The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-10-14

A rifle club was organized at Bordeaux,
AbbcYillc County. on Saturday last.
All the cotton mills at Fall River, Mass,
arc now running only three days in the week.
Seventeen suspected abductors Of Charlie
Ross have been arrested since the boy WAS
lost.
Six thousand persons attended concert
and festival given At New Orleans on Tues
day night, Tor the benefit Of families of cltl-
zeas in the late conflicts.
Dr.. Hayes declares his conviction that the
opcu Polar Sea can be reached b. steam
vessel via Smiths Sound, and announces his
readiness TO start when the means are forth
coming.
The town of Antigua, Guatemala, was de-
stroycd by an earthquake Friday night. Qua
temala City must have suffered severely, as
the earthquake was felt four leagues from
Antigua.
eyes, job suffered some," said an Illinois
deacon, "but he never knew What it was 10
have his team run away and kill his wife
right in the busy season, when hired girls
want So per week."
The Prince of Wales finds it impossible to
live on $500 900 year. He must be an eX-
prn>ivc luxury. Will he not deplctc the
British treasury when he ascendS the throne?
He has been reading history of South Caro-
lima politicians.
There are $1,000 900 Of uncol!ccted taxes
in New Orleans in the present and past year
year to the State and local authorities, sim
ply because the people cannot find means 20
pay them. Is it any wonder that the people
became desperate?
Nineteen States will elect United States
Senators this winter, including Vermont,
Maine, Indiana. Nebraska. West Virginia,
Louisiana, Dcleware, Florida, Massachusetts,
Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada,
New Jersey, New York. PENNSYLVANIA, South
Carolina, Tennessee and Wisconsin.
The time is rapidly approaching when civ
ilizaii0n will soar npon its luminous wings
from the lowers of the St. Louis bridge 10 the
snowy SUNNI, of the Sierra Nevada, but the
unmarried and immortal man will 90 on
bursting his "ga!uSeS" and splicing them
with shoestring until he gets wife 10 looh
after him.
An exchange tells US that "twenty-Scven
negroes in Ouachita parish. Louisiana, have
organized white mans club. and arc CO.
operating with the eagucrS OF LouSi ma. -
This action on IL )art Of the negroes shows
that they would ;... have been born white mon
if they had each had 4 white mans chance.
This is The way the elections have gone this
year thus far: Dcmocratc-New Hamp-
Shire, Connecticut Oregon, Arkansas; Ken.
tuckv, Tennessee, Montana. North Carolina,
Wyoming, Colorado, all by increased majo!-
tics. Republcan-Ecrm0nt, Maine, both by
decreased majoriticS. No contests-Rhode
Island, Utah.
A meeting was held At Charlotte y. c., on
Friday, and a cotton factory company organ
lied, with the following officers; \. Il. Da-
wilson, president: Allen Macauay, vicc-prcsl-
dent; K. Y. Nc Adcn. John +. Brown, NJ. T..
Alexander, w r. Cochran, W. L. Myers,
y. g. Maxwell, Thos. ". Dalvcy, John }.
Butler, directors; T. H. HcrTcy, secretary
and treasurer
Seaa Tor Robertson Of South Carolina,
takes 4 different view of the atfa!rS in that
State than his colleague, Senator Patterson,
formerly Of Pennsylvania. AS Mr.. Robert
son was born in South Carolina aud has al
ways lived there, his observations are OF
great deal more Importance than Mr Hattcr-
sons. lie says that the more Respectable
Rcpub lcans of the State will oppose The eec-
ton Of Chamberlain, an will unite probably
upoD Judge John +. Green, the man whom
the Conservatives are ready to support Mr..
Robertson Says Chamberlain, # elected,
would only be 4 second clifton OF Moses, anu
he adds the most gratifying assurance that
the prospect Of defeating him with Green is
very good