The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-01-13
.1ahn. Minor, Dp,ts Is dead.

Tho Ogeechee rioters have been cap.
sufed and dispersed.
Those who I've in Omaha are known
as Omshogs.
Helper, tho impending crisis, IS run.
ning a railroad.
Why Ia n Confederate soldier like Laz.
atus3 Because he was licked by dogs.
OF the human race 100000 are
Aasons.
Corn Is selling at 25 cents per busbcl,
tHsRsndpsph county, Ark ...>
Alaska .contains 9t,out 370,000,OOO
acres Snd VAS purchased at & little less
'hsn two cents the acre. .>....
There are over forty tobacco factories
IN Ktehm mopd, Va, employing $4,000
persona.
Elotow, tie musical composer, was
tstsly 1dlsorccd from his sixth wife in
erder to marry her sister.
"A Nugget Of gold weighing two hun.
dted pennyweights, was found IN White
county, Ga, tecently.
The next style OF bonnet is to be a
head and two inches Of ribbon, fastened
with hairpin. .,s.
It.. Is. said thnt castor oil makes shnc
leather soft and plaLlc and quite i'm.
p6fSi6us to water.
h'"yo6ng gentleman in Oshkosh Wis.
eopsin, was ti1cd IS nnd COSTS the other
Day for winking al ladies' in the street.
Tho smallpox exists lon considerable
extent among the crowded tenement
houses Of New York.
AZ municipal election IN New bern.
NfC.,.a scalawng wns elected mayor. the
defeated candidate being carpct-baggcr.
In Wilmington Radical MAYOR and
calico council were elected, only Repnhli.
cans voting.
Two young ladies Of iowa have taken
up lands In TINT Sntc under the Home
etesd act, and purpose removing upon
them, to run a fnrtnUn their own account.
Four hundred ncres Of lnnd in Mont.
G0mery county, in The State Of Geo; gia.
sold At auction, FOR less than half cvrt
peracre.
Portland, Maine, hns citizen who hns
predicted a sccona drlugc and to get
ready for it, is spending MI hc is worth
iaHbuildihg "Noah'S Ark."
-Four fifths Of tho present rulers in
TehnoRsee, arc either hrokun down or
cs7t off rebels. Tho remaining fifth is
composed Of ncgl ocs and vagran,s.
The FIRST strawberries Of the season
made their appearance in the New
Orleans market lust week, selling $3 the
baskyt. .a......... 49,.
The ypetrificd remains Of man nearly
eleven feet high, have been cxhumetl
noar Sunk Rapids, on tho Mississippi
The antediluvlan gaint is supposed to
have weighed 900 pounds. ID.
A Nashville mechanic is snil to hive
invented shooting machine, which he
cssis the Poly fer" which will destroy
o rcgtmunt of's"idisrs, distant mile and
Q half, in four rninutcs. ................
4, MASSACHUSETTS, Psychologist asserts
that thcrc are no fine singers who use
tobacco. II is proved in the iissccling
room, he claims, that tobacco Injuries the
voice.
An ardent couple was married in Char
lotto county, Va. lately standing on one
muddy bnmk Of n swollen stream while
tho officiating Clergyman stood on the
other. Tho bridges had been swept
away.
Ono Of the san Francisco papers has
added a new feature to its birth, mar.
viage and doath column--."Divorrcs.
This department Is rs well supported and
a. much public conrcniencc as il.
companions. '..'
The Augusta and Granitcvillc Manu-.
featuring Companies have advanced
tho price Of their goods half ccnt n
yard. The prices now arc 3d. Shce,iug,
IL; 7.e ShIrting, l3; ~ Shceting, l4.,
aud drill, lot cents. ..,>
4 goat was arrcsto1 in King: street
Charleston which was painted in lancv
co,oTs Hn!the horns, nose, neck, legs,
back and tail, and had the words "Ku.
klux,"' IN large white letters on both it's
'ides. 1t Is contrary to tho city ordi
nance for such city animals to 60 at large.
An old gentleman waiting for train
IN tho great depot ut Chicago recently.
said TO n hystander: "Only think Of it !!
but little over thirty years ngo 7 was
offered eighty acres Of land, on part of
WHICH this depot is now built, for n
sorrcl horse and saddle, and was fol
enough to keep the sorrcl."
A school committee man writes: awe
hsvoa school housc large enough 10 nc
commodate four hundred pupils four
stories high" An exchange describing n
Procession.. says; '..'rhc procession was
very flno nIsd nca, J two miles in length,
az lwps also the prayer Of Dr. Perry, the
ehaPllain:" PPl IN.
A noted Chinese bandit and black mail
or, 'LinSinn. man. has been captu, | in
Sbspghai. He will be punished bv being
pot into n hox OF snch shape that he c,n
neither lie dawn. sit. nor stand hi !
head md ho"tls will pro,rndr and H."
wibSbe. left"cxposed to sun, wind and
rain ngtil he dies Of exhaustion or starv.
ation:: - ~
Da Choillu Describes the costumes Of
tho court Of an African king as fn,lows {:
''Tho king worca dress coat--and nothing
else; his first minister wore shirt with.
out Sleevea---hNd nothing else his second