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The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-06-18
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE Is, 1879.

many were the light remarks
made in the hearing Of Alice and
her mother.
One bright autumn morning
Pearl Halloway came for Alice to
take a walk.
"As it is nice walking, let US go
out to that new house IN the
suburbs" said the latter.
eyes, that is just where l want
ed TO 90, for have not seen it
since it has been finished, and we
are to move in next week"
"Why, are you going to live
there I thought a gentleman
from New York owned it. You
surely are jesting!"
"No, I am not. But you are
right-the owner is wealthy
gentleman from New York, for
that Is papa. We kept it secret
lust for the fun of it l thought 1t
would be so nice to play we were
very poor people, to see If the
neighbors would como and see US.
You and your dear mother we're
the only ones who were not too
proud to come. I have something
else to tell you, TOO ; as soon as we
are setted in the new house l am
going TO be married, and l want
you to be first bridesmaid a cousin
of mammals Rena Clyde, is to be
second, and brother Willard is to
be first groomsman. Alice, DEAR
don't tell any one except your
mother: I am afraid if the neigh
bors knew this our house Woulo
be filed with callers
ooh, no, won't. But why did
you not tell me before? Although
I would not have loved you any
better if l thought you were a
princess ?"
The respected females in that
aristocratic neighborhood were
surprised to see a handsome car
riage drive up to the gate Of the
insignificant little house, and Mr..
and Mrs. Halloway depart in it,
while Pearl went in another with
distinguished looking gentleman; !
But their surprise was still greater
when they did not return. You
may imagine their chagrin when
they heard the whole story.
There were over a hundred in
yitations to the wedding sent to a
distance, but the Belmaz family
and a few others were the only
ones of that town that were there
The affair far surpassed anything
that had ever taken place before
in that locality.
Pearl Falloway is very proud
of hor noble-looking husband,
Clement Voorley, while Alice BEL
maz is beginning to think more OF
Willard Halloway than she does
of Pearl, although she will not
own it. All the gi1ls pattern after
her now, and poor neighbors are
never neglected, even if they do
live in a small house.
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gsIsetsp STORY.
THE NEXT AEIGHBOR.

"Alice, my dear, will you watch
the baby for a few moments, while
I run over TO Mrs. Clark's' said
Mrs. Belmaz to her daughter, who
sat rocking fretful baby, and
trying to read a little now and
then, but with poor success.
"Yes, mother"
Mrs. Belmaz, throwing q light
shawl over her shoulders, went
across the street to the home OF
Mrs. Clark, her most intimate
friend, to hear the latest news.
"Why, good morning." said
Mrs. Clark, who was out in the
yard gathering flowers. "Come
in the house. I was just wishing
Won would come over. / wanted
to come over to your house this
morning, but l am baking bread
and could not leave it."
The two sat down in the cosy
little sitting-room to have a morn
ing chat.
"Well," said Mrs. Clark, "do
tell me who is moving in The little
house on the corner"
"That little house! Why, l did
not know it was occupied" said
Mrs. Belmaz.
eyes, Mrs. Smiths hired girl
was over this morning to borrow
some coffee (and, by the way,
they have borrowed something or
other every day Of this week, and
this is Saturday,, and she was
telling me that they had been
camping out by the river, just
like gypsies, and as the weather
is getting so cold they have
moved into town and such tur-
niture as saw going there! And
only think of it; they only had
one load! But perhaps they have
seen better days, for the occupants
themselves are quite respectable
looking people"
This theme proved so interest
ING that the ladies discussed 1t tor
some time.
Dear me! I must 20 home"
said Mrs. Belmaz, rising at last.
1T is half past eleven O'Clock, and
l have pies and bread to bake for
dinner, and poor little Fred is
tecthing, and l told Alice would
not stay but a moment Let me
know if you hear anything more
about the new ncighbors.'
Alice, in the meanwhile, had
cot teething Freddy to sleep BY
walking the floor with him.
"Why, Alice, my DEAR" said the
mother, "wo have some ne"
neighbors in that little house on
the corner"
eyes, mother, so [ have heard
Mary Mordaunt called while you
we're gone, and told me all about
them. She asked me very sar
| castically if,I intended to call"
"Pride must have a fall, ane
Mary Mordaunt will find it ou
some day. If they are rospecta
bic l shall go to see them. Die
you learn their name?"
Yes, mamma; it is quite {
pretty name-Halloway. Their
| is Mr.. and Mrs. Halloway and thel
daughter, Pearl, who, she says, i
a perfect beauty and then thcr
Lis 4 son who lives at distance
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A FAMILY SAVED.

