The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-12-13
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CHARLESTON, S. c. Dec. 7th, 1888,

CHARLESTON, S. c. Dec. 9TH, 1883,
DEAR HERALD: AS YOU have not
heard from your Charleston cor
respondent for some time / now
take the liberty Of burdening your
columns briefly. AS my last let
ter was not published for two weeks
after / sent it, what little news there
was in it was rather stale by the
time your readers peruset it.
On Thursday night We were to
have had one of the grandest dis
plays Of fireworks that had ever
been seen in this city, but our coun-
try cousins IS well as their city
friends were doomed to be disap-
pointed. as the display was most
complete and perfect failure. 1t
happened in this way: the fire.
works and men who were TO dis
play them were on a fat at the foot
of South Battery. the display be-
gan promptly at seven O'Clock in
the evening, and three or four
rockets and bombs had been fired
when BY some means or other q
spark from one of the rockets
caught tie Whole stock D{ fireworks
that were stored in the fiat and
every bomb and rocket and Roman
candle went off at the same tilne,
this lasted for about five minutes
when another danger threatened;
a great many Roman candles ex-
ploded right on the fat, sending
showers of sparks and fame all over
it, as consequence the flat itself
caught fire and the flames were not
subdued until they had done con-
siderable damage 10 the fat. No ac-
cidents happened however. except
the loss of the whole stock Of fire.
works, and one man burn' his hand
rather severely in trying to put out
the fire. The crowd was SO great
that very few people except those
who were quite near the railing Of
the Battery knew anything about
1t, ard a great many thought that
the burning Of the fat was part
Of the programme. Long after
most of the people had left the
Battery, crowds were seen coming
down not knowing that all was
over.
The State papers are ali con-
graduating Charleston on having
secured such splendid ticket Of
Aldermen, the action OF the Con-
vention cannot be too highly spoken
of. and there can be no doubt thai
at the election on the 18th OF tina
month this ticket will be chosen
with hardly dissenting voice.
The stores along King Street arc
putting on their holiday attire in
view Of the nt ar approach of Christ
mas, and it is, very pleasant to walk
on the street at night, the stores
with the pretty things in the win
dows, and the street brightly lighted
as it is with the electric light, make
a very pretty picture.
Our Court House is now nearly
finished, and for stylishness and
beauty of outline, would, think
compare favorably with any build
ing of it's size in the Southern
States.
The Hayne Str 1t fire was cno Of
the most horrible accidents that has
ever happened in Charleston, and it
is to be hoped that our old city will
not soon be visited by such fear
full calamity again. Robertson
Taylor & Co.. whose store was one
of the buildings burned, are as yet
undecided whether to rebuild or
not, for the present they have
moved into one Of their warehouses,
which they have had fitted mp ct
a cost. believe of several thousand
dollars; the firm do not seem to be
much cast 6own by their loss, as
they do as much business and sell
as many gools as they did before.
YOurs