The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-05-31
General News Items.

General News Items.
Bisam:s: Bowcn's case is on tic tapi<.
The bite OF parrot killed an Eagli>hman
4 man lately nearly lost his arms from the
effects Of Il tick bite.
New Kent Co Va experienced violent
hail storm on tue 19ih.
A pig with seven perfect legs excitcs curi>
oSity in Harrisonburg, Va.
Georgia has larger co'orcd population
than any other State i'll the Union.
The Baptists are having grest revival in
GoIdSboro, n. 9.
Tic Derby (English) races took place on
the 2Ith. There were fifteen starters.
Tie entire town Of Bradford, in Toronto,
Canada, has been burned, loss over half a
million.
Since the 1st of October, - 1853 hogSleads
of tobacco have been inspected in Richmond,
Va.
A society for the prevention Of cruelty TO
animals has been organized in Newborn, y.
C.
A woman adveriSes in the Nashville pa
pcrs for her children. Out Of twcntv-Scrcn
she only knows the whereabouts Of three.
The farmers of Raleigh have no hope of
the wheat crop. The same is said Of other
counties.
Fort Pillow, at Memphis, has wholly disap-
pearcd under the abrading forces Of tac MIs~
sissippi.
The new Catholic Cathedral nt Atlanta, is
said to be one Of the finest buildings in the
South.
Tie Ku Kiux are still at work in York
County, Trial Justice OConucl has been
forced to resign his office.
Thousands Of acres Of cotton are being
pougheG up, and will be re-plan:cI with
cotton or corn, in and about Macon, Ga.
The harcm of Omar pasha, lately deceased
covers three acres. There axe consequently
three acres Of widows.
\ yonng fellow in Salem, Oregon, lately un-
eanhed pile Of gold coiuS worth S400, while
chopping wood,
Two distinct earthquakes occurred at To-
ronto, Canada, on Sunday morning the 14th.
They were felt at Quebec. Ottawa, and other
places, but caused no damage.
The Jews are going back to JeruSalem.-
Much land ahout the city is being taken up,
and the Sultan offers to sell them the Mosque
of Omar.
man named Southworth, living in East
Tennessee. has inst cjec' cd from his stomach
4 frog Which had been living there for fifteen
years.
Mortimer Jones, of Illinois, was recently
tnrred an'l fcathcrcd because he played GRO
quct twenty-four hours after his wife died.
He has sued the parties.
There are two thorSAnd Chinese on Louis>
lana plantations. They work well, hi, can
not make much Of their talkcc comprcllcnsi-
bic 10 mules.
One Of the provisions Of the new Canadian
homestead bill protects debtors who may
settle there against their creditors for five
years.
At q late wedding in New York, conspicu>
ou> among the presents was piece Of paper
posted on the wall, and marked from Papa"
It was check for 5000
Colfax is suffering from paralysis of the
nerves Of the heart. Anthony has been Sc
lectcd as presiding officer Of the Senate, in
his place.
On the first Wednesday Of October next
the Triennial Convention Of The Episcopal
Church in the United States vii! assemble in
Baltimore.
Mrs Sarah johnson, illamston. was
sDurrcl by game chicken last week, and
died oflockiaw in few hours. Her husband.
who was sick at The time died from the effects
of The occurrence.
No less than two hundrcl and twenty-fnr.
life Insurance companies have been wound
up in Great Britain within the last ITcnty-
six years This is twice as mtny as now cX-
iSt there.
The world cal now be gone round in cieh>
ty days, by railway and steamship, by Liycr>
pool, Sucz Canal, Ceylon, Singapore, Hong
Kong, Yokohama, San Francisco and the
Pacific Railway.
An old bachelor says that giving the ballo:
to women would not amount TO anything
practicable, because. they would insist that
they were too young TO vote until they got
too Old TO take any interest in politics.
The Roanoke Valley, which publishes the
story about 4 COW having Scvcnty-two calves,
darcs 10 question an equally reliable story
told by the Charlottesville Chronicle. about
4 certain COW in that section giving birth 10
one hundred and tWcnty-thrcc calves.
4 row was kicked up in Columbia on Tues
day last by some drunken soldiers and lew1
colored women, in which noise, brick bats
and broken noses and heads abounded. The
negroes vanQui>hcd the white soldiers after
beating one OF them severely.
Ex-Presiicnt Davis arrived in Columbia,
on Tuesday last, and was warmly received
The Phoenix says he was in good health and
spirits, aud was on business Of the Carolina
Life Insurance Company, Of which he is
President.