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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-10-30

JUDGE Ralph Walker and Mr.. John A.
Presnell, Of Springfield, Mo-, are in tn,
city and express themselves as very much
pleased with the place. Judge Walker
has been actively identified, as director
and otherwise, with the various move.
ments which led TO the building of q
railroad between Memphis and Spring
field, and says that the people of South
western Missouri and of Kansas, and oI
parts of Iowa and Nebraska,ar delighted
at the contamination Of the great enter.
prise which gives them a new and advan.
tageous southern and southeastern outlet
He is of the opinion that the people o.
Memphis do not yet realize tho immens,
benefits to be conferred by this new rail
roaI
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-10-30

WHATEVER cause Of complaint and
long faces there may have been last week,
the racing people and lovers Of the turf
cannot complain this week. This is a
delightful day. AMI the prospects are
good for two more as bright and clear.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-10-30

OTTAWA, October S0.-Another case Of
scab in sheep having appeared in a lot Of
sheep in Montreal ready for shipment,
the Department of Agriculture has or
dered them to be slaughtered This plan
has:been followed in all such cases, as il IS
necessary to prevent Canada from being
scheduled by England.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-10-30
HE MUST mEIINA,r.
One Wan WHO CouIeSs,s 10 "a
Crime aud aeIuses 10 Accept
an office.

BUFFALO, N. T., October 30. Timothy
}. Mahoney, City Comptroller, and re
nominated by both the Manning aud
Scoyelle divisions, has declined the nom
ination. lie is reported as saying he hat
covered up adencit of $1,000, and coul,
not remain on the ticket. His friend
claim that he is laboring under tempo
rary ALTERATION Of mind, caused by a Sc
we're illness some time since. His resigna
ton will be accented.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-05-31
Civil service Reform, Xii

Z. What does tho civil service p1aiik in
the party platform mean? Is it all
meaningless bosh and intsnded simply
to catch the unsuspecting floating vote
1t certainly appears so when a worthy,
intelligent and altogether faithful of.
1lcial can be kicked out of office on
three days notice! The intelligence
Is painful and surprising, indeed, that
Secretary Lipscomb has discharged
our, popular young townsman, Mr.. M.
9. Robertson; who has been, since the
ACCESSION of the Democratic party to
power in 1877, the chief clerk in the
Office Of the Secretary ofState. The
Secretary assigned no reason for his
strange conduct, and stranger still, has
made no complaints Of Mr.: Kobeftsoii's
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-05-31

PERsoNAI..-A. S. Douglass, Esq,
returned hoinc ON last Tuesday. from
lexington, Kentucky, where he had
been III attendance as a commissioner
at q meeting of the General Assembly
of tho Southern Presbyterian Church.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-05-31
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

