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TIlE NEWS AND HIERALD. wINNSJIORO, S. C. T'HU182DAY, M.ARCH 20. 1870. K. MAKANS DA I'IS, l iITOR. JNO. S. REYrNOI,DS. AssOCIATN EDITOR. IN TnE Democratic caucus on Mon day night, the first ballot for Speaker resulted as follows: Randall, 75; Black burn, 57; McMahon, 3; Morrison, 2; Cox, 4. Randall has since been elected. Tramping that Pays. A contest closed in New York on Saturday evening at. ten o'clock, which for a week had engrossed the atten tion of all Gotham and .t large portion of the outer world besides, and rc coivei equal prominence with the marriage of the Duke of Counaught to a Princess of Prussia, the crisis in France and the contest. over the speakership of the lower house of Congress. The actors in this aflait. were four men, three at least unknown to fame, and their struggle was to prove which of them had the strong est stomach, the toughest feet and the greatest grit, the means of proving which was a six days' tralp on a sawdust walk in a huge hall, cram med, jammed and st uted with people and reeking with the fumes of whiskey and tobacco. The meagre despatches that came last week giving the number of miles made each day by Rowell, Ennis, liarriman and O'Leary, convey to the average read er no conception of the immensity of the contest or the great sum of money involved in it. For this reason we must give a -resume of the afUhir. Pedestrianistie contests have for the past few years excited great interest both.in America and England, and all sorts of strange mt'tches have been made. Old fashioned races of' a hun dred yards or even half a mile have been discarded. They get over too quickly and draw but little gate money. So we have runs of fifty miles, a tramp of it hundred hours with no rest, (one chap having actual ly eluded the fool-killer long enough to walk four days and four hours night and day without stopping) en compassing a thousand hall'miles in a thousand hours, and lastly, I wenty seven hundred quarter niles in as many consecutive periods of ten minutes each. The last feat *o almost incredible, as nineteen days, night and dity, are passcd with not - more -than a few minutes ofsleep at a time. But the crowning event of all was the recent iatch of six days' walk, from one o'clock, a. in., Monday to eleven, p. in., the following Saturday, for the Astley belt and the champion ship of the world. This belt, of silver and gold, costing flve hundred dollars, anid p)resented by Sir Johnm Astley, M. P., of England, was won last year by Daniel O'Leary, who made a score of' five hundred and twenty miles, de feating twenty other conitestantsa. O'Leary had previous)ly distancmed Weston and( other competitors, and had on several occasions made eveni five hundred mIles. This year he was challeniged by Rowell, an English walker, sent over by Astlcy, while his other competitors were a New England chap, Hlarrinman, and anm Irishman froma Chicago, namied Ennis. The twelfth of March was the dayw, and Gibnore's Gardlen the p)lace of the con test. Thmous~ands of dol laris were staked on the result, O'Leary being the favom'ite att odds against the hld. Strange as it may applear to the uninitiated, a tough stomach is more essontial t han a braw~'ny leg. Tluck makes amends for the latter, but nothing can withstand a diseased comn missary department. The pony built Rowvell took the lead the first day in a regular' jog trot, acquir'ed, it is said by his enemies, on a British treadmill. Ennis collapsed for four hours at the opening, with a stomach ache. O'Leary, the champion, went to pieces in four hours. Nausea and vomitig prostrated him. Still ho kept on bravely, though totterinig as a man asleep, and he . actually walked two hundred and sixteen miles on an empty stomach before finally yielding to mitture. He hamd in seven p)revious contests worn . himself complletely out; anid, though but a trifle over thirty, is a used up man. This is not surprising, as one such tranmp would kill an ordinary horse. Hatriman