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The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1878-01-30

This week has been a hard one
on brides. Just across the river a:
Jersey City, young man, the sor
of wealthy parents, was to have
been married on Tuesday night t.
one of the most beautiful young
ladies in the city, the daughter of
wealthy and influential politician.
The company was gathered in the
most fashionable church in town to
witness the ceremony, the bride
was ready, and the clergyman stood
with his book in his hand, but the
bridegroom came not, and has not
come yet. Grief fills the soul of
the deceived young girl, and so far
no word has been heard from the
7illainous poltroon who has Tilted
her. The other case is sadder still.
Here, too,. the bridal party was
gathered, and all was ready. The
groom was seen only a short time
before the ceremony was to take
place. A gentleman went 10 the
brides house to conduct her to the
church, when a messenger rushed
in and handed him despatch. It
was from an undertaken across the
river informing him that his friend
had blown his brains out. No
cause is assigned for the dreadful
act, and theyoung bride, prostrated
by the terrible shock, fingers be-
tween life and death.
A fight is now going on between
theatrical managers and the public
for low prices. The low-priced the
aters are now doing all the busi-
ness. Some people are foolish
enough to believe that a second rate
actor, Or even frst-class actor,
should not receive more than the
President Of the United States.
Ten thousand dollars is considered
good pay for a Supreme Judge of
the United States-a position de-
manding not only the grandest
ability, but the most sterling char
acter, while walking gentlemen like
Montague or Coughlan would con
slider themselveS insulted by any
such sum, and dramatic tramps
like Boucicault are cheap at two or
three thousand a week. Verify, we
are fallen upon evil times, when it
costs two dollars and two and a
half to look at these dramatic no
nentities. Among them they have
done more in the last ten years to
debauch and deprave The public
taste than twenty years can undo;
the salt and pepper has been taken
out of manhood, womanhood has
been dishonored by their modern
dramatic types, and our youth,
dazzled by their glare and tinsel,
have been debauched beyond 1e-
claim. The trailing skirt and
Haunting style Of the bedizened
Partisan lorette have invaded our
homes, and for this social decadence
we are indebted to the exhibitions
Of the stage. I hope the effort at
low prices will succeed, for I believe
IN a good, wholesome drama. l
believe in those noble dramatic
characters which elevate and purify
the taste, which make men in love
with virtue and liberty. Not in
the east Lynnes" nor divorces"
nor ''Marriages" nor "Camilles"
need we look for dramatic millennium.
The cry is now, low prices and re-
form. Six suicides and three mur
ders head the criminal calendar Of
the week.
The weather is miserable, the
stock-market feverish and unsettled,
business almost at a stand.still and
everybody hoping for better times,
in which they are joined by
Truly yours,
BROADBRIM.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1878-01-30

tt IS not alone III the stately
mansions of the Fifth Avenue, nor
in it's art museums, or theatres, or
churches, that New York life is
seen. The villainy of Wall street
brokers, and the perjury Of bank
and insurance presidents, are but
single phases of that social life, the
foundation of which is laid on a
volcano. Pass down two blocks
from Wall street toward the west
and you find a life the like of which
the heart of man could scarcely
conceive to exist in a civilized and
enlightened community. Trinity
church stands like an awful sentinel
between the two,-the representa-
tive of all that is rich or aristocratic
in morals or religion the broad
and splendid avenue toward Wall
street being opened wide as a
standing invitation for Dives and
his friends to enter; while the huge
rocky barrier at the back seems to
wall out the road to Heaven from
the desperate wretches who live at
it's base, and who need a heavenly
ministration as it was seldom needed
by mortal men before.
For whole blocks the neighbor-
hood is inhabited by pirates ard
river thieves, and the scum and re-
fuse of our foreign population.
The murderer from foreign lands
OF from distant cities in the States
here finds congenial companions,
among robbers and assassins like
himself. They may not have the
extensive nomenclature OF crime
made famous by the criminal classes
of London and Paris, but even here
their intercourse is interlarded with
words and exclamations, the inter-
probation of which can only be
found in the thieves lexicon OF the
cracksman's dictionary.
Along the wharves exists a race
unlike any other class to be found
in the city. Many of them are re-
cruits from foreign lands-En-
gland, Ireland, France, Italy and
Spain furnishing much Of the ma
terial of which it is composed. Al
most every man has served a longer
or shorter term in States Prison ;
and among the guild the man who
has served two or three terms ranks
infinitely above the unfortunate
scoundrel who has had the bad luck
to serve only one. The recruits
for this terrible army are not likely
to give out, for the wharves SWARM
with hundreds of half-grown boys
whose only business, is theft, who
rise in the morning from some
hogshead or dry goods box where
they have passed the night, without
knowing Or caring where they will
lay their heads when the sun goes
down. They all have the same
hard, old, pinched look; all OF
them chew tobacco and smoke and
swear. A cop, as they call a po-
liceman, is their natural and here
dtary enemy, while all the stray
7agabond dogs and social pariahs
are their friends. Last October a
little colony Of them was discovered
under one Of the wharfs, where
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1878-01-30

