The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-08-30
AN INTERESTING BATCH.

Paper Mill in Neehah, Wis, on
August "A.
Henry Ward Beecher's country home
at Peekskill, which cost him S3C0,oOO
is reported to be sadly neglected, and
is now offered in the market ut SSO,OoO.
4 delegation of one hundred and
seventy-fve Mormon converts arrlFeo
at New York from England on August
a.
Lyon G. Tyler, son of the late Pres
ident TYLER, has been elected President
of William and Mary's College at Will
liamsburg, Va.
The immense wooilcn mills and dye
house at Cleveland, Tenn, We're burned
Au.ust "A. The loss is between SO, 900
and $4,000.
The car of the Georgia Bureau of I'M
migration left Atlanta last Thursday
for Cincinnati under charge OF Com
mander w. l.. Glasner. The car Is
fitted olt in compartments, and con-
tains interesting exhibits Of GeorgIa,s
agricultural and mineral wealth. IL
goes to fairs at Mansfield, Sidneyand
Newark, Ohio; Fort Wayne and In,
dianapolis, Ind, Jackson, Mich, and
probably to other points.
While a party Of negroes We're out
bear driving in Santee swamp, ,; C:, on
August "a, Buell. Dukes shot and Killed
Berry Taylor for a bear. Dukes was
Oh a stand and Taylor was coming
through a cane break about fifty yards
from where Dukes was standing. AS
his head emerged from the canes Dukes
fired, hitting him III the head with four
bnckshot. Taylor lived until this
morning.
The drying house of the Grant Pow
der Works at San Francisco was blown
mp August "a. Joseph Lawes, Chris
Bunce and three Chinese, who were III
the works at the time of the explosion,
were killed. The building was blown
to atoms and fragments ofthe men We're
found scattered over large area. The
loss On the building is $4,000. The re-
port of the eXplosionwas terrific, and the
Shock was felt through the surround
ing country for miles.
Forest fires are burning on all sides
of Madison, Michigan, and people aIe
moving out. Que family is missing,
and presumably have been burned.
The fire is laying on both sides of the
railroad for mary miles, and many
buildings have been burned. The far
mers are losiDg everything. a pail OF
smoke covers everything frol-l sight.
Many are homeless. The fires are
spreading rapidly in all directions. 1t
is thought heavy loss Of life will result,
as people jn the country Lore their way
and The fire surrounds Them.
The "false work. Of the railroad
bridge, which is being built across the
Ohio at Cincinnati by c. P. Hunting
ton for the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail
road, has been carried aWav by the
floods. The loss by the disasters 1uIy
a quarter ola million. 1t will put the
wolk on the bridge back three months.
The fourth centenary of the discovery
Of America will be celebrated at Geona
by the evival o. an opera by Morlacchi
entitled "Christofero Colombo,' COM
posed in 1928.
The great pine at Kensington, \. Il,
which for years has been prominent
landmark, fell recently. 1t was l2O feet
high and 13 feetin circumference at the
widest part. 1t had been twice struck
by lightning.
There was acheap railway excursion
from Paris the other day. 1t landed
passengers, almost within sight OF the
Chinese wall.
DR.. Richardson, the eminent London
physician, says that the death-rate IS
thesmallest in European cities where
SUNDAY is a day Of rest, and the largest
where the day is given up 10 drinking,
a1nusements, and riotiag.
At Stevenson, Ala, forty-eight miles
from Chattanooga on the Nashville
and Chattanooga Road, a passenger
train last Sunday struch luggy con-
tanning J. T. Moulton, wife and child:
Mouiton was instantly killed, the child
fatally injured and Mus. Moulton es-
capped with slight injuries. Moulton
attempted to drive across the track
when his horse baked.
The farmers living around High |
Shoals Factory, S. c., have seen the
officers of the factory, and they have
agreed to take cotton packed with three
pine boards on the side at the same
price as if it was packed in bagging:
The farmers are now busy cutting and |
splitting their Zine boards six feet long |
aud all OF their crop will be put in
these packages. They claim that bag
ging has gone up to such price that
thev cannot afford to buy it, and that
it will pay the factory to buy cotton
with the boards around it.
Michael O'Connor, a prominent Irish
citizen and the oldest person in Lynch
burg, Va, died August 26, aged 80.
Atlanta probably hes the biggest |
graveyard of any city OF its |
AGE in America. The suspension Of the |
Capitol leaves the Journal alone in the |
field of evening journalism in Atlanta. |
Ed Helmly, of Guyton, killed besr
in his corn field last week that weighed |
over 500 pounds.
One day last week Mrs. 4. G. Nc
kinney, of Washington, Ga, beheld a
sight that chill~d the blood in her veins |
and almost sent her heart into her
mouth. There were children playing
in the yard, laughing and romping as
only children can, and right among
them arattiesnake lay coiled, ready to
strike the first little fellow that should |
touch t. Mrs. Mckinney, with 4
woman's bravery, got gun,
and, taking deliberate aim, fired and
put an end to the monster. It had |
seven rattles and a button.
: a Healthy Growth.
Acker's Blood Elixir has gained firm