The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-04-12

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BRIDGE AND LAUNDERING BLOCK
! HEADs-GIN, GINGER AND GRACE
LESS GREE.
New YORK, April 10th.
The removal Of obnoxious per-
sons by knife and pistol has been
progressing with due diligence.
Most Of the murders were by Ital-
ians who are very fond of cards,
stale beer, lust and assassination.
A late arrival was a notorious bri-
gand, who committed 21 murders in
Sicily, and for whom detectives
were waiting here, having been noti-
fed by the authorities on the other
side. He managed to slip away,
however, here as skillfully from
the steamer that brought him as
he boarded her. One of the judges
before whom two of these stiletto
shovellers were brought was accos-
ted by a friend who, with mystic
rious mods and winks, remarked,
Me no got lawyer. Me no dam
fool. Me know American fashion.
How much do you want?" Out
came roll of bills, and much.
yanked organ grinder was arun I'M
in very demoralized condition.
A little shooting in "high life'-
high enough, gamey SO to speak
has created quite a little breeze.
Two mining brokers in partner
ship were great friends. One was
married with wife a victim to
opium habit. Introduces friend as
companion, brotherly friendship
springs up, friend cures opium hab-
it, but wife prefers friend to hus-
band. Husband leaves her to her
self-and friend-for four weeks
hoping she'd mend her ways; finds
the prescription no cure for the
complaint. Fires friend out of the
house; wife sulks-takes walks and
won't say where; quarrel; separa-
ton; cross divorce suits, suits for.
damages, alimony, possession of
children, etc. Husband and ex-
friend still very friendly in busi-
ness matters. Wife's mother in
far West hears Of scandal. Horri-
fed. Sends brother to reclaim sis
ter. Repentant sinner agrees to
go, not that morning, some other
morning. When brother goes to
rescue, ex-friend objects, fires stat
uette of Venus at brother. Brother
drew his ''old gun,'' kills ex.friend.
Shrieks; police; autopsy; reporters;
reporters; reporters; open mouths;
reporters, etc., etc. All very dra-
matte.
The Brooklyn bridge will, it is to
be hoped, be open about the middle
of May for pedestrian traffic, at
any rate. Of course the bone-hun-
ters are on the wing for spells,
like turkey buzzards, and rings are
formed to grab all the patronage,
and put up jobs in the interest of
one or more railway schemes. Then
the proposed opening has set the
idiots to work with plausible prop
ositions. while good many people
who either don't know better or
don't take time to think about, en-
dorse. For instance, one set of
fools wants grand double process
sion of trades, with bands Of music
countermarching between Brook.
lyn and New York at the opening,
and another convention of donkeys
want the Grand Army to parade in
mid-air on Decoration Day. There
wouldn't be much of bridge left
if either of these sapient sugges-
tions were carried out, and / fancy
the wiseacres will be reminded that
when one comes to a bridge it is
always in order, in order to avoid
the dangers of vibration, which the
tap of even a single drum may
cause, to walk your horses"
The temperance fanatics and
high-lieense liquor men are both
waging war on the beer saloons,
which really are the least harmful
of any refreshment places where al
coholic stimulants are sold. In
the German quarters of the city
especially the beer gardens and
beer tunnels are really poor mems
clubs, very orderly and unobjec-
tionable. The way some pious men
beat the devil round the stump is
funny though. They go to drug
stores and very unnecessarily ex-
plain that they never drink liquor,
but want some special extra quail
itv of orin for medical usn They