The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1886-02-17
The News Of the Week.
SOUTH CAROLINA.

'JUiT| Thomas VI. cooley. Q! MiclISdH,
* 20 deliver the next annual address :
fore the South Carolina Bar As>OcE'-
tion.-Mr. i. :. Cathclrt has resigned
~ Intcndrnt of Summervilc. Cause
Ofli.ial duties as Revenue Collector for
Charleston Division require all OF his
timn.--Dr. Anthony p. Pclzrr, 4
brother Of Mr. F. J. and Geo. ). Pelzer,
dicdin Charleston on the 10Th inst
Age 7.-Thc Drpo; ut WallaccviIle,
on tile G.. & G.. X. r.. five miles below
Aston. has been closed, because the
Ywcnt has refused to DO the work with
ont COMPENSATION. The railroad author
iticS refused to give anything but pass
over the road. The farmers III that sec
ton >av that it is 4 great Injustice to
them. rs the young man who formerly
occupied that position would be wiling
to d0 the work for small pay, and the
closing forces them to haul their cotton
TO Aston. PROF. 3. Il. Turnlp>ecd
died at hi, home near Columbia, OF
pneumonia. on the llth inst, III the 3Gth
year OF his agc.-Thcre are now Gl2
inmates OF thc Asylum. 293 are males,
$40 females; OF this number no are col
Orct. There are II sick in bed, and IS
noisy. The general health OF the pa
tien!s is reported as very good IhIs is
the greatest number ut any time since
the imbccilc> were required by the Leg
islaturr to be rrturucd.-The trial OF
Rev. J. c. Waters tcOl'G) Oh the 1lth
instant, at Columbia, resulted III YER
dict Of guilty. The charges against him
were |. inSubordnation; ,. rebellion.
The verdict will Of conrse suspend the
Rev. Waters. The trial OF b. II.
Motto, OF Barnwcll, in the L. 5. Court
at Grccnvilc on the llth, charged with
removing whi>kry and malfra>ance in
office. resulted in i miStrial.-Onch hun
dred negroes LETT st. Mathews. 5. g.. on
on the 10th, Tor the Mississippi valley.--
The Laurens Guards have elected l.. +.
Irby Captain. Vice }. W. Watts resigned.
DIR. Carlisle dclivereda a lecture in the
chapel Of tn" I.aurcnsvillc Female Col
legc on the 12th.-COurt convened 1T
I.aurers on Monday the l4th, Judge
Kcrshaw presiding. \ heavy sessions
calendar is reported. The case against
McSSr>. ". II. and A. c. Workman AID
Thomas Brock, charged with beating one
CLAYTON Suber. will be called.--RcV.
c. C.. Brown contcmp!atcs publishing
history of the Sumter Baptist Church.
This church is one OF the oldest Or@anl-
zatioMs in the eastern portion OF tae
State THE executive committee OF
tho Free Trade Association is called TO
meet in Columbia at - o'clock NJ, on
Saturday February 20th.-WaShlng-
tons birthday is to be celebrated in Co.
lumbia bv rrand military display Of
all the companies. .-The corner stone
OF the Calhoun Monument was laid IN
Charleston on the llth.-There Is
great probability Of the summer meet
INC OF the State Grange and A. d NJ. So
cicty being held in Columbia this year.
Real estate in Charleston Is on a
boom.-Thc residence and smoke
house of j. W. Fountain, OF Darlington,
was destroyed by an accidental fire last
week; loss about 81 $2,00O-TWo small
fires in Grccnvillc this weck-A meet
ING OF the stockholders Of the Augusta,
Elgcfield and Newberry railroad is
called to meet at Edgelield c. H., on
Wednesday March 9th, 1856, for organ!-
zarion and other purposes. .-Rrv. NJ.
I. .Broaddus, ,paStor of the Baptist Church
at Camden, s. c.. has declined the call
extended by The BaptistS at EdgetieId
C.. H.--Thc safe Of the ClauSScn Brew
inc Co.. ut Charleston, Was broken into
bv burglars on the wight OF the llth.
The iron door was blown open with
dynamite and $500 in cash and $500 III
hostage stamps Stolcn.-On tn" 9TH,
Es>ir. aged seven years. daughter OF NJ.
Floyd Whittlr. OF Fruit Hill, EdSetleld
Co.. WAS kndinS Il fire in kitchen stove
when by accident her clothing caught
on fire. and before assistance could be
rendered she vas fatally burned, dying
in the most intense agOny on the follow
inc morning ut o'r,ock.-!Ion. u. G.
Butler has consented to deliver the ad-
dress before the Literary Societies OF
WonorL College. at thcircOmmcnccment
next Jnnc.-Thc Ferguson murder
trial ended in nl;>trial 1T -Abhcville on
lie 18th. The jury stood eight 1Or con-
viction AID four for acquittal.-Ihe |
Second (or Richlanl strceD Presbyterian |
Church. Of Columbia. will be organized
on Tie list. 1t i claimed that twenty |
Of the members Of the First Presbyterian
Church will moyr their membership to
this church, .-Thc infant daughter OF
Rev. 4. Coke Smith, aged one month,
died on the l2:h.-Thc Graded Schools |
OF Columbia new have enrolled 1,354
Idupils. White 730. Colorcd G24.-
Mrs. r. l.. Thorp nee Miss Addie
StcadmHn, dindiI Union on the i2th.-
Mr.. J. S. Robbins, wholesale grocer
OF Columbia. has moved back into his |
oil stand opposite the Opera House, 81
and 9main street. .-Mi>s Helen Ward |
law is visiting Miss McBryd", a daughter
Of President McBryd", Of the South |
Carolina University, Columbia.-Gcn.
Y. j. Pope passed through Columbia on
the 18th en- route TO Bo>toA. on business
connected with the Peoples Savings |
Bank Of NcWbc!Ty. Joshua f. WIZ
son pos master 1T Florence, S. c., has
resigned d.-A fire at Lancaster c. H.,
on the 18th. destroying the Jones Crock
ct hltc! anI the old Riddle hotel lately
used rs Il hoe and barber shop. ana
damaged considerably the large brick
building of W. ID. Lemmond. Loss ana
damage about $500.
OUTSIDE OF CAROLINA.
The funeral Of Gen. Hancock took
plac" at Trinity Church. Broadway,
New Ork. n I'D Cloch Oh IIlt lotIl III
.tant. From thence the remains were
carried 20 Norli>toWn, Pa. Tor inter-
mrnt. reaching thrr" 1T about 3 p. m:
the same day, and the body was buried
in the family plot. The pail bearers
were ThoS. F. Bayard, Gen. W. L. Sh"r-
man. Gen. p. II. Sheridan, ". B. Frank |
lin. W. F. Smith. j. B. Fry. y. II. Kerry,
john Newton, Nelson Miles, T. y.
Walker. b. NJ. Uart>hornc, Col. W. ?.
Wilson. Major W. d. Miller. Messages
OF condolanrc were received by Mrs.
Hancock from 5. J. Tildcn, Grover
Cleveland. Generals Sherman, Sheridan,
Fitzhuyh Lee, Joseph Wheeler, VIM. II.
Engii-h. August Belmont, r. B. Hayes
and othrrs.-Col. Rob't Breckenridge, !
Surrcm" treasurer Of, the Knights OF
Honor, has been expelled from the or
gat.zation bv command OF Supreme Die
tHt7r Sloat. The specific charge upon
which lis expulsion is based was his re-
fHSal 10 surrender moneys i'll his hands !
belonging to the Supreme Lodge. Judge !
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