The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-04
Various and All About.

MayblntOn beat HSrt1Oru last rluay
by 4 score OF 81 TO 81.
Saleday passed of quietly. Nothing
done.
We haven't heard anything OF the
byll..d 49, lately.
Speaking OF the war between France
and China. we ;.OHGer il the Silln@hai
rooster will crow so loud il few day
Think OF it, After all the barbecueS
and speaking, the campaign. proper.
has just opened.
The Greenback S'ate Convention
will meet in Colum' to-day.
We heard Il man make use OF Il funny
expression the ether day. He said he
WAS in llrge city one summer. where
the water wasn't good, and that he
drank as many taIpo!es is water"
D no, he did not Make Il mistake
when he said, the printer sets type.
He sets type, but sits down.
Now the ticket is completed. Let us
all take it straight, from president 10
coroner.
The next thing is the County Rrpub--
licaa Convention, ttien the STATE Rep.
Con. then the mas meetings, then
the County Fair, then the election,
then the State Fair, then Christmas,
then the cventful year OF 1881 will
come to close.
Mrs. Col. Graham has returned
home afrer pleasant visit TO her IA
theirs family in Newbcrry County
Lexington Dispatch.
The Williamsburg T'aHier says:
Politics, nothing but politics. Awake
or asleep, alive or dead-politicS. o,
would we had the wings of bald
headed eagle TO fly to the mountains
OF Hepsi-dam politics. We rise to
remark that it strikes u$, very forcibly,
that another editor painted for the
same mountain few weeks ago.
In Mr. Cline'S Eeighborhood recent
lv there has Lccn much sickness /: Mr..
Cline himself, Mrs. Clary, Mr>. Whites
and Mrs. Housea!, the LITTER OF whom
died Monday night. The others are be;-
ter, with the exception Of Mr.. Cline,
whose general health is not good.
Tie KerShaw Gazette says: From
the nominations thus far made in the
several counties, we believe our next
Legislature will be composed OF good
MATERIAL
"While your velvet cheek discloses
Lilies mingled with the roses,
Your two lips are banks OF blis>es
Where to plant and gather kisses"
The restaurants of Charleston are
being prepared for the oyster season.
'Prleg" was in town yesterday.
\ defeated candidate remarked the
other day that "there We're more liars
in Anderson County than on any piece
Of ground of the same size this side OF
HadeS."
The Barnwell Sentinel, referring to
the result OF the recent primary eiec-
tions in that county, says, and we en-
dorse it for Newbcrry: "A number
OF good men have been defeated, but
in their boSomS burn fresh the fires OF
patriotism to light the party OH the
pathway to victory"
Sore eyes are prevalent in the city,
and if gnats do not cause the disease
they at least aggravate it, says the Co
lumbia Register, and so say We.
Capt. u. r. Whites made pretty
good prediction as to the result OF the
last primary election.
We have received copies of two new
paperS--the Honea Path Herald and
the Charleston Independent.
A handkerchief tlirtation may BE- a
good thing, but there is more fun III Il
newspaper filtration.
Clinton has been made a money or
der office, and there is some talk Of cs-
tablishing Bank there.
The Marion Star announces Cham
cellor Johnson, OF Marion, as its cali
didate for Governor to succeed Gov.
Thompson two years hence.
A young woman in an Ohio town
has married her brothers wife father
and at last accounts had nearly gone
crazy trying to figure out whether she
was her brothers mother-in-law, OF
her husbands daughter-in-law. or hel
own mother-in-law, or her sister-ln'
laws mother-in-law, or all four, and il
so, what relation will her children be
to her husband.
The Abbeville Medium says In The
primary election for the Legislature il
1878 the editor of the Medium received
l,779 votes. In the primary for the
Legislature in 1884 he received tht
same number-l,779 votes. Captain
White of the Sherif.'s office advises u:
to buy lottery ticket OF the same
number.
We see it stated that President ia
cobs, OF the Thornwell Orphanage
has recently received from Mrs. Nettie
Mccormick Of Chicago check fol
$1,000, as a memorial to her husband
Cyrus II. Mccormick, lately deceased
1t is proposed to erect at once an ad
ditional building for the use OF those
orphan boys who may desire a more
advanced education than can be giver
them in the common school of the in
stitution. The orphanage has learned
to regard Mrs. Mccormick as one O.
its most cherished friends.
John c. Calhoun, formerly OF St
Louis. Mo-, now Of Houston, Texas
and nephew Of the great John Cal
houn, was remarked In St. Lonls OF
the 2lst of August to his wife from
whom he separated four years agoo
He found her in q convent. Mr.. Ca!
houn is said to be wealthy man now
and has been searching for his wifi
for long time, having repented OF tn
quarrel which separated them.
Mr.. j. z. salter, the photographer
has gone to Washington, Ga, to max
preparations for opening q CALLER,
there. His brother, Mr.. c. W. Salter
Is left In charge Of the gallery at thl
place until the return Of the former.
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