The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-05-10
NEWS IN BRIEF.
The tin market has collapsed ana
broken dealers and consumers are on.

broken dealers and consumers are on.
Mount :Ftna is now in a state
activity, but the eruption has not as
Sumcd 4 serious aspect.
The printing trade section OF the Lon,
don chamber of commerce, denounced
at Il meeting yesterday the internatlon--
al copyright bill now before the United
States Senate.
Roscoe Conkliny'S will, dated i'll 1861,
leaves all his property to Mrs. tonkllng.
Thorough search fails t. reveal any
later documents. The estate is SuppoSed
to amount 10 S2OI uIn.
SMALLPOX is tl,i,lciIic III t'amar@o,
Mexico, Just across the river. People
are dying at the rate OF ten per day,
while Il great many are crossing to
Texas to escape the epidemic.
Dennis Meredith, l. years ofagc, was
SuuecZed to death between tWo freight
cars while playing with other boys IN
the Wilmington and Northern Railroad
ward at Wilmington, Delaware
The Sultan of Morocco refuses to sub
nit the differences between Morocco
and the United States, in reference to
the men imprisoned at Rabat, to arbl-
tration, and the dispute has been re-
opened.
\ charter was filed at Topeka, Kans.,
| on MAY +, called "The Farmers Fede-
ration of the Mississippi Valley" The
capital stock iS$2O, 600, COG, with 2,0OO, 900
! shares ut so each. The charter is
signed by citizens of fourteen States
and three Territories.
The Books liquor law has gone into
practical operation in Pittsburg, Pa,
and SOP saloons cut of 727 III the city
were closed. In Allegheny County
there were ,:l31 applications for Ii
censcs, but only 4S3 were granted.
Grain men in various cities West and
Northwest have been interviewed by
the New York Herald concerning the
wheat crops for the coming season.
Summarized, these interviews indicate
4 deficit of from 81, 600, 900 to S0,OOO, 600
bushels, as compared with last year.
The Mississippi River at Winona,
Minn., has reached the highest point
ever known at LoCrosse, Wis, on May
i she never was four miles wide at this
point and the rising waters are rapidly
cnroaching on the low lands on both
sides
VI. c. Allison, ofNcnia Gas Company
and director Of the Second National
Bank, also proprietor Of the Allison
rope walk, and who failed on Thurs
day, died at late hour that night. His
life was insured for S33 900, which will
be used to relieve his embarrassments.
People living near Bald Mountain,
North Carolina, think it is slumber-
ing volcano and expect TO see it burst
out some day with flood of lava. 1t is
ut present showing renewed signs Of a
cOmmotion in its interior. Probably
some malicious person has dropped a
green watermelon down the crater.
The recently started Atlantic Coast
Despatch has greatly lessened the time
for perishable freight from the South
Vegetables are now received from Flori
da in about four and half days, and
from Charleston in sixty hours, which
is said to be much less time than by
steamers.
The Elyton Land Company has de-
termined to build mammoth water.
works at Birmingham, Ala, and to
draw water from the Cahaba River,
seven miles distant. Forty-two repre-
sentative business men of the Business
Mems Association of Evansville, Ind
are in the city prospecting.
The number Of kilograms sent out
from Berlin announcing Emperor Viii
liam's death was larger than on any
previous occasion. On the Sth Of March
it reached 1875 telegrams, containing
1886 words, and on the 9th it reached
the enormous number Of 36,6l5 tele'
grams, containing l,ll5.551 words
These were written in almost every
language, and sent to all parts of the
world. TO send these, 346 operators
were engaged with go apparatus.