i5s5 LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
.is,N i. = =. -: A.
THURSDAY. MAY 81. 1858
New Advertisements s. !
Citation-J. II. Boyle5, Judge O
Probate. ~, ~
Local Briefs. s. ~. .JE,.
Approved county paper and school
certificates bought and cash paid fol
same by T. w. Laiderdalo. ~"
Warm Weather is greeted with 3
hearty WELCOME I'll, these parts, and ,tfe
most beneficial effects are noticeable
upon the crops each day. ......
sg,., The Newherry Observer wants to
knpw4whati iss tths plural of Mrs. Can't
,eo5ne ;of. 0(lraboys oi; girls answer the
novel qaery? Westbink they can.
My. Cronenbefg expects to close
his gallery on JUNE fos< ~pop,t miss
,Ws opportunity to secure good photo
graphs. May S31-2t
Winnsboro has five ministers, six
,pllysicians, one dentist and fourteen
1awyers. The souls, lives end prop
erty of Tic community should DO well
taken care Of certainly, ~. ~, "
Oats harvesting. around town has
,bee&. commenced. The crop in places
is quite fine and in others some is
damaged by the dry weather of the
past tWo weeks. Upon the whole it
WIFI be'fally 'upto the. ayeragc yield in
this portion Of tho country.
y. -. The many friends of Miss Maggie
Elder will be highly gratihed to learn
that sle has been selected >and has con-
y1sntedto read tile a1umn@ essay at the
annual celebration of the Ameiian
Society. Of tho Dye Weet Female Col
:1ege. We:afe i;&Sie s&Sfe YSat the essay will
he creditablc to herself and gratifying
friends. .":'y.
We are requested to state 'ttiat the
Gown ordinance requiring dogs upon
/: the streets to be safely muzzled will be
aIaid!y enforced from to.dny.> All,
parties. .o&Htng valuable dogs had bet
ter take action at once, or they may
have cause to regret tho delay. Hydro
.phobia is reported quito prevalent
.throdghout the county, and the deter
.minatioh of the Council under the
fcircu,nstances'is .cominendabie indeed.
PERsoNAL.-A. S. Douglass, Esq,
returned home ON last Tuesday. from
Lexington, Kentucky, where he had
been III attendance rs Il commissioner
at p meeting of the General Assembly
of tho Southern Presbyterian Church.
PETIT tAncrNyy::1:-;A,leek Patterson, Ptt;S'
colored, was tried OH Tuesday before
Justice Cathcart on the charge Of steal
ing. n, sISzor from Rufus Caldwell.
"A. NJ. Mackey, Esd, appeared for the
defence. The defendant was acdufttcd.
MAD Docs Ar, sIMrsoN's.-Informfial-
ton has reached us that several mad
dogs Hsve. .Eeen ct large for the past
week in the Vicinity Of. SIMPSONS
,Turnont,. and that ono Of them alone
was known to have bitten seveu other
dogs in the: compass of.two or three
miles. Gentlemen of TIC neighbor-
.liood succeeded IN killing most of tho
bitten rs we'll as tho mad ones. Too
much prccaltion. cannot be taken to
prevent the spread of hydrophobia.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-05-31

PETIT tAncrNyy::1:;Aleck Patterson,
colored, was tried OH Tuesday before
Justice Cathcart OH the charge Of steal
ing. a. .lSzor from Rufus Caldwell.
A. NJ. Maokey, iss9.,. appeared for the
defence. The defendant was hcduitted.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-05-31
actions Wi,,le fillHg tRe poslelSlan IaboE9s va

,actions Willie filiing the position above va
mentioned. 5..s
when Mixed By a correspondent 81 81
the Nesos I'd. C0Wyier If he had any.
thing to say in regaEd to the matter,
he simply remarked, "thst hs had. ex-
,ercised q right given him by the law in
appointing his chief clerk" .,;.
. N; g, G., in'the .Ne,os and Gofui,Se,,
says: 'eMr. Robertson. .is. we'll kpown
to be capable and efficient. I He is
much liked IN Columbia, where ke has
lived six years, and has never slirunk
from any party duty. The hardship
;of his removal at this season on such
brief notice, after holaipg; the oIfice
ufidcr' the present Secretary for six
months, is obvious"
All the clerks in the respective offices
in the State House united IN q testimo-
nial to Mr.. Robertson-sss ta Ais1rE ai6ilnl
cy, regrotting his discharge, -
scnting him silver gcblct as q token
Of their kind feelings and good wishes
for him.
1t is we'll known to all that Mr..
Robertson opposed the nomination
Of the present Secretary, and this ;is
by sqmo thought to be tho key to his
strange and undcm ocratic conduct.
Thepres of the stats should be un-
stinted In condemnation of the action
Of Col. Lipscomb in discharging Mr..
Robortson. Our young friend in his
misfortune will have tho sympathics
and kind wishes of his numerous
friends in Winnsboro.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-05-31
FOR SALE:

YTNHE store-building and lot now occupied
~ by the nndersigngsd ed Sre t offered m for SALE
and is In prime conditlolb The location IS
one Of the most advantageous in town.
The lot is quite large one, and upon 1t are
large warehoGse ard other buildings. .,,i..
Terms very moderate. For further par
May eo1H y. SUGENnEIMER.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-05-31
!: STATE OF. Of, SOUTH. cARoL1NA