Ashes from the recent. eruption
at Cotopaxi, iu Ecuador, are said
to have fallen at distance Of
1000 miles from the volcano. .s
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1878-01-30

The attempt to propagate shad
in fresh water has proved success
full, a 6ve-and halfpoundcr having
been caught in Lake Ontario,
where the fry were placed by Seth
Green in 1872. ~....
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1878-01-30

Over s2O,OOO,OOO of gold yearly
passes over the gold balance scales
in the United States Mint. A new
balance has just boen made, hav-
ing capacity of 10000 troy
ounces (about 600 pounds in each
pan.
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.&@&-

Chicago has been left between
s3,OOO,OOO and s4,OO0,OOO within a
few years, for the establishment
of public libraries. A noble be-
quest.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1878-01-30

Diogenes being asked, "The
biting Of which beast is the most
dangerous ?" answered, eff you
mean wild beast, tits the SLAM
derer if tame ones, the fatterer.'s
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1878-01-30

A contemporary wonders whe-
ther Cain and Abel ever had the
mumps or the whooping cough.
Very probably. It's certain at all
events, that their mother had
Adam. sa
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1878-01-30

There are about7 100000 voters
in the United States and say TO-
900 federal ofice-holders. Hence
only one voter in 100 can have an
Office.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1878-01-30

During the last ten years the
Italian government haseonfscated
and sold at public auction $780,
00O,oO0 worth ofchurch property.
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Our Minister'S Wife.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Feb. lG, 1877.
Mr.. 81. r! STEVENS. .'!.''s 81
DEAR SIR: Three years ago was suffering
terribly; with Inflammatory rheumatism.
Our minister's wife advised me to take
VEGETINE. After taking one bottle, was
entirely relieved. This year, feeling q re-
turn of the disease, l again commenced tax.
inc it, and am being benefited greatly. It
also greatly improves digestion:
Respectfully, MRS. A. BALLAED.
l01I West Jefferson Street.
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SbSOA i0AV A'o o'uo3
to remain yet a little longer on
the earth, be was SO reduced in
strength tba: it would be months
before he would be able to resume
his duties at the store.
Harriet felt that she must do
something Immediately, for they
were already deeply in debt and it
would take u good deal of money
to support the family until her
father became fully recovered.
The first step to be taken was
to find a place in which to live
with less expense than the board
ing-house they occupied.
After two days Of weary search
ing, she succeeded in finding two
poorly furnished rooms, which she
succeeded in securing at a weekly
rent of two dollars.
To these miserable lodgings she
removed her father, still unable
to sit up, and her little sister.
Her next step was to secure for
herself a situation as clerk in the
large dry goods store of Arnold
& Leo on Arch street. For her
services there she received five
dollars a week, and her small SAL
ary had supported the family for
over four manths, when the con-
versation occurred that opened
our sketch.
Howard Lee, the junior partner
of the firm of Arnold & Lee, had
known Mr.. Grey when be was a
successful merchant, and in many
ways assisted the broken down
family.
Every morning when Harriet
entered the store be gave her q
kindly word and pleasant smile,
and every Saturday night sent
something home for the invalid
father. These little attentions,
insignificant in themselves; ;cheered
the heart Of the toiling girl and
made pleasantstreak Of sunshine
in her dreary path.
Mr.. Grey's recovery was very
slow; how could it be otherwise,
when be was denied the comforts
and induIgences SO necessary to
an invalid? And as day after
day passed by and he became ap-
parently no better, hope died out
from bis heart and gloomy
thoughts continually f i t t,e d
through his brain.
Four months, I SAID, Harriet
Grey had supported her father
aod sister by her daily toll, and
during those months she had
grown old, deop caro- lines lurked
around the mouth once dimpled
with smiles, and the eyes which
once shone bright as diamonds,
were dimmed and sunken.
Harriet Grey had been delicately
reared, and misfortune, care and
toll sat heavily upon her.
"How is your father, today,
Harriet ?"
mo better, ! fear; he reco7ers
so slowly that change for the bet-
ter is almost imperceptible."
"l am sorry to hear this, for
you are killing yourself in order
to keep your family alive. You
have grown very thin and sad
since you came to the store"
II know it, but how can l help
it. I cannot give up and die. We
! must live, and there is none but
myself to- work. | try not to
think my lot is hard, but some.
times I am almost driven to de.
spair | never realized before how
bitter it was to be poor"
"Harriet, 1 am a plain, blunt
man, man Of but few words, and
always say just what 1 mean
When [ saw you in your fathers
house surrounded by wealth and
refinement, I loved you, and as ]
have watched your struggles since
misfortune overlook you, I now
ask you to become my wife"
It is not necessary to give the
trembling answer Harriet made
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF NEWBERRY.
The State Ex. Rel, The Town Council Of
Newberry, VS.. James W. .Stockman and
Susannah Boyle.
B7 virtue ofa Warrant to me directed
in the above stated case, will sell, at New
berry Court House, on the First Monday in
February, A. D. 1878, at public outcry,
and to the highest bidder,
ONE. III PIANO.
Levied on as the property Of .susannah
Boyle >.... -
TERMS CASH. - 81. :
D.B. WHEELER, s. NC,
January l9, lS7S-4-2t IS 80
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ejW4SceJgSgase e09SS.
VE5GE;TIlNrE.
AN Excellent Medicine.

