The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1875-01-13
Brief Mentions.

There is q negro woman in Pitt
county who gave birth to triplets; the
first was white, tne second mulatto,
and the third black.
The other day Charles county girl
offered to let countryman kiss her
for Eve cents. Il gad," exclaimed
the bucolic youth, "that's darn cheap:
it a feller only had the money.
Two centenarianS have died IN
South Carolina, the past few days.
Mrs. Roseuburg, one hundred and
three years Richard Cattrell. one
hundred aud nineteen years.
The New York Herald declares that
every man killed in New Orleans will
represent an addition of one hundred
thousand votes in favor Of the next
Democratic candidate for the Presi
deucy.
4 Georgia negro who bet ten dol
lars that General Washington com
manded the Eederals at Bull Run,
handed the money over with the re-
mark, We'll, dis yere hist'ry bisness
is all mixed up. nohow."
There will be only two eclipses this
wear, both of the sun; the first, total,
April 9Th, Invisible in the United
States the second, September 18th,
and partly visible in the Eastern por-
tion Of North America.
Col. Samuel Pike, who it is said to
have been the oldest editor III the
United States, died at Leesborg, Ohio,
on the 18th ultimo. Ie is said to
have been connected with more news
papers, during his long and evcntful
life, than any other man in the world.
The message Of Mayor Wickham,
of New York. says the debt Of the
City Of New York is one hundred and
forty-two million dollars, aud that the
expenses for the current year will be
thirty-seyen millions. He further says
that wooden pavements are neither
useful nor safe.
The Hon. Daniel Elliott Hugcr
died at his residence, in Georgetown,
on 25th ult. He was the son Of Dan,
lei Elliott Huger, who commanded
the forces in South Carolina in the
war of 1872, and was afterwards made
Judge Of one of the State Circuits
and subsequently elected to the Uni
red States Senate.
Reliable estimates put the cotton
crop of 1874 at little over $780,
600 bales. The yield per acre IS re-
ported less than in 1872. In most OF
the States the weather for ripenioe
and gathering the top corn has been
very favorable. The reports arc near
" unanimous in stating that the pro
portion of lint to seed is large.
The congress of the United States
has voted l55,752,370 acres Of the
public domain to aid northern enter
prises, while to southern enterprises 1t
has given but S1,71S,4S5 acres. Con
eresS has voted in money to enter
Erises in the north. s92;757 .27+,S3
while the south has received s3,95l,
400,52. Truly the yankee govern
ment is the best the sun ever shown
on, to-yankees. In the meantime,
how much has that government stolen
from its citizens Of the southern states:
The neurology Of the year just pass
cd away does not contain 50 many dis
tineuished men as that Of 1873, but
the list is still long one, and contain:
many names linked with our political
and social history. Among them are
Charles Sumner, ex-President Fillmore
ex-senator Wigfall, Chief Justices
Perley, Of New Hampshire, and
Thompson, of Pennsylvania; Hon,
Ezra Cornell, Mayor Havemeyer, Ad'
m;ral Buchanan, President Thompson
Of the Pennsylvania Railroad; Rev
DR.. Kirk, Elder Knapp, Rev. Carries
ton, Slicer and Marvin, Charles Aston
Bristed, n. s. Dodge, VIM. \ Wheel
or and Gerrit Smith.