stuck out boldly, long, lank, lean, ndi resemibling a -skeleton in seven league boots. But by Thursday ho was killed u#, and from that time on till ho quit th'e track on Saturday night hoe sufired untold tornitm. Hiseye snk n hs,head. His skiu stretched like parchipent over his high cheek bones, and he staggeed milk after milo in a most miseramblo pligh't. It may be asked why lio #id "not re * tire at once. Simply because ho kno'w that if lie made four hundred and fifty miles in the allotted .time, his share of the. gato ntoney wohild be at agt Qight thous dc 'dllars, while if he f'iled, event hi.r ill-slare:d stake' Of live hundred dollars would bo swept off, and hilself left, a pauper. Being the only nat ive American on the track, he was cheered time and time again by the thousands who witnessed ihe dreadful ordeal. IHis great pluck and courage excited the greatest enthusipsi, as every step sont a knif'e into his blistered feet. Ills colmpetitors actually coached him along the track, and enabled him to reach the goal at last. In this cont dition he actually walked sixty miles the last day. lowell kept the lead aill(] went like clockwork under the ordors of his English trainers. ' The fir,t few days he was the recipient of abuse ar.d jeering, and once came near being mfObbed by roughs who had bet against, him, but his manly con duct towards Harrimani silenced all opposition and won him loud plaudits. Eunis spun along fiunously after his bread basket got into good fix, but. he could not. close the gap. Ile finish ed inl the best condition of all, runt ling his lbur hundred and liftietlh and his four hundred and seventy fifth and closing mile in less than eight ninutes each. Rowell rolled oil' his live hundredth mile and then, with an American flag in his hand, waved his adieu to a boisterous and ent huiastic mb A. The score stood, Iowell, five hundred miles; Ennis. four hundred and seventy-five; anti I[na'rinan, four hundre;d and lifitv. The gate money reached fifty thou sand dollars, of which six thousand wentt for expenses, one thou sand lapiece to the contestants, in cluding poor. O'Leary, and of the re mainder Howell pockets the snug; sui o1 twenty thousand dollars, Ennuis twelve thousand, and Harri man c"ight thousand. El,nis mlort g;aged his house to enter the race. lie is n:ow a comparatively rich man. Hlarriman could also allbrd almost to kill hlimself I'r what. lie got. Had Ilh;,"rinumtl failed, Rowell would have rcceivel thirty thousand and Ennis tenl thousand dollars, so that. the coIl cet of the former in urging .llarriman along, knowing that. it would cost him'elI' tea lhoasatd dollars, shows that Ilucre is a warm hoart. if the ex teiior is rough. lie has well deserved' his honors and his moner. Uilhore'S Garden part of the time w'as a panttdemio1 niUimt. As many as fiftcnl thousand people were packed together at, a tline, though tickets were a lo!lar apiece, and every man had a cig:lr in his mouth and coutntless drinks somiewhere else. '[he old stand, ci'erted For Moody amd Sankey, waI's tranLsformIed into a mallmot.il batr, four hundreld feet long, behind which thirty attendants worked for dear life. Five hlundred policemel in unliforIn and eight. hundred in citizen's dress pr'eservedl order. A t t imes the aud(ience wals of hligh r'espectabilitv. Thiousamds of' ladlies attended, and at one stage of' the p)roceedinigs, Lady Thornton, the wife of the British Mlinister, appr)loachied the track and prIesen)ted Rowell with a massive gold medal. TIhe street outside was jamimed by thiousanids too poor' to gain) mhuliittanuce, amid calcium lights refl(eted the score fromt at nulmber of balletini boar1Ids. The New Yor'k JIer'a/d filled live columns danily with its re'port of' the match. All this shlows that the conltest wats not a mec tramp. As a mnere finanicial specula tiOn it palid enormaously. Rowell avuvrt5edl five m1iIes an hourt while act uall. walking, and every mile pt in his piocket forty dlollars. Let no0 one smiile at the folly of' thmese pedes