The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-09-23

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During the month of August the
losses by FIRE in New England amount
to s5,662, 30.
Pope Plus IN has sent his apostolic
blessing and beautiful statue of the
Virgin Mary to Pho Mono College at
Macon.
4 lady at Princeton, Ia, was re-
Gently stung on the Reck by g honey
bee, and died from the wound In twen-
ty minutes.
The crops Of cotton in Abbeville
County have been seriously affected
with black rust. The crop will not
likely exceed half crop.
Brick Pomeroy is now an enthusias-
tic granger and processes to be mach
ashamed Of his old illiberal prejudice
against all nou-democrats.
The largest room in the world un-
der a single roof, upbrokea by pillars
or other distractions, is at St Peters
burg; $50 feet long and $50 feet wide.
Out of the 23,OOO,OOO of people in
habitiug England and Wales, not 5Oo,-
900 pay income tax. The number, to
state it with exactuess, is 4l7,740.
The Orangeburg News authorita-
lively states that Solicitor Buttz will
prosecute the indictment against Gov.
Moses at the January term Of the
Oraugeburg Court.
The Conservative executive commit
tee held meeting and organized at
Lau caster ou the It'll inst. Many Of
the colorcd citizens will work in CO.
operation with the Conservative party.
At religious revival in WilIlston
last week twenty-three persons were
added to the church. \ noticeable
and remarkable fact was the taking
down of the signs of the various bar
rooms by the proprietors themselves.
Experiments recently made in
England indicate that Wagons are mos:
easily drawn. on all kinls Of roads,
when the fore aud hind wheels are
of the same size, and whe2 the pole
lies lower than the axle.
7Neu York Times.
The Georgetown Times, of the 18th
instant says: Not a drop of rain has
fallen since our last issue, and the
planters are taking advantage of the
fuc weather to get in their crop as
fast as the limitcd labor at their COM
maud Vll permit.
\ gentleman who has daily exam
| iued ''outrage" letters received by the
| Attoroey-C eneral from the South:
says that they arc without exception
written by Republican candidates for
Office, aud by the Chairman of Repub-
lican Campaign Committees.
Il is proposed in Tennessee to re,
move the remains of Andrew Jackson.
together with those Of his wife. from
their preaent resting place at the
"Hcrmitaee," TO the northern terrace
of the State capitol at Nashville, where
mauscleum could be erected over
him. Legislative sanction and an ap-
preparation will be necessary, and a
movement is on foot to request both
The Democratic gains in Vermont
appear yet more notable as the result
is figured out \ correspondent of
the Boston Post, writing from Mont
pelier, Vt, sums up some Of the more
significant changes among the people.
The capital of the State gives Demo,
cratic majority for the first time since
its present boundaries were designated
in lS4S. In the House the Demo
Gratis will have at least 6fty-six mem
! bers against twenty-five in the last
Legislature, and in addition to the
strictly party strength the correspond.
ent mentions at least fifty so-called
| Republicans elected to the House who
are more in sympathy with the Demo
Gratis than with the administration
party.
June Moblcy, of Union county, who
incited the riot in 1871, was in Wins
boro' last Thursday: and made the
following incendiary speech:
''He is reported as having told his
hearers to put no white man in Office,
to place colored men 10 every vacant
office this year: and the next time to
fill all the rest, from Sheriff down.
The people of Fairfield are behind the
rest Of the State in having white Of
fcials. To I question. How can we
I get along this way?' he said, There
are plenty of white men who will act
as clerks. I am auditor of Union, and
that's the way I do. You have sher'
iff and deputy in Fairfield, both white
Is there no one of your own color
brave enough to make arrests? He
wanted an out aud out black Govern
meut. Aud yet the white are the ones.
says Patterson, who incite race pre-,
! iudices."