The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-03-08
General News Items.


The pos: office at Union C. H., is made a
money order office.
In Rhode Island, young lady at o mas
querade, wore the skins of 81 geese.
The President has signed the enforcement
Dill relating to elections.
The passage from London to New York
will ere long be reduced to six days.
The bill to re-establish the usury laws In
this State, failed.
Mr.. Oswell Richardson, an old an honored
citizen Of Laurens died on the Goth ult.
Rev. Thos. Ward White has assumed the
Presidency Of Reidville Fcmale College.
The new Methodist Church at Florence
was: recently blown down by gale Of wind.
The appropriations thus far made by Cons
Sress. do not materially affect The South.
The Indiana Legislature has adjourned
sine die. -.
1t only costs $40 to whip q Milwaukee edi>
tor, but it Is dreadf"l hard work.
The Battery, New York, is being orna-
mcptcd by large trees removed from Central
Park.
The public square of Newbery is being
dttoel by small trees taken out of black; jack
thickct.
Co. C, 18Th Reg't numbering ninety men,
under command Of Capt. Christopher, have
been sent 10 Iorkville.
The gin house Of DR.. J. M Lowry, in York.
vile County, with contents, was consumed
by incendiary FIRE on Tuesday last.
The debt statement shows a decrease of
$3.50, 900; coin in tue Treasury, $l03, 900 )
900; currency. S2l 900, GOO.
A difficulty has arisen between Spain and
Egypt, caused by an insult to clerk. Of. the
Spanish Consulate at Cairo.
An Indiana mother cruelty attempted to
spite a young courtng couple by removing
the lamp from the room.
Butler made two unsuccessful attempts. by
a suspension Of the rule, TO get up the ku
Kiux bil|
Many citizens of Paris to avoid appearing
on the streets during the German occupation,
purchased weeks provisions.
The impeachment of Gov. Clayton. of Ala
bama, has failed, from technical parliament
ary reasons.
A half square in New Orleans, between
Frenclman, Roman, Union and Ferbigny
Streets has been burned. Loss $500, ,000 most
ly Insured
The officers OF the Tehantepcc Ship Ca
nal report that on February 9Th. TWO distinct
! earthquakes were felt, and that tidal wave
was seen many feet high off MinitIsn.
4 Committee of Conference ordered on the
bill for the relief Of owners OF land sold for
| taxes in the insurrec' ionury States, Las been
appointed. -
The Louisville Courier-Iourual remarks
that "the insurance business, and especially
The life insurance business, has been shame.
fully neglected in this country since the war
Some Is 900 strangers visited New Orleans
to witness the carnival festivities. The Mys
| tic Krewe perSonated Sponsors ''Faerie
Qucene" in the procession
Twenty men went to the Jail in Frankfort,
Ky, and took out man named Thos Scrog-
! gins. II is supposed they took him out TO
prevent the case being brought TO the Courts.
A hand of professionals stole from an old
clorher in Savannah. last week, between
So, 900 and 81 900 Of diam onds, watches and
money.
A mou7taineer, with s2.0o5 comhatte tho
hosts of faro in Kansas City till he had only
!
| walked back to Denver.
Order and quiet reign in Union County,
and the military are in peaceable possession.
| The cnlored people, it is said are putting
themselves under the wings Of the hu klux.
Mr. Jas. Wilson, engineer of the S. 4 U
K. r. passenger train, lost his right band AZ
Aston. on Wednesday last, BY the accident>
81 discharge Of small shot gun.
On Saturday night, 25:b Feb, party of
| disgui-ed men took negro man narIed An
derSon Brown from his house, in Yorkville
County, and shot him dead.
The Wilmington On C)papers boat OF
monster oyster, recently opened there, which
measured five and half inches long bv three
and qlarter wide, all Of il beautiful, plump
meat.
Capt. Hall. of the Scam ship James 4
Gary, reports q huge watcr>spout in llatteraS
Inlet, and SAYS the water c.!mc down in one
solid sheet, and in its descent struck n flock
Of wild geese, killing all of them instantly.
1t will be dampening to the enthusiastic
admirers Of Mr.. G. P. r. james novels to
learn that "the solitary horscman" in whose
fate he has 30 deeply interested them, has at
last come 10 grief. He broke his neck the
other day, while trying to leap mustang
| ny across small bayou in Texas.
| 1t is believed that COL Montgomery Moses
will reside within the bounds of the Seventh
| Circlit. He is brother TO the Chief Justice,
and was for many years his law partner
| He is said to be an affable gentleman, and
man Of great endurance and executive abili>
| iy In politics be Is democratic.
The dwelling of Miss Mary Mcmahon, in
Union County, was accidentally destroyed by
fire on Monday evening last. 1t possessed
| historic interest, having originally been the
! Court House for the old Pinckney judicial
! District. 1t was one Of ;hc finest residences
in Union.
A carriage, containing DR.. Joseph Murray
and family, was crushed while returning
from church, near Ridgcvle. S. c last Sab
! bath. BY falling tree DR.. Murray and his
! little son Willie was severely wounded, and
! Joseph johnson Murray, fine lad Of eight
wears, killed. Mrs n and the rest Of the
children providentially escaped
A Ku klux raid was made by party Of
| disguised men, in number about 50 r6o. on
the house known as Roses hotel, IN York
vile. on the night of the eth ult. Their obs
iect was 10 get possession Of the County
treasurer, T. VI. Rose Falling in this, they
destroyed the furniture Of the room anil scat
tered the papers about. 4 liquor room in
the same building was also entered and all
the LIQUOR poured out They next made an
! effort to capture Thos. Wright. colored C"un-
ty Commissioner, but failed in that also.
THE DEED PExFEcrED-Th bill OF
Congress to appoint Federal sp! in