The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-04-01
Brief Mentions.

SG'tu lultOttS'
Cc:ct:o.$pinal meningitis is pr
va;Ii;i. in Greenwood.
Isl. Royal, III Lake Superior, Is the
most Northerly territory OF the Uni
ted States.
The Illinois Changers are preparing
to nominate independent Congressional
candidates.
In Utah u criminal condcmuel to
death may chose whether he viii be
shot or hanged.
! The school committees Of Boston
will ask for 81 ,409, 900 for the schools
for the ensuing year.
\ train of cars belonging to the Air
: Line Railroad was levied upon IN At
lanta, L few days ago: tor debts.
i The coal fields Of the United States
cover an area OF Que hundred and
uinety-two thousand square miles.
There are over II 500. 900 children
Of the school age in this country. We
spend annually for $chnols over S9o-
100000.
The colorcd Methodists Of Abbeville
| County are raising funds to open the
college at CokeShury known as Payne's
Institute.
The Supreme Court OF Mississippi
has affirmed the legitimacy Of children
born Of marriages between white and
colored persons.
\ society, auxiliary to the Confcde-
ut. Historical S.ciety Of the State, is
to be organized i'll Augusta this week.
! 4 similar Society exists in Atlanta.
Queen Victoria is now in the thlr-
ty.<cvcuth Year Of her reign and fifty
fifth Of hcr ace. She has nine chill
drcn and twcnty.onc grand children
Some Of the German immigrants
who lately settled at Lowndesville,
AbDerille County, have struck tot
higher wages, and failing to obtain an
advance have LETT for parts unknown.
In darlington County s67.71+.G4
in taxes We're collected up to the 7th
instant, leaving s. 1899 unpaid.
This is said to be the largest amount
ever collected for taxes in any one
year in Darlington County
Judge R. b. Carpenter has appHint.
Cd Mr.. ". b. Ramcy rs Clerk Of the
Court of Common Pleas aud General
Sessions for Ed.tticld County: the
vacancy being caused by the death OF
Mr.. Ramsay.
Ii York County the total amount
called for by the tax duplicate Was
S79.729 60; the total amount remain,
ing unpaid March !, including the
penalty, is s.. 1882. OF this amount
Sl.27l.7n stands charged TO the All
Line Railroad Company and s6Ol is
due from poils.
Chicago, since 1860, has made Very
rapid strides in the establishment oi
manufactures within its bounls. In
1860, that city had l25 manufacto-
ries; it now has 13p, employing u
canital of over SOD .OOO 600 and civ
ing employment to $1,000 well paid
artisans. This is an increase Of 500
per cent. in fourteen years.
London's population is three times
greater than that Of New York, anc
its area five times grcaler, yet the cx
pense Of running the city Of Ne"
/ York the prcsc::t year is eStimatcd tt
exceed that Of London tur the same
time by S2,5D0: 900. The debt O
London is s::}2 per head for each in
l,abitant; that Of New York, Sll3, o.
nearly four times as much.
The Governor has columutcd til,
sentence "t Capt. George r.. Iuppcr
who WAS convicted Of nans!aughter n
the May term. 1873, of the Session:
for Richland county and sentenced t.
five years Imprisonment, to five year:
in the County Jail, where he has bee:
sluce the sentence Was pronounced
awaiting the result oflegal steps tina
we're taken by the counsel in his case
The Colorado Legislature has ad
journed. y cosmopolitan body o
men composed It. The ensrossiu!
clerk was i woman: who performe,
her part satisfactorily to all. New
Mexico. Prussia, icrmamy. Scotland
and Canada were represented. as were
also the States Of New York, Penn
Sylvania. Maryland. Tennessee, Ken
tucky, Vermont, Ohio, New Ha:np
shire, Missouri, Wisconsin and Dele
ware.
Maryland has come to the conclusion
that she nerds an infusion of new
blvoG and that Scotchmcn would b,
about the thing in the line Of inmi
grants. Accordingly bill is intro
duced to encourage migration from
Scotland, which provides that tn,
Commonwealth shall pay 80 per cent
of the uassHun murrC and the person