trians. Th'ley coini money, if they (10 sell their flesh by the five or six poundlOs a (day. Anid if' thiero be alny r'eader' of this, not distimnguished for br'ainis bt hauving tihe stomach of' anl ostrmich and( a pair of' legs capable of standing live hiludred miles ill six days, let himii wait not 0on tile order of goinig, but Ic him inl halste to New York, anid there challenige Rowell for "thle Astley belt and1( thme chainpionship of' the wor'ld." This sor't of trcamping will pay. Somie peopile say~ such1 exhibitions acbarbiaronls. Of' courise they ae The c'ontestanuts arec killing themselves no0t by iinches but by miles. Bunt as long as mhen are willing to barter hlealth anid strength and 11lesh for gold, they will find Ilhousandcs to spend mloniey in watching the pr'ocess. This is but a new style of gladiatorial con. test-a humlnan bullfight. YIEiW' OFITH.E DAY. Ex-United States Senator' George Gioldthwai. , of' Alabama, died sLut denly on Sunday. A band of fifty-two moonshiners re leased thrie0 revenue prlisonlers out, of Iiiasilo, Tenni., jail 01n Sunday minn'img, anId took away a wag~on and1( team wvhich lad been seized by the revenlue oficor's. Tile pest-honso buildings.bolonug ig to tile gov'er'nment, and attached to aho naval hospital, near' Poytsmosth, V., Wvere dest.royed by an -acolddental fire on Satuvday hight, involvinig a loss of several thous d dollars. P'atrlck Kennay,' tihe wvo61-dealer, wh'Jo falilOd4t 1rovidence, R. I. somb months ago, was savagely horse wbipped on the market - square In that city,. Saturday, by a theatrical woman known as inon Duclos, who clains to have lent hiiii $27,000. A sleeper on tle New Orleans and St. Louis Railroad was thrown from the track by a broken rail, at Abbe ville, Miss., ei few days ago, and sov passengers were badly bruised. Senator Kellogg received a cut in the fore head. A New Orleans despatch of the 15th says: A telegram troi the Passes an aounces that the bark Sleipner arrived yesterday from Rio Janeiro in charge of her mate, who reports that during the voyage the captain, second officer and a boy died of yellow fever. The vessel is now at quarantine. lichard Cook Tilghman, chiefjudge of the orphan's court for Queen Anne county. Md., is dead, aged seventy two. lie was a graduate of West Point, being in the same class with Gen. Joe Johnson and ex-President .ellersont Davis. At the marriage of Gon. It. E. Lee, lhe acted as grooms 111111). There was a disturbance at Helona, Alabama, on Sunday, growing out of 1 dillculty between a wite man and a i leiro. It assumed such proportions j that the governor ordered the Birmin. ham Rifles to the scene. Everythiig is now quiet and no further trou'ble is apprehended. H1clena is the princi pal mining point in Alabama. A tramp who outraged Mrs. Trues- i dal, near Newport, Ky., recently, was arrested Saturday. 1le confiessed his crime, and on Sunday a mob marched to the jail, overpowered the jailor, knocked down the mayor and two policenen, ind marched oil' with Klein. They took him to Mrs. Trues did, who identilled him, and then t dragged hini to the woods tmd hanged hiu. At Red Rock, Pa., on Saturday, an unknown man, evidently intoxicated, staggered through the streets with a bag on his shoulders containing nine quart cans of nitro-glycerine. A few minutes later the town was shaken and the inhabitants terribly frightened by a most terrific explosion. Investiga tion revealed the fact that the man had slipped down, causing tihe explosion, which scattered fragments of his body in every direction. The Supreme Court of the United States, in answer to a- petition from the counsel for the State of Virginia, has issued, a rule reqjuiriing Judge Rives to aipear before it on the 31st day of March to show cause why a. writ of mandamus should not issue commanding him to cause to be de livered to the jailor of Patrick county, Va., the bodies of Burwell and Lee. Reynolds, the colored men about whom the dispute between Judge Rives and the State authorities has grown. DLR. C. IH. LADD, TTAVING