The next scene Of the awful
work was tho residence OF Under
wood, which is totally destroyed.
The family saved themselves by
running from the house and cling
ing to the shrubbery. Cattle,
however, were killed in large
numbers, and a large amount of
valuable property destroyed. At
ter leaving here, the tornado rose
high in the air, and Travelled on
for two miles further at the terri
bic velocity Of a mile q minute tor
two miles, when it lowered, strlk-
ing several other farm houses, tear
ing them into toothpicks and in
.juring several persons. For three
miles more, the cyclone kept up
this work of devastation, when It's
force being almost spent 1t SUD-
denly burst with a roar like a
vol!ey Of artillery, rose high in the
air and changed it's course to the
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miles Of its course, rain poured
down in perfect torrents, accom-
panied by heavy falls of black,
sulphurous mud and broken tim
bers, almost dcluging the whole
country.
PATH OF THE TORNADO.
The path of the tornado next
day was a grand and awful sight
to behold. Great trees were
wrenched off like pipe stems, pom.
derous rocks hurled hundreds Of
yards, all vegetation burned and
blackencd. bark wrenched from
trees from the ground up, fences
and houses scattered everywhere,
dead cattle and other stock scat
tered in profusion in horribly
mangled masses. NO one who
has not seen this awful work Of
destruction can have the slightest
conception Of it's appearance or
magnitude. The whole country
from Lees Summit to Blue
Springs presents a deplorable ap-
pearsnce. Of the two the latter
Jared the worst in appearance.
The storm. was very much like
that W hlch devastated the town of
Richmond, Ray county, Mo-, June
l, 1873, though in point of loss Of
human life it was not nearly so
great, but the damage to property
is if anything greater.
SHAPE OF THE TORNADO.
/ Like all other tornadoes which
have visited the United States, it
was inverted funnel shaped, the
bowl part next the earth, and kept
continually whirling and twist
ing within itself, like an immense
waterspout in midocean. The
clouds were Of a dull, leaden color,
frequently brilliantly Illuminated
by ing flashes OF lightning.
The appearance of the sky around
Was quite clear, with banks Of
yellowish clouds. The evening
before a slight tornado swept over
the country lying a few miles
from that visited by the greater
one, destroying several houses
and slightly injuring persons. Its
magnitude was, no" ever, nothing
in comparison to the last.
| THE STYLE OF MOFEMENI.
The path Of this awful storm
was, like all others of the kind,
very crooked and zigzag, at no
time pursuing straight course
for more than a few hundred feet.
It frequently made a curve and re-
turned in an opposite direction tor
some distance and again turned
back to the general course. By
this means almost as much again
of a scope of country was devasta'
ted as would have been the case
had the course been straight. -.
LIVES LOST AND DAMAGE DONE.
The whole number of lives lost
so far as known now IS eight. A
large number Of injured ones will
die. The damage done cannot be
approximated, but will probably
amount TO hundreds Of thousands
of dollars. The awful happening
has cast a pail of sadness and dis
tress over the entire community,
and aid is being literally sub.
scribed to the destitute. This is
the first tornado Of consequence
tuat has visited this county for
period of fifty years, and by far
the most disastrous within the
whole history.
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Bad habits are the thlst!es OF
the heart, and every indulgence
of them is the seed from which
will come forth a now crop OF
rank weeds.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-06-18

fthou hidest thy treasure upon
the earth how canst thou expect
it in heaven ?
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-06-18

