The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-09-27

iminutcS' times was "hu,rviny up 10
Riagpwnv." Aud he has never stepped
Running yet that anybody has cvar
heard OIL Nor has lie ctcrtole b. OK
| TO- Columbia to claim that other thou
sand. The wires. were put to- work
the chccks were pronounced torgcrieS.
and the bank LOST five hundred dollars.
| y conductor was tclrerupllcd to Il.
ChcStGr to have arrested /: man on his
train, but owing to some mistake in
the description and the cmimcntlv re-
spectacle appearance Of the "Gcncral,"
the conductor pointed out Il poor
"'ul,ch and Judy" man who WAS ar
rested, lronGht back a!.d OF course q.
| leased. a> he was rs unlike the "Gcucr-
al in personal appearance as q gcnuil G
Scno"am bian is unlike u tnir-haircd,
| blnr-rNc,l Saxon. Detectives were
tclcgraphctl to, bat as their principal
concern appeared to Dc about Il large
! reward they seemed to think should be
offered, and the haHk not caring to
send too mucl, good money after bad,
The rascal escaped. Although the
man WIS his "dauwhtcr," one OF tho
jnnitols ut the State House who watch
cd the movements OF the pair about
the building voluntarily intnrmcd your
correspondent t." next day that the
narctionatc demonstrations n,a,ic bE
the "Gcncrai" towards the voun" wo-
man were Of anything but II fn!hcrly
! III. turc, however devoted Il father the
old man might bc. There is no sort Of
doubt existing in the minds Of any of
the officers Of the Bank to-day, nor has
there been since the developments ut
Richmond, that the "GcncraP was
none other than Marvin, the ucscrip-
tion OF the "Gcncral" and that given
of Marvin fitting TO Il niccty. The
woman may have been only an accom-
plicc or "stool pigeon, but she was
most likely one Of Marvin's numerous
victims whom lie doubtless afterwards
abandoned.
The announcement of the President 5
death was received here with general
sorrow. The bells were tollrd, min
ute gums were fired ly the Flying
Artillery. and many Of the stores, The
Opera llou>c and The postoiii"c were
and arc still lrapcd in mourning. You
have doubtless ere this received the all
nouncrnlrnt Of the Governor procla-
nation, calling upon tic good people
of Tie State to observe Monday, the
2G'h, as day OF "iasting, prayer aud
| humiiaiion.'
There has been something of a scnsa-
ton here for several days over TIC
arrest Of one Hawkins, supposed to be
Il "n,ap fraud.' Hawkins has been
here for some weeks past. Claiming
To- be the agent Of ono 7. J. I.lovd, hc
solicited subscriptions from the mcr-
chants in sums of from two to twenty
five dollars. The subscription was
paid in advance ami the map was to
be delivered wien it was completed.
Hawkins ran up bills here and left for
the purpose, il is supposed, OF "worE-
ing" Charleston. Ills long STAY, loose
habits, and sundry Iililc crooked
transactinns he is known to have been
cmTa%cd in, give his case Il bad appear
"mcc. lie was arrested in Charleston,
on scvcra! charges, but in every in
stance was released. The sheriff Of
llichland will bring him back here
tomorrow, and he will be tried for
obtaining money under false prctcnscs.
| doubt very much chat he can be held,
MS he will have, according to his agree
mcnt, any length Of time to produce
tho map.-which most people now think
is 4 myth.
The improvcmcntsat the fair grounds
are being rapidly pushed forward by
Mcssrs. LomaN and Gilman Watson,
tn" contractors, and. when they are
completed we Shall have an exhibition
ground Of which Columbia may well
feel proud. | learn from Secretary
| Holloway that among other attractions
Miss Elsa Nnn Biumrn, Amcrica's S
first and only lady bicyclist, proposes
to visit the fair and run against horses
around the course. She "strah,llcS the
blnd,' and ii il said can beat DcXtcr's
time Oh a good track.
The Stare Temperance Convention
meets here on Tuesday. II. G.. Il.