returned to Winnsboro, and .resimeri'. the practice of medicine, otters his professional services to the citi zens of lie town and county. O Odice in Bank Range, up stairs, next to Jews and Herald ohice. Entrance onCogrssstreet. . mar1-f3 HAY! HAY!! T U.ST. - received, twvo car-loads choice e) North Carolina Hay, wvhinh will be sold LOW for CASH and CASH! ONL Y. inch 18-txtf J. D). McCARtLEY. A CHANCE FOR BARGAINS. r I llE entire stock formerly belonging iet Ladd Bros., will be removed on Saturday, thme 22d1. Persons wishing to buy at 2.5 to 50 per cent. below cost will do well to call this week. mcli 18.1w NEW DEPARTURE I GREAT ATTRAOITION! MANY useful articles for th -house or amusement for thie young at live cents or~ ten ce nts, which usually sell at three times the price. Call and see them. Thely w'ill interest any one. mehl 15 McMATE~R & BRICE. R EMOVAL. WE? are now located in the brick building formerly occupied by Messrs. J. F. Mo:.laster & Co., where we will be glad 'to welcome our customers and friends, Will continue to deal in general mecrchandise. and will endeavor to please by sticking to our motto GOOD QUA LITY, HONEST QUANTITY! l'lease call. J. M. BEATY & CO.. mch 15 SALE UNDElt' MORTGAGE. I N pursuance of authority conferred on .-..ime as P'rosident of tho Winnsboro Uilding and Loan Association, .by pow er of attorney contained ini deeds ofi miortgamgo excoated b)y tR. Jacksmoi McCar ley, of (dateo respectively the eighteenth day of October, eighteen hunmmdrod and< seventy-seven, and the thirteenth (lay of April. cignteen hundred and beventy.. eight, I will off'er for sale on the first Monday in April, 1'79, at public outery, to the highest bidder, before the court house door ini Winnsboro, between the hours of ton o'clock, a . m., and five o'clock,. p. mi., the followlng-desrib)ed prtoperty mnortgagedl by thme said R. Jack son McCarley to the said Winnsboro Butilding and Loan Association, and to be old to foreclose snch mrfOtgage, to wit: All that piece, parcel or tract of land conve'yed to the suaid R. Jackson McCar hey by llas WV. Rumff, Sheriff of Fairtield county, on the sixth day of Noveinber, A. D) 1870, containing. ONE HiUNDhED. AND aiou'ry AcaiSt, moQre or loss anid . binded by lands of John i. Sinmonton, J'ohn 0. J3rice, and others. . . . *Toe of salo-CAsu; purchmaser t'o pay for all necessary papors, 0. H. MoMASTER,t . . resdt. Whbo. JI. & Y,a. Association, n itmnsborot 13. 0.,. Miroh 14, 187, niobhU1*td. TOs MAiK MONEY Pienenntl ' nadfast 'd nts Aliould gi di'edsj.FINLRY, 3JA VA AS,skAtianta' Georia.. nua 1G.--1 -THE BEST-, SEWING MACHINE EVER PRODUCED, Vhether for famuily use or manufacturing, is the double-thread, lock-stitch light-running NTW ~DA.VIS. :t will last a lifetime--oery Machine warranted. l1IHE Vertical Feed is the greatost ad vance made in sowing mechanism ince the invention +f sowing machines. Ve invito a careful examination of it, clieving no one can fail to recognize.the act that it is the most perfect Sewing Iachine mu.do, coibining - simplicity trongth, (jtubility. and economy. Wo to not hel:itate to claim for the IMPROVED DAVIS, n addition to its superior princi ples, noro absoluto porfsction of worktnanship and more comnplete adjustability than )ortaius to any competinq machine now n the merket. Among tho various imi >rovent s is the Improved Shuttle, dillod Shank Noodle, Adjustable Needle late, New Patent Thread Controllor and utoinatic Bobbin Winder. Every Ma hino is on good substantial rollers, for which there is no oxtra charge. For ticking, eording, braiding,quilting, ulfling, fringing, enbroidorng, shoe itting. tailoring dress-making, and amily use, THE DAVIS HAS NO EQUAL. References to tho.so who have the Imi )roved Davis Machine in use in Fair iold county: Mrs. William McNall Mrs. William D. Aiken. Mrs. A. W. Ladd. Mrs. J. C. Rowe. Mrs Dr. T. T. Robertson. Mrs. Dr W. K. Turner. Mrs J. W. l3ulick. Mrs. William Stevenson. Miss Margaret. Aiken. Mr1s. A. P. Miller. . Mrs. Eliza Williams. Mrs. James Q. Davis. Mrs. Robert Crawford. Miss J. Harvey, and others. Just think of it--a machine selling for i60 a short time ago you can now pur hase for $30, from ,T. O. BOAG, Agent for Fairfield County. Also agent for two other first-class uachines.