The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1868-12-02
State 1tot,,s,

| > ~>N6S"o'" hNSSISIseF Htu(cS (nut
u. a. Forkctt, living at tho ''old Landrnin
place together with six negroes were
arrested on Wednesday last, and lodged
injai'. Forkett is charged With keeping
a gang Of negroes around him armed,
and under constant drill. Tho negroes
arrested arc q part Of the gang, which Is
ipcitcd to kin certain of his neighbors.
The Anderson Tnteligcnccr announces
tho melancholy fact, that Capt. P. X.
Norris, highly respected citizen of thnt
town was wounded while assisting tho
authorities to arrest two young men,
one Of them Tcnncsscean. Tho charge
upon which the arrest was attempted is
not known.
Tho Abbevilc Banner, says that on
Monday evening last, barn in rear of
the residence Of Mr.. Burt was discovered
to &c IN fire, but was cxtinguishcd he.
fore much damage was donc. 1t was the
ACT Of an inccndiary.
| Last Thursday our business n,ighbor
and colcmp"rary, John G. Bailey, Esq,
| Associutc Editor Of the Enterprise, com.
mittcd matrmouy by taking TO himself
n wi(c-n young lady Of this District
very highly esteemed for her amiabiity
aud generous accomplishments.
| Grccnvillc Mountainccr.
Tho Spartan says: two arc panied" to
chronicle the assembling of this body of
which, If it is budY, few Democratic
gentlemen Rrc The head and brains Al.
luson is mnde to the Legislature.
James Dudley, Esq, young lawyer
of Conwayboro', was drowned fow days
ago by the upscllins Of boat.
a band Of armed negroes robbed Mrs.
Jor Ian, Of Burlington District, Of nll her
hogs few nights since.
Ex-Governor Pickcns Is snid to be
dangerously i'll, from inflammation Of the
lungs, at his home in Edyctield District.
General Grant is for,y.six years of
nge.
Charity gives itself rich, but covctous.
ness boards itself poor.
The Grccian bend hns now added to
its attractions the "Roman wigglc"
We mourn with Brigham Young. He
has lost wife, md Is onc.scvcnty fifth
IF n widowcr.
The census Of 1870, it is said, will
show tito population Of tho United
States to be forty.two million.
A man tried to kill himself with laud.
anum, IN Buffalo, n. Y, n few days since,
because his wife asked him for money.
The fall mackcrcl fisheries in Nova
Scotn have been almost total failure,
aud distress IN consequence is apprehcn.
dcd this winter.
The Astor House in New York pays
$22, 900 per ycar for butter, $4,000 for
flour, ) so, 600 for meat, $l2, 900 for eggs,
900 f + milk md c cam, $500 for fric.
ton matches, 81 4. 600 for gas, and $l4, ,ooo
for coa.
RIcnMoND, Va, November &C. Chief
Justice Chase. this morning, .lccidrd
that tia iron-clad oath should not lac nd.
ministercd to gtand inry-mcn, as it
rather hindcrcd than furlhercd the cnds
"f justice.
1t is unticrslt OIL that Gcncrnl Grant
wi not make an ext, II !ctl report as t.
military operations du' ing the past year,
but will transmit The rcpurtS Of the va
rious department unl district comman
dcrS. with " short letter calling attention
to certain recommendation and sugpcs>
tons IN snch reports.
An advertisement In the London Times
Spr1nllGlu ~ s,l
the modest request. "Oh, give mo back
ont ycStel day" companion to the
above, "Oh, could you spare to.morrnw ?"
is in preparation. to be afterwards fellow.
cd by the sequel lyric Of "You hnvn't
got Snch thing as next week about
you, have you p
~ German in New Albany, Indiana,
has what he calls ''dumpling clock"
IN his window. On its top is IL fat md
Jolly looking Tuet"n, who holds n fork
in his hand. By M ingcn Is contrivnncc
inc fork, ut the end Of each mi9utc, dips
into dis h OF dnmplings, carries one of
them to tho month Of the Truion, who
swallows II with choking gurglc and Il
queer motion Of his glass eyes.
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Burn THE C0rroN SrALEs.--The Waco
(FeXaS) Examiner advances the following
idca. and we earnestly urge It's adoption
by our planters, as the experiment would
bc wholly inexpensive, aud misht--we
arc inclined to think onld--accompli,b
that most desirable result, the utter de.
strucliOn OF tho cotton worm and It's
germ:
ut is said That the eggs Of tho cotton
worm are deposited in tho cotton stalks.
Roasted eggs will not hatch. Burn your