To deliberate on useful things
is a prudent delay.
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U6CallS OF LQG CTeaL 0tOTM NedI AuUopeuooANo'
Missouri--A Devastating Wind Cloud
Houses Destroyed, Trees Thrown Down
and Vegetation Ruined---Crushed
and Mangled Houses and Fam
lilies.
The residence of Z. l.. Harris,
one.third of a mile south Of this
place, was the first victim in this
neighborhood. 1t contained the
family, consisting of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harris and four children who
were, without a moments warn
ing Of the terrible doom which
awaited them, lifted with the
house up into the centre of the
funnel completely out Of sight
and carried threeshundred yards
and then dashed down, horrible
mass Of shivered and broken tim
bers and mangled humanity. Mr..
Harris and his wife and two chill.
dren were killed, and the others
will probably die. Pieces of the
dwelling have been found one
mile from where it stood.
STATEMENTS OF EYE-WITNEssEs.
Persons witnessed the horrible
scene at a distance Of but 200
wards and felt no effects of the
storm at all. They state that
they at first heard a tremendous
roaring, and, on looking, saw the
hurricane coming, funnel shaped,
with terrible velocity, at times
close to the earth, then bounding
upward and almost disappearing.
The air assumed a thick, sulphu-
rous smell, and the electric cur
rents could be plainly seen and
heard swapping ike gun shots.
They saw Harris residence drawn
into the vortex of the cloud, CON-
pletely out of sight, and in few
seconds falling timbers rained up
on them from all directions.
THE BODIES FOUND.
After the tornado had passed
they gave tho alarm and found
the bodies of the family scattered
over a cornfe!d horribly bruised,
burned and mangled almost be-
yond recognition. Harris was
found 200 yards from the place
the house had stood, not quite
dead but unable to talk. he died
in a short time. Mrs. Harris and
two children were killed outright
the other children we're terribly
Injured. One Of them was found
in a pool Of water with large
punches of wet straw matted
around his head in such q manner
that it was almost impossible to
extricate him. He was the least
Injured, probably due to the straw,
which broke the force Of the fall.
CONDITION OF THE BODIES.
Scientists are sorely puzzled to
account for the phenomena. All
the bodies were covered with
thick, blush, sulphurous mud. The
clothing was stripped off or torn
to shreds; shoes were torn off the
feet, and the bodies burned and
blackened fearfully.
Horses, cattle and hogs were
caught up on Mr.. Harris place
and carried long distances and
dropped, crushed out Of all shape
After leaving the place, the tor
nado burst for a moment and
seemed as though it had finished
it's awful work Of destruction, but
quicker than thought it came to-
gether, with a deafening report
carrying up water, mud and other
debris, and throwing it in every
direction.
A FAMILY SAVED.
The next scene Of the awful
work was tho residence Of Under
wood, which is totally destroyed
The family saved themselves by
running from the house and cling
ing to the shrubbery. Cattle
however, were killed in large
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Choose your friend early be-
cause life is short.
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THE MODEL GIRL.

THE MODEL G1lsL.
"Prettiest,
Wittiest,
Among ali girls;
The sweetest,
The neatest,
More precious than pearls.
"Industr' Gus,
Not blustrous,
But modest and kind;
She's spareful,
She's careful.
And all right in mind
"She faints not,
She paints not,
Like some foolish girls;
She pouts not.
She spouts not,
Because her hair curls.
"Not childish,
Not wildish,
Not running here, there;
Not frettiSh,
Coquettish,
Like some young girls are.
ssNot wealthy,
But healthy,
And alarmingly smart;
A dandy
With condy
Cannot win her heart.
Columbus (O.) Democrat.
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Laziness is a premature death.
To be in no action, is not to live.
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God lifts up all who seek him
with q whole-hearted earnestness.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-06-18

The world is full of happiness
for Industrious people.
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Miscellaneous.
%
from the New York Herald.
THE KANSAS CYCLONE.

Details Of the Great Storm Near Independence,
Missouri--A Devastating Wind Cloud
Houses Destroyed, Trees Thrown Down
and Vegetation Ruined--Crushed
and Mangled Houses and Fam
lilies
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ALSTON DINNER HOUSE.

PASSENGERS on both the up and down
trains have the usual time for DINNER at
Aston, the junction of the &. & &. h. NJ
and the S. U. & c. r. +.
Fare we'll prepared, and the charge rea-
sonnble. MhS. a. a. 14AAANo'
A., q d1.-ffs
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Slafes mud n Eufurc Life.

There could be nothing palmer. They were
proving the Immortality OF the soul at Paine
hall in Boston a day or two ago with slate,
just as 1t was proved in the Eddy House at Chit
or as II is demonstrated any winter evening In
one Seance and another by hitting fellow over
the head with a guitar I'm the dark, all ire
nagable proofs. IL all comes TO the same thing.
II did in this case-to an exposure. w. Harry
Powell was the man, and he was proving the
blessings of the hereafter by writing nonsense
with the end of his finger on slate. The proof
was complete. You could see it. There was
the slate, there was his finger. there was the
writing; therefore spirit was writing. No
in reaching spiritual conclusion of this order.
Unfortunately some one did. IL appears that it
was TecumSeh who was demonstrating his pres
ent existence and writing himself down fool In
enc foolish sentence after another traced ON the
slate. An unbeliever doubted. There are only
two safe things to do with an unbeliever under
such circumstances, turn him out or stop. w.
Harry Powell temporiZed. He predicted failure
and permitted approach. TecumSeh continued
TO throw light on the darkened future, and every
time Tecumseh wrote his messages from the
spirit land W. Harry Powell moiStened his finger
at his lips, dipped IL into his waiStcoat pocket
and wrote. The unbeleverS, there were several on
the committee looking into the matter insisted on
looking into W Harry Powells vest pocket. per
iect bedlam followed" says the local report, but
as nearly as can be aScertaincd the medium ar
gued that while the connection between the
slate and a future life was distinct there was no
possible logical link uniting \ private memoir
ardum" in his pocket and the Immortality OF
the private memorandum" was blank piece
OF paper moiStened with "a browniSh prepara-
uor, on touching which any body could write
message from the spirit Land with the point OF
his finger aud go to bed happy in having solved
the problem OF human eNistence.-[Sorta4Hed
ReD2tbtCtfH.
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1orn GREAT Q7O


