The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1886-02-24

: Porter to hi> position in the army and
to retire him on the pay OF Colonel.
Sliarv |" begin after the approval OF
. tli> a., pissed the UoUse Oh the 18th by
v0.r ~ l73-lI2-The standard >il-
yer dollar oi 1881 has b.ru cOlutcrftit"d
into "ur OF The most dangerous ever
seen. Teller ii-nd"r>oH uf tie Lacrosse
Na.i0u&l Bank. Lac.0>>' Wi>cOE>in.
was ti'>t known TO discover it.-John
3. Cough ihr eminent temperance lee
turv. died on the lS;ll-R. y. Dun 4
Co. report 2>G failures for the past week.
2Jl in the United States and 81 in Can
ala. Excess over the preceding week
q. The Southern States and Canada are
still above the averagc.-Johu Gra-
ham (col.) while in crazy tit killed two
negro boys. aged and 10 years by ticing
them 10 i tree glgging them and leaving
them to dic.-OI Sunday the 18th
Nooiry and Slukry held seven services
III New Orleans and preached to 10000
different persons. Over 600 attended
the iHGuirv meeting. of whom the Times
Democrat SAYS 1T i carefully eSti-
mated over 800 confessed Christ. such
an interest i! religious exercises was
never before Sc"n il New OrlcanS.--
\ freight was lrrailed Oh the W. c. d
\. X. X. near the entrance to the Iron
Bridge over the North East River near
cars struck the end column with such
force q, to knock down one OF the spans.
No lives lost. The damage has been re-
paired and travel rcSumrd.-The Sill
prcmc Court Of Indiana has decided That
the law pIS>cl by is Legislature re-
,h;cimg the rental OF telephones from
800 to *3.0O j. coMStitHtional.-The
Boston LINc"r> We're given 4 reception
and banquet By the military OF Rich
mo&u Va. on the 20th.-Two New
York City Aldermen are reported to
have confessed that they were bribed to
vote for the mea>Ee giving Jacob Sharp
the right to bu!ld the Broadway Surface
Railroad. II. Aufdcmote late
redemption clerk in the Sub-treaSury at
New Orleans. charged with the cmO"z-
element Of $2J,34O was convicted on the
20th.-In the Superior Com at Attain
tl GA. on the 2Oth Judge Clark Of the
Superior Court granted the Injunction
as prayed for by Mis-. J. W. Pierce of
Texas to prevent Mrs. j. p. Weaver OF
Indiana from removing the bOdyof j. W.
Pierce alias j. ?. Weaver. who was
killed in IN accident on the Georgia
Pacific road on the 1ith Of December.
Weaver. or Pierce, is said 10 be worth
S2OO.OO9. Had the case been decided
in favor OF Mrs. Weaver. the remains
Wutlli have been taken TO indianapolis
and buried aS J. Pierce Weaver, the un-
rlcrtaker. bur as it is the body will be
taken to TcNa, by Mrs. Pierce anil buried
a. j. Woods Pierce, the stock dealer.
The result to-day will hardly be final
one. Each woman is confident that the
man is her husband, and both are dcs-
pcrAlc in their efforts to secure the
corpse. Judge LOchraur. Walter G.
Brown and EIyin Lochranc appeared
ior Mrs Weaver: MrS>rS. Gatrell and
Lad>dcn for Mrs. Pierce. .-The steam
cr Blandcn loaded with rosin turpen-
tine and cotton caught fire on Sunday
afternoon the 2lSt near Wilmington, \.
C.. The cargo was Immediately en-
vclOpcd III flames the passengers were
rescued AMI the deserted burning steam
cr unfortunately landed againsO the
wharf II the New York and Whining
ton Steamship Co. The fire was quick
" communicated to the warehouses adj
Joining burning the store and offices Of
kirchucr & Calder Bros, ShOtter u Co.,
i. d. VESSEL. \. SpwInt q Son, Chad
burns City Lumber Mil, q. j. 3OWry
4 Co., the Champion Compress and
Warehouse Co, the freight warehouses
OF the W. Weldon & w. &. A. Railroad
Companies. the Front Street MCthO-
dist Church and 4 number of private
residences. Loss about 100000. In
>urancc $l00. .003--In the breach OF
promise suit Of Louise E. Perkins
against L. J. Baldwin the California
millionaire az Los Angeles on the 22nd..
the jury gave 4 verdict iOr the plaintiff
for 50, ,DGO.-The Virginia Legislature
refused to adjourn for WaShington's
birthday, all the banks and public offices
Federal ana Stat" were cloS"d.-A
p"acrful meeting of 0.GG0 socialists was
held in Hyde Park London OIL the 2lSt.
-B!uN d Mad;IocE, Dry GoOds dealers
of Baltimore, Md. have failed to meet
their obligations given in compromise
year ago.-Thcre is great excitement
in the mountains OF Western n. c., over
thn attempt b. the officers to enforce the
stock law recently passed by the Legis
laturc--John Kelly, the Tammany
chief is suffering from nervous prostra-
ton at his home in New York.---Hen-
" Wattcr.on Of the Couricr-Journal
who has Ecen Gnitc III is improving.
TammaMy Hall has collected $4,000 for
the Parmcli iund.-Gcn. Sherman
says Charles Dana followed his army as