''.~ SPRINGFIELD, O., Feb. %, 1877.
This is to certify that have used fEGE-
TINE. manufa actured by II. r. Stevens, Bos-
ton, Mass. for rheumatism and General
Prostration of the Nervous. System. with
GOOD success. I recommend VEGET1NE as
an excellent medicine $or'saeh complaints.
Yours very truly,
Mr.. Vandegrift, of the firm. Of Yandegrift
G. Hufrman, IS a well,known business man
in this place, having one ofthe largeststores
in Springfield, o. ;r- .. ~ r.
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M5iseslla'reoms. q
For THE HERALD.
BROADBRINE'S NEW YORK.
LETTER.
No. SO.

Life Among the River Pirates-The Masked
Robbers Fate-The Two Brides-Dramatic
Rebellion--Stocks- -Chitchat, etc.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1878-01-30
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
-COUN'FY OF NEWBERRY..

r. 6. Wilson vs.. Adam King and Jess WIZ
~- son.-A,tachment Under Lien.
By virtue of Warrant Of Attachment to
me directed, in the above stated case,
will sell on Tuesday, the. Fifth day Of Feb
rua:y, A. D. 1878, at the residence OF Adam
King, the following property, to-wit:
25 Bushels Corn, more OF less.
2 Bushels Peas, more Or less -:
500 lbs. Fodder: more orless. -'
200 lbs. Shucks, more or less.
Levied on as the property of Adam King.
TERMS CASH.
D.. B. WHEELER, S. N. C.. .
Jan: 2l, 1s7S-4-2t rs so
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gsIsetsa Storp.
HARRIET'S TRIALS AND
TRIUMPHS.
a SKETCH FROM LIFE.

BY J. WM. VAN NAMEE, NJ. D.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1878-01-30
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF NEWBERRY.
g. John +. Glymph,
a.. 80. ...--. -.-.. vs.
. -;E So - r s Sigh. 1875

@"i 70 E. S. Sigh.
By virtue of an execution; to, me directed
in the above stated case, will sell, at New.
berry Court House, ON SALE-DAY IN
FEBRUARY, at public outcry, and to the
highest bidder, all that tract or parcel OF
land situate in the County and State afore-
said, containing SEVENTY-FIVE ACRES,
more or less, and bounded by lands Of Wade
Suber and John F. Glymph., Levied On as
the property of E. S. Sigh, deceased.
Terms Cash. Purchaser to pay for pa
pers. D. B. WHEELER, S. \. G:
Jan. IS, 1S7S-3-3t. IS
West-Jersey pioneer., 1878-10-24

There were 539 births, 181 marriages, and
500 deaths in New York city last week.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1878-10-24