-- the Now American, and the mnproved Weed. Call on J. O. BOAG. and got the best ?amily .owing Machines made. DRY GOODS. Great reduction in prices of Dress Ioods, Shoes, Hats, Clothing, &c. Always a full and complete line o= ?an.ily Groceries, Tobacco, Cigars, Con ectionaries, Fruits &.., as clteap as the heapest. Lumber and Furniture for sale low or cash by jan11 - L 0. BOAG Ay er's Sar sap ar illa For Scrotula, and all . scrofulous diseases, Erysi pelas, Rose, or St. Antho ny's Fire, Eruptions and Eruptive diseases of the Liver, Stomach. Kidneys, * Lungs, Pimp~les, Pustules, * Boils, Blotchies, Tumors, Tletter, Salt Rheum. Scald Head, Ringworm, Ulcers, 3ores, Itheumatism, Neuralgia, Pain in hle Bones, Side and Head, Female Xenkness, Sterility, Leucorrhea, arising ~romn item:nal ulceration, and Uterine lisease, Syphilitic and Mercurial dis ~ases, Dropsy, Dyspepsia, Emaciation, 3eneral Debility, and for Purifying the Blood. This Sarsaparilla Is a combination of reget.ablo alterativos - Stillingia, Man irake, Yellow Dock -w~ith the Jodides >f Potassium and Iron, and is the most afflcacious medicine yet known for ~he diseases it Is intended'to cure, Its ingredients are so skilfully comi bined, that the full alterative effect of ranlh is assured, and while It is so mild is to be harmless even to ohildren, it is atill so effectual as to purge out.freom the aystem those impurities and corruptions vhich develop into loathsome disease. The reputation It enjoys Is derived r,om its cures, aaid the confidence which >romninent ph,vsicians all over the coun ry repose in it, prove their experience if its usefulness. its Certinenates attesting tsvirtues have aceunlated. and are constantly being eceived, and as many of these cases are )ublicly known, they furnish convi ncin~g vidence of the suiperiority of this Sar aparvilla over every other alterative nedicine. So gener.ally is its superi >rity to any other medicine known, that Yte need (do no more than to assure the >ublic that the best qualIties it has ever ossessed'are strictly maintained. PaIIPARFD DY Dt. .i. C. AYER & CO., Lowell, Mas,, Praeucalu ead Analna, (JheIs. sowD i .yj Dauoosets- avaarwsaani FRE8H~ MIIJ( BISOUI' S C AKFS8 C - yurZ#'~Qh silbio;igdan,h ER9 This Important orsan weighs but about thrco pounds, and all the blood in a living person (about three gallons) passes tlhrouigh it at least once every half hour, to have the bile and other impurities strained or tiltered from it. Bile is the natural purgative of the bowels, and if the Liver becomes torpid It Is not separated fron the blood, but car ricd through the veins to all parts of the system, and in trying to escape through the pores of the skin, causcs it to turn yellow or a dirty brown color. The stomach becomes diseased, and Dys pepsia, Indigestion, Constipation, Headache Bthl ousness, Jaundice,'Chills, Malrial Fevers, 'tics, Sick and Sour Stomach, and getteral debility fol low. MHitsE.'s H UPATIN1, the great vegetable a discovery for torpidity, causes the Liver to throw off from one to two ounces of bile each time the blood passes ttrouglh it, as lontt as there Is anl ex cess of bile; atd the effect oT even a few doses upon yellow cops1lexion or a brown dirty looking skin, will astonish all who try it-tthey being the ous dseascs and Liver complaint is made certain by taking HuEPATIN in accordance with directicns. Headache is genem.lly cuired hn twenty nminutes, and no disease that arises from the Liver can.exist first symptoms to disappear. The cure of all bili If a fil: trial Is given. SOLD AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR PILLS BY ALL DRUGGISTS. Price 25 Cents and $1.00 'UNGS The fatality of Consumption or Throat and Lung Diseases which sweep to the rave at least one-tird of all death's