ISL. SqgNFY: OF pA,npIslD. !,
ey2 @ z q 8. B1oYLRs hsq, Pt;sa;patts ya,dgs,.
WHEREAs,, JOSH. B., U,frrv hat11,
ota ~ made suit to me to grant him letters
nmn @amRnlstatlono Of the estate and effects Of
|, M Thess w. ors rrart4%oroagh, borough, deccaseda,j :.
In ~ all and singular the kindred and % cred.
;itors Of the said Anna T., ;Yarboro,,r,,o do. Jo.
ceased, that they be and appear before me-. me-
r. Fa,re,S the Court gn,. Of probateR ls theld at
OF, at II O'Clock in tile forenoon. 10 to
SLOW cause, If any they have, whv the sail
administratl0n SHOULD not be granted.
- Gtveni under My hand, this 3oth dav Of
MaR Ammo Domini 1888. "''' "a
:. Rplished on the 31st dav 6f Nav
1883, In The NEWS AND HERAiD:, Ivy
j. Il. BOYLES,
MaH3l-fxl Judge Of Probate.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-05-31

FAlnp1Efb Asb HER !TAxAbIi.r Pnor-
EnrY.- The auditors Of Of tic, respective
counties have now sent in to the Comp
.troller Generals Office their 'sabstract
oftax duplicates" and the following
Is the figures with reference to Fair
field: Acres of laid, 4e2, ,7eS; Sdliie of
land, 81 1881, ,572; value of buildings,
S251,973; vgl19 Of real estate IN cities
and towns, S332,2lo;, value of personal
property, $1,789,7s6; total value, S4,-
2o5,54Q: State tax, $40, 9,83a.79; county
tax, $12,52e.oo; speoisi taxes, s1,-
pol so; district school tax, $8,s11.07 ;
poll tax, $4,o87; total county tax,
S26;4s6. .26; total taxes; oil purposes,
S46,82O.Ob.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-05-31

ANOTHER ANNrvEnsAnr.-Ata Meet
ing of the Winnsboyo Steam Fire Eli
ginc Company OH Tuesday night, tho
29th inst, resolution was passed fix
iinng Tuesday, the 18th of June, for the
Sahi,iVcrsa:ry ceIeHration of7the com
pany. The committee diif.arrangements
consists of Messssrs. Joseph Groeschel,
W. a. Beatty, Thos, II. Ketchin, Will
liam Timmons and A. Landccker: The
supper will be had in the Thcspian
Hall, and much genuine enjoyment is
anticipated by the members. .,> =.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-05-31

Coukr.-The Court of General ses-
sio"ss, convencs at this place on next
Alo@lay, tho 4th of Ju'n,'es, ne and Judge
Hudson will preside. Very few cases
Of importance are to be tried: two
burglary cases, two for obtaining goods
under false pretenses, number for ma
licious trespasss, assault aid battery
with intent to kill. larceny Of live stock
and carrying concealed deadly wcap-
pms. The criminal docket will proba-
ply not consume the time Of the court
longer than Thilrsday. TKe Remaining
portion or tile week will be occupied
in the hearing of equity causes.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-05-31
b USINE&& NOTICED.
The "Gate CITY,"

.,,,.,.. The "Gate CITY,"
Al gcntteman from .Atlanta,,, Ca; says
that If &ll medicine was rs pleasant as Nor
mind getting sick. Fiat is WY Norman 8
Cordial Is so popular. Even tic youngest
children are Qs fQild Of 1t as sugar candy.
let the Good Work Go On.
Messrs. Grow & Rodgers, Merchants;
Fall Greek, s. c., says: ssWe were induced
to try small lot Of Nornan's NcntraIizing
Cordial and found ready sale for It. 1t has
given splendid satisfaction, and we sell a
great deal of 1t. "Let the good. work go
where.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-27
Death of Soionrner Truth.

CHICAGO, Nov 26-The Journals Buel
mich special says: 'Sojourner' Truth, the
colored lectures, died here this morning,
aged 10S years"
'Sojourner Truth" as she is known
throughout the country, was an old colored
lady, who for many years past has been lee
turing OH her experiences in slavery. Her
real name was not known even to herself
She was woman Of strong traits OF char
acter and natural intelligence, lacking, of
course, any educational attainments. As a
public speaker she made a decided impress
sion, especially about the time of the war,
when she spoke on the anti-slavery cause.
She was interested with William Lloyd Gar
risou and other leading abolitionsts in that
movement, and made for herself national
reputation. Although very aged at the time
of her death, it is not thought that she was
so old as is represented in the dispatch an
nouncing her death.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-27
A REMARKABLE CASE.
A Lawyer Adjudged Insane Accounting for
His Mania Scientifically.

