The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1884-11-20

write everything Is :unnlng along "a
smoo. hly as If fifty millions OF lro,
pi" had not been shaken mp for five
uoDths as if by an earthquake
Let us have Peace
4 circumstance occurred here this
week which reads very much like q
veIlow-coyered novel. A man pass
ing by celnetcr> close 10 t''wn
heard faint mOams co. lng from t.:s'
direction Of q ciu'np OF hu-'.'S Ii"
wcnt towar,l tile spot h"t :"a,'i see
noLi!ing and the sounds ha,; r>as<d ;
!.e WIS Il out To r.siilae Ills journey
wi,~n l,a i.card !. ij;l.nt cry again; b.:
looked ABOUT carefully ;i;l1 iic saw a
ilie Of autumn icav,$. anH :, ain lie
heard vt.e CRY; lrc pulled away tie
leaves and tnere lay Il l.l'j'. c!'ii"
wtth handkerchief Lle.,i t,gI,iiv n:njlt
its neck in the last STAGES q; >ii..'n'H-
in. He quickly r+leas ii t:'r II tie
one from !ts prriionS position. A."
taking i up tenderly III his arms took
it to q naiyhborin- house. where il
soon revived. and ~ last WAS able 10
speak. iiy (! lose questioning tic y
discovered tAat size sad .ren o.; ii
biz SLIP. aud that si,r Was cared tor
hy woman w!Om Size called aunt.
his woman brought !"r :!'o - :s"r-
lnany ami kept hcr ut 4 low DuaTuiinI
house for savrrai days. TIN S!: DIS.
appeared with her II morning ani
nothing more was heard Ot the child
till sic was found in the yravev ri
nearly suffocatcd to death. Inc Case
is surrounded with mystery. 1t is
supposed that the Child was heiress
to g great estate in Germany. and
was left in charge OF relatives who
w0Hld succeed to the estate if tie
child = ere put out OF the way. The
woman who had her IN charge Was
engaged for the murder and intended
to throw her overheard from the
steamer on the passage to he United
States No good opportunity offered,
and after landing she took her t. tie
cemetery, tied the handkerchief about
her neck till she thought she was
dead, anA then covering her with
leaves, left hcr. TIE altE1.itie are
searching for tue youl':-Oe lnurderess.
and it is to b. hoped that tine author
of this unparalleled piece Of vil!ainy,
viii! soon he found and punished.
Col. Mapleson: Of Her Majesty's
Ope:a a, dropped in on us radiant and
happy as q big sun flower, the first OF
the week. and the great Diva Patti
arrived almost ut the same time
Mapleson is certainly most extra
ordinary man. Only few months
ago he departed bankrupt followed
by the curses of swindled ballet girl
and defrauded musicians. His sceuer"
and properties were knocked down
under the anctioneers hammer and
scattered to the winds-in fact, it
was question if he would get away
at all. The season had been most
disastrous Abby had sunk $500,
coo. but paid his bills ike a man AMI
stood his loss like h-ro. Mapleson
only paid those he could not avoid
paying and left those whom he could
avoid paying to whistle for their
money He was supposed to be
utterly bankrupt, and certainly few
managers ever left the CO utry in
such disgraceful plight. lie WAS in
hot water all the season with his
singers. musicians and directors, and
now he cones back happy and smiling
witt; Eatti at lis hack. wi'O rs con
descendingly consented 10 Sang :or
$4,000, and / don't know but the
Colone. has to ay the eAi.e;.ses he
sides. Whoever suffers. Patti wont
Her money VAS put up before she
left and she receives $1,000 every
night in advance. Col. Map}eson
says hat the directors Of the Academy
of Music ought to be excce'iingls
obliged 10 him for driving Abbey out
Of tile oper& business, and knocking
the Metropol tan Opera House ouI on
tire first round.
One thing is very certain, and that
is, now that the fierce competition Of
last winter is removed We will see no
such opera for years to come as
Manager abbey gave us at tie Metlo
politan Opera Iiousc. Meanwhile
the new company which dropped
down on us like o shooting star. has
been filing the Star Theatre with he
lovers Of good music, and giving US,
If not q really 6rst.class performance,
one thoroughly acceptable, and
which, with few additions, would
make it quite good enough to put
into the metropolitan Opera House
where at popular prices it could be
made to pay for the entire season. 1t
is time that we got over the shoddy
craze ofpaying ten, fifteen, or twenty
FIVE dollars q night for seats to hear
singer, but it cannot be given Tor
less if three or four Of the principal
singers are allowed 10 walk off with
from eight to ten THOUSAND dol
lars a night. Forty years ago we
got good opera for fifty cents and a
dollar; but the man who st ends e
fashionable church these days and
has box in the opera besides. needs
q bank account like q Gould or Van
derbilt, or else must be exceedingly
lucky when he takes fly in stocks
The papers have been full Of the
romance of Commodore Meade 5
daughter, who has just turned up at
St. Paul's as the wife of one McAfee.
who ran a" ay from Ireland leavin. 4
wife and young child behind lin. II
is Mrs. McAfee's third matrimonial
venture. She is we'll recoliscted in