The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-02-24
:. Tho Ice crop will be short this Summer.

Brigham Young's seventy wives ar,
quite indignant at the report TINT he i
sick.
A woman gougcd out another woman
eye IN Cincinnati lust wcok, and wa
fncd 81 for it.
An Ohio farmer, aged 70 years having
attempted TO marry girl Of l6, hi
children Ind him arrested for insanity.
Two men, in Dubois county, Ind, re
Gently swappcd wives. one paying tht
other three bushels Of corn to boot.
DR.. Mudd will be pardoncd, and it is
believed that Spnngler and Arnold will
also receive their parJon.
An "Aericultnral Lncomo,ivo' has
been built in California that runs 81
plows at ono time.
Seven farmers in one Vermont village
havo 102 children. Jonathan Eddy's
share is 10. lie heads the list.
The Delaware Legislature is said to be
devoting its attention almost exclusively
to divorces.
Tho Elbcrton Gazette advises farmers
to cultivate Sorghum this year to max.
their supply Of meat hold out.
The Gem Of tho Antillrs will como
under tho American Wing. We Gun
then make a summer trip to Cuba.
''j}srhamvillc," near Columbia, was
destroyed by fire last Thursday after.
noon.
A young man named Magnire lcapcd
from tho fourth story Of house ia
Charleston, last week, and was instantly
dashed 10 pieces. lntoxication.
The House, recently, passed the
Grccnvile Railroad bill over the Gov.
srnor's veto. by vote Of ST ycas to ID
nays. So that 1t now becomes o law.
The good people Of Augusta arc in
ecstacies over the "White Fawn." They
prefer The Leg Dralna to the Leg islaturc
at least SO says the Savannah News.
It is estimated that there nrc nearly
10000 young men in Boston under mar.
riage engagements, waiting for better
litncs.
In some sections the farmers arc tax.
ing advantage Of the Spring like weather,
and arc breaking ground and planting
corn.
Republican on dit.-That Dr.. Mackcy
is TO be cnsconScd in tho Washington
Cabinet and that 0. Duncan will receive
consuship some where in Germany.
Not having heard from The debating
societies in relation 10 the conundrum,
"Why do hens always lay eggs in the
dov time I" contemporary answers,
because at night they arc 'roosters."
Tho young men Of Chicago are said
to to classified according to their skill
as vclocipcdi>ts into the ".i,nid toddlcts $, I"
"thc wary wablcrs," tho "go ii graccfuls'
and the fancy few"
DR.. Mcbride has been found guilty of
dealing faro in Kentucky, and fined 5000
In default Of rnymenL he was sent to
the w"k.hou$o to work out the fine OF
fifty cents per day.
4 carpct.bnggcr, now in the South,
wro'eto his father lately, in the N"rth
"Cone down here father nighty mean
men get office here now. You could be
elected United States Senator without
any trCnhln."
Five Of the European sovcrcigns aro
bachelors, One has been divorced with.
out going to illinois. Twenty.>ix Of
them are married. especially the Sultan of
Turkey. Six have lost their royal con.
sorts by death.
SOUTHWESTERN RAIL Roam BAN.K-Al
a meeting oC the Bonrtl Of Directors Of
thus Bank John g.. C"rhrnn, Esq, was
unanimously elected President, and j.
NJ. tlarlrSton, Esq. Cashier aud Transfer
Clerk. Of said Bank.
The Free Methodists arc a new sect.
They believe IN free churches, free pcvS,
gospel for the poor, M entire sunrti
tcnt'on. and are warning especially upon
the worldlinesS Of the church, They arc
SUIT Of Pn,i.anic huSt, but arc in.
crcasing rapidly. y.-Church Union.
a story is told of young lady, n
teacher in ono Of our Sabhath schools.
who, one or two Sundays ago asked a
yonng:l what was matrimony. lie
m'stook the question for purgatnry and
promptly answered.: "a place Of punish.
mcnt in this life where some souls suffer
for time bcfore going to heaven"
General Wade Hampton says "You
cannot 80 OH cotton plantation in Ala.
hama now without herring the command,
'Senntnr. start right smart to your cot.
ton picking ; Judge. you 60 and bring
my horse around to the stonp; : or. Col.
"neI. have shoc put on that mule righ,
along"
Tho English War Depart tmcnt have
thrown aside tho Armstrong: gun al
together, after oxprnling no!l millions
and knighling the inventor. The thing
is failure; The British War Otlicc has
issued an order intimnling It's purpos,
to Withdraw MI the brccch loading rinct
guns and substituting muzzc. .loatlers
The following is a list Of officers cleo
ted and duly installed in tho Crane
Royal Arch Chapter:
r. S. Bruins, G. II. p; NJ. Moses, D
G. II. p. G. &. jaeger, &. X. Jane.
a. Hoy,, G. S. james r. Pickett, G. C.
G. F. Jnckson, &. Il E. Thaver, G S.
". II. D. Gnillard, G. G. Of H.; f. W
Lloyd, G. r. a. G.. l.. +. Myers, G. S
A young man while bcing married wa
sho. down by the brother Of his bride
on Thursday evening. IN the Town a
Cornersvillc, Giles Comfy, Tennessee
lilo fell in the arms Of the girl. who. rs
sisted by lends, conveyed him to a bed
whero the marriage ccre,nnny was IN
ishcd at her request IN n few minnie
tho new'Dade husband expired. III
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