The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1878-01-16

! of in the Fail, and from that mo-
ment to the present there has been
a rush to complete the work; night
and day they have toiled unre-
mittingIy, and now it seems as If
all of our principal thoroughfares
would be gridironed with Elevated
railroads. Il looks as if it would
revolutionize the city. It already
covers many Of the smaller streets,
West-Broadway is spanned from
curb to curb, and by the early
Spring ! expect to be whisked out
to Harlem over the heads Of the
people in less than twenty minutes.
The year is closing with an out
burst of crime, disaster. and acci-
dent, almost unparalleled in 1877.
The city is in fever at the flight Of
the Excise Commissioner with an
unknown amount of money. Wall
street is shaken to it's center, at the
departure of the Meters, who leave
hosts of disconsolate creditors.
Brooklyn is all agog in it's fashiona-
bic quarter at the attempted assassl-
nation of young wife by her boy
husband. An arch in the approach
to the new Brooklyn bridge gave
way on Monday, burying in its
ruins g poor Irish laborer. It was
sad Christmas eve for his family.
Nine suicides mark the week. One
man blowing his brains out in his
father-in-law's back yard. The
weather has been the most beautiful
and mild that we have known here
for many years, in fact up to the
present time we have not had a
touch of winter, and [ have not
seen a bit Of ice. All kinds Of
amusements are at fever heat,
church festivals, moral shows, lee
lures, theaters, balls, concerts, and
entertainments by jubilee singers.
The fast young men are anxlously
waiting for the bal nasque Of the
Circle Franchise, this is the annual
turnout Of the demi-monde where it
kicks up it's heels after the fashion
Of the Jardin Mabille. [ suppose
all sorts of people must have their
amusements, but it does seem to
me that after the disgraceful exhi-
bitions of past years that some Of
our police force might be delegated
to close up this insuferable nui-
sance.
In q few days the ledger will be
closed, the accounts all balanced:
and 1877 will be finished for veal
OF woe. Mingled with the faint
means of the expiring year we hear
the feeble cry Of newborn infant
which is to take The place OF the
dead giant which we lay reverentiy
in the tomb of the past, who of us
can look and say that there IS
nothing that we would recall. Since
January last, ffty-one letters have
appeared before your readers, and
though written hurriedly from week
to week, yet every one has received
such consideration as to make them
reliable references for things con-
cerning our great city. I have not
often referred to the current news,
for the telegraph and your ex-
changes furnish those items IN
abundance, hammered into shape
by the sharpest wits that the news
papers of the city can employ
There are thousands of these rest
less couriers securing the city night
and day, untiring and lynx-eyed'
restless, aggressive, persistent
whose only cry is, news. You
meet them everywhere, at all hours
Of the day and night, and to give
YOUR readers something new and
fresh, T have to keep out Of the
way Of this army, in order that they
might not interview me out o.
every item of news which would
make my letters interesting to youl
readers. I have in reserve many
| items of interest before I depart
for Europe, and, as heretofore:
shall endeavor to keep your read
e~s posted in what is passing q
the great metropolis. Once Oh
| the other side of the ocean, l shal
| have the world for my oyster, ane
if I don't open it, it will not be th'
Truly yours,
BROADBRINI.
Mr.. Lewis, the late uobokc1
millionaire, was 4 singular genius