The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-01-05
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days ago.
The Senate has agreed to give
Mrs. Lucretia r. Garfield the frank
ing privilege.
MIR. John Carter, a merchant OF
Cross Hill, Laurens county, was
robbed Of $500 on the Exposition
grounds in Atlanta.
The bride and bridegroom of q
wedding at Latrobe, Pa, were run
over and killed on their way from
church to the railway station.
I am getting just what I de-
serve, was the last remark Of Rich
ard Jennings, q Nevada murderer,
before being hanged by mob. -
Frank Moulton said, in his speech
in Atlanta, that in the next quarter
of a century the South would man
! ufacture more cotton than England.
Twenty.rin thousand women are
holders of United States bonds to
the amount of S90.0O0,0O0, which
gives an average of more than
$4,000 to each woman.
Beecher's congregation numbers
2,94l, an increase of 1S4 over last
year. The music costs $500, and
the receipts from pew rent and
| other sources are $4,000.
It cost s2,215,ss9.27 to run the
Government printing concern last
year, or about q quarter OF mil
lion more than in 1880, and over
| half o million more than in 1879.
| Ballot boxes in which each ballot
| was passed around glass cylinder
by means of a crank, which also
rang q bell and recorded the vote,
| were used in the recent Boston
municipal election.
| The evidence in the Flipper court
martial case has been concluded,
the arguments delivered, and the
court rendered its verdict, but the
[ result will not be known until it is
passed upon by the reviewing au-
thorities. .....
| a Connecticut man is resisting
the payment OF taxes on his house in
Salisbury, on the ground that it is
q place of worship, because he reads
the Bible, prays and sings psalms
for his own spiritual advantage and
that OF his family.
The British Admiralty have di-
rected compressed jute.to be tried
as armor against Nordenfeit and
Calling guns, with a view to ascer'
tain whether it can be used prin'
cipally in torpedo vessels, instead
Of iron and steel.
] The Rev. DR.. Thomas, the Chi
cago expelled Methodist, has form
ed q Peoples Church, and is
preaching to twice as many people
| as before, for twice as much salary.
| The only creed the new organiza-
| tion holds is the Ten Command
| ments and the teachings of Christ.
Mr.. Longworth Powers, of Rome,
| son of Hiram Powers, the sculptor,
| having obtained the best photo
graph OF President Garfield, began
q bast of him on the I'd of July, the
| day the President was shot, and,
singularly enough, he finished it
on the 18th of September, the day
| on which he died.
One of the circuses made q great
stir last summer by showing the
handsomest woman in America at
the head Of it's street PROFESSIONS
A rival circus will next season ex-
hibit the handsomest man and
woman in the world and pre-
tence of Offering prize of $50, 900
for the pair is made.
There is superstition among
Pennsylvania coal miners that if
any person whistles in a mine some
disaster : is sure to follow. The
theory is that whistEng drives away
away the good luck spirit, leaving
the miners to the mercy OF spirits
of evil. 4 whistler was lately
mobbed in q Lackawsnna mine.
There are 159 appointments un-
der the House of Representatives,
There are I47 Republicans and the
two Virginia Resdiusters who have
friends that they would like to see
put in Office, so that If each one
gets 8 man there will be about
Offices enough to 60 all around.
But there are 100 applicants from
Ohio alone.
The Shah Of Persia fell violently
in love with the Princess Of Wales