victims, aries from the Opium or Morphine treatment, which simply stu pcfics as the work of death goes on. $to,ooo will be paid if Opium or Morphine, or any pre aration of Opium, Mlorphine or Prussic Acid, can be found In tie GLouIt Fi.owrnt Coucu Syiur, which has cured people who are living to-day with but ono remaining lung. No greater wrong can be done than to say that Consumption is incurable. The GLoUtt Fti.owtu Couct SYaP will cure it when 0 all other means have Wlled. Also, Colds, Cougl, Asthma, Bronchitis, and all diseases of the thsroat and lungs. Read the testinonials of the Hen. Alexander H. Stephens Gov. Smith ant'. Ex-(;ov. Brown of Ga., Hon. Oeo. Peabody, as well as W those of other retmarkable cures In our bobk--frce to all at tlte drug stores-and be convinced that if M you wish to be cured you can be by taking the .GLODB ' LOwiRm CouGts SYRUP. Take no Troches or Lozenges for Sore Throat, 1awhen you can get GI.ontt FI.owun SvRur at same price. For sale by all Druggists jPrice 25 Cents and $1.00 IBLO0D Grave mistakes are made in the treatment of all diseases titat arise front poi.t in the blood. Not ione case of acrofula Sypl.ilis, White Swel!ing, , Ulcerous Sores ard Skin Dliscase, in a thousand, it treated without the use of Mercury in some form. Mercury rots the bones, and the diseases it prq. duces are worse th.n any other kind of blood or skin disease cats be. l?tt. l't:snrwron'sS'-rTt.Lts. OIA or Qutts's 111:Lui-ttr is the only medicino p whi:h a tope of rcce,sery fros .Scrofula, Sy phiis and Mercuri-: elise:ses in all stages, can bo .reasoslt founicd. and that will cure Canecr. . M.so,uswdl he paid by the proprietors if Mercury, or any ingredient not purely vegetable and harm. less cwn be fountd in it. r 'rice ,y all I)rug;gists Cr.oo. G tonr Fr.owritt Cotpsu SVRUr and DJRELp' 111M'ATtNIt I'os tt a l.rvru fotir sale by all L;rug. gists in 25 cettt and $1.o bottles. A. F. MER.RELL Z; 00., Proprietors, PHILADELPHIA. PA. HARD-PAN --- -c 1'llE bottomn hsbeen reachecd at latst, - and Suge,nnemr Groeoblel are still ahea'd ini LOWP P~[IjI3E. WVo haive this daty c-nSOidntedl thme stoock of goods recent.ly puirchase i of' S. B. Wolfe with our stock at the old stand, and for the next 3J0 days will offer bar, gatins in every line, of g odls that wiIP convince theO closest~ cashs buyers that a isntend to mauintatin tho well-earned tation we now enjoy, of giin ou o tomers the .Benefit of Our Bar'gains.. We extend a cordial invitation to the oitiz.ensof Fatirfield to onll and examine our tetook and prices.,.and be convinced that they ctan no0w buy goods at prices hast defy comspetition at homse or abroad. We offer special inducements in the following goods for 30) days only--in e'rder to make necessary rosom for our spring ansd summer piurchases: 50 P5iece's Stanidardl Prints, 8 cents. 50 Pieces HtandardPrints, '6 cents. 10 dor.. Gents' Unlaiundred Shirts. worth 85 centa andI 1.00 at 75 cents anct 9d cents. 6 doz. Gents'ftne Fur iUats, worth $3.010 to $4.00, $2.00. 100) pairs Gents' Pants, wvorth $5.00, $3.00. 100 patirs Gents' Gaiters, . 0,ents. Children's Shoes 25, 601 andr 75 cents per pair. Ladies' and Misses' Bhoes at greatly reduceod prices. Dross Goods. 1(1 cents to 25 cents, worth 16 to 40 cents. Our entire stock of woolen knit gooda without rescrse t't and bslow Now toric Onp pI)eOe Bilac Brsoad Cloth, worth $5.0,0, at $2.00. La,dies', Misses' sad Children's Hlosiery in white And fasnoy colors.nut greatly reduced pricott Laditgs', Misses' and Cildsren's Gloves in all col ors at 5,to 10 cents pier pair. Double-Barreled Guns, 8tooklockrs and Padllookls, Table Cutlery, &o.,. at half price, to ooo ou,t. Tihese goods wvere purohased fer enuuh, at very low tigufes5, and we intend to give our cnusmers thme .henenlt of .the that we saved in the purchase of (fiem. Very respetfully, SUGENHEIMER .&-cGRoME1,E. J?ebruary 6th, 1879. fob8~ JM. BEA TY &, 0O. Nave in stook All kinch of Steel PIows - *q, Heel 11olts, grass lRods1 Traoa Plow Dtld1les, ' I ,tyl~theW afoldS,"