The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-03-23
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pen at all, even to sign his name.
The standing army of the United
States numbers about 10000, men
rank and file, and costs S30,000,-
O00.
Mr.. Swinburne is writing mar
rative poem in nine books on the
everlasting theme OF Tristram aud
Iseult.
The widow of Daniel Webster,
the American statesman, died at
| New Rochelle, Feb. 25. She was
Webster's second wife.
The Mississippi House has pass
| ed a bill to prevent the sale OF
tobacco to minors without an order
from their parents or guardians.
The city council of Spartanburg
| has authorized the issue OF $4,000
in bonds for the purpose OF i'm
proving the streets Of that place.
There were 1854 divorces, or near
ly one each day, granted at San
Francisco during the year just
passed, against 315 for the year
1880.
The Twining plan has been
adopted for the reclamation OF the
Potomac fats. The amount re-
quired to carry out the plan is
S2,500,0O0.
A Tennessee man told q neigh
bor that he had hidden $500 IN a
corn crib, and that very neighbor
was the chap found in bear trap
at the corn. crib next morning.
4 Professor Cunning, up in
Michigan is lecturing on CATER
Man, What?' A Fort Wayne edi'
tor, who has been there, rises to
remark that it is generally the
sheriff or some woman.
The Mississippi State Senate has
passed bill appropriating $4,000
for the encouragement of emigra-
| ton to that State, and it is thought
that the bill will pass the House
and become a law.
| It is estimated that the over
flows in the lower Mississippi val
ley will decrease the cotton acreage
of that section by 20 per cent. On
all the submerged lands planting
will be delayed six weeks.
In fortnight, petitions signed
by 100000 names, chiefly from
Utah and Idaho, are expected to ar
rive at Washington, calling upon
Congress to stop the crusade
against Mormon polygamy.
A New York jeweler says that
three out Of every four men who
come into his store come to buy,
but only one woman out Of seven
comes to a decision. One lady paid
% visits to his store before buying
q $50 watch.
Florence, S. c., in 1866 con-
tanned only ten. houses. It has
now a population OF over 1000, and
last year over 100 houses were
built within the corporate limits.
Real estate has doubled in value
within the past FIVE years.
From all sections of the Pied
mont country there are the most
encouraging reports Of the small
grain crops. The acreage sown
was unusually large, and from
present appearances the yield will
be the best for many years.
A Minnesota mob did not lynch
the man whom they had intended
so to punish. He argued with
them a while, and then gave them
SIS to buy beer. They were con-
vinced that he was not SO bad as
they had supposed him to be.
The decrease Of the public debt
for the month of February will be
about S9,O0O,O0O, being about ST.
100000 less than the average de-
crease since June last. The falling
off is due to the heavy payments
made during February, one item of
which was abount S9,000,000, on
account OF pensions.
The Rev. DR.. Eaton of Louisville,
in a plain sermon on social ine-
qualities, said that during his resi-.
dence of a year in that city he had
seen a poor man with no inauen.
tial friends, given five years in the
penitentisry for stealing provisions,
while a murderer, with powerful
connections, was given two years
and leading citizens have signed a
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