goblet offered for the
visiting companies:
Mr.. T. p. Mitchell, of this county,
has s6ht to the State Agricultural De-
partmont n very fine specimen of
Variegatcd soapstone taken from a
point about nineteen miles northwest
Of Winnsboro, and five miles from
Woodward's. A rich deposit Of this
soapstone has been discovered by Mf.
Mitchell, and he thinks it Can bo
utilized ..-. ...r .s.-...