The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-11-17
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sheep.
Father Ryan, the poetpriest, has
decided to pass tue rest Of his days
at Biloxi, Miss.
There is land enough IN Texas
to give four acres to every man,
woman and child in the United
States.
Dr.. Talmage thinks the only
way for ministers to draw congre-
cations is to put a little magnetism
! u something into their preaching.
A slight earthquake was felt at
Contoacook, n. H, on the 3lst ult.
The shock was quite severe 1t
Henniker and was felt at Hillsboro.
The Constitution says one hun
| lred and fifty houses will be torn
down or removed to make room
| tor the Atlanta depot of the Cole
roads.
The State Constitution of Mary
land does not permit ministers or
preachers OF the gospel to hold
seats in either branch OF her Legis-
! lature.
Not only did Queen Victoria go
to see a play at her sons Scotch
, home, but on subsequent evening
sue was his partner in dance at
ball there.
The New York .Sah says the
| oysters need rain to fatten them.
That seems strange to land lub.
bers, but it said to be tue that raip
fattens them.
NJ. Walter, OF toe London Times,
says that the American people
spend too much for pubic build
ings and do not spend enough
for paverents. -.
Every man has in his own life
follies enough, in his own mind
trouble enough, in his o w fortunes
evil enough, without being curious
| after the affairs of Others
An ingenious clock set up at
Brussels needs no winding and at
l>tains. the maximum of regularity
by simple mechanism. It is kept
in motion by current Of air.
All that q Chicago woman has to
do to geta divo1ce;s IS to swear to the
| discovery after marriage that her
| husband is a st. Louis man, and
the courts give it to her at once.
Mrs. Tyler. widow CT President
Tyler, was guest of the Senatorial
Commission at Yorktown. She
| was great belle in her younger
days and is still most fascinating
lady.
Monday last was the twenty.
ninth anniversary Of Daniel Web
| sters death. It is proposed in Bos-
ton to celebrate the centennial of
his ulrth on the 18th of January
next.
4 7-year-old boy, in Harrisburg,
Pa, while ':playing circus" a few
days ago, stood upon his head so
long, that he was attacked with
brain fever, and died in q few
hours.
The travelling carriage, OF Mrs.
! J. ". Msckey, who lives at Paris
and halls from San Francisco cost
$4,000 and is kept in running Or
der at an annual expenditure of
$4,000.
Robert Bloskie, who has just
died in Wabash, Ind, had for nine
years lived chiefly on dog meat,
which he declared to be whole
some and palatahle. His family
relished the same food, and pro.
pose to continue its use.
The largest cannon ever cast in
this country was turned out at the
Scott works, at Reading, on Mon.
day. It weighs $4,000 pounds, and
carries a three foot ball ten miles
with a velocity Of 1900 feet per
second, and yet they call it q pocket
cannon.
The theological faculty Of Yale
College has decided to use the re-
vised version of the New Testament,
voting it better than any other En-.
glish version, because it follows
more exactly the Greek text as
originally written, and is q more
clear and correct translation.
The superintendent Of the ex-
perimental tea farm at Summer
Vile, S. c., sent 5000 tea plants to
the Atlanta Exposition, on Oct. II.