The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-05-13
Brief Mentions.

The annual value Of our wine crop is about
S14 600 900.
Queen Victoria vii! be 6fsy-fve years Of
age on the 2lStol May. O.. e.
Judge Thos J. Mackey, iu = letter to Hon,
A. S. Wallace, declares that he is not cam
didate for Congress. .-
North Carolina claims to be the only State
in the Union which produces every article
enumerated in the cenSas report of 1871.
The Supreme Lodge Of tue World of the
Knights Of rs tliili :iaS aaopied new corstI-
tuition, and meets next year 10 Baltimore.
Louis Johnson, the Kentucky giant, is
dead. He WIS Z! feet high, measured % ieet
across the shoulders, and - inches from toe
10 heel.
\ California letter says that this year there
vii! bc produced there l., 900 900 gallons Of
wine, 1000 600 pounds OF grapes for table
use, and 2JO, 900 pounds Of rliSirS, besides
the brandy.
The sales Of gold FOR tic month Of May
will be aS follows: On the first and !hild
Thar>dayS 81 500. 900 each, on the second and
fourth Thursdays 81 900. OOG cact, making
S5,OO0, 900 in all.
The steamship Tasco Drgotna. Of The China
tranS-Pacfc Steamship Company, which al
rived Ut San Francisco, on the morning OF
lac %, made the quickest rip ON record
from Yckahama 70 that port, ualnciy seven
teen days and eight hours.
The master oi' the Missouri State Grange,
in answer 10 Z correspondent asking ifgrau'
; gers should take s.ock il railroads, dsconatc-
EanceS The idea Us antAgoniStic to asr!cu'!u.
! raj development and prosperity. he urges
that al! eraugerS keep u!oOf from enianS ing
alliances with SUCH nonopoleS.
Hundreds OF thousands of dollars have al
! ready been contributed for the sufferers from
The Mississippi overflow, and still the appeal
goes forth for more money 10 save the people
! from, starvation. NJ one has YET attempted
| 70 estimate the anlopDt Of property destroyed,
! and no one can Compute the suffering result
! ing i!on this great catastrophe.
| Bijou, The little daughter Of Matilda Heror
! IS the rc:9ung SENSATION Of the New York
! s:a.e She IS not parrot-likc, but evidently
understands what she is saying and doing, so
! ihal her performances become not the pratt
! thug OF piccociouS child, but tie work OF u
careful ami painstakinS aiti,t. She has be-
; tarc hrr b igt future.
Pan. Naync recently risitsl the ssaTe of
! Edgar Alien Poe, iu the PreSGy yierial church
ward in Baltimore. and draws L sad picture
| OF its Gcsolation. The bu:ial ground is quite
uucAirti for, and the grave is ONLY marked by
q wooden ont-board. The head stone repre-
scn,ed in I'll biographies, with it, Latin cpl
! suph, has never marked Poe 5 resting place.
The Committee OF the raX-Payers' Convcn-
| ton, charged with the duty Of Investigating
! tie condition ard management OF the affairs
of tue bank of the Si:ate, will sit iii Charleston
from Wednesday, May IS, Guti SaturdaY,
! May l6. |. Will then be in order for any
! body who knows facts couce""ia- the charges
that have been so much talked OF, 10 s.'eak
our. The committee want 10 get the Truth.
! rvxarkana, Texas, claims the distinction
OF being the "Euchau,ed Village Of the Lone
Star State" Il IS about seventy five days
cd, ana was buiit in the DiISt Of u dense
forest. Il now numbers over TWO thousand
inhabitants, Sn4 ttere are two hundred
buildings goiag up. !: L0T;ri.:5 general
ticket cIticc, Two railroads. TWO express com
pauic<, TWO telegraph Euc$, and forty Saiocu$.
The Question III present a.itating the East
crn Counties of The State is The building OF
The Chcruw and Chester. and the ChcraW and
Little River RrilroaG. The -Ac; of the LcgiS'
laiuc authorizing MI election 10 hc he'll in
lie ::.u;i.eS OF Chester, Lancaster and ChcS.
,criielG. upon lie iGc>:ioa of Issuing bonds
to the tics. Named foaj, wall &c carried iHtl
effect L, II carir day. The election Will DC
held in the month OF June.