The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-04-26
General News Items.

Twcnty-four large circussrs arc announced
! for the seasor, of 1871 in the United States
| I; ie understood that the Senate wiiI rcccdc
, from Shermans's amendment.
Rus, has attacked the wheat in Columbus
Co., Ga.
The prospect for peach crop! in North
Carolina Il Of the best.
Sserman's S amendment is the chief point OF
contention between the t~O houses.
The white fire companies Of Charl' SOU will
hold Festival in May.
Sunday last, o3I was SEakcspcarc's birth
day.
Two hundred and tweniy-cight newspapers
arc published in Missouri.
Montgomery, Ala, is about to commence
, the erection Of i new 500, 900 hotel.
4 co!ored youth, scvcnty-Gvc years Of age
, is attending school at Americas, GA.
Tier: were , 40 public arrests in New o.
leans in March.
The crops all over this State arc represented
as in prospc!o1s condition.
! Thirty Republicans voted with the Demo
Gratis in defeating the conference on the ku
! Kux B!'l.
The Prcxbvtcrian denomination is the
wcsl,hic>t in Philadelphia It's property is
worth s. ,0oo.H 900.
Pleaxanton decides that certificate OF
bankruptcy discharges government claims
against the bankrupt.
Thomas A. Marshall. for twenty year,
! judge Of the Kentucky Court Of Appeals, j,
dead.
The Nebraska State Luna'ic ASv!um is
burned Two persons pcrl-hrd, r:Ic OF them
b nS chalncd.
II is thought the amendments 10 the kn
Klux bin will bc Inod.icd, and then the bill
! will pass.
A coorcd man In Florida h1s hccn sent 10
Jail frr twelve months for Ei!lay Il white
, mans dog.
Miss El;zllctl, Stuart Phelps saya there IS
; no use quArrcIliny with woman, The press,
n railroad company or the Telegraph.
4 sign on an eating ;hou-c on the New
Jersey railroad says: "CniTrc aud eggs fresh
laiI by Mary .Toncs."
A new conferences has been appointed on
the Ku Kux Bill. The confusion on Wtd>
ncstlav was so great that it WAS Impossible
| to obtain tue exact features Of the Bill.
4 masonic temple j. TO be built with raric-
! ca. cd marble in Memphis. 1t will he the
most beautiful Of any in the South, and will
cost $500 900.
The farmers Of Warren, Ga, say thnt If
H. planting of cotton is not checked, they
fer, conti,i,.' that the low price Of cotton and
hieh orice of provisions. will be- their ruin.
The Ku K.ux Conference Committee lave
| agreed that the test oath shall be modified SO
that Ill NAV be eXacted upon motion Of the
| District Attorney, supported by the discretion
of the Court.
Robert Ellis, who resides near Augusta,
Kentucky, has reached the enormous weight
of 4S3 pounds, and has not been able TO
walk for ten years He is sixty years Old,
aud enjoys good health.
! Az exchange announces With erca'
! flourish Of trumpetS, that Anna Dickinson
will lecture in Bath on the l4th. lit Is the
| Turki-h bath she is going to lecture in, kcr
agent nccIn't send any free tickets to. this
! Office.
THE AMERICAN SUNDAY SCHOOL Work
Err. for Parents and Teachers. published by
J. W. Mcintyre. ST. Louis, at 81 SO per ans
; nun. The April number Of which is re-
ceircd. is full of interest and instruction. II
| Is checrtully recommended.
! Co. X. 18th L. S. Infantry. under com
mand Of Major Stewart, arrived at Laurens
| on the 18Th inst. (after our LAST issu had
| gone TO prcSS) and have pitched their tents
! We cannot guess" says the Herald. how
! long Gen. Grant will fight it out on this
! line.
! \ parry Of disguised men, on the night of
! the 10th, wen, TO the house Of Mr. Robert
! Melton, in Chesterfield County, aud on the
I old man going out, accompanied By his wife
and daughter, was fred npnn All three are
reported as sho, down. The wife was killed,
! father and daughter dangerously wounded.
| If this be true, 1t is horrible deed.