The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-07-27
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acquitted.
A woman was so grieved because
Ter aon whipped her, at New Alba.
ny, that she committed suicide.
Emile Burgy, Frenchman, pro-
lessor of music in the Frederick
(Md) Female Seminary, has married
a mulatto girl -
Thirty three electric light COM
panies have been started in En-
gland, and they have nominal
aggregate capital of s33,0o0,0oo.
Charles r. Jones, editor of the
Charlotte Observer, heretofore a
Democratic paper, announces him
self an Independent candidate for
Congress.
Gen. George Fl. Stoneman. the
recent nominee of the Democrats
for Governor of California, was q
noted cavalry man during the late
unpleasantness.
Seven hundred and sixty news
boys and one newsgirl partook OF
the dinner given by George W.
| Childs in Fairmount Park, Phila-
delphia, on Tuesday.
Gen. Skobelof, the brilliant and
| errat;c young Russian General, is
dead. He won his name in charges
of Shipks Pass, and served the
Gear nobly in the Turko- Russian
war.
The smallest man in Edgefeld
County is. MIR. Lewis B. Suddath,
who lives in the upper portion Of
| the County. Mr.. Suddath is 4 feet
high, weighs 56 lbs, and will be
so years old in October.
The Savannah News cheeringly
writes that the corn crop Of Geor-
gia this year is unprecedented in
the history Of that State, the crops
planted having been very large and
the yield extraordinary, averaging
from thirty to forty bushels to the
acre.
Gen. Robert Toombs announces
his purpose to write letter strong
ly favoring the Hon. Alexander Il.
Stephens as the Democratic can
didate for Governor of Georgia. He
says: Mr.. Stephens never stole
anything which the General re,
CARDS as a strong point in his
favor
Dennie Fulcher is a Georgia
young lady of refinement and ex-
cellent social connections. She has
just married Willie Loo Chong, q
Cinnamon. But he has lived in Au
gusta ten years, is prosperous
merchant, wears American clothes,
has cut off his cue, and belonge to
church.
Mayor Wilson of New Bedford
gave some homely advice to the
graduating class Of the high school,
telling the boys that trade was q
desirable requirement, and the girls
that housework ought to be includ
ed in their accomplishments. Some
of the boys and girls listened with
manifest scorn.
A Philadelphia society has under
taken to close the beer gardens of
that city on Sundays, and, instead
of dealing first with the disreputa-
table ones, has proceeded against
rather fashionable resort: The
excuse for this is that by shutting
up such place at the outset, the
rest of the job will be made easy.
A Western circus manager ar
ranged to have wax baby dropped
from q second-story window in
every town which his show visited,
just in time to be caught by one
Of his athletes. The performance
was successful several times, and
crowds went to see the hero of the
rescue, until the newspapers ex.
posed the trick.
Annie Louise Gary was married
at Portland, Maine, on Thursday,
to G. NJ. Raymond, Of New York.
He is a wealthy, well.known Wall
street broker, having his Office at
Il Broadway. He was one Of the
founders of the Stock Exchange.
It is said by the friends of Mr..
Raymond that he and Miss Gary
have been engaged for years, in
fact, since her girlhood. Mr.. Ray
mond was a bachelor, is of middle
age, and leading member of the
Manhattan Club.