The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-12-23
Brief Mentions.

At Camden, Arkansas, on Saturday
last, 4 drunken man, named Bracy:
was shot three times by Mrs. Fellows.
the wife Of the mayor of Camden, for
insulting her
The Ohio State temperance conven-
ton, which met in Columbus recent
ly, adopted a memorial to the general
assembly for the passage of a ''law dis
qualifying habitual drunkards from
holding Office, and for the removal of
such persons now in Office"
A New Orleans letter states shat
the city finances are in deplorable
condition, and over four thousand
pieces of property have been sold du-
ring the past year for taxes. The rate
Of taxation has been enormous, in
many instances as high as the yalua-
ton Of the property.
One gets clear idea of the amount
of mischief 50 little an insect as the
grasshopper can accomplish, when he
reads from his ravages some fifteen or
twenty thousand people are destitute
in Kansas. Hereafter at least out
West, the grasshopper Will be spoken
of with more respect.
In Holland, horse-shoeing IS done
in a way very comfortable for the
horse and convenient for the smith.
The horse stands in stall, across the
end of which is fastened bar. The
horses leg is bent at the knee, the
foot tied so the bar and the smith hav
ing both hands at liberty the work is
speedily finished.
A remarkable marriage recently
took place in British-India in the
presence of a large congregation. The
bride had no arms, and the ring had
TO be placed on the third toe of her
left foot. At the conclusion of the
marriage ceremony she signed the
register, hoding the zen with her toes,
in a very decent ''hand."
A St. Louis woman separated from
her husband, recently sent him long
list of propositions upon his accept
aucc Of which she would live with
him again. Womanlike, she indi-
Gated the only real cause of difference
in a postscript as follows Your
mother must leave the house at once
and forever"
Since the Inauguration of our new
Governor sI44,00O of the old bonds
ofthe State have been exchanged for the
new consolidated bonds. This is at
the rate Of $4,000 per day. Should
exchanges continue at this rate be-
fore the close of Mr.. Chamberlain's
term the State debt will be reduced
to less than s6,000,000.
lUni0n-Herald.
Within the past week We have heard
of two more incendiary fires, On Sun
day night, the 9th instant, Mr.. Thos.
". Blease, living in the Big Creek
section, had his store house and stock
of goods entirely destroyed--entailing
upon him very heavy loss. An out
house containing corn, fodder and for
age, belonging to Mr. Jesse Riddle,
has also been burned.
EdgefeZd Adrertlser.
Already We have tidings of the
success of several of the scientific ex-
peditions to observe the transit of Ee-
nus, which took place on Tuesday
Dispatches received from Cairo, Suez,
Thebes and Northern India report
fortunate results with the photograph
ic apparatus; but one station-Shang-
hai-cloudy weather obscured the
suns disc. News from the station
south Of equator will be awaited with
much interest, as upon the accuracy
Of their observations will depend the
final value Of the whole. 1t is one Of
the commonplace wonders Of our day
that We receive so quickly any infor-
nation from these distant and widely
separated points.