A Lawyer-poet Burned To Death

Florence, s. C., March 3.- Bel ton O Nr;il Townsefid, a prominent voung lawyer, %;i burne 1 to death in liis resídence Friday night. Pire was discovered in hi house about 10 o'clock. Every door was iTalocket) except that of Townsend's chamt t. where the fire originatei Ilis wife and children wen: away from home ;it the time. lic was SOyears old. Ili. boni; of poems was warmly uommended by Longfellow and Ho we) Is.