The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1868-12-02
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; State Items.

State Items.
The Edge6eld Advertiser states that
D. A. Forkett, living at the ''old Landrum
place." .ogether:with six negroes were
arrested on Wednesday last, aud lodged
iajail. Farkett is charged with keeping
,agang Of negroes around him armed,
and under constant drill. The negroes
arrested area part Of the gang, which is
melted to kill certain Of his neighbors.
:. The Anderson Tnteligcncer announces
the melancholy fact, that Capt. P. K.
Norris, highly respected citizen of that
town, was wounded while assisting the
authorities to arrest two young rnen,
one of them Tennesseean. The charge
upon which the arrest was attempted is
not known. ..ry<yx r,.y,~l
2 The Abberiile Banner says that on
Monday evening last, a barn in rear Of
the residence Of Mr.. Burt was discovered
to &c on Gre, but was cxtinguished be-
fore rauch damage was done. 1t was the
act of an incendiary. 49, .,-..
Last Thursday our business neighbor
and contemporary, John G. Bailey, Esq.
Associate Editor of the Enterprise, COM
mitted matrimony by taking to himself
a wife-a young lady of this District
very highly esteemed for her amiability
and generous accomplishments. .
[Grecnvilie Mountaineer.s
The Spartan says: :.wc are panied" to
chronicle the assembling of this body oi
which, lit is body, a few Democratic
gentlemen are the head and brains.r Al.
lusion is made to the Legislature. ,:
James Dudley, Esq, . young lawyer
Of Conway boro', was drowned a few, days
ago by the upsetting ola boat. -
I A band Of armed negroes robbed Mrs.
Jordan, Of Darlington District, Of all her
hogs.,a few nights since. ~:.l 81.
Ex-Governor Pickens is. said to be
dangerously i'll, from Inflammation Of the
lungs, at his home in Edgc6eld District.
General Grant is forty-six years OF
age. -.
Charity gives Itself rich, but covetous'
ness boards itself poor. =.
The Grecian head has now added to
its attractions the "Romau wiggle."
We mourn2wi,h Brigham Young He
has lost wife, and is one-seventy fifth
Of widower. =
+ The census Of 1870, it is said. will
show tie population Of the United
States TO be forty-tso!million.' ''~H' )
A,man tried to, kill himself with laud.
anuu, in Buffalo, N. Y, a few,days since,
| because his wife asked him for money.
The fall mackerel fisheries in Nova
Scotia have been almost total failure,
and distress in consequence is appreheu-
ded, this winter NJ. a::. G%iu =,
The AstorrHouse in New York pays
s22, 900 per year for butter, $4,000. for
Flour, $3.50, ,00e for meat, 81 ?, 900 for eggs;
$4,000 milk ardc cam, $500 for 'iric.
ton matches, $14, 600 for gas, ard $4,000
for coal. = .......... .,.,:
RIcnMoND. Va, November 25.-Chiel
Justice Chase, this morning, decided
that .tha iroH-clad oath should not be nd
ministered to .gpand jnry-men, as il
rather bindered than furthered the ends
| of justice.
IL is understood that General Gran,
twilnot nakeean,ext, n ed r'p>rt MS te
military operations du' ing The Iast year,
but will transmit, the reports Of the va
iri6ns department and district commah
ders, with short letter:caliingf attention
to certain recommendations, and sngges.
tions in such reports.
An advertisement in the London Times
seriously annoar ee, a; new so>g, with
the modest request h,,Oh. give me back
but yesterday" A companion to-; the
above, "0h, could you spare tomorrow p
.isin preparasionr nbe afterwardssToiiow
cd by the sequel lyric of "You hagu't
got such a thing as next week abon!
you, have you g -, . IT, " -'-'-."
A German in New Albany, Indiana,
has what he calls 'dumping clock
in his window. On its top is fat and
Jolly looking Tuet"p, who holds . fork
in His hane. By an ingen o IS eontrivance
| the fork, at, the end of each minute, dips
into dish of dumplings, carries one ot
them tothc mouth Of the Teuton, whe
:swal1oxs,it. with choking gurgle and q
queer motion of his;glass eyes, -
'BuaS THE CoTiroN STALKs.NThe Waco
lfTexasA Examiner advances the following
idea. and We earnestly urge its adoption
By our. planters, as the experiment would
be wholly Inexpensive, and might've
are inclined TO think wouid-aceomphsh
that most desirable result the ute. de,
,t.,I.+;oa of Sba cotfap rornn md IN.