The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-12-01
Various and all About.
Plenty Of ice Friday morning,
And the first killing frost,

Thanks to the Committee Of the State
Board of Health for L copy Of its address
to the Legislature.
Our sister town of Edgetield is rising
rapidly from the ashes of her late fire,
we are glad to know.
MIR. Thos. B. Hammond is engaged
in putting coat of paint on the wood
work of the Opera House.
A young society man of Newberry
tells US that there are several weddings
on the tapis in this community.
Newberry's visitors to the Atlanta
Exposition last week had a good time,
and were much pleased with the sights.
The special rates to Atlanta are low
enough to enable nearly everybody to
CO.. The Exposition will close the 31st.
DR.. FAINT will exhibit the handsomest
display Of Christmas goods ever shown
in Newbcrry. Look for his ADVERTISE
ment.
1t is a curious arrangement that COM
pels people to 60 to bed at night when
they are not sleepy, and get up in the
morning when they are.
A party was in town Monday buying
up all the mutilated coin be could find.
He said he shipped $500 of such coin to
the mint the Saturday previous.
The negro desperate Green Owens
who shot and killed Charley Jackson in
October has not been captured. A re-
ward would very likely bring him.
The State Board of Health says that
three great scourges that have afflicted
this country with countless woes are,
bad air, bad oClsiskey and bad biscuits.
Leslie's Popular Monthly, Leslie's
Ladies Magazine, The 10Th Century, or
Scribner's, and Ehrich's Ladies Fashion
Book, for sale at the HERALD Book
Store.
Subscribers who expect to pay in
wood are requested to bring that luxu-
ry along, rs it is now cold weather, and
printers find hard to keep their fingers
warm.
Now that you have the money to
spare, place two dollars in the hands Of
the proprietor ofthe Newberry HERALD,
either for that old subscription or for a
new one.
The many friends and acquaintance
in Newberry Of the Emperor William,
of Germany, will be glad to learn that
be is recovering from his recent dan
gerous illness.
Tke County Commissioners advertise
for Keeper of the Poor House, a Ply.
sician for the Poor House and Jail; !;
they also Offer portion of the Poor
House farm for rent.
The Council has received estimates
Of the cost of clock for the tower. At
a meeting tonight it will be determined
whether to purchase a clock, and, if so,
what kind, where, sc.
The time for presents is nearly at
hand, and the little ones are waiting so
patiently for what they will get. A
pretty book from the HERALD Book
Store will be very nice.
Mr.. j. NJ. Ward, of Dead Fall,
brought in a large strawberry Saturday
that was just turning ripe. Had the
frost delayed few days he would bave
had 4 considerable quantity Of straw
berries.
The Confederate bond craze has about
petered oat. Those who find themselves
without bonds are the parties that lose
nothing. The bonds arc rot worth any
thing and can never, by any possibility,
be Of any value.
The luminous match safes of Maybin
& Tarrant are the best things ont. One
need not keep lamp burning at night
with one Of these safes. They afford
light enough to show where they are.
O6L one as we nave uOQe.
The two store rooms under the Opera
House were rented at public outcry by
the Town Council yesterday for one
year, rent to be paid quarterly in ad-
vance. Mr.. A. Koppel rented both, the
upper one at S205. the lower one at
$40.
We understand that all the stores in
town, with probably two or three ex-
ceptions, will close on Christmas day.
Such thing has not happened in New
berry since the Christmas of 1876, and
will not be likely to occur again for five
years.
A beautiful specimen of Cut and Tint
Printing on Universal Press, from a
Photo-Engraving, has been received
from MIR. Merritt Gally, the inventor
and proprietor. The print is a portrait
of Robert Burns, the poet. We prize it
highly.
The wrapper containing portion Of
the HERALDs for Prosperity last week
got burst in the mail. The scattered
papers came back to this Office, and
were Immediately remailed. Nobody
to blame. We offer this explanation to
those who did not receive their papers
on time.
The chairs for the Opera House have
been purchased and will arrive next
week. Those for the parquette are
regular opera folding chairs; those for
the dress circle are common stool chairs.
The gallery has benches. AS soon as
the chairs are put in place and arrange
ments are made for light the Hall will
be ready for use.
When farmer offers his cotton for
sale the buyer frequently asks. How
much have you been offered for this9
If cotton of 4 certain grade is worth a
certain price, why should buyer want
to know what has been offered: pro-
vided he is willing to pay the market
price? Do the farmers always get the
full market price for their cotton?
Did guano pay this year? Two far
mers rented a plantation together in