ROUTE
III The D s1leT Track, Steel Rails. 80 :
SPLENDID scESERY. MAGNIFICENT EQUIPMENT.
TRAINS LEAVE fHs WAsHiNGToS. from Depot,
corner Of sixth and Streets Is f9nU wt Par
Tor Car to, Pttsburg, and Sleeping Cars from
Ia sth fsse s Car to cheagO
BALTIMoRE AMP R RoToMA S RAILROAD 2,I2,r,
Falls and the North, at $40 am, daily. except
S Sanse 70 as Fox %sR
Haven. and Elmira, at 1913 a. ~ daily, except
For New York and the East 80 p. m. daily, except
Sunday ana IoI5 pm daily with Palace p Cars
For BrocilyS ", al t ass trains connect at
affordins direct transfer to Fulton Street, avoid
ing double ferriage and journey across New York
For Philadelphia s:35 a. IN. and 80 p. M. daily.
EXCEPT SUNDAY; 5 80 and l0;l5 p. M. daily: Linn
For Baltimore, 20. s35, $50 am. and 80. l:1O
and 4 20 m, daily, except Sunday 10 80 a. ~,
For Pope's Greek Line, $40 q. m. and 90 p. m,
daily, except Sunday.
cept Sunday.
NAY NAY A, AMP -, ALEXANDRIA AND WASHING
For ION seS l RAILROAD q n Ham II, q
40. ., 8. and II 80 pm. On Sunday at y a
For kiclintnd and the South, so m. daily, and
Trains leave Ai@Hsndrs Tor S %ashSngon g. 715
SUNDAY at "a and 10 ~ ~ and al p ann l. "
Tickets information Sleeping and Pasior Car ac-
east corner Of Thirteenth ssreet and Penns lsania
sysnia aycnne and at the DEPOT Where ar" orer. ,n
be left for checking OF baggage to destination from
/. p FARMER, General Passenger Agent.
FRANK THOMSON. General Manager. nov9
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eg'-The school board of Covington, KY, is
trying to stop draw poker among the pupils;
but the public lottery drawings continue with
out opposition.
sE~"Thcre is a gloom in the poker rooms"
says the Eureka, (CoLl Rl'oyd, because The
best players have joined the church and given
up the game"
cE-A Cleveland fire engine, with four men on
It, was driven of an open draw bridge forty feet
inlO the water. The men were rescued but the
horses were held TO the bottom by the heavy
machine and drowned.
es-Th he novel engineering feat of building
bridge Oh shore and then showing it across the
river has been accomplished at Dinard, France.
The structure is 3l4 feet long, weighs over 200
tons, and was projected into its place with
twelve strong windlaSSes.
gg-It might be supposed that deaf and
dumb man and wife would not quarrel: but Mr..
and Mrs. Goodwin of Greensburg, Ind, deaf
mutes, lived four years in noiseless disagreement,
and finally had a desperate parting fight, In
which he was scalded and her skull was frac-
tuTed.
eE Col. Gillespie, nominated by the Louisiana
republican convention for Lieutenant Governor,
refuses to allow his name TO be put on the re-
publican ticket.
sB-A schoolmaster at Tfffin, o., used piece
of rubber hose with which to whip his pupils,
and it proved SO effective that little girl was
nearly killed.
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THERE is AN IMMENSE BUSINESS in grain shi =
mentS to this port, mainly for export to foreiga
markets. ON Saturday night there were on til
canal bound for udewater 2,S02. 900 bushels
wheat. joe. 600 bushels of corn, 1874 900 bushels
OF barley and 10000 bushels Of oats and rye.
The rail and lake shipments for the four weeks
ending October Is were as followS:-Whoat,
II 1854 bushels; corn. ,Ssl bushels; oats,
2ol0.3S5 bushels barley, ,3S6, I1s bushels; rye,
SIS G4S bushels This is an increase, compared
with last year, Of T. 1s5 443 bushels In wheat and
1,SO5, 9sS in corn. Most of the grain arriving
here is almost Immediately sent to Europe but
the demand from abroad is slacNenlng, and,
though large shipments are likely to continue
for some time, no advance In present prices is
anticipated by conservative operators in grain
IN y. Cor. IHY0. LefiET.
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CHINA AND THE SANDWICH ISLANDS. - The
steamship City of Pekin, which arrived at San
Francisco Monday, brought news that the
Chinese Merchants Steamship Company is about
to place steamers on the route from China to the
Sandwich Islands, to be followed by Others to
ply between the Island and San Francisco The
merchants company is composed OF wealthy
mandarins and merchants the manager being
Tom Ken Sing, native of Singapore, said to be
very rich and graSping, and speaks the English
language f1uently. Negotiations are in progress
for commercial intercourse between China and
the Sandwich Islands, but for no coolie trade,
emigration to be wholly free. \ Chinese jour
nal, referring to American hostility to the Chi
neSe, says the only way to insure good treat
ment on the voyage is to send their einigrantS
ont in Chinese vessels.
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THE EVENING STAR.
WEDNESDAY. October -, 1879.
HER LIFE SAVED. BUT HER MONEY STOLEN I
CHIEF DOU9I,ASS