PHILADELPHIA Nov. 26.-On Saturday ap-
plicaton was made to Judge Hare for leave
to pay the costs in the lunacy commission
which recently found William Meredith,
son of the distinguished jurist, insane and
directed his commitment to an asylum To
the surprise of the judge and the bar Mr.,
Meredith put in sworn argument in his
own defense. 1t is all in his own hand
writing. 1t analyses the testimony of the
witnesses to his insanity, and, granting the
delusions to which he is subject, he coolly
accounts for them on scientific grounds.
Mr., Meredith has traversed the inquisition,
and the next term OF court will see the
hitherto unheard.of sight of man who,
though found insane by a sheriff's jury and
number of experts, among them DR.. S.
Wier Mitchell, is able to make a logical,
legal argument for his sanity and
construct a scientific theory to prove
that that which all the world
calls delusions are facts. The Authorizations
of Mr.. Meredith as She doctors have found
them-his prosecutions. as he subtly argues
them to. be-date back to 1871 and began in
England, where he had been for the two
y
establishment of DR.. Forbes Winslow, at
Uammersmith, and upon his return with his
cousin, Francis w. Ralston, to tins country,
in October 1877, went to DIR. Given's retreat
at Clifton Heights, Delaware county. The
six years since Mr.. Merediths return from
Europe have been spent at Clifton Heights,
the houses of his friends in this city and
hotel at Suffolk Park. Since April last ne
has been at Dr. Kirkbrde's. During this
time Mr., Meredith has made the subject of
the hearing of voices a special study. A let
ter from his last place of residence sets out
an ingenious argument for his sanity. 1t is
that in all known cases of decisions of the
kind, the hearing of the voices
has grown intermittent under treat
ment and finally ceased. With him
they are incessant and increasing,
from which he argues his sanity. Hisswo
argument exhibits a graceful turn of compo-
sition, rare subtlety of argurnentand decided
powers of analysis and satire. Mr. Meredith
is forty-six years of age, bachelor and mem
Der of the bar. The strongest witness. ex-
cept the experts, to his insanity, said of him
on oath: His mind is superior even to his
fathefS on any other point"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-27

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.-Citizen George
Francis Train has written to Citizen Com
ing-Speaker Randall" pledging his support.
He promises TO mail his argument to Wash
ington, and says it is certain to elect his ia
vorite. In closing he exhorts Mr.. Randall
TO hold the fort"
1t is stated that among numerous works of
a decorative nature the wife of Postmaster
general Gresham has painted her daughter
an evening dress the design being peoples
and forget-me-nots.
Miss Margaret Blaine will be a debutante
this winter. She is an unusually striking
looking young woman, and her younger sis
ter Hattie, promises to be very handsome.
The wife of Sergeant-at-A Arms Bright, OF
the Senate, is expected here at an early day,
to join her husband for a season.
The Sunday Herald says: THE friends of
General Fremont are considering the propri-
ETY. of doing something to place him above
the necessity in his old age Of toiling for his
daily bread Precisely what they will be
able to do cannot be said but an attempt
will probably be made to reinstate him in
the army as maior-general and put him on
the retired list'
Representative Cassidy, of Alabama, will
introduce a bill early in the forthcoming ses-
sion providing for record of marriages in
Utah and for the disfranchisement OF women
in the Territory.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-27
THE JUDGES WINE.
Supreme Justices Who Only Drank When the
Weather Was Wet.


