The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-02-05
General News Items.


Hair has gruxn to the length Of nine
feet on the head Of 4 young lady at Hum.
bolt, Kansas.
The woolrn mills in Massachusetts, are
reported to be stopped on account Of
the present high price Of the raw ma
terial.
1t is believed that when full reports can
be obtained it will be found that nearly
five hundred persons lost their lives in
Minnesota during the recent snow storm
4 woman in male attire was arrested
in Knoxville, Tenn, recently. She gave
as an excuse that she was hunting for a
runaway husband.
\ fastidious Connecticut gentleman
preferred to pay $4,000 on breach
of promise rather than marry a young
lady who did not spell correctly.
The very best way to clean a stained
steel knife is to cut solid potato in two,
dip one Of the pieces in brickdust, such
as is usually used for kni(e-cleaning, and
rub the blade with it.
All the water Of the Apalachicola river,
Fla, has been leased by Philadelphia
gentlemen, who, with several millions of
scrip in his pouch, will set one hundred
saws at work or the peninsula forest
Some men never lose their presence Of
mind. In Chicago, last week, man
threw his mother-in law out Of 4 window
in the fifth story of a burning building,
and then carried feather bed down in
his arms.
Burning Of cotton gins in Georgia are
reported as follows; Gin house Of Mr.
Bates, near Millen station, Gordon coun-
ty loss, 81 200. Gin house Of J. NJ. P.
Hawkins, near Spring Place, Murray
county loss, over $4,000. Gin house Of
Joseph Grant, near White Plains.
Louis Napoleon had nearly million
dollars worth Of property in New York
city, and made several large investments
there during the last year Of his life.
Intimate friends Of the ex-Empress
Eugenie say that she and her son will
visit the country next summer.
Drifts on the Pacific road are sixteen
feet deep on the level. The weather is
the coldest ever known. Seven EN-.
ployees Of the road pcrished from expos.
ure.
In the Cottonwood Mining District
near Salt Lake the snow is ten feet deep
on the level
The PoRT ROYAL RAlLRoAD.-Thc
track has been laid on the Port Royal
Railroad to Upper Three Runs, S. c.,
twelve miles this side Of Steel creek, and
only sixteen miles from the Savannah
river. The bridge will be entirely COM
peted in eight days. The laying Of the
track will be pushed forward ra?jdly,
and the whole road will be fms '>ed and
in good working order Gy the 1st of March,
beyond Observation-Disclosures
Ku KLrx PARDoSs. Jan.
uary 29.-There are applications pend
ing in the department of justice for the
pardon Of several alleged Ku.Kux from
South Carolina: now in confinement at
Albany. These applications are recon-
mended by the district, attorney and
others actively engaged in the prosccu,
tion and there seems no doubt that
these will be granted some time this
week.
That the new Congress will not meet
untilDeccmber next seems pretty well set
tied. Heretofore it has been customary,
however, in the year Of the Presidents
Inauguration to coavene the Senate ih ex-
traordinary session on March fourth, 50
that the vice. e.president can take his oath
of office and assume his position as pres.
ident Of the Senate, while the Senate it.
self can act upon such nominations for
Office as the President may make Tel.
egramS from Washington say that Pres.
ident Grant does not see the necessity
for such an extra session this year, and
therefore may not issue proclamation
convening the Senate. 1t is added, how-
ever: that the senators think such an
extra session should be called