The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-12-08
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William Petty, convicted of stage
robbery in Texas, WAS sentenced to
the penitentiary for SO years.
In Canada a member of Par
lament receives one thousand dol
lars and mileage for his services.
Ida Gilbert, co!ored girl, was
refused admission to the Philadel-
phia Musical Academy, and the col
ored element in that city are in a
ferment.
The Lower House of the Wash
ington Territory Legislature passed
a bill giving the right of suffrage
to women, but it was defeated in
the Upper House.
It is rather hard upon the Stall
warts to have Guiteau claiming
fellowship with them in open
Court; but they see now to what
extremes their doctrines tend.
The only place where cremation
seems to be thoroughly established
is Milan, wbare about $50 bodies
have been burnt since the crema-
tory was built-scarcely year.
A ST. Louis mathematician has
| calculated that Baldwin, the New
ark cashier, will be sentenced, &C.
cording to New Jersey rules, to
something like thirteen thousand
years.
Hon. A. H. Stephens, it is an
nounced, has completed his i'm
| portant historical work, on which
he has been so long engaged, and at
| an early day it will be issued from
the press.
It is said that Sec. Blaine has
| made nearly 100000 in the last
year or so in fortunate speculations
in coal lands. His Washington
residence, nearly completed, will
cost $4,000.
A private in the Bavarian army
| has lately been sentenced to three
days Imprisonment for 'unbecoming
| behavior to an officers horse He
said to the aristocratic animal You
| villainous beast.
| It was a close shave in New Jer-
sey, but the Republicans still have
a majority in he Legislature, and
| will elect successor to McPher-
son, the Democrat who low rep
! resents that State.
A merchant just arrived from
Spanish Honduras says 5000 lives
| were lost by the recent foods there,
and the loss of live stock, damage
to the fruit interest and railroads is
estimated at S20,0OO,0O0.
Mrs. Garfield has removed to
Cleveland. She will send the chill
oren to school, and devote the
Winter to the arrangement of her late
husbands papers. Her brother will
act as administrator Of the estate.
An exchange says that America
contains more patriots than any
other country in the world. No
sooner does & statesman become
member Of the Cabinet than he ap-
points his sons for duty in his
country's service.
The Chicago Journal would not
be surprised if Emery Storrs were
made Attorney General after all.
Mr.. Storrs is known as the man
who made electrical speeches in
the campaign in California last
year. He is Chicago lawyer.
A country. paper in Illinois says;
among it's local items: No word
has yet been heard from Abraham
Lever, who went off two weeks ago
with his wife's red-headed hired
girl, Until his return his Sabbath
school class will be in charge of the
Rev. Mr.. Perkins
Beauties of a free country:
Things are getting down pretty
fine, Foggs thinks. He went into
an eating house the other day;
calling to O waiter he said |: will
you take my order2' 4 will take
your request, SIR responded the
gentlemanly attendant.
A few days agoa cat innocently
appropriated a Kershaw negro's
dinner, which so enraged the COL
ored brother that he put poor
Thomas into the packing box of a
cotton press and slowed him away
from the Wintry blasts in a bale of
cotton. When taken out pussy was
hattened as fiat as a pancake.
Several years ago a colored man
named Lewis, at New York, died,
,eayino 81 6OO 600 10 the Govern.