The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-03-22
General News Items.

crossing rapidly.
The battle fields in the North of France
threaten peS.ilence.
The governments generally are recognizing
the republic Of France.
Baron Won Moltke can speak erety dialect
ard language Of Europe.
a terrific gale ct Memphis last week "n>
rooted several buildings.
Prussia offers to sell Mullhouse back to
France for 200, 900 900 francs.
Tie S;atc Dental Association will meet ii
Cha. lesion Oh the 18th April, prox:
In t,cksn,. Coz, West Va, there is aspiring
strongly ir,prcgnated with arsenic.
DAY DAVIS IL TIE EAsr.-Ncw Eamp:
shire gone drniucratiC and southern
Insurance Company is working in the Last.
All The arms in TIE hands Of the militia OF
Fairfield Counts have been turned over TO
the municipal authorities.
Resolutions strongly dcnunciatory Of the
removal Of Sumner have been introduced IN
the Massachusetts Senate.
Rev !. Scott Murray has received an unanl'
nous call 10 the paSiorate OF the DaptiSl
Church Of Anderson, and has accepted 1t.
T.c Senate Of North Carolina has passed
q bill mnking burglary and arson in the nigh
time punishable with death.
We learn that Gov. Scott has ordered the
return Of the State arms, now IN possession
Of the militia.
WASHINGTON AND LEE-Lent began this
year on Wa>hngton'S birthday, and Will
end on The anniversary of Lees surrender.
The new railroud between Columbia and
Sumter will soon be moving reality. 1he
link is an important one.
Josh Billings says thar IS no sekts nor re-
lg!ous disputes among the heather; they al
cook Z missionary the same way.
A Richmond writer advocates charging
an admission fee to church service instead
of pew rent.
An carly candidate for grief is FIVE yeai
old child in Shebosgan,. " IscooSin, "nc
writes poetry.
An Indiana woman sent to market the
past year, 1900 csgs-rhe product of hcl
own hauds-SayS an exchange.
Worth, the Paris man-miIiner, is not com
ing 10 New York, but has ret up his temple
Of folly III Brussels.
An eagle was recently killed on the vii
mington and Weldon railroad, measuring
eight feet from wing to wing.
4 lot of Ku Klux recently arrested in
Chatham, n. { turned out to be loyal lea
guerS.
Ducrof, Chanzy and Faidhcrhc are work
ing for an empire. Bouapartist meetings
in the provinces arc numerous.
The present year promises to he the most
active ever known in the settlement of the
Great West.
Gen. Terry has received orders to despatch
all available troops to quell the inSurrectlon
in Chester III d York.
The RotilSchildS are said to have lost from
$50 900 900 70 SIS, 900 900, by the result Of the
Franco>Grinan war.
John W. johnson has been elected L. S.
Senator hy the Virginian legislature. by q
large majority over the republican candi>
date.
Tic commission which went to San Dc
mingo are expec cd TO return shortly and
report as 10 the dc>irabIcncss OF the acqulSi>
ton Of that far away land.
The conventional interest bill, allowing a
contract rate of one per cent, has passed
the Kentucky Senate, and will pass the
House.
The SchieSberg. O Tenitan mountain,
overlooking the mnrket town Of Hohcncma.
fell in, and buried 900 Of the inhabitants, be-
sides, besides destroying many buildings.
An alligator fifteen feet long has beei kill
cd on the Cape Fear river. and Alppota'
mus born At tic London Geological Garden.
An oil villain Of fourteen abducted q tens
der NH len of thirty-two, in Illinois the 9TH
er day He WAS captured, and the innocent
dove rcSca"d.
Runcors arc afoat that aIl the West India
Islands from the Gem of the Antilles down to
jamaica will soon b" purchased and absorbed
by the L. S.
The Tribune hos Washington r1Imor that
Spain, through SicSles. offers 10 sell Cuha
and Porto Rico to the United States for $780,
900 600.
The English House Of Lords denounce the
apathy of England at this warlike period.
Out Ct 300 900 barrels of powder in Govern
mrnt arscpals all but 800 barrels are worth
less.
4 bill has hecn introduced into the New
York legislature 10 prevent the sale Of liqnorS
except for mechanical and medicinal pur-
poses.
Reliable authority states that cavalry are
to take the place Of foot soldiers in the WORK
of uucl!inS iHsurrectionS in this State. -Four
companies are looked for In C6lum bia.
Canada is the fourth maritime power in
the world. has 1881 ships, with ! tunnage of
500 coo nuns. Great Britain. the United
Sta;cS ard France arc the greatest.
Charles Sumner has az last come to grief,
his own party being the cXccutioners. He
had become 100 troublesome to the great
smoker. Il thorn in the flesh, hence his fall.
and the President is reported 10 be in great
g!ee at his victory.
Mnt'cr filing four newspaper columns and
l:J 100 private communications, BY the art
Of photography. have been reduced to so
small Il compass rs 70 he inserted in com
mon Quill and thus conveyed to Paris by a
Carrier pigeon.
In Preston, England, James Diwortb, n
baker, sold his wife, a copely woman 81
wears Cd, at auction. for half crown. A
factory operative gave the purchaser 81. for
his bargain. 70 says the LlVeTpool Couliee,
Dec. 1870.
Col. Job Stout. Of Harding, Iowa, has a
pocket book, manufactured into its present
shape by himself from the skin Of the first
hog slain by the pilgrim fathers, and which
was used as wallet one hundred and ninety
years.
The distractions placed in the James river
have been nearly all removed. They con-
si<,cd OF twenty cribs, constructed Of timber,
q x is inches, filled with stone, and secured
by iron rods, placed in three rows across the
channel The river will now have depth
Of is feet wafer.
In the Senate, after stormy debate, it was
determined TO l;:v the resolution Of adjoHrn>
mcnt on the table. that ku KluN bill might
he rcror:cd. no other legislation is to- he en-
tcrtaincd Several propositions 10 restore Or
der in the South have been referred. The
poor Sou'h.
Passengers between Charleston and
AucuS,a are talking aboat the beautiful