The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-04-26
VARIOUS AND ALL ABOUT.

VARIOUS AND ALL ABOUT.
There was considerable frcst yesterday
morning.
The streets have presented Il lone look
the past week. Farmers busy.
The nights have been very cold dur
ing the past week Frost in some places.
Mr. e. +. Boyd is announced this
week Us u candidate for Clerk of Court.
Col. y. II. Wheeler is announced this
week for reelection to the office of Treas
urer.
\ number of persons came in from
the country last week to hear Rev. Sam
Jones.
Mr. John y. Bass is announced this
week for reelection to the office of
Coroner.
Mr.. Cole Livingston Blease is an
nounced this week as q candidate for
the Legislature.
The final examination of the senior
class in Newberry College, will be held
now in a few days.
The contract for repairing the Jail has
been awarded to Mr.. c. c. Davis by the
County Commissioners.
0. l.. Schumpert, Attorney, offers
first class Mccormick harvester and
binder for sale. See notice.
Mr.. Mord Foot has gone into the
chicken business during these dull days.
He has a nice lot Of little fellows.
The County Commissioners publish
wo contracts to let and the opening of
public road. See notice elsewhere.
The election of policemen, &c, by the
council has been changed from 8 O clock
at night to o'clock in the afternoon.
Rev. Sam P. Jones says he will
return to Newberry sometime during
the summer and preach for week or
two.
The voluntary subscription on Friday
morning for the orphanage under the
charge of Rev. Sam P. Jones, amounted
to $50.
Mayor Geo. B. Cromer has been sick
during the past week, but we learn be is
improving. DR.. L. c. Jones has been
acting Mayor pro tenn.
There was row at hot supper in
Gravel town one night last week. The
matter will be investigated by council
this, Thursday, evening.
Jim Jones house on DR.. Folks place
and an old house on Andrew Maroney's
place, in Edgefeld, were both destroyed
by fire last week.
The Town Council came out about
even on the contract with Rev. Sam
Jones to lecture, by his giving the
receipts Of Friday morning.
An alligator about feet long wasshot
in the Langford mill pond last week by
Mr.. Joe Davenport. 1t was exhibited
on the streets here last Saturday.
The Newberry Lutheran Conference
will meet in Colony church on tomor-
row. The sermon on Sunday morning
will be preached by Rev. w. c. schaef-
fer
The 4. R. P. Conference of the
churches of this county will meet in
Thompson Street church tomorrow.
Revs. Nv. w. McMorries and j: G. Boyd
will conduct the services on Sunday.
Rev. Prof Voigt preached at the
Methodist church last Sunday morn
ing. There was no service at night
owing to theindisposition ofthe pastor,
Rev. J. L. Stokes. The pastor will
preach next Sunday morning and
night.
We invite attention to the advertise
ment in this issue of Mr.. S. P. Boozer.
If you contemplate painting your house
or whitewashing your fence, and every
body should do these things, it will pay
you to call on him.
Henry Kennedy, the Republican
County Chairman, says The Herald
and News was mistaken in stating that
the Newberry Republicans favored the
nomination of Sherman. They are
unanimous, he says, for Mr.. Blaine and
he thinks Blaine is the only man who
cln lead the Republicans to victory.
It was published in the Atlanta
papers that John Hawkins had been
arrested in New Orleans last Friday
night, at the express office, when en-
quiring for an express package from
Pensacola, Fla. The post office at this
place had no information on the sub
ject yesterday afternoon and the report
is likely untrue.
From later developments and infor-
| nation received late yesterday after
noon it is quite probable that Hawkins
is captured.
LIKE BLIND MANS BUFF.-Why is
sympathy like blind mans buff? It is
| feeling for our fellow creatures. And