10 MAKE GERANIUMs FLOWER IN WIN
TER.-There is perhaps no plant better
suited for prolonged Towering during the
winter months than the geranium, if hand
led in the following manner: Procure young
plants of the varieties you wish, about the
middle of May. Put them in four-inch
pots, this being the best to keep them in for
the next four months. Use we'll decayed
sod, adding about one third COW MANURE
Mix thoroughly together, but do not make
too fine, as the geranium delights in rather
"a rough compost. Place them in shady
situation, first putting about four inches of
ashes under the pots. This will have the
effect of keeping worms and other insects
out Of the pots. Keep them on the dry
side, as you do not want to encourage
growth. Should any flowers appear, pinch
them off, also the leading shoots to keep
them in shape. Toward the end of Sep.
tember repot them off in six inch pots, that
is, six inches in diameter, in the compost
recommended above. They will now com
mence to grow freely. About the 10th of
October put them in their winter quarters,
selecting the window where they will get
most sun and light. Plants treated in this
manner will flower the whole winter.-Cor.
Toronto Globe.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1878-10-24

The beautiful Bay is 80 miles in length and about 5
miles in width, with depth of only feet, thus afford
ing excellent opportunities for
West-Jersey pioneer., 1878-10-24

The fertile soil and genial climate of the
United States induced $4,000 Canadians to
emigrant during the year ending June Goth,
1878.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1878-10-24

Much excitement exists in the country
near Louisville, KY, over an outrage COM
1nitted by two unknown negroes on Ger
man girl, aged eleven.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1878-10-24

LIPPINCoTT's MAGAZINE for November is
noticeable for the diversity of it's contents,
which include several articles of light and
entertaining character, With others that de-
serve attention for the information conveyed
in them. The opening paper, on Long Is
land, or to use the Indian name by which
the author calls it, 'Seawanhaka, the Is.
land of Shells,' is descriptive and histori-
cal, with numerous illustrations by we'll
known artists, and beautifully engraved.
Natural history is represented by paper
on "The Harvesting-Ants of Florida"
whose curious habits and characteristics, the
author. Mrs. Mary Treat, has been the first
to observe carefully and bring to the notice
OF the scientific world. George Kennan,
author of ''Tent Life in Liberia" concludes
his interesting account of the ssUnwritten
Literature of the Caucasian Mountaineers. )"
Henry L. Fink writes of emusic in Amer
lca, and l.. Lejune gives lively and in
telligent criticism of the pictures in the
Paris Exposition. Rambling Talk about
the Negro is by Jennie Woodville, whose
sketches of Negro life in former numbers
OF Ltppiacoa have been highly appreciated.
'Docteur Alphege," by Annie Porter;
Deserted" by Edward Bellamy; and a
humorous extravaganza entitled "The At
ter Dinner Speech of the Baronets Conta-
letto, with the two serials-''For Percival, -
now drawing to conclusion, and ''Through
Winding Ways''-ofer a choice of reading
in the way Of fiction, while an account Of
"Victor Hugo at Home,'' and other short
papers in the Monthly Gossip" should
not be overlooked.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1878-10-24
NO MOSQUITOES.

The property is bounded the North by the celebra-
ted hostelry known as "CHADWICK'S." On the
South, two and a-haf miles distant, sSEASIDEP is PARK,
a of the Bapsts This locality has special
claims to popular favor, as it is both
West-Jersey pioneer., 1878-10-24

A philosopher at Sacramento, the other
day intercepted a note making an appoint
ment with his wife that afternoon. Did he
set to work making cartridges, polishing up
his breech-loader and raising demnition
row generally? Not in the least. He sim
ply put his false wife's false teeth in his
coat tail pocket, kissed the children, lit his
segar and TRANQUILITY sauntered down town
Virginia (Nev.) Chronicle.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1878-10-24
HEALTHY AND DRY.
SPORTING ADVANTAGES.

No situation on the Atlantic coast is more famous than
this for its superior
West-Jersey pioneer., 1878-10-24
LOTS AND COTTAGES.

