The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-10-11
PROSPERITY LETTER.

The streets are dry and dusty.
Master Bobbie Whites is working in
the Herald and News Office.
Morning cool and crisp.
Weather fine for cotton picking.
The cotton crop is from 25 to 33 per
cent short.
Miss Mamie Whites is seriously i'll.
1t is said that the General is going to
start a circus-he has got a spotted
horse.
Bacon, Lard and flour going up in
price and cotton tending downward-a
cross-lift against the farmers.
The darkie who has ''possum en-
tater" wouldn't be king Of the "Cannl-
bal Island.
On Monday Mr.. w. S. Birge made a
decd of conveyance Of three lots and
three brick stores Messrs. Wise Bros. for
$4,000. and one to Mr.. \. Fl. kohn
for two lots and two wooden stores for
$1,000. Mr.. Birge will seek to better
himself in far away Texas. $50 west
young man! go west.
The number of bales OF cotton sold
for the week ending Oct. 9Th Is G6l
against 662 last week, middling cotton
to day "wednesday is bringing 9 cents.
The offerings for the last few days have
been light, owing to the downward
tendency Of the market, and buyers
have been quite satisfied with the
offerings. Total number of bales to
date, LES.
Miss Mamie Clark Of Trenton who
has, spent several weeks here using our
mineral Water, returned home yester-
day being aDeu pleased with the results
of the use of the water. She having
gained ten pounds during her stay
here.
Miss Nancy Bobb who formerly re-
sided near this place, died, in the Luna
tic Asylum in Columbia, and was
brought home and buried at Colony
Church last Sunday. About four, years
ago her insanity became violent and
for safety she was removed to the Asy-
lun, where she finally died from chro-
mic diarrhoea, with which she was
afflicted before she WAS sent to the
Asylu M.
An alarm OF fire WAS made on Mon
day morning by a lot of cotton samples
catching fire in the office Of Wise
Brothers. 1t seems that some one
carelessly dropped q match on the
floor near the samples, and some one
stepping, on the match caused it te
ignite and in moment the whole pile
was a mass of flames. Fortunately the
samples were near window and door
water was freely used and the burning
mass was quickly heaved out of the
office, and what promised to be first
class confagration was "nipped in tn
bud" Little damage was done, save
the loss of the cotton samples and
general scare up-a few scorched hands
and smutted faces. Matches and cottol
are both good things in their places
but should not he brought in too close
proximity.
In company with the Herald anc
News man representing the Lutheran
. Visitor, we visited Mt. Pilgrim las
) Sunday. Though Mt. Pilgrim is with
in three miles of Prosperity, we hac
never visited the place. We know al
, the good people who reside near there
and who worship there, but we hao
never met with them to worship II
their Church before. They are reall.
. a good people and they have very
neat and comfortable little Church il
which to worship. They are strongl,
attached to their past or, Rev. c. A
Marks, and they love him too. The.
:. also have splendid School house an(
r a very fourishing school, which i
acceptably taught by Mr.. J. S. Whee
Ter. We were so favorably impressed
with the place, and the hearty shake
of hands that we promised to return
again in two weeks time and join Will
them in their communion, in tn
morning, and the Children's services IL
the afternoon, making a full day
work, and in this way to partly redeem
some of the lost opportunities.
: Miss Corrie Miller, daughter Of Mr.
= \. H. Miller died at the home of he
parents near here on Tuesday nigh
last. She had been a long and patien
sufferer. It will be remembered tha
| about twelve months ago, she by mis-
take, drank from a jug which she sup
posed contained wine, but it was con
centrated lye. The case is indeed sal
t one. Her grandparents were visitln;
the family. and Miss Corrie intendin!
kindness, went to get little wine TO
them, and to be sure that she was righ
there were several jugs she though
she would taste it when too late, it wa
found that the jug she picked up con
tanned concentrated lye in solution
and she had swallowed the fatal draugh
A physician was Immediately called il
andanother, and. another, was called in
, and all that was possible for medica
skill to do was done, but still the fata
stuff continued to to its deadly work
slowly but surely sapping her vitality