The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-04-19
SOUrH CAROLINA HERS,

-Einety-six has elected dry ticket
without opposition.
Tho truck-gardencrs of Charles
ton have commenced the shipment of
strawberries to the Northern markets.
THE car shops at Helena, on the
Columbia and Greenviile Railroad,
will be consolidated with the Char
lotte, Columbia and Augusta shops at
Columbia.
Capt. B. II. Massey, Of Rock Hill,
has furnished the State Agricultural
department. with supply Of Texas
cotton seed for distribution to farm
crS.
Mrs. Gary, tho mother Of General
Mart. W. Gary. died at her home in
Cokesbnry, OH Sunday afternoon lust,
aged seyenty-four years. She did not
know Of her sons death.
Accounts from DR.. Bonner are of
the most encouraging kind. Two
weeks ago he ceased to take medicine,
and since that time his condition has
so much improved that his friends arc
not DOW without hope Of his recovery.
-Abram Martin who killed his wife
near Chiles' Cross Roads, in Able
vile county, and for which he has
been twice convicted, will be hanged
on Friday tho 22d inst. The execution
will be strictly private, and no one
will be admitted to the Jail yard cx-
ccpt the sheriff, reporters and Witness
cs allowed by law.
The Barnwell People is reliably
informed that in some sections of that
county colorcd laborers are enrolling
themselves in labor leagues and plcdg-
ing themselves to work for no whitc
man cftcr the present Year for love,
money or an interest in crops. They
prefer renting land and getting adj
vanccs.
Tile engineer corps has finished
the ilcld work on the road to Green
wood, by way Of Woodruff, Spartan
burg county. They are now at work
making out estimates and maps. The
distance from Spartanburg to Wood
ruiz is nihctcpn miles, to Laurens
thlrty-nine miles, and to Greenwood
sixty-scvcn miles. In few DAYS they
Will be ready to begin the line by way
ofGlcnn Springs.
-Petitions are being circulated in
chester county, pctitioning the Legis-
latllrc to pass law prohibiting the
manufacture or sale Of spirituous IL
qnorS os beverage. 1t is proposed
to hold mass meeting at the Court
House, in Chester, on Wednesday, the
10Th of April, to decide upon some
plan of action for bringing the subject
or prohibition to the attention Of the
Legislature at its next session.
"A writ ofh0bcas c0yyous has been
granted by CHIEF Justice Simpson and
served on the superintendent Of the
penitentiary, in the case of Henry and
Gr1ilin Duckett, convicted Of stealing
cattlc III Laurcns county and sentcnc-
cd 10 TWO years in the pcnitentiarv.
One point in the case is wlcthcp Tie
term OF imprisonment runs from tho
aate OF the sentence. or the date of the
incarceration in the pcnitcntiary.
-l'rcparations are going on for the
Cowpcns Centennial. The monument
Is now ready for the statue, which will
arrive in q few days. The addresses,
The military parade, the floral dccora-
lions, the receptions and fireworks
are somc Of the attractive features of
the occasion. If the day be tavorable.
ten thousand visitors arc expected. "A
great granddaughter of General Nor
gan, Mrs. z. e. Trust, Of New Or.
leans, is much interested in the Cen
tcnnial, and is expected to be prescnt$'
The State shad hatchery, on the
EdiSto River, has proved Il failure,
and the work has been abandoned for
the season. The exceptionally severe
weather Of the past six weeks has
nullified all the efforts of the fish COM
missioner to secure success in it's
operation. About half million eggs
We're obtained, but where they would
ordinarily have hatched out in less
than week, they this year failed to
hatch on account Of the coldness of the
water, its temperature at midday, for
a month, averaging SIS degrees, while
from G5 to 80 is the usual Matching
temperature. The failure this spring
was unavoidable but the hatching
building and raraphcrnaIin will be
ready for al early start next year.
DEATH OF TIE FASTER. dispatch
from Iowa City, dated April IL, SAYS:
"Aliss Hattie Deuel., the fasting girl,
died ut noon yesterday and was buried
inns afternoon. Immediately afer
death q post mortean examination was
made by Or. Cowpcrthwaitc, dean of
the homGopat hic department of the
university. Not drop Of blood was
found in the body. which weighed
torty-tive pounds. The stomach was
also entirely void of any sui stance.
NO further particulars have yet been
made public.
Senator Johnston has received q
letter from eX-Governor Kcmpcr, Of
Virginia, on the subiuct of the pend
ing question in the Senate. The con-
Guiding paragraph of the letter is as
follows: "If the Democrats of the
Scnatc triumph now, then the Demo
Gratis of Virginia will triumph next
November, but any step backward
now means defeat next fall"
q aAH HAu HSHnSSs IN a~,u,~,-~-,