The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-10-08
Brief Mentions.

ssHay.
I 4 A Brooklyn man has cured hi
sliver complaint by turning haue
Springs over a chair.
& Gen. A. c. Darlington, formerly o.
sNewberry, has been nominated for th(
smayoralty Of Atlanta, Ga.
J The Columbia Female College, IN
sder the control Of President Jones
gopened on last Wednesday with nine
sty scholars.
a The colored people of Abbeyille
ssays the "Press," have purchased
ssome FIVE acres of landin the neighbor
shood of the Depot from Dr.. J. W. "
sMarshaA, as a Fair Ground.
] The election for Mayor in Charles
8ton on last Wednesday: resulted in ia
avor Of Mr.. Cunningham, the Republi
can candidate, by majority of l,29;
avotes. The Ne,Us &. Coulter Says thai
sthere was much stufing done. The
selection will be contested.
Captain Jack and his principal war
srioss were executed at Fort klamath
sOregon, on Friday last. The Presi
sdent interfered at the last minute anC
scommuted the sentence of two of the
braves to Imprisonment for life. ,Ant
$50 ends the Modoc troubles.
4 A rare opportunity is offered in the
proposal by the proprietor to sell thu
sChester Reporter. Any one desirou:
I aof entering the field Of Journalism cal
] now do SO to advantage. The Rcpor
ater is capital paper, with good circu
slation and advertising patronage, and
! Twill be sold at a barsain- If applied fo'
soon. H..
A red-hot erolite came whizzine
down through the trees at Marysrille
a california, recently, burying itself
flight feet deep in the ground. Il
weighed twelve pounds, and was 81
hot even after an hour had been spent
Gin digging it up that it set FIRE to tht
acart in which it was being conveyed
Ito the town. ..
Henry Williams, (colored,) of Leb'
anon, had mammoth "cotton-piek-
3ing" last Friday. Thirty persons
! participated in the exercises, anc
spicked three thousand, six hundred
I and eighty-three pounds Of cotton du
sriug the day. The racing between tho
shands was exciting. and Williams got
shis cotton picked at very small out
s!ay. A shrewd operation. So says
sthe AbbeviIe Medium.
Mc<srs. Suit, Marshall and Cross
Of Prince George County, Nd, having
ISSUED challenge to the world for {;
run of fox-hounds, the amount Of
wager being one hundred Thousand
Sdollars, North Carolina gentleman
4 (Mr. R. G. Sneed of Granville Coun
sty, has responded by saying that ht
swill take the. purity up, if they are &c,
ssponsib!e, and will try it between now
sand January next, at any place within
] one hundred miles Of Washington.
THE fox is likely to have lively time
Going the rounds is found the fol-
flowing paragraph :
Letters received from the agent o:
/ the Greeuyille and Columbia Railroad
company in New York, where th'
bulk of the bonds Of the Company ar
held, give the gratifying information
] that the bondholders, without exeep
I ssion, have asseuted to the proposed re.
arrangement Of the bond debt Of the
sCompany. This Encouragement pro
vides for the funding, in bonds OF
! short date. of the interest due up t.;
sJuly l, 1873, and the regular payment
gof iaterest hereafter. We have every
sconfdence that this wise action on the
part of the bondholders will enable the
sPresidept aud Directors to PLACE the
road in frst-ciass order, and so maxi
Bit paying concern, 'as we'll as Il bene
lit and convenience to the public.
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1t is difficult task for the pen 10 describe
sihe artistic beauties Of the October ALDINE,
"a number which flashes with rare gems OF
sart, even as tho October foliage receives
3OrientaI splcndors. There arc four full-pag.
SpictureS iu this issue, each master produc-
5tiop; by celebrated artists: Besides these
Sgreat pictures, there are no less than nine
S0,he1S, smaller. but none the less beautiful
3No art journal in the new world has ever at,
Item ptcd 70 give in one number so many rare
land beautiful pictures. The literary cor.
Stents, 100, are unusually brilliant and piouans
Z The musical department glarceS NJ the COM
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sabroad. From this brief outline OF the Octo.
sber Aldine, it will be seen that it hos an in
Smense variety o. art gems and literary
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SOUTHERN CULTIyAToR.-The October
suumbcr Of this fiyorite aSriculturalst is re-
scevec. It's table Of contents is quite inter
:: Z. tus, and embraces most pleasant and in
struc,iye variety, apd cyinees marked ability
I on the part OF its editors. 1t is blessed with
"a SPLENDID corps of contributors besides. who
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