The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-07-26
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\ farmer near Waipole, n. H., re-
Gently pIoughed up what is declared
to lie the skeleton Of an Indian who
was Killed in the famous "Kilburn
hight" in 1855. It was at this fight
that two men, two women and two
boys defended themselves for six hours
against 400 Indians. .-s
The other evening the inhabitants of
Deering, Nc, were much interested in
u luminous cloud that hung over the
town, floating hither and thither. I.
slowly settled, and thus gave citizen
who got on roof i chance to report
that the cloud was composed of mil
lions of firefies.
There have been twenty-six suicides
from the Clifton bridge in England in
the twenty-four years since ii was built. (
The jump is 250 feet, and death is pre-
sumab]y easy, which accounts for the
popularity Of the route. The last per-
son who went over it was young man
who was to be married in a week. :.
Says Sam Jones: Thank God it is
no crime TO be ugly. When God wants
good woman He makes her as SYM
metrlcal as an angel, but when He
wants a good man ne makes him as
ugly as mud fence. I never saw a
pretty man Yet who was worth kill
ing" -~.-
The Duke Of Marlborough, during
his recent visit here, sent to England
several of our best made trottiug bug
gles and light wagons. He has also
made arrangements to transfer to Blen-
helm number of fine trotting brood
mares. He thinks it about time for
England to wake up in the matter of
roadsters.
The club of forty Bufaloians who
voted for William Henry Harrison in
1910 and now propose to vote for his
distinguished grandson is one of the
picturesque features of the republican
campaign. Still more picturesque is
the circumstance that the clubs presi-
dent, the Hon. Louis F. Allen, san
uncle of Mr.. Cleveland.
a New York house which ten wears
ago employed 100 travelling salesmen
now does its business entirely by Illus
trated catalogues and correspondence,
and its trade is ahead ofwhat it used to
be. Others are moving the same way,
and in few years hence the drummer
will drum less numerously. %.
Isaiah Williamson, of Philadelphia,.
is reported to be the wealthiest bache-
lor in theUnitedStates. He has a fortune
of s2o, 100000 and gives away large
portion of it annually iu charities. He
is a plainly dressed old gentleman,
very modest and retiring in his ways.
A novelty in the way of commence
ment exercises was seen at New York
grammar school. After the singing
and Rotations the girls made straw
berry shortcake and poached eggs in
the presence of their guests and distri-
buted them among their friends. One
OF the trustees said in a speech that the
time would come when. if any one
wanted cook, he would come straight
to the school to get one.
One ofthe brightest and most earnest
of the students at the Baptist Theologi-
cal seminary, at Louisville, was former
ly what is known as ''street fakir.''
He finds that his experience in landing
the virtues Of patent medicines before
street crowds has been a great help in
developing his oratorical powers for the
pulpit. -
Professor Charles Richel, of Bridge
port, Conn.,, is completing a seemingly
wonderful mechanical figure. It'sabout
the size of the average sixteen-year-old
youth. An exhibition of it's ability
was given to a number of New York
gentlemen, which included the removal
Of a watch from its pocket, and then,
after listening for the tick, the an
nouncement in an audible tone that
"It's just $50, gentlemen" After that
the, time piece is returned to the
pocket.