Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-02-20
News and miscellaneous Items

married to anegro woman OF Gourtiandt, Ala.
a few days, ago. He was ducked in q pond
and sent off by railroad by som6 person or
parsons unknown. .-s....s.. =.
e5e. Charley Flood, the well known editor,
was selected to speak to the toast s Woman u
at the Franklin festival in Columbus, butrhc
refused. He says woman is able to speak for
herself and, any man who undertakes to do
it for lie. will gel. into trouble.
EA 4le Arkansas Legislature have pass
ed resolutions appropriating money to replace
the funds of the General Government, seiz-
ed by that Convention at the time of seces-
sion.
.p1- Afchoked horsein New Haven was
relieved by inserting street hose in his
mouth and the wafer turned on. -.
s@- AtSt Paul, Minnesota, four ofd'peo-
Pile, whose united age was about three hun
dred years, danced quadrile.
aSs- Aswouan in Chicago, on visiting her
husbands cfFcc, discovering long hairs in his
hair brush, has sued for a divorce.
sSE AssWashington correspondent says !:
at is dreadful to sit in either of the galleries
at the Capitol. The eolored population 'cf
beth sexes are sandwicGcd 10 between white
folks, and there is.a streak OF, lean and q
streak Of fat all around, with an odor, about
equal to that of slaughter house" -
na5- ISaeems that people will continue to
start newspapers these hard times. The la.
test is O. New England journal, called the
" Woodpecker," the publisher of which is
candcd enough to tell an admiring public that
it is started 81 for the purpose of making
money"
IS The Senate of Pennsylvania has
passed bill forbidding railroads 10 make
any distinction between passengers on &C.
count ofFace or color.
IzSlAIrs. Roxana Dwight was lately I'm
cd one cent and costs, ai providence, for strik-
ing Ellen CARTS in the face, because she put
her. r.arms around Mr.. DwigLt's neck, and
asked him to 90 to lhe Theatre with her.
~ In Philadelphia, a man slipped on an
orange p.eling and fell. lie swore terribly.
A Quaker standing by looked en- and waited
for him to stop. After cur.ing himself out
of breath, he paused for more words and wind.
The Quaker said, Go on friend swear away
till thee gets all that bad stuff out of thee. /"
pGSS a negro on trial before the Mayor Of
Lynchburg, for striking another negro, gave
as an excuse the fact that the negro he struck
belonged to the g old issue," (free before the
war; and therefore tried TO impose on him.
D0" 1t is reported in New. York. and gen
orally believed, that distinguished military
chieitain who did not win his aurcls at Pc
lcrsburg and Richmond, has signifi4d his in.
tcnlon Of loading several ships with gold and
aiver. trophies for exhibition at The great
Paris Exposition. It is said that the collec
ton crhbraces-the private property Of numer-
Gus residents Of the Site of Louisiana.
py- Steps have been taken in Nashville
to erect magnificent monument to the men-
ory OF the lanentcG General Pat. Cleburne.
"a. An exchange states tha in Chicago
and Cincinnati, the dall season is the very
carnival advertising. The people are sharp
enough to perceive that advertising makes
business brisk and the man who DOES it Most
largely and judiciously, knows the least
about dull times?
EN a negro in Virginia who farmed " on
his own hook" ,.ast year ne,ted thirty cents
ON his tobacco crop. -
e a singular lawsuit is now on trial
ut Albany. Two young men, each married
but few weeks, got sick OF their wives and
proposed to "swop," am: very singularly the
women consented. Bat the husband of the
homeiiest promised to pay $3U "to bo0t,,n
and u; he has neglected to hapd over. the suit
was brought to recover the money. y. =.
I:S Madame r s,ori states, that tie re.
.ccip;; at her performance Tuesday evening.
at the Chicago Opera House, were the largg-
est since her first appearance OIL the stage
amounting to S4,sOO. Moscow ranks second,
and Brooklyn third. OF the 81 500 her per.
sonal share is $4,000. Her own personal re,
cepts since her arri2al in this country, in
September last, haze been $l56,OO0. - :.
Jas An artist painted dog so natural
that the animal had The hydrophobia during
the hot weather. He's the same man, Gays
the Herald, who painted a copy of q beer
bottle with such skill that tie cork flow out
Just as he was finishing it. And after he was
married, he painted .a.picture of bis tirst,ba-
by so life like that it cried, and his wife
spanked it before she discovered her mistake,
rs, r. ]. Moses, Esq, OF Columbus, pro:
poses to import Scotch labor for Southwestern
Georgia. he urges that the reason some cm=
-igration schemes have not worked we'll has
been that the laborers have been.o obtained
through unreliable agents, ho-pickcd up un.
reliable oafers in New York, would not, Of
course, TRY to get thrift y and reliable. class
of people who. will make good citizens.
.pa Rur1ER,-Rrick Pomery publishes
the following for the ediacation Of his readers !
al would like to be General,
To search those wealthy rooms,
:. And like old General Butler
Stenl Southern peoples spoons!
would like to be General,
Covered DER with brilliant blue,
To insult these Southern women,
AS Butler used to DO"
THE GENITAL SYsrEM.-The Cincinnati
Chamber oc Commerce has passed very en>
phatic resolutions endorsing tho centarsystem,
which has been adopted by the principal cities
OF the North, and is to 60 into operation on
the 1st Of March next. This is a long step
toward the much needed decimal system of
weights and measures. The GENITAL is one
hundred pounds CT anything and weights
will, hereafter, 5e reckoned in centals and
pounds instead of bushels, pecks, quarts, &c.