HER LIFE SAVED. BUT HER MONEY STOLEN BY
CHIEF DOUGLASS
The following dispatch has been received from
the agent of the Associated Press at Los PinoS,
Colorado, dated october 24:-We have just
arrived from the Indian camp on Plateau creek.
The women and children are safe at ohlef
Ouray's house Mrs. Meeker has improved In
health every day since We started. Mr.. Meeker'S
papers were burned, and what money Mrs
Meeker had (S30) was taken from her by Doug
lass. The intentions were to kill the women and
children, as the windows OF the room In which
they first took refuge were rtddled with bullets
the instant they had left 1t for a
more secure place in the milk-room. Mrs.
Meeker thinks that Susan, the squaw wife
of Chief johnson, and a sister OF Ouray,
did more than all Others TO save their
lives. She was as kind to them as a mother,
and their parting was very touching. Jacks
band fought the troops and Douglass men
killed the agent and employees. Agent Meeker
was killed by Antelope and WaupattiS. Mrs.
Meeker was shot at while running from the
house attempting to hide in the sage brush.
The ball passed through her dress and made a
slight flesh wound IN her thigh about four
inches long. Arrangements for a fight with
Merritt'S command were most complete. Two
hundred ArrapahOeS had joined Jack with many
Others from neighbor1ng tribes, and had II no
been for the timely arrival OF Chief 0uray'
orders to cease lighting, the name OF Merritt an
his command would have passed into history b
the side of Custer with the same epitaph-annl
hilated by Indians.
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DR. FULTON ON BEER DRINKING.-The Rev.
DR.. Justin d. Fulton preached to a large au-
dience in the Brooklyn Rink last evening taking
for his subject. at the request of the WomanS
Temperance Union, ''Beer drinking, calamity
and curse" His text was: Wherefore do We
spend money for that which is not bread?"
There are. he said, many in the pulpit and else
where who advocate the use OF beer. They
claim that 1t is nutritious, pleasant to the
palate, and beneficial to the stomach. Upon
such grounds the people OF the United States
spend annually for beer $270, 900 900. and they
ara not healthier, happier, or wiser for it. The
United StatoS is rapidly becoming the great beer
drinking country OF the world and 1T is a calam-
ity, because the people who drink these millions
OF dollars worth OF beer are shaping a nation
that will influence the world DR.. Fulton told
of beautiful and wealthy woman OF Brooklyn
who is a prisoner In her luxurious home a vic
tim OF beer-drunk from Monday morning until
Monday morning again; and of a beautiful girl,
daughter Of rich and respectable resident,
who, only few days ago, was taken from the
streets to her home in a state of drunkenness.
The press, he said, is on the side of beer, be-
cause the money is on that Side and the press
of Brooklyn dare not oppose the brewers. At
this point several persons went out, and DIR.
Fulton said: .'There some of you are thirsty
now" Then he begged his audience to be fair
enough to hear him 10 the end of his sermon
TN. J.. ,S,tn 21th-