Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-06-24
D. TILLMAN.

Ne- TIE freedmen in Putnam county, appre.
ciating, rs much as the white people, the impor-
tance of the railroad from Eatonton to Madison,
have offered to build it and be paid in its stock
~ Julia Ebergenyl, Hungarian Counties.
convicted Of poisoning rival, has been set 10
work ct knitting stockings for the male convicti
at the new Vienna penitentiary. She works in q
room, whore, beside her, seYen other murderessef
are confined.
@- The Florida Legislature are in session in
advance of the action Of Congress, and withou,
the sanction of General Meade. A. S. Welch and
T.W. Osborn, both ultra Radicals, have been
elected q. s. Senators.
GF Tho road to negro's intelligence lieu
through his belly. Pinch the latter and you en-
large his understanding, brighten his intellect,
and quicken his perceDtive powers.
~ A gentleman in Fairfield District will do
nate 1000 ar Of good land TO bona fds settlers,
particularly fiA1 settlers. He thinks if immi-
grants can De induced to settle among Us on these
terms, it will enhance the value Of all lands 100
per cent He is right
1D- The light spring dress goods which the Ia.
dies are displaying SO profusely upon tho straits,
cost but q sixpence yard in Europe, and aIe
IN ,stly of cotton, with just enough wool to alter
the completion. After they have passed through
the United States custom house they are worth
thirty-fve cents yard but when they are sold
at retail the ladies pay fifty cents yard for them.
ry Mr.. Vim. Wallace brought to West Point,
Ca, on Friday, q stalk Of cotton measuring 81
inches in length, bearing 81 bowls, blooms and
forms, some of the bowls half grown.
I@ Ex-Governor Joe Brown, of Georgia, has
been retained by the military authorities to prose-
cute the case of the prisoners arrested on suspi-
cion of having participated in tho murder Of G.
W. Ashburn, at Columbus, in that State, on tho
10Th of March last.
~ A negro was imprisoned in. .Quitman coun-
ty, Ca, for horse stealing and waa chained by the
jailor because the Jail was insecure. Maj. Coch-
rano, U. s. A., ordered the aiors arrest and took
him to Eufala and placed him in Jail. The offsnse
was in claiming negro. IF he had been white
man nothing would have been said.
ear The American Stock Journal-publishsd
for the benefit of Farmers and Stock Breedors,-
is first class monthly publication. Tho June
No. is one of unusual merit and this number
alone is worth triple the amount paid for a
years subscription. Address n. P. BOYER & Co.,
parksburg, Chester Co., Penn. Terms S1.O0 per
year. Subscriptions received at this Office.
@- Senator Fesseaden has received letter,
signed by thirty prominent ci.izcns of Boston,
signed by Governor Bullock, endorsing his course
on impeachment and rendering him public dim
ner. He replies, thanking them fer the honor,
but declining the invitation on account Of engage
ments.
@s- The cultivation of the sugar beet is rap
idly becoming an important interest in Illinois.
During the past week, the Aurora Beet Sugar
Company" have purchased four hundred and
cghty-fve acres of land, at cost of thirty three
thousand dollars, near Montgomery, for tho pur-
pose of entering upon their operations.
l% Tho Sumter Watchman contains bio
graphical sketch Of Thomas Waties Dinkins, who
died on Friday morning, the 18th. Mr.. Dinkins
was graduate of the South Carolina College.
and lawyer of promise, and was highly esteemed
by his fsllow-citzeue.