Washington Special.
In connection with the marble statue of
the late Chef-justice Marshall, of the United
States Supreme Court, by w. w. Story,
which is expected to arrive in Washington
early in December, and will be placed near
the CAPITOL, the following incident, related
by Josiah Quincy as having been told him by
Justice Story of that court, the father of the
sculptor becomes of renewed interest. 1t
was mentioned in speaking of the rule pre-
vailing in 1926 among the Justices of the Su-
preme Court i'll regard to the acceptance of
OF social invitations and the use of wine.
Judge Story said OF himself and the other
members of the Supreme Court:
I'VE judges take no part in Washington
society. We dine once year with the Presi-
dent, and that is all. On other days we take
our dinner together, and discuss at table the
questions which are argued before us. We
are great ascetics and even deny ourselves
wine except in wet weather"
Here the Judge paused, as if thinking that
the act of modification he had mentioned
placed too severe tax on human credulity,
and presently added:
''What L say about the wine, sir, gives you
our rule; but it does sometimes happen that
the Chief Justice will say to me, when the
cloth is removed Brother Story, step to the
window and see if it does not look like rain
And if l tell him that the sun is shining
brightly, Judge Marshall will sometimes re-
ply: All the better, for our jurisdiction ex-
tends over so large territory that the doc
trine OF chances makes it certain that it must
be raining somewhere"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-27

that he went to Washington under embar-
RAISING circumstances. Judge Holman and
Mr.. Cox are great friends, and if there was
any show for Mr.. Cox's election the Judge,
no doubt, would vote for him. Holman is
for revenue reform, and while he may not be
a reformer to the extent that Mr.. Carlisle is,
there is no doubt but what he is more in ac-
cord with that gentlemau's views than any
other, but he thinks that it would not be
policy on the part OF the Democrats to elect
a Southern man just at this juncture. lie
says, and truly. that the great majority
of Democratic congressman are from the
South, and that they will naturally expect
to be on the committees, and that a Northern
man could appoint them without causing the
Republicans to fiaunt the bloody shirt while
Southern man could not. No man ever
| lived who had acted and voted more in ac-
cordance with his convictions than Judge
| Holman, yet he is mortal and 1t is not to be
expected that he would entirely ignore a
great journal like the New York Sun, which
has been booming him for the highest Office
in the country, and the influence of that
paper being for Randall, which, with the po-
sition of chairman on the appropriations
committee which Randall would give him,
will doubtless cause him to vote for that gem
tleman. The Judge says, however, that he
will not decide positively how he will vote
until he gets to Washington and confers with
the rest of the Indiana congressman as was
agreed upon before they left that city last
spring
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-27
A KENTUCKY ROUGH DIAMOND.
Col. WOolford Arrives at the Capital-Begins
Business q Straw Basis.
Washington Special.


Colonel Woolford, representative-elect
from the mountains of Kentucky, has ar
rived. Everybody in the western armies
will remember Woolfords cavalry. 1t was
a command which seemed to roam at will,
and to be represented in every movement
and in the region of every fight; one squad
actually crossed the Kentucky or Tennessee
mountains and turned up in the army of
the Potomac. The mountalneers knew it as
"Mr. Woolford's critter-back company"
His performances on the stump last sum-
mer in the back counties were of very pc
culiar character.
He held joint discussions with Repub-
icanS, and arragned them for hanging jeff.
Davis executing General Lee and other kin
dred acts. Whenever he was disputed he
called up some of his former soldiers who
went the rounds with him to testify-one
that he was present and saw Mr.. Davis pulled
up, and the other that he witnessed the
shooting OF General Lee All of his charges
against Republicans We're of this impressive
character, and all were proved by living wit
nesSes.
He is probably the toughest diamond that
has received congressional setting since the
republic was established, and, in his own
way, he is certain to make mark. The Post
this morning says:
''The great character of the Kentucky dele
cation is Frank Woolford. an old confeder-
ate officer, who has never been reconstructed.
He arrived here on Wednesday. fine first
thing he did when ne entered the room as
signed TO him was to have it reduced in its
furnishings to military simplicity. He had
the. ,cyarpet first taken off the floor. The
next thing to go was the hair mattress and
wire springs. He wanted a straw bed on
Stats and straw pillow. The curtains were
torn out of the windows. Then General
Frank Woolford moved in his luggage, and
was ready to see his friends"
This is pretty serious mistake for Demo
cratic party paper to make about war
Democrat, but still there is this redeeming
fact for the paragraph namely, that many
confederate officers have been much more
iflGir cc11Shly reconstructed than Colonel
Woolford now "a