This Sea Side Resort is situated on Squan Beach,
Ocean County New Jersey being midway between Long
Branch and Atlantic City, fftytwo miles of Phla-
delphia fifty four miles from New York, and about
miles south of Sea Grt and Spring Lake
1t contains of land having about two miles of
sea 'front.' and an unequalled beach of hard unyeldng
sand ncning gently towards the sea- from which there
is no perceptibe undertow.
1t extends the same distance two niles along the
shore of the famous Barnegat Bay which lies about half
well Still Water bathing Also Superb Yachting,
Fishing, Grabbing and Cunning, for which this bay has
long been celebrated among sporsmen the best the
coast 1t is reached from Philadelphia and New York
by rail road to TOMS River and thence by steamer
yachts across Barnegat Bay, distance Of about six
squitoes.
charter for railroad from Sea Girt to Lavellete
City has been secured with the speedy prospect of thus
having direct and continuous railroad communication
with both Philadelphia and New York.
On account of position between Ocean and Bay,
we can have no land breezes consequently
West-Jersey pioneer., 1878-10-24

Considerable excitement prevailed at
Nashville recently, over an attempt to open
a grave at Mount Olivet Cemetry The
guard shot at and wounded the parties,
who got away and are unknown.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1878-10-24
BLACK GOODS.

100 pieces BLACK ALPACA, 2s, 81, 50, 81, IS cts.
$50 BRILLIANTES AND MOHAIRS,
81, 81, so, 56, IS, Is, 8s, 81 90, 81 rs
coo '' BLACK CASHMERE,
40, So, 90, 6S, 1885, $ioo, s1a5 81 So s175, co.
38 BOMBARINE CLOTH, so, IS, IS, Ss cts
so " SILK-WARP HENRIETTA,
$780, $I.25, $780, sI75, s1.85, 81 90, s2. 50.
$50 MERlNO, 62, IS, S1.oo, 81 rs.
so g CACHMIRE DES INDIES,
- s., s!oo, s. rs, 81. IS, 81. rs, $50, S3. 90.
70 !" PAR IsiNoYE LIES,
+tffEIsg Sd es Is. sr.5o s115, $780, s. as. 50.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1878-10-24

The grounds and outbuildings around
Henry Clay's old home at Ashland are just
as they were in his lifetime, and even the
old locust avenue where he walked and pom
dered his speeches is wholly unchanged.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1878-10-24

Long Branch is all right for those people
with plenty of cash, but cannot somebody
establish Short Branch for men who are
'tshort of CASH. as it were.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1878-10-24
A SPECIAL FEATURE.

of this enterprise that the company will undertake tc
erect cottages for lot owners according plans and
prices published in their pamphlets and very much
less cost than could be done by the themselves
By resolution of the Board of Directors their shares
of Stock will be accepted at their par value in pay
ment for Lots as per price list
Pamphlets, Circulars and Maps mailed on receipt Of
stamp. Information cheefully given to all, the prn
ciDal office of
West-Jersey pioneer., 1878-10-24
YACHTING WITH SAFETY.
A HOME FOR SEWING WOMEN

The Company have also determined to arrange during
the season, several
New-York tribune., 1878-02-01

T. p Collins OF this city The Mercedita also took
out 80 laborers aud corps of hftysix engineers in
charge of c. N. Bird together with Mr.. Phillip Collins,
Of the contracting firm This vessel was last heard from
the 18th OF this month when she touched at Barba-
does to take in coal So far she had had somewhat
prOtraced ard stormy voyage The Mcrcedita was ex
pected TO arrive at Para early this week. after which
would require ten days TO steam up the Amazon and
Madeira Rivers to the Rapids, at which point the rail-
road is TO begin
The contract for the building Of the Madeira and
ManOre railroad. which Is to from point Just be
low the rapids Of the Madeira River in Brazil 10 the
point of navigation the Manore branch OF the
Madeira fixes the price OF structon az $4,000 per
mile OF road completed the full lcstimated) length
Of miles Upon any length Of road beyond this only
payment money is already the hands of the Bank of
England and the remaining S2,O000OO Is 10 be taken
out in guaranteed debenture bonds OF tie Brazil
ian Government. The Philadelphia and Reading
Railroad TO supply all the rails and other
iron materials necessary. Ii will ut once be
seen that when this railroad is completed.
the rich products OF Bolivia Will be shipped
down the MamOre TO the railroad, thence bv rail TO
the Madeira, and down the Amazon to the sea.
Bolivia is Of the most undisturbed and at the same
time richest Of the South American States in both min
era wealth and agricultural products. Its internal trade
in 1868 reached 1000 600 pounds. ana in 1872,
ports amounting 10 100000 pounds were carried
mule and llama back across the Andes into Chill and
TO tbc Pacific Coast II is generally regarded rs most
Americans thus placing il in the power of the United
States TO reap the first profits OF the rich Bolivian trade.
AID If advisable to render the commercial relations OF
the two countries permanent.