The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1885-08-13

| Col. J. l.. NJ. Irby left Laurens on
Monday for Arkansas He will probably
return in few months for his family
-idredtseT, 18th inst.
W" have received III. first number OF
th: Laure:!s -1dcertiser. published by j.
=. Gariingto:' & Co. and edited by J. G.
GarilnSt"n. II is sound and solid in
looks and tone.
Last Wednesday evening Just after
the rain Mr.. Jacob Wineard's little 4
year old girl said: Ma. I wish I had
*l3O,OO0 TO give God for this rain.-Ler.
ingto" Di$pGtch.
Since Drayt. Lane has LETT the town
our most popular and fitting representa-
tive to the Arizona Convention would
be either Gi. McWhirter, John Wheeler
or John Mazyck.
! Our Prosperity friends will understand
that the reason why we did not attend
the dance there last Friday night was
because that Silver Street man went
! square back on lis.
Inc Knights OF Honor Are growing
the Lodge 1T this place now numbers
81, with several propositions pending.
rive new members have been received
since the first OF July.
Merchants who want to wade into 4
huSc trade ut the beginning OF the busy
season should commence advertising. SO
the people may know who is prepared
to supply their wants.
Hon. c. r. Breckenridge, Member OF
Congress from Arkansas, has our thanks
1or Il copy OF his speech on Rivers and
Harbors, delivered in House of Repre-
SentativeS, Feb. ,, 1885.
Dear -: Il am glad to see YOU once
more eating the honest oats of a news
paper reporter. .''-Errac from q p1frate
letter. Yes, we are again browsing in
the green fields of reporterdom.
There was L foreigner here L few
days ago WHO beat our best chess play
erS so badly that it has almost broken
up the game.-W imnsJUo Ne,cs and Her.
0ld. He'd not fare him so well here.
Mr.. Mittel'S LITTLE daughter Rachel
was run over by Mr.. S. S. Langford's
wagon last Thursday and sustained sew
eral painful but not serious bruises. She
made narrow escape from death. 1t
was runaway accident.
\ colored man told clerk the other
day that he married his first wife for
love AMI his second for money. When
asked Gid he get any money he said 'Oh
Yes, sir, | heard fore I married her that
she had Sl3, and got $40 of that
At the meeting in Spartanburs last
week OF the District Lodge No. l3.
Grand United Order of Odd Fellows of
South Carolina, B. Neely, of Newberrv,
was put Oh the auditing committee. and
also on the committee OF credentials.
The Crotwell Hotel has undergone late
improvements which have added much
to the comfort and taste Of its guests.
This hotel has over thirty permanent
boafders and receives a large share OF
the attention of the travelling public.
An election for champion liar is to
be held at Giles, Arizona, and the sue
ces$ful candidate is to get medal and a
serenade. Newberry boasts of few
that can compare with the Western liar
and perhaps she will send a competitor.
1t seems that EdgefelI is beginning
20 take an interest in L proposed mar
row gauge road from Newberry via
to Augusta. The idea is i
good one, and we hope the enterprise
will Succeed.-4bberiUe Press and Ban
1ter.
The last number OF the monthly re-
port of the Agricultural Department,
descriptions and illustrations !
Of the South Carolina exhibit at New
Orleans, has been received by us. Send
70 the Department for acopy. Furnish'd
1t is said that the sunhower plant,
growing in back yards, makes 4 capital |
It serves to dispel the |
noxious gases and damps arising from
places where refuse water, &c, has been |
thrown, and promotes health and clean
liness.
A worthy old lady offers the follow
ing advice to the girls: Whenever
fellow pops the question, don't blush
and stare at your foot. Just throw your
arm around his neck, look him full in
the face, and commence talking about
the furniture.
'What and When TO Eat is the title
of al article in an exchange. This is a
subject Oh which we are posted. The
''when'' never gave us any trouble IN
all our eating, but we have been COM
PEELED to do a laundering sight OF skir-
mishing after the ''what."
The weather is 50 warm and our du-
ties are too onerous for us to discuss any
OF the topics of the times, says the man
in charge of the Abbeville Press and
Banner during the editors absence. He
also bewails the scarcity of news. Come,
cheer up, friend. Do the best you can.
Angels can do no more
Charles C.. Wardlaw, formerly of Alb
bevillc County, and known throughout
this State us travelling agent for H. K.
& B. F. Thurbur, died suddenly in New
York OH the 4th inst. He was married
last December and his wife survives
him. He had q vast number OF friends
who will learn OF his death with deep
regret.
Sickness is liable to result from the
throwing of decayed fruitand vegetables
dLlu Sluillil SttDSlelLSCS w GllC Sl1SOGS
and alleys. Watermelon rinds should
not be thrown around promiscuously,
either. If the present weather should
be followed by a long, dry, hot spell,
too many precautions cannot be taken
to avoid sickness.
Ar exchange says: y friend in the
country who never loses chickens or
other fowls by disease gives the follow
ing recipe: Every Monday morning
give them feed OF dough mixed with
kerosene oil. Keep constantly in the
water vessel used by them Il little
coppcrtS and bluestone. Try it, and by
all means increase your supply.
\ friend writes us i long letter of con-
graduation, in which lie says: Il am
fully satisfied that if the young man of
the poem had been offered L position as
reporter he would have stopped and ac-
ccpted it. and never would have been
frozen to death trying TO stick an old
ten-cent banner with Excelsior on it
upon the top OF Il cold, cold mountain"
ST. Philips church, Rev. S. 7. Hall
man. pastor, has recently raised funds
to improve their church ediice. A
Lutheran SnnGay-ScEaol has been Or
g:nzati 1t Excelsior Academy in Rev.
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