The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-05-24
General News Items.
Money is said to be scarce in Weldon.


The yearly production of olives and all
moEds is increasing in California.
Farmers C,uhs arc being extensively Or
ganzed throughout Middle Tennessee.
A sprinkle Of snow fell in Raleigh, y. c.,
on the l1lh.
The apple crop around Weldon vii! prove
q failure.
Blind Tom the pianist, isp'aying in Nash>
vile to crowded houses.
Twenty eight thousand projcctilcs were
hurled into Paris on the 18th.
Tic negro militia CT Lancaster refuse TO
deliver up Their ariiIS.
J. Rum killed man in Wilson County,
y. c., last week, and not the ku klnx.
Rain, cold weather and cA;erpiliarS have
dorc great damage TO crops III Tennessee.
W. l.. Perry. of Union, y practical IIcclian-
ic has invcntcd 4 machnc !or fitting aiId
boring Wheel fcloeS.
The average Weld of corn TO the acre,
throughout tic Southern States last year,
was 2G! bushels.
\ four-eggcd girl is on exhibition in Tens
neSsce What blessing she eNcels III legs
and not iE tongues.
Vegetation in Springfield, Illinois, is suffer
ing from The greatest droutii ever experienced
in that vicinity.
Thousands of blacks are applying to the
American Colonization Society for passage
to Liberia.
Tic white employees, in tic custom house
at Knoxville, refused to work in the yard
with : colored man last week.
It is stated that the President has Issued
orders for the military to assist the civil au>
thorilics in enforcing the laws Of this State.
Riotous proceedings attend the attempt of
the colored people of Louisville, Kentucky,
to ride in the street cars.
The Ku Kux are said to be actively en-
gagged. Two persons have lately been whip
ped near Winsboro, by the klan.
4 negro wor an in Jacksonville, Fla,
wants the ku klux Act enforced against the
nightmare.
During tiirty>6ve years 5000 inquest,
have been held in Savsntlah, Of which 1000
were upon persons who had been drowned in
,i,v Savannah river.
Archibald Taft, of Massachusetts, the To-
ther Of 10 children, died recently at the age
Of 7G. Six Of his sons acted as bearers II
the funeral.
\ judge in New York h,s rendered m
opin .on that sewing machine cannot be
seized for debt, as it was more valuable than
q sofa.
John ". Clarke, County Treasurer of Fair>
field, was shot on Tuesday last, by man
named Aiken. Wound supposed to he mor>
tai Cause, tax difficulty. Since died.
Chicago papers irrevcrcntly announce chat
cider Knapp, having converted three sinners
in 1861, will 'rastlc with tic fend on next
Sunday.
The foreman Of New 0rean: jury en-
dorscd verdict for mnnSlanghtcr thus /:
''Ierdict G;!ty with nuns S!u,tere mat
thewS."
\ tornado in Chicago on the 17;h, demol-
isheh number of buildings, including the
Catholic Church. \ woman was killed and
i man hurt. Two dead boys were also found
on the railroad track.
" ior SIM DicGcrson. colorcd, has not
been appreciated North, and will return 70
South Carolina. lie threatens 10 expose his
party when he gets back. Even Horace
Greeley SOurcd on him.
The feeling Of revenge against the Reds
in Paris is described as fcor'nl, and The SOL
dirrS Of the government are equally ex
a.perated. Many Communists are fleeing
tie city.
Bonnc,'S fast morse has been beaten by a
butchers horse i, California, making his
mile extraordinary time Of y. lie was
bought from the cart for $3.50. II he hasn't
blood, lie certainly has wind and bottom.
A brutal murder was committed on Sunday,
the 1Ith, near Bolton, the victim colored
womln. named Adelinc Agncw. The decd
WAS done by negro namcl Shadrach Web
stcr, with a dirk knife seven inches long.
lie has been committed for trial.
Mcbride, the noted king Of Pain" IS
dead He led 8 di<Sipatcd life. and gam
blrd 10 excess, and won at times largely,
and LOST, il is said, several fortunes fighting
the tiger. Some Of his fights in Ncwbery
were successful.
Titus Cooper, colorcd man in the neigh.
IlOIil'INNl VI Nr'S:b!i ~ bSSll HJk
by the Ku kIux, but by a colored man and
brother, named Geo. Williams. Titus was
a negro Of good character. Williams has
not been arrested.
In Iowa City. n prospective child was
pledged to q creditor 10 ctnccl debt, should
the offspring be Il boy. The baby proves to
be boy, and tho creditor demands him on
contract. The mother refuses, and the cred
iior proposes TO bring suit FOR the child.
One of the derricks at the new custom
house. Charleston, WIS struck by lightning
on Monday last, although iyon-bound al
the Top, twas Splintcrcd into atoms. Persons
in roDm near b. were affected by the
shock.
4 Georgia LAWYER wanted I witness to il.
lustratc now an assault had been committed
After he had lost most Of his hair, been
kicked doGh!e, his clothes torn, and a head
put on him, he thought lie understood
Tie Emperor Of Germany is reported tc
be- a prAr,ical printer All the members o.
the royal family of Prussia are required tc
learn some trade, ard William chose typo
graphy as the most desirable craft anG
spent lhrcc years at the case.
4 strange and fatal accident occurrct
lately in GraySon County, Texas. A no
thcr turning to her little child, some ter
months old, who was sitting, motioned in {
playful manner rs though she intended tc
sprius upon the child, which so mucl
frightened the little one that it was at once
thrown into coavulSionS, and died in a tcN
hours
Gcncr"l Wade Hampton was in St. Loui!
the other day. The papers there spoke Of hi;
,!emeanor rs modest and retiring, indeed they
could no. lie truthful and do otherwise
The Chicago Post, Il Republican organ
mentioned the fact in this way: ''Wadt
Hampton, who had some repute few year:
ago as a rebel raider, is prowling about St
Louis" We admire the sweet and gentle
spirit of this Chicago man.
One of the perls TO which a submarine
cable is subjected is illustrated in the fac
that a vessel at anchor in Dover Strais re
oo,.lr vrhn,i ,vrir,inn anchor nulled nm 9