The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-07-20
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Large quantities of corundum
ire found in Alabama, and exported
:or emery wheels.
The voting population of North
Car9!jpe:;;-ss. according to the late Gen.
Sus, is 294,75O, of whom 105,01S
::re colored.
It is estimated that upward of
thirty thousand lives have been de-
by the explosive products
Of petroleum.
Ambrose Martin is building q
dwelling, the Messrs. Gray are
building a store, and Capt. Albert
Dial is building a residence, all in
Laurensville.
The wife of 8 wealthy importing
merchant was arrested IN New
York for drunkenness the other
day. She was elegantly dressed
and wore diamonds.
There is a Chinaman in San Fran
cisco with red hair. Eis country
men treat him with superstitlous
respect. At the table he has the
best of everything: and at all
ceremorials be takes precedence.
A Hartford man, who was broken
down in health, but had plenty OF
money, settled in southern Califor-
MIA. He is now the owner OF two
splendid farms, one of 900 acres
and the other of 5000, and his
health is in berfect condition.
It is announced that, in conse-
quence of the large number OF sui
cides that have recently taken place
from the platform of the Ven
dome column, in Paris, the pub
lie is no longer to have access to
the interior of the monument.
M. D. Bikelas of Athens has re-
sumed his enterprise of translating
Shakespeare into modern Greek.
Three plays, Romeo and Juliet
'Othello, and King Lear appeared
in 1875. He has now issued Mac
beth and Hamlet and more are
to follow.
Prof. William J. Land, a chemist
Of wide reputation, committed sui
eide in Atlanta. This was a second
attempt. It is regarded as strange
that be did not utilize his knowledge
of chemistry to provide a painless
death, instead of which he used a
razor and pistol.
We think we 60 in for pretty
costly rrousseaux, but they are
nothing compared with those pro-
vided among Partisan swells in the
last century. That of Mile de
Matignon, who in 1856 married the
Baron de Montmarency, cost $685.
900. It included 1900 shifts!
The clergy of Iowa have taken
the field on the temperance ques-
ton, and are making a combined
effort of the most determined
character to get popular majority
in favor of prohibition amend
to the State Constitution. The vote
is be taken on the 9th of this
month.
Annie Louise Gary is still with
out voice for anything but whis-
pering. On the occasion of her
last public appearance in her home
in Portland, Me-, prior to her
forthcoming marriage, she could
not sing a note. Physicians tell
her that she is done with vocalism
for a year, if not forever.
The trade dollar seems to be
doomed, the House of Represents
tives having passed a bill autho-
rizing the Secretary of the Treas
ury to receive, until the 1st of Ju-
y, 1884, trade dollars upon pre-
sentation, and to give in exchange
tor them standard silver dollars.
The bill repeals all laws authoriz-
ing the coinage of the trade dollar.
A young man of wealthy London
came to America to see
the Centennial Exhibition of 1876.
provided abundantly with
money by his father, he lived so
that he wanted more, and
10 get it be went into scheme of
forgery. His trial and conviction |
lid not bring out bis real name, |
and, on going to the Moyamensing !
prison for FIVE years, be wrote home !
that he had started on a slow tour
around the world, and so might /
not be heard of in long time. His
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