The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1884-12-18
Various and All About.

SotlOl II coming III pIctlS lIt'le, tllc
market is brisk, ami prices range from
81 20 10.
The supper at Mrs. DR.. J. VI. II. Riffs
residence, on the 10th, brought in about
$63.
Give MS tic news. kind friends, if you
| please. from every section OF the Coun-
".
We are now having some wet weather,
whether the wet trGmrh has caused it
or not we can't say.
Mr. J. D. Shocklcy is building for hir-
self at Helena. Il neat cottage NEXT to
Capt. W. II. Iolmau's.
About forty negroes LETT Nrw''erry on
Tuesday for Palestine. Texas. Two
stopping over ut Li;t!e Rock. Ark.
! On and after Monday the 22d, George
G. Sale, Esq, may be found at his office
over Wright & Coppock's Clothing
: Store, just opposite the Court House.
The Christmas celebration OF the Sun
! day school Of the Lutheran church will
take place next Sunday night at that
! church.
| Attention is called to the sale OF val
,,ab;e personal property TO take place
to-day 1T the residence OF Mr.. ThoS. +.
Harmon.
Next Thursday will be Christmas
aren't YOU glad? We are. Onr g'adncSs
is built upon the good it will bring to
the little ones.
4 Christmas present which affords
double Shott"d pleasure is a subscription
to the HERALD AND News. He who
gets it, as we'll us the E.litor, will be
made happy.
They hive begun TO make cloth at the
Newberry Cotton Mills. We saw 4
piece the other day, and it appeared to
lis to be a very fair specimen OF that
kind Of cloth.
4 meeting of the Board Of Trustees of
| Newberry College was held here Oil Mon
day. The selection by the Faculty of
Mr.. B. B. Ramage as instructor of
French, German and Elocltion WAS COLI
tirmed.
Some of our merchants are expecting
a boom shortly. We hope so. Let us all
work for it. Cheap bread and meat i'll
the West and one million bales of cotton
short for the next years spin'iles are fa-
yorable omeus.
The Band OF Hope Society. composed
of boys and girls to the number of sixty,
will be furnished with Il recherche din
ncr some tine soon. The ladies are
ash in thi, mltter, and the occasion is
delightfully."- promising.
Mcknight, the livery stable keeper OF
Columbia, makes fish OF cne and fowl OF
totiier, in that he Advei1ises his bus fare
to be ten cents, and SO charges some,
but from an innocent. mild looking gclI-
tlrmen like ourself he exlcts 25 Cents.
We simply mention this.
Our good old friend, Col. G. Fl. Chap
man, OF Pomaria, brought in the golden
SheaveS OF his wedding day on the 9th,
He will please accept our thanks for
nice piece of the golden cake. and our
congratulations for his present, and
wishes for his future. happiness.
Miss Maggie NcNinch, Miss - Nc
Ninch and Miss Lillian Swygert. three
highly accomplished young ladies, who
have been teaching at the Trenton acade=
my for the last term, closed their school
last week and returned to their home in
Williamston.-EdgsfeA Chronicle.
Mr.. Henry I. Fellers formerly OF New
berry, but now of the firm Of Jones &
Fellcrs. detective agents, Attauga, Ga,
has recently been in Spartanburg county
working up some cases. During his
stay in Spartanburg he worked in Ham
mett's gold mine rs engineer.
The Greenvil!e Ners says that the peo-
pie of Prosperity and Newberry are ''red
hot" oyer the prospect OF the building Of
the Midland Railroad Of South Carolina.
They are thoroughly in earnest in want.
ing it. and say that II Charleston and
Greenville will do their part at the ends,
! Newberry may be relied on to take care
Of the middle.
| John Wicker, colored, charged with
arson, was taken to Columbia last week
on a writ Of habeas corpus. The case
was heard in the Supreme Court before
Chief Justice Simpson. Solicitor Dun
can represented the State, and E. H.
Aull, Esq, appeared for the prisoner.
He was admitted to bail il the sum
of $500, with the privilege Of having
not more than six nor less than two
Suretles.
4 double marriage ceremony was per-
formed in Anderson last Tuesday morn-
ing, Mr.. Barney O'Donnell. Of New.
berry, and Miss Mary Kennedy, OF AM
derson, were married in the Catholic
church by Rev. Father j, J, Monaghan,
Immediately after the ceremony the par=
ties proceeded to the residence Of Mrs, 2.
Robinson, where the nuptials Of Mr.,
John O'Donnrll and Miss Pet Barlow
were celebrated, the same minister off
ciatng. The bridal couples left On the
morning train tor pleasure trip,=-Jo1r-
nal, l2M inst,
Ihe vote IN Spartanburg IN the receHI
election Oh the issue al .'license" or '.nO
license'' which resulted in majority Of
four for ':no license was contested by
the license party. The case was heard
by the council, and created considerable
Interest. After hesrlng argument the
council! decided to re-oanvass the vote,
which, changed the result, making the
figursa stand license 33O1, no license
S2af, giving S majority for license OF g..
The matter is likely TO be carried to
1 other Courts,
The revenue from cheap postage is Ave
million dollars less this year than 1t was
last ear from, the three cents postage.
Pine expenditures for year ending June
| goth. 1884, were s46, l.772: and the
revenue was s42.slS,G35, Last year
there was an excess OF two millions.
Well, the Government can very well
afford to pay three million towards Civ.
ing us cheap postage, In few years 1t
will be seli-sustaining again. and then
the demand will be for one cent postage.
The Government should derive no reve-
nue. from the postal service.-Es.