The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-05-18

on the G. & G. R. R. from carrying
passengers has been revoked.
All points on the Greenville anc
Laurens roads can get supplies of ice
from A. G. Jones. Just try it.
The breaking up of the Helena Cal
Shops will cut of, big slice of the New.
berry trade. 1t is to be regretted.
We are pleased to know that oul
friend Jas. Larkin now occupies a new
house, which he has recently built.
If you want to be happy pay your
debts, particularly what you owe the
printer. 1t will make him happy also.
There are a great many persons in
the world who are well enough to 60
to ball, but too sick to attend a prayer
meeting.
Mr.. James Herbert one night last
week caught eleven fish weighing forty
pounds out of his fish trap near his mill
on Saluda.
After June 1st postal cards will be
absolutely unmailable with anything
but the address on the side intended for
the direction.
Mr.. J. w. NJ. Simmons has bought a
lot from DR.. Mayer in front of the Pres
byterian Parsonage, upon which he pro-
poses to build.
It is suggested that the Town Coun-
Gil paint the tops of the street lamps
the sun striking them makes glare
painful to the eye.
There has been a very marked i'm
provement in Prosperity since the clos
ing of the bar-rooms. The streets are
far more orderly and quiet.
John sent so cents to Il firm that ad-
vertised recipe to prevent bad dreams.
He received a slip Of paper on which
Was written, Don't 60 to Sleep
We saw a two hundred pound wo-
man hanging to hundred pound man
Il few days ago, and thought the thing
should be reversed. He did not look
right.
Newberry was largely represented at
the Cowpens Celebration. The visitors
returned Thursday delighted with their
trip and eloquent in praise Of Spartan
tanburg.
A colored man was convicted before
Trial Justice Carlisle Wednesday for
hiring a laborer under contract with
another, and sentenced to pay fine of
S25 or 60 to Jail for thirty days.
The signs indicate that Messrs. May
bin & Tarrant, druggists, are prepared
to attend to all wants in their line.
Their signs are to be seen on highways
and byways, and in the HERALD.
The prescription case of Messrs. May
bin & Tarrant displays great taste. 1t
is entirely new-that is the bottles and
iars-all of them being large and hand
some, and filled with fresh prepara-
tions.
A. C. Jones got an order for six hun
dred and fifty pounds of ice for the Sun
day School Celebration at Clinton Sat-
urday. which he filled. The managers
were determined that everybody should
keep cool.
The public are cordially invited to
call and see the live Alligator brought
from Florida, and now on exhibition at
the HERALD Office. The curious are
warned. however, not to 60 too near
the varmint.
Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the
First his Cromwell, and every cough and
cold in this country will find a conquer
or in Coussens' Honey of Tar, the unri-
vailed cough medicine. Price SOC.
For sale by DR.. ". E. Pelham. e.o.w.
At the recent Junior Exhibition at
Erskine College our young friend W.
G. Brown, Of Newberry, delivered an
original speech on the subject of ''Wo-
man Suffrage" We are not informed
whether he took the affirmative or neg
ative Of the subject.
Some of the notices sent to subscri-
bers last week have been responded to,
but many have not. We know that
money is scarce at this season, but it is
harder on the publisher than the SUBJ
scriber. We cannot print the HERALD
without money, and therefore ask that
remittances be made pro:upGly.
The hay in cow house belonging to
the Methodist Parsonage and in rear of
the Methodist Church, caught fire We'd
nesday. When discovered the fire was
growing rapidly. and had already con-
sumed a bale of hay. It was extin-
guished with a few buckets of water.
It is not known how the fire originated.
A few days ago negro man went to
Mr.. Theodore Spehl's and sold him a
dozen eggs. Mrs. S. boiled the eggs
for breakfast next morning. When
opened each one contained chicken,
nearly ready to be hatched. This re-
minded Mrs. S. of her setting hen; she
went out and found that the eggs were
gone-she had bought them and cooked
them.
The Town Council has imposed tax
of $500 on each agent selling guano il
Prosperity. The agents having already
paid the privilege tax of % cents per
ton on guano to the State claim that the